Other unique themes are things like “ Garfield ’ s Believe it or Don ’ t ,” “ Garfield ’ s Law ", “ Garfield ’ s History of Dogs, and “ Garfield ’ s History of Cats ,” which show science, history and the world from Garfield ’ s point of view.

Slapstick and visual gags became more confined to Sunday strips, because as Garfield creator Jim Davis put it, " Children are more likely to read Sunday strips than dailies.

Some strips which are still in affiliation with the original creator are produced by small teams or entire companies, such as Jim Davis ' Garfield, however there is some debate if these strips fall in this category.

* Jim Davis, famed cartoonist of the comic strip Garfield, was raised in Fairmount.

Garfield is a comic strip created by Jim Davis.

Though this is rarely mentioned in print, Garfield is set in Muncie, Indiana, the home of Jim Davis, according to the television special Garfield Goes Hollywood.

Jim Davis has also collaborated with Ball State University and Pearson Digital Learning to create Professor Garfield, a site with educational games focusing on math and reading skills and with Children's Technology Group to create MindWalker, a web browser that allows parents to limit the websites their children can view to a pre-set list.

In Garfield ’ s Twentieth Anniversary Collection, in which the strips are reprinted, Jim Davis discusses the genesis for this series:

Paws, Inc. was founded in 1981 by Jim Davis to support the Garfield comic strip and its licensing.

* 1989: Jim Davis, Garfield

* Jim Davis, creator of Garfield, the lasagna-loving comic strip cat.

James Robert " Jim " Davis ( born July 28, 1945 ) is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comic strip Garfield.

Other attempts to bring comic strip characters to TV did not have anywhere near as much success until one of the Peanuts directors, Phil Roman, brought the Jim Davis comic strip Garfield to TV starting in 1982, resulting in 11 specials and a long-running animated series.

Other studios ' offerings chipped away at the H-B Saturday dominance throughout the decade, such as H-B alumni Ruby-Spears Productions ' Alvin and the Chipmunks, Marvel and Jim Henson's Muppet Babies, DiC and Columbia's The Real Ghostbusters, and Film Roman's Garfield and Friends.

The internet has allowed for art to be remixed quite easily, as evidenced by sites like memgenerator. net ( provides pictorial template upon which any words may be written by various anonymous users ), and Dan Walsh's Garfieldminusgarfield. net ( removes the main character from various original strips by Garfield creator Jim Davis ).

In 1982, Jim Davis's comic strip Garfield was the most popular strip in America.

Other shows that have aired include the Street Sharks, Extreme Dinosaurs, Dragon Flyz, Biker Mice from Mars, Earth Worm Jim, The Tick, Garfield and Friends, Gadget Boy and Heather, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ( 2003 series ), Count Duckula, Jimmy Neutron, Project G. e. e. K. e. R., Wing Commander and Rugrats.

Ballantine also published several collections of Jim Davis ' comic strip Garfield.

ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC aired this half-hour special one Saturday morning with characters from all their networks, including Huey, Dewey, and Louie ( from Disney's DuckTales ), Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Slimer ( from The Real Ghostbusters and Extreme Ghostbusters ), Michelangelo ( from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ), Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Smurfs, ALF ( from his short-lived cartoon spinoff ), Garfield, and the trio of Baby Kermit, Baby Piggy, and Baby Gonzo ( from Jim Henson's Muppet Babies ).

Among her final roles was voicing characters in Garfield and Friends, based on the Jim Davis cartoon series ( 1994 ).

Garfield and Friends is an American animated television series based on the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis.

U. S. Acres ( known as Orson's Farm outside the United States ) is a comic strip that originally ran from 1986 to 1989 created by Jim Davis, author of the popular comic strip Garfield.

Garfield is a comic strip created by Jim Davis, and may also refer to:

Garfield, the titular character, was based on the cats Davis was around growing up ; he took his name and personality from Davis's grandfather James A. Garfield Davis, who was, in Davis's words, " a large cantankerous man ".

Davis later realized that Garfield and Jon could " communicate nonverbally ".

To manage the merchandise, Davis founded Paws, Inc. By 2002, Garfield became the world's most syndicated strip, appearing in 2, 570 newspapers with 263 million readers worldwide ; by 2004, Garfield appeared in nearly 2, 600 newspapers and sold from $ 750 million to $ 1 billion worth of merchandise in 111 countries.

Davis is no longer the sole artist of Garfield.

Davis otherwise spends most of his time managing the business and merchandising of Garfield.

Garfield was originally created by Davis with the intention to come up with a " good, marketable character ".

Davis attracted criticism for a Garfield strip in which the last panel appeared to be a negative reference to Veterans Day that appeared in newspapers on November 11, 2010.

Garfield voted with the Radical Republicans in passing the Wade – Davis Bill, designed to give Congress more authority over Reconstruction, but the bill was defeated by Lincoln's pocket veto.

" Low Men in Yellow Coats " and " Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling " formed the basis of a 2001 film entitled Hearts in Atlantis, starring Anthony Hopkins as Ted Brautigan, Anton Yelchin as Bobby Garfield and Hope Davis as Liz Garfield.

Garfield and Mutts were known during the mid-to-late 80s and 1990s respectively for their throwaways on their Sunday strips, however both strips now run " generic " title panels.

Adams later said that fans should stick to posting Garfield strips, as no one gets fired for that.

While some critics lauded the casting of Bill Murray as the voice of the title character, Garfield: The Movie met with mostly negative reviews: Manohla Dargis of the Los Angeles Times called it " soulless excuse for entertainment ", while Desson Thomson of The Washington Post said of the film " There's nothing to recommend about this film except its sheer innocuousness ".

A television cartoon show, Garfield and Friends aired for seven seasons from 1988 to 1994 ; this adaption also starred Music as the voice of Garfield, one of the very last times Lorenzo Music would voice the character was in Garfield's Phone Messages from the Official Garfield site before his death.

Garfield: Big Fat Hairy Deal is a 1987 video game for the Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and the Amiga based on the comic strip.

Sega also made video games based on Garfield for the Genesis ( Garfield Caught in the Act ) and Windows 3. 1 computers, as well as other companies made games, such as A Tale of Two Kitties for the DS, published by Game Factory, Garfield's Nightmare for DS, Garfield's Funfest for DS, and Garfield Labyrinth for Game Boy.

Also, Garfield Lasagna World Tour was also made for PS2.

Garfield is an orange, fuzzy, tabby cat born in the kitchen of an Italian restaurant ( later revealed in the television special Garfield: His 9 Lives to be Mama Leoni's Italian Restaurant ) and immediately ate all the pasta and lasagna in sight, thus developing his love and obsession for lasagna and pizza.

Sometimes, this theme revolves around the conventions of the strip ; for example, in one strip, Garfield catches a cold and complains about it, noting, " Eben my thoughts are stuffed ub.

Another example is " Splut Week ", when Garfield tries to avoid pies that are thrown at him.

Similar traditional and intercultural updating of Mexican celebrations are held in San Francisco, for example, the Galería de la Raza, SomArts Cultural Center, Mission Cultural Center, de Young Museum and altars at Garfield Square by the Marigold Project.

Another example is found in a short sketch in an episode of the cartoon serial " Garfield And Friends ", where Garfield appeared in front of a map of the USA with an empty space where Wyoming normally exists.

As an example, at the height of the Vietnam War a 1971 show by the Garfield Cadets drew criticisms from VFW organizers over a formation where the corps formed a large peace sign, which angered the staff of that corps over its loss of " artistic freedom ".

For example, four of them -- Samuel Randall ( D-PA ), Joseph Cannon ( R-IL ), Joseph Byrns ( D-TN ) and Nancy Pelosi ( D-CA )-- have gone on to become the Speaker of the House, and one, James Garfield, has gone on to become President.

For example: once while he, Garfield, and Jon were camping, he locked himself in the car.

Jim Davis has based some jokes starring Garfield upon this technique ; for example, in one strip, Garfield is unable to sleep because his Z-bubble is pointing in the wrong direction.

For example, The Borden Tragedy is narrated through excerpts of a period diary, and The Fatal Bullet didactically contrasts the lives and morality of Guiteau and his victim, President James Garfield.

For example, there would be a giant diamond in a museum display case, which Garfield, as the museum tour guide, would casually identify in passing as the Klopman diamond ; or Nermal would be required to polish the Klopman Diamond as one of a series of tricks during the obedience event of a cat show.