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.

The strip's focus is mostly on the interactions among Garfield, Jon, and Odie, but recurring minor characters appear as well.

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 ".

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.

A variety of edited Garfield strips have been made available on the Internet, some hosted on their own unofficial, dedicated sites.

Ballantine Books, which publishes the Garfield books, released a volume of Garfield Minus Garfield strips on October 28, 2008.

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.

Gags in the strips commonly deal with Garfield's obesity ( in one strip, Jon jokes, " I wouldn't say Garfield is fat, but the last time he got on a Ferris wheel, the two guys on top starved to death "), and his hatred of any form of exertion or work.

He enjoys destroying things, mauling the mailman, tormenting Odie, kicking Odie off the table ; he also makes snide comments, usually about Jon's inability to get a date ( in one strip, when Jon bemoans the fact that no one will go out with him on New Year's, Garfield replies, " Don't feel bad Jon.

Many gags focus on this ; his inability to get a date is usually attributed to his lack of social skills, his poor taste in clothes ( Garfield remarked in one strip after seeing his closet that " two hundred moths committed suicide "; in another, the " geek police " ordered Jon to " throw out his tie "), and his eccentric interests which range from stamp collecting to measuring the growth of his toenails to watching movies with " polka ninjas ".

Odie is a yellow, long-eared beagle with a large, slobbering tongue, who walks on all four legs, though occasionally he will walk on two like Garfield.

Most trips end up embarrassing because Garfield will pig out, or Jon will do something stupid, including wearing an ugly shirt, which happened one night when he took Liz on a date.

When Jon does take Liz on a date, Garfield always tags along, and he once ate all the bread, along with all the rest of the food in the place.

A few days after the storyline began, Garfield is lying in his bed with a “ nagging feeling I'm forgetting something ,” with Odie landing on Garfield in the next panel.

However, before his 29th birthday, Liz put Garfield on a diet.

Along with Kazan were numerous other artists: Harry Morgan, John Garfield, Luise Rainer, Frances Farmer, Will Geer, Howard Da Silva, Clifford Odets, Lee J. Cobb and Irwin Shaw.

From 1944 onward, both Kaiser Permanente and Garfield fought off numerous attacks from the AMA and various state and local medical societies.

This trend can be seen in numerous TV series such as A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, The Flintstone Kids, Baby Felix, Tiny Toon Adventures, Tom and Jerry Kids and Jungle Cubs ( based on characters from Walt Disney's animated film " The Jungle Book ") as well as merchandise items such as Baby Snoopy, Baby ( Betty ) Boop, Disney Babies, Baby Hello Kitty, Care Bear Cubs, and Baby Garfield.

including control of foreign affairs, taxation ( although this cannot discriminate between states or parts of states ), and regulation of interstate commerce and corporations. Section 51 of the Australian Constitution at theamericanParliament website Since the original ratification of the constitution, the High Court of Australia has settled a number of disputes concerning the extent of the Commonwealth's legislative powers, some of which have been controversial and extensively criticised ; these included a dispute in 1982 over whether the Commonwealth was entitled to designate land for national heritage purposes under United Nations agreements, Barwick, Sir Garfield, A View of the External Affairs Power, Samuel Griffith Society as well as numerous disputes over the extent of the Commonwealth's power over trade union and industrial relations legislation. Creighton, Breen, One Hundred Years of the Conciliation and Arbitration Power: A Province Lost ?, Melbourne University Law Review

During the course of appearing in several of the Ma and Pa Kettle movies during the 1950s as Susie Kettle, one of the titular couple's numerous children, Jackson also appeared in The Breaking Point with John Garfield, the actor's penultimate role before his sudden death two years later.

Roy Brown created, built, and / or performed numerous puppet characters for other WGN-TV children's shows ; one of the first of Brown's new characters to be introduced to Garfield Goose was Romberg Rabbit, after the show moved to WGN-TV.

Garfield Ridge also has numerous Chicago parks which include Wentworth, Normandy, Valley Forge, Vittum, and Stars and Stripes.

On some occasions, however, he is depicted more intelligently, as one strip, in which he holds a heavy rock to prevent Garfield from doing this, and actually hurts Garfield's foot.

Ertl has also, on different occasions, acquired the licenses to produce die-cast vehicles and figurines as well as model kits for Garfield, Thomas the Tank Engine, Super Mario Bros. DC Comics, and Star Wars.

Garfield ‘ Gar ’ Arthur Wood ( December 4, 1880 – June 19, 1971 ) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, motorboat builder and racer who held the world water speed record on several occasions.

It has been wondered by many readers if Garfield can actually be understood by the non animal characters around him.

Escalante actually first began teaching at Garfield High School in 1974 and taught his first AP Calculus course in 1978 with a group of 14 students.

In the later part of the 1910s the homestead boom hit Garfield County, which was then actually part of Dawson County to the east.

His personal requests to Garfield and to cabinet members ( as one of many job seekers who lined up every day ) were continually rejected ; on May 14, 1881, he was finally told personally never to return by Secretary of State James G. Blaine ( Guiteau is actually believed to have encountered Blaine on more than one occasion ).

Due to the chaos on the board, Keene at first took control with the vague title of Executive Associate, but it soon became clear to everyone that he was actually in charge and Garfield was to become a lobbyist and " ambassador " for the HMO concept.

It may be that Odie is actually smarter than he appears, and merely uses the idiotic front as a means to gain an advantage over Garfield.

Some of Garfield's relatives visited regularly, including nephew Christmas " Chris " Goose and seasonal visitor " Mama " Goose ( actually the Garfield Goose puppet with a wig and granny glasses ).

However, one contemporary source says that in 1950 the 16 year-old Persico actually belonged to the South Brooklyn Boys, a successor gang to the Garfield Boys.

Jimmy's big break comes when Van Allan's campaign manager Larry White tells Jimmy that he was actually a spy for Dietrich hired to get Garfield elected.

In a brightly decorated house, Garfield is awakened by Jon dressed as an elf, who says it is Christmas and Garfield must be treated to a large amount of lasagna before opening his gift, which consists of a robotic Santa Claus which reads minds and produces whatever Garfield wants, pleasing him until Jon actually wakes Garfield up and realizes he was dreaming.

Though Garfield can be very cynical, he does have a soft side for his teddy bear, Pooky, food and sleep, but one Christmas he says " they say I have to get up early, be nice to people, skip breakfast, not play with mice ... I wish it would never end.

He usually is sensitive about his girlfriends so he usually pounds Garfield, but still does not win their hearts.

Odie does manage to get a little revenge on Garfield.

Bairnsdale-bound trains do not stop at Nar Nar Goon ( running express from Pakenham to Garfield ), however a weekly Sunday service to Sale does stop.

Bairnsdale-bound trains do not stop at Tynong ( running express from Pakenham to Garfield ), however a weekly Sunday service to Sale does stop.

Bairnsdale-bound trains do not stop at Bunyip ( running express from Garfield to Drouin ), however a weekly Sunday service to Sale does stop.

Bairnsdale-bound trains do not stop at Longwarry ( running express from Garfield to Drouin ), however a weekly Sunday service to Sale does stop.

The TV series Garfield and Friends does show him several times as a cartoonist.

Garfield is instantly smitten with the beautiful Kate, although he is on to her tactics and does not waver from his goal of becoming the majority stockholder of New England Wire & Cable.

They step out on a dock and Garfield notices more houses across the river, so he and Odie take a row boat to get to the other side ( because the river ferry does not run at night and that is why children on either side are not able to cross the river for more candy ).

Garfield and Odie believe their dance routines ( as performed on the fence top at night ) can not be beaten and so does the rest of the gang.