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When did Garfield comic strip start?
1978
Cartoonist Jim Davis (born 1945) created Garfield in 1978, after serving as an assistant to Tumbleweeds cartoonist Tom Ryan and writing his own series, Gnorm Gnat, for a local Indiana newspaper for five years.
What was the first Garfield comic strip?
Jim Davis’s first Garfield comic strip debuted on June 19, 1978 in 41 newspapers. The antics of a cranky, overweight orange cat quickly drew fans. When a Chicago paper dropped the strip in favor of something else, more than 1,000 readers complained until they reinstated it.
Does Jon actually understand Garfield?
There is an ongoing comic strip that began in 2008 entitled “Garfield Minus Garfield”, in which Jon is the main character featured and most of the other characters have been removed. Jim Davis says that Jon cannot understand Garfield’s thoughts but rather his actions.
What was the last Garfield comic?
The very last comic was on June 25th. The banner art usually seen in Sunday comics at the top is a series of images of Garfield walking with a gloomy expression, with each image becoming more and more transparent from left to right, and the usual Garfield text does not appear.
Can Garfield talk to humans?
Sometimes, it seems like Jon can hear him. However, in the feature film Garfield Gets Real and its sequels, Garfield and the other animals save for Odie are able to talk to, and be understood by, Jon and the other humans.
Is Garfield the cat dead?
News of his death was broken to his 6,300 Facebook followers on Tuesday. Owner David Willers said: “Garfield brought joy to all our lives and his memory and legacy lives on.” He said the pet was hit by a car in the supermarket car park, and despite the efforts of a vet, he died of his injuries.
What is Garfield’s dog’s name?
Odie
Odie is a fictional dog who appears in the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis….
| Odie | |
|---|---|
| Species | Dog |
| Gender | Male |
| Family | Lyman (former owner), Jon Arbuckle (current owner), Garfield, Tyrone, Toto, Dotty and Spotty, Shelly, Mama, Pappy, Gavin, Kevin |