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Comic strip created by Jim Davis

Garfield
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From left to right:
Nermal, Odie, Garfield, Arlene, and Pooky
Writer(southward) Jim Davis
Website nick.com/garfield
gocomics.com/garfield
Current status/schedule Running/Daily
Launch date June 19, 1978; 43 years ago  (1978-06-19)
Syndicate(s) Universal Printing Syndicate/Universal Uclick/Andrews McMeel Syndication (1994–present)
United Feature Syndicate (1978–1994)
Publisher(s) Random House (under Ballantine Books), occasionally Andrews McMeel Publishing
Genre(due south) Gag-a-24-hour interval, Humour
Preceded by Jon (1976–1977) and Garfield (1977–1978), locally published strips in the Pendleton Times-Mail

Garfield is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis. Originally published locally as Jon in 1976, then in nationwide syndication from 1978 as Garfield, it chronicles the life of the championship character, Garfield the cat; Jon Arbuckle, his human owner; and Odie, the canis familiaris. Equally of 2013, it was syndicated in roughly 2,580 newspapers and journals, and held the Guinness Earth Tape for being the world'south nigh widely syndicated comic strip.[1]

Though this is rarely mentioned in print, Garfield is ready in Jim Davis' hometown of Muncie, Indiana, according to the tv set special Happy Altogether, Garfield. Common themes in the strip include Garfield's laziness, obsessive eating, love of coffee and lasagna, disdain of Mondays, and diets. Garfield is also shown to manipulate people to become whatsoever he wants. The strip's focus is mostly on the interactions amongst Garfield, Jon, and Odie, but other recurring modest characters actualization as well.

Originally created with the intentions to "come up with a expert, marketable character",[two] Garfield has spawned trade earning $750 million to $1 billion annually. In addition to the various merchandise and commercial tie-ins, the strip has spawned several animated television specials, two animated goggle box series, ii theatrical feature-length alive-action/CGI animated films, and three fully CGI animated directly-to-video films.

Part of the strip's wide pop cultural appeal is due to its lack of social or political commentary; though this was Davis'due south original intention, he also admitted that his "grasp of politics isn't strong", joking that, for many years, he thought "OPEC was a denture adhesive".[iii] [iv]

On Baronial half-dozen, 2019, New York City-based Paramount Global, at the time ViacomCBS, announced that it would learn Paws, Inc., including the rights to the Garfield franchise (the comics, trade and blithe cartoons). The deal did not include the rights to the live-activeness Garfield films,[5] which are still owned by The Walt Disney Company through its 20th Century Studios label, also every bit the upcoming animated Garfield film which is set for worldwide distribution by Sony Pictures except China.[6] Jim Davis will go on to make comics, and a new Garfield animated series is in production for Paramount Global subsidiary Nickelodeon.[7]

History

Cartoonist Jim Davis is the creator of Garfield.

Cartoonist Jim Davis was born and raised in Muncie, Indiana. In 1972, while working equally an assistant for T.K. Ryan'southward Tumbleweeds, he created the comic strip Gnorm Gnat, which ran but in the Pendleton Times of Pendleton, Indiana, from 1972 to 1975 and met with fiddling success. Davis had tried to syndicate the strip, merely was unsuccessful; he noted that one editor told him that his "art was expert, his gags were great, [but] nobody tin identify with bugs."[8] Davis decided to peruse current comic strips to determine what species of brute characters might be more popular. He felt that dogs were doing well, but noticed no prominent cats. Davis figured he could create a cat star, having grown upwardly on a farm with twenty-five cats. Thus was created the character of Garfield.[8]

Garfield, the star, was based on the cats Davis grew up around; he took his proper noun and personality from Davis' grandfather, James A. Garfield Davis, whom he described as "a big, cantankerous man."[9] The name Jon Arbuckle came from a 1950s coffee commercial. Jon's roommate Lyman, added to give Jon someone to talk with, carried on the name of an earlier Gnorm Gnat character.[viii] The concluding character was Lyman's dog Spot, who was renamed Odie so equally to avoid confusion with a canis familiaris also named Spot in the comic strip Blooper's Ark. From 1976 to early 1978, these characters appeared in a strip chosen Jon which also ran in the Times.[10]

The early prototype strips were non by and large well documented and were considered to be lost media until 2019, when a YouTube channel by the name of Quinton Reviews was able to retrieve several digital scans of the Jon publications from the Pendleton Community Library and Indiana State Library, later gathering information via a blog mail service.[xi] [12] [thirteen] Jon kickoff appeared in the Pendleton Times on January 8, 1976, just two weeks after Gnorm Gnat ended.

United Feature Syndicate accepted the strip for national distribution, which had been retitled Garfield on September 1, 1977, in March 1978 (catastrophe its run in the Times on the 2d) and made its nationwide debut in 41 newspapers on June xix of that yr (nonetheless, after a exam run, the Chicago Sun-Times dropped it, only to reinstate it later readers' complaints).[1] [fourteen]

The Garfield Sunday strip was launched on June 25, 1978;[15] information technology was available just at a third-page size until March 22, 1981.[16] A half-page debuted the post-obit Sunday, March 29.[17] The Sunday strips for March 14[18] and 21, 1982,[19] tried out a unique nine-panel format, but UFS curtailed farther use of information technology. (UFS did, however, allow Davis to use the format for his later U.S. Acres strip.)

The appearance of the characters gradually changed over fourth dimension.[20] The left panel is taken from the March 7, 1980, strip; the right is from the July 6, 1990, strip.

The strip underwent stylistic changes, evolving from the style of the 1976–83 strips, to a more than cartoonish expect from 1984 onward. This change has mainly affected Garfield'due south blueprint, which underwent a "Darwinian evolution" in which he began walking on his hind legs, "slimmed down", and "stopped looking ... through squinty little eyes" His evolution, according to Davis, was to make information technology easier to "push button Odie off the table" or "reach for a piece of pie."[xx]

Garfield apace became a commercial success. In 1981, less than three years later its nationwide launch, the strip appeared in 850 newspapers and accumulated over $15 one thousand thousand in trade. To manage the merchandise, Davis founded Paws, Inc.[14] In 1982 the strip was appearing in more than 1,000 newspapers.[21]

By 2002, Garfield became the globe's most syndicated strip, appearing in 2,570 newspapers with 263 million readers worldwide;[1] past 2004, Garfield appeared in nearly ii,600 newspapers and sold from $750 1000000 to $1 billion worth of merchandise in 111 countries.[22] In 1994, Davis'due south visitor, Paws, Inc., purchased all rights to the strips from 1978 to 1993 from United Characteristic. The strip is distributed by Universal Press Syndicate, while rights for the strip remain with Paws.[ commendation needed ]

While retaining creative control and being the only signer, Davis at present only writes and usually does the rough sketches. Since the late 1990s virtually of the piece of work has been done by long-fourth dimension assistants Brett Koth and Gary Barker. Inking and coloring work is done by other artists, while Davis spends well-nigh of the time supervising product and merchandising the characters.[22]

Marketing

Garfield was originally created past Davis with the intention to come with a "good, marketable character".[2] Now the globe's most syndicated comic strip,[23] Garfield has spawned a "profusion"[22] of merchandise including article of clothing, toys, games, books, Caribbean cruises, credit cards, dolls,[24] DVDs of the movies or the Boob tube series,[25] and related media.[26]

Media

Comic Strip Books

There have been 73 books released or scheduled to exist release, as of Jan 2022.

  1. At Large: February, 1980.
  2. Gains Weight: February, 1981.
  3. Bigger Than Life: September, 1981.
  4. Weighs In: September, 1982.
  5. Takes the Cake: October, 1982.
  6. Eats His Center Out: February, 1983.
  7. Sits Around the House: March, 1983.
  8. Tips the Calibration: February, 1984.
  9. Loses His Feet: September, 1984
  10. Makes It Large: February, 1985.
  11. Rolls On: September, 1985.
  12. Out to Luncheon: February, 1986.
  13. Food for Thought: February, 1987.
  14. Swallows His Pride: September, 1987.
  15. Worldwide: Feb, 1988.
  16. Rounds Out: October, 1988.
  17. Chews the Fat: Feb, 1989.
  18. Goes to Waist: Feb, 1990.
  19. Hangs Out: October, 1990.
  20. Takes Up Space: February, 1991.
  21. Says a Mouthful:September, 1991.
  22. By the Pound: February, 1992.
  23. Keeps His Chins Upwardly: September, 1992.
  24. Takes His Licks: October, 1993.
  25. Hits the Large Time: August, 1993.
  26. Pulls his Weight: September, 1994.
  27. Dishes It Out: September, 1994.
  28. Life in the Fat Line: September, 1995.
  29. Tons of Fun: February, 1996.
  30. Bigger and Better: September, 1996.
  31. Hams Information technology Up: March, 1997.
  32. Thinks Large: October, 1997.
  33. Throws His Weight Again: October, 1998.
  34. Life to the Fullest: February, 1999.
  35. Feeds the Kitty: September, 1999.
  36. Hogs the Spotlight: February, 2000.
  37. Beefs Upwardly: Oct, 2000.
  38. Gets Cookin': October, 2001.
  39. Eats Crow: December, 2003.
  40. Survival of the Fattest: February, 2004.
  41. Older & Wider: January, 2005.
  42. Pigs Out: February, 2006.
  43. Blots Out the Sun: January, 2007.
  44. Goes Bananas: Baronial, 2007.
  45. Large & in Charge: Jan, 2008
  46. Spills the Beans: September, 2008.
  47. Gets His Just Desserts: January, 2009.
  48. Will Eat for Food: Baronial, 2009.
  49. Weighs His Options: January, 2010.
  50. Potbelly of Gold: August, 2010.
  51. Shovels Information technology In: January, 2011.
  52. Lard of the Jungle: August, 2011.
  53. Brings Home the Bacon: January, 2012.
  54. Gets in a Pickle: September, 2012.
  55. Sings for His Supper: March, 2013.
  56. Caution: Broad Load: September, 2013.
  57. Souped Up: Jan, 2014.
  58. Goes to His Happy Place: August, 2014.
  59. The Big Cheese: January, 2015.
  60. Cleans His Plate: Baronial, 2015.
  61. Chickens Out: May, 2016.
  62. Listens to His Guts: December, 2016.
  63. Cooks Up Trouble: June, 2017.
  64. Feeds His Face: Dec, 2017.
  65. Eats and Runs: May, 2018.
  66. Nutty as a Fruitcake: Dec, 2018.
  67. Slurps and Burps: June, 2019.
  68. Belly Laughs: Dec, 2019.
  69. Easy equally Pie: July, 2020.
  70. Goes Hog Wild: December, 2020.
  71. What Leftovers?: June, 2021.
  72. Livin' the Sweet Life: Dec, 2021.
  73. Road Pizza: June, 2022.

Compilation "Treasury" Collections

As of January, 2022, there take been x Treasury compilation books.

  1. Garfield Treasury: 1982.
  2. The 2nd Garfield Treasury: 1983.
  3. The Third Garfield Treasury: 1985.
  4. The Fourth Garfield Treasury: 1987.
  5. The Fifth Garfield Treasury: 1989.
  6. The 6th Garfield Treasury: 1991.
  7. The Seventh Garfield Treasury: 1993.
  8. The Eighth Garfield Treasury: 1995.
  9. The Ninth Garfield Treasury: 1997.
  10. The Tenth Garfield Treasury: 1999.

Cyberspace

Garfield.com was the strip's official website, which contained archives of past strips forth with games and an online shop. Jim Davis had likewise collaborated with Ball State University and Pearson Digital Learning to create world wide web.ProfessorGarfield.org, an educational website with interactive games focusing on math and reading skills, and with Children'south Technology Group to create MindWalker, a spider web browser that allows parents to limit the websites their children tin view to a pre-gear up list.[27] [28] [29]

A multifariousness of edited Garfield strips take been made available on the Internet, with some being hosted on their ain unofficial, defended sites. Dating from 2005, a site chosen the "Garfield Randomizer" created a 3-panel strip using panels from previous Garfield strips.[thirty] Another approach, known as "Silent Garfield",[31] involved removing Garfield'due south thought balloons from the strips.[32] Some examples date from 2006.[33] A webcomic called Arbuckle does the to a higher place merely also redraws the originals in a unlike art style. The Arbuckle website creator writes: "'Garfield' changes from being a comic near a sassy, corpulent feline, and becomes a compelling picture show of a alone, pathetic, delusional man who talks to his pets. Consider that Jon, according to Garfield catechism, cannot hear his cat's thoughts. This is the world equally he sees it. This is his story".[34]

Another variation along the aforementioned lines, called "Realfield" or "Realistic Garfield", was to redraw Garfield as a real cat also equally removing his idea balloons.[35] [36] All the same some other approach to editing the strips involved removing Garfield and other main characters from the originals completely, leaving Jon talking to himself. While strips in this vein could be found online every bit early as 2006,[33] the 2008 site Garfield Minus Garfield by Dan Walsh received enough online attending to be covered by news media. Reception was largely positive: at its top, the site received as many as 300,000 hits per day. Fans connected with Jon'southward "loneliness and agony" and found his "crazy antics" humorous; Jim Davis himself called Walsh'south strips an "inspired thing to practice" and said that "some of [the strips] work improve [than the originals]".[37] [38] Ballantine Books, which publishes the Garfield books, released a volume of Garfield Minus Garfield strips on Oct 28, 2008. The volume retains Davis every bit writer and features a foreword by Walsh.[35]

On June 19, 2020, the website was shut down during the strip'due south 42nd ceremony, following Viacom's conquering of Paws, Inc. in Baronial 2019. The website at present redirects to Nick.com, with an alternative link to GoComics.

Television

Garfield'south blitheness debut was on The Fantastic Funnies, which aired on CBS on May fifteen, 1980, voiced by actor Scott Beach. Garfield was one of the strips featured, introduced as a newcomer (the strip was merely two years quondam at the time). From 1982 to 1991, twelve primetime Garfield drawing specials and one hour-long primetime documentary jubilant the character's 10th ceremony were aired; Lorenzo Music voiced Garfield in all of them. A Saturday morn cartoon show, Garfield and Friends, aired for seven seasons from 1988 to 1994. This adaption also starred Music as the voice of Garfield.

The Garfield Show, a CGI series, started development in 2007 to coincide with the strip's 30th anniversary in 2008.[39] It premiered in France in December 2008 and made its U.S. debut on Cartoon Network on November two, 2009. A new serial is currently in development at Nickelodeon after Paramount Global acquired the franchise.[40]

TV series

Title Broadcast date End date Network
Garfield and Friends September 17, 1988 (1988-09-17) December 10, 1994 (1994-12-10) CBS
The Garfield Testify November 2, 2009 (2009-xi-02) October 24, 2016 (2016-10-24) France 3
Cartoon Network
Garfield Originals December vi, 2019 (2019-12-06) June 17, 2020 (2020-06-17) France iii
Untitled Garfield series TBA Nickelodeon

Primetime specials

Title Broadcast date Emmy result
Here Comes Garfield October 25, 1982 (1982-x-25) Nominated[41]
Garfield on the Boondocks Oct 28, 1983 (1983-10-28) Won[42]
Garfield in the Rough Oct 26, 1984 (1984-x-26) Won[43]
Garfield'southward Halloween Gamble October xxx, 1985 (1985-10-30) Won[44]
Garfield in Paradise May 27, 1986 (1986-05-27) Nominated[45]
Garfield Goes Hollywood May viii, 1987 (1987-05-08) Nominated[46]
A Garfield Christmas December 21, 1987 (1987-12-21) Nominated[47]
Garfield: His 9 Lives November 22, 1988 (1988-11-22) Nominated[48]
Garfield's Babes and Bullets May 23, 1989 (1989-05-23) Won[49]
Garfield's Thanksgiving November 22, 1989 (1989-11-22) Nominated[fifty]
Garfield's Feline Fantasies May eighteen, 1990 (1990-05-eighteen) Nominated[51]
Garfield Gets a Life May 8, 1991 (1991-05-08) Nominated[52]

Films

Garfield: The Movie was released in theaters on June 11, 2004. Its sequel, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, was released on June 16, 2006. Garfield was voiced by actor Bill Murray in both films. Iii direct-to-video films were released, Garfield Gets Existent on August ix, 2007, Garfield's Fun Fest on August 5, 2008, and Garfield'south Pet Force on June 16, 2009.

On May 24, 2016, it was announced that Alcon Amusement would develop a new CG animated Garfield moving-picture show, with John Cohen and Steven P. Wegner producing, and Marker Dindal.[53] [54] [55] In August 2019, Viacom acquired the rights to Garfield, leaving the status of the movie for the time uncertain, with Dindal confirming that the film was even so in production in December 2020.[7] [56] On Nov 1, 2021, Chris Pratt was announced every bit the vox of Garfield, with animation being provided by DNEG, a production company of the film. David Reynolds was announced as the screenwriter of the pic, reuniting him with Dindal after they worked together on The Emperor's New Groove. Sony Pictures will maintain global distribution rights for the moving picture, apart from Prc.[57]

Video games

A Garfield video game was developed by Atari, Inc. for its Atari 2600 home video game organisation and appears in their 1984 itemize.[58] However, later on Atari's spinoff and auction of its habitation games and computers segmentation, owner Jack Tramiel decided the graphic symbol'southward royalties were also expensive given the failing state of the video game industry at the time, and the game was cancelled.[59] A ROM image of the game was withal released with Jim Davis' approving.[59]

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. Towa Chiki fabricated A Week of Garfield for the Family Figurer, released only in Nihon in 1989. Sega likewise fabricated the 1995 video game Garfield: Caught in the Human activity for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Game Gear and Windows 3.1 computers. Other companies made games, such equally A Tale of Two Kitties for the DS, published by Game Manufactory, Garfield's Nightmare for DS, Garfield's Funfest for DS, and Garfield Labyrinth for Game Male child. On PlayStation ii were Garfield and Garfield 2 (known in the US equally Garfield, a Tale of Two Kitties). Garfield Lasagna World Tour was also made for PS2. Garfield: Saving Arlene was just released in Japan and in the U.k.. And contempo additions for mobile devices are "Garfield's Diner" and "Garfield'south Zombie Defence force".

Konami also released a Garfield handheld electronic game titled Lasagnator in 1991, which met with mild success.

In 2012, a series of Garfield video games was launched by French publisher Anuman Interactive, including My Puzzles with Garfield!, Multiplication Tables with Garfield, Garfield Kart, and Garfield's Match Up.[sixty]

Garfield appears as a playable graphic symbol through free DLC for 2021's Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl.[61]

Stage

Joseph Papp, producer of A Chorus Line, discussed making a Garfield stage musical, but due to some complications, it never got off ground. A total-length stage musical, titled "Garfield Live", was planned to kick off its United states bout in September 2010, just got moved to Jan eighteen, 2011, where it premiered in Muncie, Indiana. The book was written past Jim Davis, with music and lyrics by Michael Dansicker and Nib Meade, and it was booked past AWA Touring Services. The opening song, "Cattitude" tin exist heard on the national tour'due south website, along with two more, "On the Fence", and "Going Habitation!".[62] When the North-American bout ended in 2012, information technology toured throughout Asia.

Comic book

In agreement with Paws, Boom! Studios launched in May 2012 a monthly Garfield comic volume, with the outset issue featuring a story written by Mark Evanier (who has supervised Garfield and Friends and The Garfield Show) and illustrated by Davis's long-time banana Gary Barker.[63]

Art book

In 2016, Hermes Printing signed an agreement with Paws, Inc to publish an art book on the art of author Jim Davis, titled The Art of Jim Davis' Garfield.[64] The book includes an essay by author R.C. Harvey and other original material, and was released in July 2016 for the San Diego Comic-Con.[64]

Eating house

In 2018, a ghost restaurant themed after the franchise known as GarfieldEATS was opened in Dubai. Customers social club food through the official mobile app, which also contains games and allows users to buy episodes of Garfield and Friends. The eating house serves lasagna, Garfield-shaped pizza, "Garfuccinos", and Garfield-shaped night chocolate confined. A 2d location opened in Toronto in 2019.[65] [66] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic every bit well as a dispute over rent, the restaurant closed in 2020.[67]

Primary characters

Characters The Fantastic Funnies Garfield Television Specials Goggle box series Theatrical films Direct-to-DVD films
Garfield and Friends The Garfield Evidence Garfield:
The Movie 		Garfield:
A Tail of Two Kitties 		Untitled Garfield
animated movie 		Garfield Gets Real Garfield's Fun Fest Garfield's Pet Strength
1980 1982–1991 1988–1994 2009–2016 2004 2006 TBA 2007 2008 2009
Garfield Scott Beach Lorenzo Music Frank Welker Neb Murray Chris Pratt Frank Welker
Jon Arbuckle Thom Huge Thom Huge Thom Huge Wally Wingert Breckin Meyer Wally Wingert
Sandy Kenyon
Odie Gregg Berger Uncredited Dog Gregg Berger
Dr. Liz Wilson Julie Thousand. Payne Jennifer Love Hewitt Vanessa Marshall[a]
Nermal Desirée Goyette Jason Marsden David Eigenberg Jason Marsden
Arlene Silent Cameo Audrey Wasilewski Debra Messing Audrey Wasilewski

Through the Garfield strips, at that place have been many additional characters, merely the main ones are described here.

Garfield

Starting time appearance: June nineteen, 1978

Garfield is an orange, fuzzy tabby cat built-in in the kitchen of an Italian eatery (subsequently revealed in the television special Garfield: His ix Lives to be Mama Leoni'southward Italian Restaurant) who immediately ate all the pasta and lasagna in sight, thus developing his honey and obsession for lasagna and pizza.[69] [70]

Gags in the strips ordinarily deal with Garfield'due south obesity (in ane 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 expiry"),[71] and his disdain of whatsoever form of exertion or piece of work. He is known for maxim "breathing is exercise".

Though Garfield can exist very cynical, he does have a soft side for his teddy conduct, Pooky, food and sleep, and in one Christmas he says: "They say I have to become upwardly early on, exist dainty to people, skip breakfast… I wish it would never finish." Still, in the feature film Garfield Gets Real and its sequels, Garfield is improve behaved, friendlier towards Jon and Odie, less self-centered, and more than sympathetic.

Information technology has been wondered by many readers if Garfield can actually exist understood by the man characters effectually him. Sometimes, information technology seems like Jon can hear him. Notwithstanding, information technology is mentioned in more than one strip that Jon cannot empathize Garfield.[72] Nevertheless, in the feature film Garfield Gets Existent 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. In the April i, (April Fools' Twenty-four hour period) 1997 strip drawn by the artists of Blondie as part of the comic strip switcheroo,[73] Garfield, still with thought balloons, can exist understood by Jon.

To break the fourth wall, June nineteen is celebrated within the strip as Garfield's birthday. The appearance in 1979 claimed it to be his commencement birthday, although in the starting time advent of the strip (June 19, 1978), he was portrayed every bit a fully-grown cat, implying that the birthday is of the strip itself.[74]

Jon Arbuckle

First appearance: June 19, 1978

Jon: Hither's my sixth-class report card. My parents were so proud.
Garfield, reading the written report card: "Jon has not shoved any crayons up his nose this term."

—Garfield (1996)[75]

Jon (Jonathan Q. Arbuckle) is Garfield's possessor, usually depicted equally an bad-mannered clumsy geek who has trouble finding a date. Jon had a trounce on Liz (Garfield'south veterinarian) and is now dating her. Jon disapproves of Garfield'south "don't care, not interested", attitude, and often encourages his pet to accept an interest in the world around him, sometimes stating an interesting fact, or request a philosophical question in an attempt to prompt Garfield into thought, Garfield tends to castor this off with a unproblematic, yet logical remark, and despite the trouble Garfield causes, Jon has a heart of gold and is very tolerant of Garfield's shortcomings, a fact which Garfield often takes advantage of. In the December 23, 1980, strip, Jon states that he is xxx years old (nominally meaning he should soon be in his sixties, although he has not aged physically). His altogether is July 28.[76] [77]

Jon loves (or occasionally hates) Garfield and all cats. Many gags focus on this; his inability to go a date is commonly attributed to his lack of social skills, his poor gustatory modality in clothes (Garfield remarked in one strip later on seeing his closet that "two hundred moths committed suicide";[78] in another, the "geek police" ordered Jon to "throw out his tie"),[79] and his eccentric interests which range from postage stamp collecting to measuring the growth of his toenails to watching movies with "polka ninjas". Other strips portray him equally lacking intelligence (he is seen reading a pop-up book in one strip).[80]

Jon was born on a farm that evidently contained few civilities; in 1 strip, his male parent, upon seeing indoor plumbing, remarks: "Woo-ha! Own't science something?"[81] Jon occasionally visits his parents, brother and grandmother at their farm. Information technology was unsaid that Jon is inspired by a drawing of Davis himself when he was first drawing the strip. Jon was portrayed as a cartoonist in the first strip[82] and occasional others in the early years; Davis stated his intent had been to express his own frustrations every bit a cartoonist. Ultimately, Jon'southward task has been referenced far more frequently in Garfield animated serial than in the strip.

Odie

First advent: Baronial 8, 1978 [83]

Jon: I think I'm having some kind of identity crisis.

Garfield, walking past Odie who is lying in a kitchen drawer: He thinks he's having an identity crisis ... Odie thinks he's a potato peeler.

—Garfield (1991)[84]

Odie is a yellow, long-eared beagle with a big, slobbering natural language, who walks on all 4 legs, though occasionally he will walk on two like Garfield. He was originally owned by Jon'due south friend Lyman, though Jon adopted him after Lyman was written out of the strip. The book Garfield: His 9 Lives (1984) retcons Odie's origin: there is no mention of Lyman, and Odie was a puppy when he was acquired by Jon as company for Garfield (when Garfield was a kitten).

Odie is younger than Garfield and unremarkably portrayed equally naïve, happy, appreciating and blissfully unaware of Garfield's cynical, sadistic nature, despite the physical abuse Garfield exhibits toward him, including regularly kicking him off the kitchen table or tricking him into going over the edge himself. On some occasions, however, he is depicted more intelligently, every bit one strip, in which he holds a heavy rock to prevent Garfield from doing this, and really hurts Garfield's foot. In 1 strip when Garfield and Jon are out of the house, Odie is seen reading War and Peace and watching An Evening With Mozart on boob tube,[85] only in "Enquire a Domestic dog" strips, he is depicted equally illiterate and has to be read to by Garfield. Odie has only thought one time. In another strip, published on Jan 28, 2010, he is seen solving Jon'southward sudoku puzzle.

Dr. Liz Wilson

Commencement advent: June 26, 1979

Jon: Tell me, Liz, haven't we met somewhere before? A rice paddy in Hong Kong?

Liz: Look, jerk. I'll be the vet for your cat, but I won't play fall guy for your stupid lines. Understood?

Jon, shocked: Uh-huh. And then long, doctor.

Liz: Have a nice day.

—Garfield (1979)[86]

Dr. Liz Wilson is Garfield and Odie's sarcastic veterinarian and a long time vanquish of Jon Arbuckle. She has a somewhat deadpan, sardonic persona and almost ever reacts negatively to Jon's outlandish and goofball behavior but can even find it endearing on occasion. Jon oft attempted to ask her out on a date, only rarely succeeded; nonetheless, in an extended story arc from June 20 to July 29, 2006 (the main event on July 28), Liz and Jon kiss, and take been a couple e'er since.[87]

Recurring subjects and themes

Many of the gags focus on Garfield'southward obsessive eating and obesity; his dislike of spiders; his hatred of Mondays, diets, and any course of exertion; his abiding shedding (which annoys Jon); and his abuse of Odie and Jon equally well equally his obsession with mailing Nermal to Abu Dhabi, or simply throwing him through the front door. Though he will eat nearly annihilation (with the exception of raisins and spinach), Garfield is particularly addicted of lasagna; he also enjoys eating Jon's houseplants and other pets (mainly birds and fish).

He also has odd relationships with household pests; Garfield generally spares mice, and even cooperates with them to cause mischief (much to Jon's chagrin), but volition readily swat or pound spiders flat. Other gags focus on Jon's poor social skills and inability to get a appointment; before he started dating Liz, he oftentimes tried to get dates, unremarkably without success (in i strip, after failing to become a engagement with "Nancy", he tries getting a engagement with her mother and grandmother; he ended upwardly getting "shot down by three generations").[88] When he does get a date, it usually goes awry; Jon'south dates have slashed his tires, been tranquilized, and chosen the law when he stuck carrots in his ears. The storylines featuring Jon's dates rarely appear at present. Before, he had dates with many odd characters, whereas now, he exclusively dates Liz.

Garfield's world has specific locations that appear usually on the comic strips, like the Vet's part, a place he loathes. Irma's Diner is another occasional setting. Irma is a chirpy but ho-hum-witted and unattractive waitress/director, and ane of Jon'due south few friends. The terrible food is the centre of near of the jokes, along with the poor management. Jon periodically visits his parents and brother on the subcontract. This results in week-long comical displays of stupidity by Jon and his family unit, and their interactions. There is a comic strip where Jon's blood brother Doc Boy is watching two socks in the dryer spinning and Medico Boy calls it entertainment.

On the farm, Jon's female parent volition cook huge dinners; Garfield hugs her for this. Jon has a grandmother who, in a strip, kicked Odie; Garfield subsequently hugged her. Jon's parents have twice visited Jon, Garfield, and Odie in the city. Jon'south male parent drove into boondocks on his tractor (which he double-parked) and brought a rooster to wake him up. Equally Garfield has a love for food, they will often swallow out at restaurants. Most trips finish upwards embarrassing because Garfield volition pig out, or Jon will practice something stupid, including wearing an ugly shirt, which happened one dark when he took Liz on a date. When Jon takes Liz on a appointment, Garfield occasionally tags forth—in one case, he ate the bread and other nutrient at an Italian restaurant they went to.[89]

Oftentimes, the characters break the fourth wall, mostly to explain something to the readers, talk about a subject area that often sets upwards the strip's punchline (like Jon claiming that pets are good for exercise right before he finds Garfield in the kitchen and chases him out),[90] or give a mere glare when a grapheme is belittled or not impressed. Sometimes, this theme revolves effectually the conventions of the strip; for example, in 1 strip, Garfield catches a cold and complains well-nigh it, noting that his thoughts are stuffed upward.[91]

Short storylines

One item semi-recurring storyline features Jon and Liz on a date in a restaurant. They sometimes are waited on past the Italian Armando, who is refined and sophisticated and shows a slap-up loathing towards Jon, presumably for his immature and uncouth beliefs at the prestigious restaurant. On other occasions, the couple receives a different waiter, such as a large ogre-similar man who intimidates Jon when he is most to report a complaint nearly the food.

Another commonly recurring grapheme, although hardly ever seen, is Jon's neighbour, Mrs. Feeny. Garfield seems to take both enormous pride and excess zeal in doing whatsoever information technology takes to harass her, to the point the she even erects an electric fence (which of grade, does not stop him).

Other unique themes are things like "Garfield's Believe it or Don't",[92] "Garfield'southward Law",[93] "Garfield's History of Dogs",[94] and "Garfield's History of Cats",[95] which show science, history, and the globe from Garfield's point of view. Another particular theme is "National Fat Calendar week", where Garfield spends the week making fun of skinny people. Also, at that place was a storyline involving Garfield communicable Odie eating his food and "kick Odie into next week".[96] Soon, Garfield realizes that "Lunch isn't the aforementioned without Odie. He always slips up backside me, barks loudly and makes me autumn into my food" (Garfield subsequently falls into his food by himself).[97]

A few days after the storyline began, Garfield is lying in his bed with a "nagging feeling I'1000 forgetting something", with Odie landing on Garfield in the adjacent console.[98] Jon and Liz began to go out more oft, Jon has started hiring pet sitters to look after Garfield and Odie, though they do not always work out. 2 detail examples are Lillian, an eccentric (and very nearsighted) old lady with odd quirks, and Greta, a muscle bound woman who was hired to look later the pets during New year's day's Eve.

Almost of December is spent preparing for Christmas, with a predictable focus on presents. Other Christmas themed strips include Jon'due south attempts at decorating the tree and house, or the effort to buy the tree. Some years, the Christmas strips started as early equally the end of November. Another instance is "Splut Week", when Garfield tries to avert pies that are thrown at him. For virtually of Garfield's history, being hit with a pie has inevitably resulted in the onomatopoeia "splut", hence the name.

Every calendar week before June nineteen, the strip focuses on Garfield'south birthday, which he dreads considering of his fearfulness of getting older. This started happening after his sixth birthday. However, before his 29th birthday, Liz put Garfield on a diet. On June 19, 2007, Garfield was given the greatest birthday present: "I'M OFF MY DIET!" Occasionally the strip celebrates Halloween likewise with scary-themed jokes, such every bit mask gags. At that place are too seasonal jokes, with snow-related gags common in January or February and beach- or heat-themed jokes in the summer.

Right console of the Oct 27, 1989 strip.

One storyline, which ran the week before Halloween in 1989, is unique among Garfield strips in that it is not meant to be humorous.[99] [ failed verification ] Information technology depicts Garfield enkindling in a future in which the business firm is abandoned and he no longer exists. In Garfield's Twentieth Ceremony Collection, in which the strips are reprinted, Jim Davis discusses the genesis for this series:

During a writing session for Halloween, I got the idea for this decidedly different series of strips. I wanted to scare people. And what do people fear virtually? Why, existence alone. We carried out the concept to its logical conclusion and got a lot of responses from readers. Reaction ranged from 'Right on!' to 'This isn't a tendency, is it?'

One of the recurring storylines involves Garfield getting lost or running abroad. The longest 1 of these lasted for over a month (in 1986 August 25 to September 28); it began with Jon telling Garfield to go get the newspaper. Garfield walks outside to get it, but speculates near what will happen if he wanders off – and decides to find out. Jon notices Garfield has been gone too long, so he sends Odie out to find him. He apace realizes his fault (Odie, being not too brilliant, also gets lost).

Jon starts to become lonely, so he offers a reward for the return of Garfield and Odie. He is not descriptive, so animals including an elephant, monkeys, a seal, a snake, a kangaroo and joey, and turtles are brought to Jon's business firm for the reward. Afterwards a series of events, including Odie being adopted past a small-scale daughter, both pets coming together up at a circus that they briefly joined, and both going to a pet shop, Garfield and Odie brand it back home.

Another story involved Jon going abroad on a business organisation trip around Christmas fourth dimension, leaving Garfield a calendar week's worth of food, which he devoured instantly. Garfield then leaves the house and gets locked out. He and then reunites with his mother, and eventually makes information technology back habitation in the snowfall on Christmas Eve (December iii–23, 1984). Part of this storyline was taken from the 1983 Emmy-winning special Garfield on the Town.

Paws, Inc.

Paws, Inc.[100] was founded in 1981 by Jim Davis to support the Garfield comic strip and its licensing. It is located in Muncie, Indiana, and has a staff of virtually fifty artists and licensing administrators. In 1994, the company purchased all rights to the Garfield comic strips from 1978 to 1993 from United Feature Syndicate. Yet, the original black and white daily strips and original color Sunday strips remain copyrighted to United Characteristic Syndicate. The full color daily strips and recolored Sun strips are copyrighted to Paws as they are considered a unlike product. Though rights to the strip remain with Paws, Inc., it is currently distributed by Universal Printing Syndicate. In August 2019, Davis sold Paws, Inc. to Viacom, who has placed Garfield nether the Nickelodeon banner.[7]

2010 Veterans 24-hour interval controversy

The controversial comic strip

Davis attracted criticism from the media for a Garfield strip in which the last panel appeared to be a negative reference to Veterans 24-hour interval that appeared in newspapers on November 11, 2010. In the strip, a spider who is well-nigh to exist squashed by Garfield boasts that if he is squished, he will go a holiday in his remembrance. The next panel shows a classroom of spiders in which a teacher asks the students why spiders gloat "National Stupid Solar day", implying that the spider was squashed.[101] Davis quickly apologized for the poorly timed comic strip, saying that it had been written a year in advance and that both his brother and son were veterans.[102]

Notes

  1. ^ While Liz Wilson herself does non appear in Garfield's Pet Force, an alternate version of her from another universe known as "Vetvix" serves as the main adversary. Vetix is heavily based on Liz Wilson, right downwards to her pattern also as her name being a reference to Liz's occupation as veterinarian.

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External links

  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata
  • Archive of Garfield.com on its last day before conversion
  • Garfield at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on August 1, 2016.
  • The Garfield Show
  • Official website of the stage musical

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