Garfield the cat is the 900 lb gorilla on the comics page and now on Facebook. As of this writing, the fan page for Jim Davis creation is 2,497 friends away from having 3 million Facebook fans. His last wall post says that once the 3 million mark has been passed there will be a […]
Bob Harvey has a great interview with Jim Davis regarding his career doing Garfield. Bob provides a lot of insight into the PAWS Inc. organization and Jim’s role in his empire. Garfield appeared in papers 33 years ago last week.As the Garfield empire grew, more and more of Davis’ time was devoted to the multiplicity […]
I came across this letter to the editor and had a “Oh crap! Did Jim forgot to check his calendar again?” The date referenced below is the day before D-Day.The comic strip “Garfield” has long impressed me with its consistent message of aggrandizing anti-social behavior. The strip is a detriment to young readers and an […]
For $.99 you can upload your face and put it into a Dilbert or Garfield cartoon that you can then send to others. From USA Today:“We like to say that we’ve always viewed Dilbert as the first social media brand,” he jokingly explains. “These strips were among the first forms of entertainment that were being […]
(This interview with Garfield creator Jim Davis is one of a series of cartoonist profiles I did in 2003 for the Post-Star of Glens Falls, NY)Garfield was born where a lot of cats are born: In the basement. He sure didn’t stay there. Jim Davis had worked for nine years as an assistant on the […]