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Jim Davis

Born

in Fairmont, Indiana, The United States

July 28, 1945

Genre

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James Robert "Jim" Davis is an American cartoonist who created the popular comic strip Garfield. Other comics that he has worked on are Tumbleweeds, Gnorm Gnat, Slapstick, and a strip about Mr. Potato Head.

Jim Davis was born in Fairmount, Indiana, near Marion, where he grew up on a small farm with his father James William Davis, mother Anna Catherine (Carter) Davis, brother Dave, and 25 cats. Davis' childhood on a farm parallels the life of his cartoon character Garfield's owner, Jon Arbuckle, who was also raised on a farm with his parents and a brother, Doc Boy. Jon, too, is a cartoonist, and also celebrates his birthday on July 28. Davis attended Ball State University. While attending Ball State, he became a member of the Theta Xi fratern ...more

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Average rating: 4.25 · 104,164 ratings · 3,700 reviews · 2,179 distinct works • Similar authors

	Garfield at Large: His First Book (Garfield, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 6,655 ratings — published 1980 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Garfield Gains Weight (Garfield, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 5,160 ratings — published 1981 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Garfield Vol. 1 by Jim Davis, Mark Evanier, Gary Barker (Illustrator) 4.41 avg rating — 3,973 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Garfield Bigger Than Life (Garfield, #3) 4.24 avg rating — 2,739 ratings — published 1981 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Garfield Weighs In (Garfield, #4) 4.25 avg rating — 2,661 ratings — published 1982 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Garfield Takes the Cake (Garfield, #5) 4.27 avg rating — 2,474 ratings — published 1982 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Garfield Vol. 4 by Jim Davis, Mark Evanier, Rhoald Marcellius (Artist) 4.58 avg rating — 1,885 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Garfield Tips the Scales (Garfield, #8) 4.23 avg rating — 1,915 ratings — published 1984 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Garfield Vol. 7 by Jim Davis, Mark Evanier, Andy Hirsch (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.59 avg rating — 1,754 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Garfield Vol. 6 by Jim Davis, Scott Nickel, Andy Hirsch (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.60 avg rating — 1,657 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Garfield (76 books)
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4.22 avg rating — 60,334 ratings

Garfield Landscape Books (13 books)
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4.23 avg rating — 2,949 ratings

Garfield Treasuries (10 books)
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4.21 avg rating — 2,362 ratings

Garfield TV Specials (8 books)
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4.08 avg rating — 1,743 ratings

Garfield Pocket Books (29 books)
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4.01 avg rating — 987 ratings

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“Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.”
― Jim Davis

tags: healthy-diet, vegetarianism

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“If you are patient...and wait long enough...Nothing will happen ”
― Jim Davis

tags: garfield

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“Life is like a hot bath. It feels good while you're in it, but the longer you stay, the more wrinkled you get.”
― Jim Davis

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Which cat-centric comic strip collection should we read for July?

This poll will open at 12:01 am Eastern time on Friday, June 2, 2017,
and will close at 11:59 pm Eastern time on Sunday, June 25, 2017.

Simon's Cat (Simon's Cat, #1) by Simon Tofield

Simon's Cat by Simon Tofield

3 votes, 37.5%

Breaking Cat News: Cats Reporting on the News that Matters to Cats by Georgia Dunn

2 votes, 25.0%

Garfield at Large His First Book (Garfield, #1) by Jim Davis

Garfield at Large: His First Book by Jim Davis

1 vote, 12.5%

Cat vs Human by Yasmine Surovec

1 vote, 12.5%

Cat Getting Out of a Bag and Other Observations by Jeffrey Brown

1 vote, 12.5%

The Dog Is Not a Toy: House Rule #4 by Darby Conley

0 votes, 0.0%

8 total votes

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