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James (Jim) Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known as the creator of the comic strips Garfield and U.S. Acres. Published since 1978, Garfield is one of the world's most widely syndicated comic strips. [1] Davis's other comics work includes Tumbleweeds, Gnorm Gnat, and Mr. Potato ...
In Fairmount, a "James Dean Garfield" was unveiled in July 2006. He is dressed in "cool" attire, sporting an open-button collar and denim jeans, placed outside the Fairmount Historical Museum. [1] In tribute to Van Buren, dubbed "the Popcorn Capital of the World", [2] "Popcorn Eating Garfield" was unveiled during August, 2006 Popcorn Festival ...
From September to November 2016, the museum hosted its first temporary exhibit “Jim Davis: An Indiana Legend”, [4] dedicated to Hoosier native cartoonist Jim Davis, the creator of Garfield. In October 2014 the museum hosted the Indiana Ceramics Celebration, exhibiting about 500 pieces by Indiana ceramic artists, including Laura Anne Fry ...
The cat's name is a tribute to Davis’s beloved grandfather, James A. Garfield Davis—"a large gruff man with very kind eyes, so the personality fits Garfield," the cartoonist told The Today ...
Republican then-vice president. Presented by Robert D. Orr at fundraising dinner for the Indiana Republican State Committee. [15] Jim Davis: 1984: Cartoonist. [16] Garfield : January 8, 1988: Cartoon cat. For efforts in promoting higher education to high school students. Presented by Robert D. Orr to creator Jim Davis. [17] Tim McCarthy: May 14 ...
Paws, Inc., doing business as Paws, Incorporated, is an American comic studio and production company founded by American cartoonist Jim Davis in 1981 [1] to support the Garfield comic strips and its licensing. The company is located inside Paramount Global's headquarters building in New York City.
Cartoonist Jim Davis is the creator of Garfield. Cartoonist Jim Davis was born and raised in Muncie, Indiana. In 1973, while working as an assistant for T.K. Ryan's Tumbleweeds, he created the comic strip Gnorm Gnat, which ran only in the Pendleton Times of Pendleton, Indiana, from 1973 to 1975 and met with little success.
Marion is the birthplace of actor James Dean and cartoonist Jim Davis, and was the location of the wedding of actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett in 1993. [5] Ronald Douglas Morrell Jr. is the city's first African American mayor and has been mayor since 2024.