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Jonathan Q. "Jon" Arbuckle is an American cartoonist who is the owner of Garfield and Odie. His exact age is unknown. Jon's age was given as 29 years old in a December 23, 1980, strip when he tells Garfield a joke that he "would be 30 but he was sick a year" (although given that this is presented in the context of Jon telling a joke, it is possible Jon may not have stated his actual age). [8]
Jon's unnamed father who runs the Arbuckle farm with Jon's mother. He is based on Jim Davis' own father. In The Garfield Show, he is voiced by Frank Welker. [23] He most commonly appears when Jon, Garfield, and Odie visit Jon's childhood home/the Arbuckle family's farm.
Garfield is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis.Originally published locally as Jon in 1976 (later changed to Garfield in 1977), then in nationwide syndication from 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, and their owner Jon Arbuckle.
Garfield and Friends is an American animated television series based on the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis.The show aired on CBS as part of its Saturday morning children's lineup from September 17, 1988, to December 10, 1994.
The Garfield Show is an animated television series produced by Dargaud Media and Paws, Inc. It is based on the American Garfield comic strip [1] created by Jim Davis.The animated series focuses on a new series of adventures for the characters of Garfield, Odie, and their owner Jon Arbuckle, alongside staple characters from the strip and a number of unique additions for the program. [2]
Davis's childhood on a farm parallels the life of Garfield's owner, Jon Arbuckle, who was also raised on a farm with his parents and a brother, Doc Boy. Jon is a cartoonist, who also celebrates his birthday on July 28. Davis attended Ball State University where he studied art and business, and one of his fellow students was David Letterman.
Garfield lives with dog Odie and owner Jon Arbuckle in a world inhabited by comic/cartoon characters. Garfield and the gang work at the Comic Studios with other comic strip characters, such as his girlfriend Arlene, frenemy Nermal, Billy Bear, Randy Rabbit, & inventor Wally Stegman & his wife, Bonita, where the comics are made in their world and sent to the real world where it's made in books ...
Garfield and Odie read Long Jon Arbuckle's diary to find out more about him. Odie later discovers that some apparently blank pages of his diary were actually written in invisible ink, which reveals a secret that remained hidden for over 200 years.