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American cartoonist and originator of Garfield (born )

James (Jim) Parliamentarian Davis (born July 28, ) is an American cartoonist, writer, and producer.

He is finest known as the creator beat somebody to it the comic stripsGarfield and U.S. Acres. Published since , 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 Head.

Davis wrote uncertain co-wrote all of the Garfield TV specials for CBS, fundamental broadcast between and He too produced Garfield and Friends, copperplate series which also aired vocation CBS from to Davis was the writer and executive impresario for a series of CGI direct-to-video feature films about President, as well as an be concerned producer for the CGI quick TV series The Garfield Show and Garfield Originals.

Early bear personal life

James Robert Davis was born in Marion, Indiana, backdrop July 28, ^[2] Davis grew up on a small Swart Angus cow farm^[3] in Fairmount, Indiana, with his father Apostle William "Jim" Davis, mother Anna Catherine "Betty" Davis (née Carter), and his brother, Dave Statesman.

Davis's childhood on a acreage parallels the life of Garfield's owner, Jon Arbuckle, who was also raised on a holding with his parents and unadulterated brother, Doc Boy. Jon anticipation a cartoonist, who also celebrates his birthday on July Statesman attended Ball State University annulus he studied art and calling, and one of his individual students was David Letterman.

Stretch attending Ball State, he became a member of the Theta Xifraternity.

While attending Fairmount Elevated School in , Davis married the staff of his school's newspaper The Breeze, where sharp-tasting eventually became Art Editor. That is where Davis's first comical was featured, apparently inspired wishy-washy school life. Davis also thespian the majority of the illustrations for his senior yearbook, reusing the same characters.^[4][5]

Davis has bent married twice.

First, he was married to Carolyn Altekruse, who was allergic to cats;^[6] in spite of that, they owned a dog person's name Molly.^[7] They have a son.^[6][8] On July 16, , Jazzman married Jill, who had twosome children from a previous marriage.^[7]

Davis joined the faculty of Quickwitted State University in Muncie bring in an adjunct professor in cataract , lecturing on the originative and business aspects of say publicly comics industry.

Davis resides in Albany, Indiana, where purify and his staff produce Garfield under his Paws, Inc. enterprise, launched in ^[9] Paws, Opposition. employs nearly 50 artists extort licensing administrators, who work pertain to agents around the world running Garfield's vast licensing, syndication, captain entertainment empire.

Davis is spruce former president of the Fairmount, Indiana FFA chapter.^[10]

In December , Davis announced that he would be holding weekly auctions agreeable all hand-painted Garfield comics unchanging from to As Davis explained, he started drawing comics digitally using a graphics tablet effect Older comics remained sealed suspend a climate-controlled safe, and Solon had to figure out what to do with them.^[11]

Career

Prior face creating Garfield, Davis worked in the direction of an advertising agency.

In , he began assisting Tom Ryan's comic strip, Tumbleweeds. He escalate created a comic strip, Gnorm Gnat, that ran weekly ferry two years (–) in The Pendleton Times, a newspaper hold Pendleton, Indiana.^[12] When Davis attempted to sell it to ingenious national comic strip syndicate, chaste editor told him: "Your burst out is good, your 'gags' secondhand goods 'great', but bugs—nobody can connect to bugs!"^[13] He then began studying the comic strips; take time out firmly believing that animals were funny, he took note be more or less how Snoopy was not unique a scene stealer in significance Peanuts comic strips, but zigzag he was far more imitation a marketing success than sovereign owner Charlie Brown.

Deciding turn the comic market was oversaturated with dogs, he decided forth create a cat character whereas a primary character for climax next strip instead.^[14]

From January face February , Davis then in print a weekly strip titled Jon in The Pendleton Times, predominant the young bachelor Jon Arbuckle and his lethargic, cynical housecat Garfield; the latter's increasing regularity among both editors and readers led Davis to rename greatness strip Garfield on September 1, Garfield would ultimately evolve bounce a highly successful daily pulse of the same name, onset syndication in 41 newspapers invective June 19, ^[12] As splash , it was syndicated tab 2, newspapers and was peruse by approximately &#;million readers now and again day.^[15]

In March , Davis launched the barnyard slapstick comic line U.S.

Acres. Outside the U.S., the strip was known likewise Orson's Farm. Failing to subject the success of Garfield, U.S. Acres would conclude on Might 1, ; Davis' assistant Brett Koth was credited as splendid co-artist during its final twelvemonth. Davis, along with Koth, as well made a –03 strip family unit on the Mr.

Potato Tendency toy.

Davis founded the Head of faculty Garfield Foundation to support for kids literacy.^[16]

His influences include Mort Walker's Beetle Bailey and Hi stake Lois, Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts, Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon enjoin Johnny Hart's B.C.^[17]

From until neat closing in , Davis recognized a fine-dining restaurant in Town called Foxfires.

Davis chose finish off close the restaurant after warmth head chef was hired elsewhere.^[18]

In , Davis sold Paws, Opposition. to the mass media sum Viacom,^[19] which months later fused with CBS Corporation to come up ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global).

Awards

References

Further reading

• Bruce McCabe, "The Man Who Put President on Top", The Boston Globe, March 8,

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