Garfield: Two's Company

by Jim Davis

Genres: Comics, Humor, Cartoon, Cats, Childrens, Comedy, Fiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1984

About the author

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 fraternity. He earned the dubious honor of earning one of the lowest cumulative grade point averages in the history of the university, an honor incidentally shared with Late Show host David Letterman.

Davis as of 2007 resides in Muncie, Indiana, where he and his staff produce Garfield under his company, Paws, Inc., begun in 1981. He was married to Carolyn, a singer and elementary teacher whom he met while both were attending college, and has a son named James with her. However, the couple divorced, and Davis since 2000 has been married to Jill, Paws' senior vice president of licensing, who has worked there approximately 25 years.

Ironically, Davis did not own cats when he started Garfield because of Carolyn's allergies, but they owned a Labrador retriever named Molly. With Jill, the family has expanded to include children Ashley and Chris; three grandchildren, Chloe, Carly and Cody; cats, Spunky and Nermal; and a dog, Pooky.

Reviews

[alma · Rating 4 out of 5]

tuve 1h sin alumnos en el trabajo y estaba en la estanteria de la clase. no esperaba nada y me senti muy reflejada en el apego q siente garfield por su osito de peluche.

[Nenebookss · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five stars for Pooky

[Pedro Martinez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Re-reading my first Garfield comic book. 1984, £1.5 from a London English training trip a long time ago. Nermal pushed thru the window. Odie given a boot after a long time. Holidays in the tropics. It aged way better than me.

[Doris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Garfield and Co are entertaining people all around the world. Jim Davis' talent creating the overweight with attitude absolutely precedes him! And onto the next adventure ...

[Gonzalo Oyanedel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lectura rápida y amena en la clásica línea del personaje, con algún cambio de escenario y la intervención de secundarios como Nermal.

[Charlie Walton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Masterpiece

[Eve · Rating 2 out of 5]

Boring ahhh 😒😒😒😒😒😒😒

[Ümit Sevgi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Garfield ve oyuncak ayısı :)

[Lifeis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very funny book . I like it .

[Sally · Rating 5 out of 5]

Garfield is always fun for a read, even if you've read the same comics a dozen times before :)