Earlier in the s, Davis had created Gnorm Gnat , which did not gain widespread success. Davis realized it was difficult for readers to identify with a bug, but noticed that dogs like Snoopy and Marmaduke were resonating with people and that there was no prominent comic strip that featured a cat.
He was no stranger to cats, having grown up with many of them on a farm, and decided to create Garfield and a comic strip with the same name. He named the cat after his grandfather. Garfield follows the happenings of Garfield the cat, and also features Garfield's owner, Jon Arbuckle, and Jon's dog, Odie.
Minor characters like Pooky, Garfield's teddy bear; Dr. Liz Wilson, Garfield's vet and Jon's love interest; and Nermal, a cat who Garfield loathes, also appear.
Garfield was born in Mamma Leoni's Italian Restaurant, which may explain why he loves lasagna. And here you were thinking you had a lot of Facebook friends. Think again. Yes, Jim Davis originally wrote about bugs. Being the smart man that he is, Davis came to his senses and decided to switch to mammals. Namely, cats. When terrorizing the neighborhood in various ways such as destroying flowerbeds, chasing girl scouts to ransack their cookies, or just plain harassing people , Jon gets flooded with calls from neighbors complaining about Garfield's actions.
Garfield only views such large volumes of complaint calls as an award or achievement. Garfield frequently harasses Odie, his house-mate. Garfield enjoys kicking Odie off the table when he is not looking. He also likes to trick Odie into performing a stupid act, like chasing non-existent objects or getting him to chase his tail around in circles with no end. Despite this, Garfield does care for Odie and his well being to the point where he would put his life on the line to ensure his safety.
In the Garfield Show , Garfield does not harass Odie as much as he does in the comics. Garfield's friendship with Odie is shown quite often when he is in danger. He also acts more generous with food towards him; after ordering pizzas whilst visiting Doc Boy's farm, Garfield openly shares a slice with Odie after being asked. Garfield often comes into contact with spiders; this almost always results with them being whacked with a rolled newspaper or stomped by his foot.
This is often the result of the spider insulting Garfield, whether it be over his weight, his old age usually around Garfield's upcoming birthdays , his life in general, or anything else. Other times, it is merely an act resulting from Garfield's general hatred towards spiders.
Occasionally, when Garfield flattens a spider with a magazine, he will leave the magazine out for Jon to read. When Jon opens the magazine, he finds a large, flattened out spider, causing him to scream in terror. The spiders occasionally win against Garfield by avoiding getting swatted or finding a way to annoy or harm him, such as ruining his selfie. Garfield is often jealous of the treatment Nermal gets from many people, especially Jon.
While not having any problem with him when having his peace and quiet undisturbed, Garfield will get very angry and annoyed when Nermal intentionally ruins it and will not have any problem with bullying or mailing him to Abu Dhabi him in return.
Garfield still dislikes Nermal and wishes he would leave him alone. They get along if they needed to be, or if Garfield is in a good mood. In the Garfield Show and the CGI movies, Garfield openly displays irritation with Nermal when he is there to intentionally annoy him and others. He once wore a mask of himself smiling to pretend to tolerate Nermal.
Throughout the comic strips, Garfield and Arlene appear to be close. Garfield would attempt to make some moves on Arlene, such as kissing her or attempting to compliment her, which would end with Arlene injuring him vaguely. As the comic strips went on, it was hinted that they are a pair. Garfield may have commitment issues with Arlene.
In one comic strip, Garfield imagines a future of him and Arlene being married; he grows nervous when he imagines them having kittens and brushes the idea off. In another strip, Arlene asks him from out of nowhere if it were legal for cats to get married.
Garfield's face except for his mouth responds with a surprised and scared expression. When being asked by Arlene if he is okay, Garfield tells her that his brain is in pain. Arlene also knows what to say to Garfield; when she randomly mentions tuna, Garfield smiles with her as he holds her paw, commenting on how much of a sweet talker she was.
He also does not wish to be too critical with Arlene, as when being asked if the gap in her teeth looks silly, Garfield tells her that she could never look silly. Garfield also mentions that Arlene is cute when she is angry. I wanted a cat… So what do I do? I go to the pet store and ask for a cat.
What do they give me? In , less than three years after its release, the strip appeared in newspapers.
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