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.
Series
Books
Garfield's Feline Fantasies
1990
Garfield by the Pound
1992
Garfield Food for Thought
1987
Garfield Gains Weight
1981
Garfield Hams It Up
1997
Garfield 1986-1988
2011
I'm In The Mood For Food
In The Kitchen With Garfield
2003
Garfield Tips the Scales
1984
Garfield Bigger Than Life
1981
Garfield Holiday Celebrations
2004
Garfield Rounds Out
1988
Age Happens
Garfield Hits the Big 4-0
2018
Garfield's Longest Catnap
1989
Garfield Bigger and Better
1996
Garfield Book of Cat Names
1988
Garfield Goes Bananas
2007
Garfield's Ghost Stories
1992
Garfield a záhadná mumie
1998
Pie-Rat's Revenge!
1998
K-Niner
1998
Garfield Takes His Licks
1993
Garfield Life in the Fat Lane
1995
Garfield 1988-1990
2011
Garfield Makes It Big
1985
Garfield's Night Before Christmas
1988
Garfield
1982
Garfield's Haunted House and Other Spooky Tales
1994
Garfield 1978-1980 nº 01
2010
Garfield Chews the Fat
1989
Garfield Sits around the House
1983
Garfield Loses His Feet
1984
Garfield Beefs Up
2000
Garfield's Big Fat Hairy Joke Book
1993
Garfield 1992-1994
2013
Garfield
Rebel Without a Clue
1990
Garfield Nutty as a Fruitcake
His 66th Book
2018
30 Years of Laughs & Lasagna
The Life & Times of a Fat, Furry Legend!
2008
Garfield Rolls On
1985
Garfield Cooks Up Trouble
His 63rd Book
2017
A Garfield Christmas
1984
Garfield
His 9 Lives
1984
Moi, on m'aime
1996
The Outrageous Origin
1998
Garfield World-Wide
1988
Garfield Thinks Big
1997
The Garfield Gallery
No. 2
1984
Garfield Vol. 1
2012
Garfield Hogs the Spotlight
His 36th Book
2000
Garfield Swallows His Pride
1987
Garfield Goes to Waist
1990
Garfield Eats and Runs
2018
Garfield Weighs In
1982
Garfield Pulls His Weight
1994
Garfield Chickens Out
His 61st Book
2016
Garfield 1990-1992
2012
Garfield 1978-1980 nº 01
2015
The First Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack
1993
The 8th Garfield Treasury
1995
Garfield at Large
1980
Garfield Vol. 7
2015
Garfield Tons of Fun
1996
Garfield Gets Cookin'
2001
Garfield Goes to Disobedience School
1997
Garfield Eats His Heart Out
1983
How to Draw Garfield and Friends
2009
Garfield Takes the Cake
1982
The Best Things in Life Are…EDIBLE!
1995
Garfield Road Pizza
His 73rd Book
2022
Garfield 1984-1986
2007
The Garfield Super Treasury
1989
Garfield Goes Underground
1982
Garfield 2002-2004
2025
