Davis, Jim

"Garfield" debuted on June 19, 1978, in just 41 U.S. newspapers. Today it is the most widely syndicated comic strip in the world, appearing in 2,570 newspapers, with an estimated 263 million readers in 111 countries. Garfield, the lasagna-loving fat cat, lives in Muncie, Indiana, where he is kept well fed by his creator, cartoonist Jim Davis.