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* AuthorAvatar: Jon was originally conceived as one by Davis (e.g. his cartoonist profession, growing up on a farm, and sharing the same birthday).
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** Doc Boy is named after Davis' brother, Dave "Doc" Davis.
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Jim Davis was born in Marion, Indiana, and grew up on a small Black Angus cow farm. Davis often refers his upbringing as a formative experience and a major influence on his work.
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Jim Davis was born in Marion, Indiana, and grew up on a small Black Angus cow farm. Davis often refers his upbringing as a formative experience and a major influence on his work.
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Jim Davis was born in Marion, Indiana, and grew up on a small Black Angus cow farm. Davis often refers his upbringing as a formative experience and a major influence on his work.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Davis gave his blessing to ''Webcomic/GarfieldMinusGarfield'' and even turned it into an official book.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Davis gave his blessing to ''Webcomic/GarfieldMinusGarfield'' and even turned allowed it into to be published as an official book.book, even contributing a few Garfield-less comics of his own.
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* CreatorBacklash: Davis will be the first to tell you that he is ''not'' happy with ''ComicStrip/GnormGnat''. He also hardly mentions the existence of ''ComicStrip/{{Jon}}'', a prototype of ''Garfield''.
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* OldShame: Davis will be the first to tell you that he is ''not'' happy with ''ComicStrip/GnormGnat''. He also hardly mentions the existence of ''ComicStrip/{{Jon}}'', a prototype of ''Garfield''.
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Not to be confused with actor [[Creator/JimDavisActor Marlin "Jim" Davis]] or [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop Pooper]] Creator/JimmyDavis.
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Not to be confused with actor [[Creator/JimDavisActor Marlin "Jim" Davis]] or [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop [[YouTubePoop Pooper]] Creator/JimmyDavis.
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* OldShame: Davis will be the first to tell you that he is ''not'' happy with ''ComicStrip/GnormGnat''.
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* OldShame: Davis will be the first to tell you that he is ''not'' happy with ''ComicStrip/GnormGnat''. He also hardly mentions the existence of ''ComicStrip/{{Jon}}'', a prototype of ''Garfield''.
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James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, television writer, television producer, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known for creating ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', a [[LongRunners long-running]] comic strip that has been published since 1978.
[[caption-width-right:350:"Hello, I'm Jim Davis, and this is my cat ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}."]]
James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, television writer, television producer, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known for creating ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', a [[LongRunners long-running]] comic strip that has been published since 1978.
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James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, television writer, television producer, screenwriter, and film producer.
He is best known for creating ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', a [[LongRunners long-running]] comic strip that has been published since 1978.
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Not to be confused with actor [[Creator/JimDavisActor Marlin "Jim" Davis]].
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* ''Life According to Garfield'' (2009-2010)
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Garfield is named after Davis' grandfather, James A. Garfield Davis (himself named after [[UsefulNotes/JamesAGarfield the former president]]).
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** Davis based Garfield on the pet cats his family owned in his youth.
** Garfield is named after Davis' grandfather, James A. Garfield Davis (himself named after [[UsefulNotes/JamesAGarfield the former president]]).
** Davis based Garfield on the pet cats his family owned in his youth.
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* MoneyDearBoy: Davis has admitted to making ''Garfield'' with the intention of making money.
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* SelfDeprecation: Davis opens ''Garfield'''s 20th anniversary book by claiming, "I was born July 28, 1945, in Marion, Indiana, and was promptly dropped on my head - which explains my lifelong desire to become a cartoonist."
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* CreatorProvincialism: According to ''Garfield Goes Hollywood'' and ''Happy Birthday, Garfield'', Garfield, Odie and Jon reside in Muncie, Indiana, Davis' hometown.
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* DoesNotLikeSpam: Raisins, hence why Garfield hates them.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Davis gave his blessing to ''WebComic/GarfieldMinusGarfield'' and even turned it into an official book.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Davis gave his blessing to ''WebComic/GarfieldMinusGarfield'' ''Webcomic/GarfieldMinusGarfield'' and even turned it into an official book.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Garfield is named after Davis' grandfather, James A. Garfield Davis (himself named after [[UsefulNotes/JamesAGarfield the former president]]).
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* ArtEvolution: His artstyle for ''Garfield'' and ''U.S. Acres'' evolved dramatically as the years passed. ''Garfield'' is itself evolved from its predecessor, ''Jon''.
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* OldShame: Davis will be the first to tell you that he is ''not'' happy with ''ComicStrip/GnormGnat''.
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* OldShame: Davis will be the first to tell you that he is ''not'' happy with''ComicStrip/GnormGnat''.''ComicStrip/GnormGnat''.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Garfield is named after Davis' grandfather, James A. Garfield Davis (himself named after [[UsefulNotes/JamesAGarfield the former president]]).
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James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, television writer, television producer, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known for creating ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', a [[LongRunners long-running]] comic strip that has been published since 1978. His other comics include ''ComicStrip/GnormGnat'' (1973—75), ''ComicStrip/{{Jon}}'' (1976—78, a precursor to ''Garfield''), ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' (1986—89, ''Orson's Farm'' outside the US), and ''ComicStrip/MrPotatoHead'' (2001—03).
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James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, television writer, television producer, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known for creating ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', a [[LongRunners long-running]] comic strip that has been published since 1978. His other comics include 1978.
!!Comic strips created by Jim Davis:
* ''ComicStrip/GnormGnat''(1973—75), (1973-1975)
* ''ComicStrip/{{Jon}}''(1976—78, a precursor to ''Garfield''), ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' (1986—89, ''Orson's (1976-1978)
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' (1978-present)
* ''ComicStrip/USAcres''[[note]]''Orson's Farm'' outside theUS), and US[[/note]] (1986-1989)
* ''ComicStrip/MrPotatoHead''(2001—03).
(2001-2003)
!!Comic strips created by Jim Davis:
* ''ComicStrip/GnormGnat''
* ''ComicStrip/{{Jon}}''
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' (1978-present)
* ''ComicStrip/USAcres''[[note]]''Orson's Farm'' outside the
* ''ComicStrip/MrPotatoHead''
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James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, television writer, television producer, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known for creating ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', a [[LongRunners long-running]] comic strip that has been published since 1978. His other comics include ''ComicStrip/GnormGnat'' (1973—75), ''ComicStrip/{{Jon}}'' (1976—78, a precursor to ''Garfield''), ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' (1986—89), and ''ComicStrip/MrPotatoHead'' (2001—03).
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James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, television writer, television producer, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known for creating ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', a [[LongRunners long-running]] comic strip that has been published since 1978. His other comics include ''ComicStrip/GnormGnat'' (1973—75), ''ComicStrip/{{Jon}}'' (1976—78, a precursor to ''Garfield''), ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' (1986—89), (1986—89, ''Orson's Farm'' outside the US), and ''ComicStrip/MrPotatoHead'' (2001—03).
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James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, television writer, television producer, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known for creating ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', a [[LongRunners long-running]] comic strip that has been published since 1978. His other comics include ''ComicStrip/GnormGnat'' (1973—75), ''ComicStrip/{{Jon}}'' (1976—78, a precursor to ''Garfield''), ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' (1986—89), and ''ComicStrip/MrPotatoHead'' (2001—03).
!! Tropes and trivia:
* OldShame: Davis will be the first to tell you that he is ''not'' happy with ''ComicStrip/GnormGnat''.
James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, television writer, television producer, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known for creating ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', a [[LongRunners long-running]] comic strip that has been published since 1978. His other comics include ''ComicStrip/GnormGnat'' (1973—75), ''ComicStrip/{{Jon}}'' (1976—78, a precursor to ''Garfield''), ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' (1986—89), and ''ComicStrip/MrPotatoHead'' (2001—03).
!! Tropes and trivia:
* OldShame: Davis will be the first to tell you that he is ''not'' happy with ''ComicStrip/GnormGnat''.
