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Jim Davis

Jim Davis

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Biography

James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known as the creator of the comic strips Garfield and U.S. Acres. Published since 1978, Garfield is one of the world's most widely syndicated comic strips. Davis's other comics work includes Tumbleweeds, Gnorm Gnat, and Mr. Potato Head. Davis wrote or co-wrote all of the Garfield TV specials for CBS, originally broadcast between 1982 and 1991. He also produced Garfield and Friends, a series which also aired on CBS from 1988 to 1994. Davis was the writer and executive producer for a series of CGI direct-to-video feature films about Garfield, as well as an executive producer for the CGI animated TV series The Garfield Show and Garfield Originals. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Davis (cartoonist), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Garfield and Friends
7.3

The animated stories of Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, their owner Jon and the trouble they get into. And also Orson the Pig and his adventures on a farm with his fellow farm animals.

Garfield and Friends

1988
The Garfield Show
6.5

Your favorite lazy, fat cat is at it again. Garfield, Odie, Jon and the rest of the gang are back for more funny misadventures. Whether he's scarfing down lasagna or tricking Nermal the kitten, Garfield is guaranteed to crack you up. But remember: He hates Mondays!

The Garfield Show

2009
The Garfield Movie
7.0

Garfield, the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.

The Garfield Movie

2024
Garfield
5.7

Garfield, the fat, lazy, lasagna lover, has everything a cat could want. But when Jon, in an effort to impress the Liz - the vet and an old high-school crush - adopts a dog named Odie and brings him home, Garfield gets the one thing he doesn't want. Competition.

Garfield

2004
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
5.6

Jon and Garfield visit the United Kingdom, where a case of mistaken cat identity finds Garfield ruling over a castle. His reign is soon jeopardized by the nefarious Lord Dargis, who has designs on the estate.

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

2006
Garfield's Pet Force
5.5

Nothing in the world can make Garfield get involved in anything besides eating, until the muscular super cat Garzooka comes crashing into Cartoon World from the Comic Book universe with terrifying news. Garfield summons up the willpower to join his superhero Garzooka in a fight to save their worlds.

Garfield's Pet Force

2009
Here Comes Garfield
7.0

The first TV special starring the rotund comic strip staple Garfield the Cat. Here, he and his dull-witted canine cohort Odie end up at the pound.

Here Comes Garfield

1982
Garfield Gets Real
5.0

Everyone's favorite lazy, lasagna loving, Monday hating orange tabby leaves his exciting star of a popular comic strip world for the real one. But as the novelty wears thin, Garfield begins looking for a way back before his strip is permanently cancelled.

Garfield Gets Real

2008
Garfield's Fun Fest
5.0

Garfield's 29-year winning streak in the annual Fun Fest talent competition is threatened by a dashing new entrant, Ramone, who possesses great charm. Concerned about losing his touch, Garfield goes on a quest to seek Freddy Frog's mythical pond, where it is said that anyone who drinks from it is certain to be funny.

Garfield's Fun Fest

2008
Garfield Originals
4.5

Garfield Originals is a 2D animated series created by Jim Davis and Philippe Vidal. The series was developed with France's Dargaud Media and Ellipsanime and is the third animated series based on the comic strip Garfield, following Garfield and Friends and The Garfield Show. It is similar to Garfield Quickies and The Garfield Shorts, a series of short films containing gags, and was first showcased on Dargaud Media and Mediatoon Distribution's website, then officially announced on the official Garfield website. Garfield Originals has been acquired by ViacomCBS, as part of the company's purchase of the franchise.

Garfield Originals

2019
Garfield Gets a Life
6.5

Garfield and his owner, Jon Arbuckle, are in a rut. Life for them is a complete bore. They both need a life. Jon tries several unsuccessful times to get a date. Then he attends a class for the personality impaired where he meets a young woman and all seems to be great for Jon, but Garfield starts to feel neglected and left out.

Garfield Gets a Life

1991
A Garfield Christmas
7.3

Garfield, Jon and Odie go to Jon's family farm for Christmas, where Garfield finds a present for Grandma.

A Garfield Christmas

1987
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N/A

Inspired by Jim Davis’ original comic strip and features the chonky feline at his finest, most sarcastic and lackadaisical.

Garfield

Garfield's Feline Fantasies
6.6

Garfield and Odie fantasize that they are on a Middle-East mission to retrieve the Banana of Bombay, the symbol of humour to nations around the world.

Garfield's Feline Fantasies

1990
Garfield Goes Hollywood
6.7

Jon, Garfield and Odie audition for the talent show "Pet Search" in hopes of winning the $1000 prize and a chance at the finals in Hollywood.

Garfield Goes Hollywood

1987
Garfield's Thanksgiving
7.0

On Thanksgiving, according to Garfield, people celebrate food by eating as much of it as possible. It's a tradition! But that tradition is history following a checkup from vet Liz, who says Garfield must go on a diet.

Garfield's Thanksgiving

1989
Garfield's Halloween Adventure
7.3

Garfield and his pup pal Odie go trick-or-treating, only to wind up in a house haunted by ghostly pirates.

Garfield's Halloween Adventure

1985
The Fantastic Funnies
N/A

In this partially-animated TV special, Loni Anderson salutes the funny pages with interviews with famous cartoonists AND their creations!

The Fantastic Funnies

1980
Garfield in the Rough
7.0

Garfield is taken on a camping trip by Jon, much against his will. A series of very funny disasters follow. But not all is well, as a panther has escaped from the local zoo and is stalking them. Will our hero survive to eat another lasagna and kick Odie off the table again?

Garfield in the Rough

1984
Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life
N/A

A short documentary on the making of the first live-action Garfield movie.

Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life

2004