Jim Davis

Jim Davis was born in Marion, Indiana on

July 28,1945.
Jim grew up in a small cow farm with his
father, mother, and brother. Ever sense
Jim was little, he took a major interest in
drawing for fun he would draw for hours
every day.
 Jim Davis attended Ball State
University. He majored in art and
business.
After college, Jim began working for
advertising agency. He then became
an assistant for to Tumbleweeds
creator Tom Ryan. From his time
working with Tom, he learned a lot of
new skills to improve his comic
strips.
 Jim noted that many comic strips
had dogs in them and that little to
no comics had cats, so he made a
cat that loves lasanga and named it
Garfield. It was first printed in 41
newspapers . More than 2,600 print
Garfield worldwide.
 Jim Davis
has won over
four Emmy
Awards for
Outstanding
Animated
Program. Jim
Davis also Garfield the cat
won a Best
Humor
Comic Strip
in 1981 and
1985.