"But surprisingly, Bill the Cat trinkets and figurines have sold in great quantity, and often appear in the strips. Bill the Cat was inspired by a colorful economist named Bill Moore. A graduate assistant at the University of Texas at Austin during the 1970s, Moore was one of Breathed's teachers. Recognizably wild-eyed (and one legged), Moore also became one of Breathed's friends. His name was further inspired by a local homeless man of Iowa City, Iowa, who was dubbed Bill ""The Cat"". Born the illegitimate kitten of Jim Davis' Garfield, Bill the Cat's character was raised in Dubuque, Iowa, left"
"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"". Jim Davis was born in Marion, Indiana on July 28, 1945. Davis grew up on a small farm in Fairmount, Indiana, with his father James William ""Jim"" Davis, mother Anna Catherine ""Betty"" (née Carter) Davis, brother Dave and 25 cats. Davis's childhood on a farm parallels the life of Garfield's owner, Jon Arbuckle, who was also raised on a farm with his parents and a brother, Doc Boy. Jon is a cartoonist, who also celebrates"
"pokes fun at Jon as well for his nerdy behaviors and unpopularity with women, along with his tacky, ridiculous fashion sense. Despite this, Garfield cares for Odie and Jon regardless, but he especially shows affection for his beloved teddy bear Pooky, which is frequently seen in his arms or close to its owner. Jim Davis named Garfield after his grandfather, James Garfield Davis, who was named after President James A. Garfield. Garfield (character) Garfield is a fictional cat and the protagonist of the comic strip ""Garfield"", created by Jim Davis. The comic strip centers on Garfield, portrayed as a lazy,"
"Mort Walker's ""Beetle Bailey"" and ""Hi and Lois"", Charles M. Schulz's ""Peanuts"", Milton Caniff's ""Steve Canyon"" and Johnny Hart's ""B.C"". Jim Davis (cartoonist) James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comic strips ""Garfield"" and ""U.S. Acres"" (a.k.a. ""Orson's Farm""). 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 the ""Garfield &"
"Jim Davis (cartoonist) James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comic strips ""Garfield"" and ""U.S. Acres"" (a.k.a. ""Orson's Farm""). 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 the ""Garfield & Friends"" Saturday Morning series, which aired on the channel from 1988 to 1994. Davis was the writer and executive producer"
"Garfield Garfield is a comic created by Jim Davis. Published since 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character, Garfield, the cat; Jon Arbuckle, the human; and Odie, the dog. As of 2013, it was syndicated in roughly 2,580 newspapers and journals, and held the Guinness World Record for being the world's most widely syndicated comic strip. Though this is rarely mentioned in print, ""Garfield"" is set in Muncie, Indiana, the home of Jim Davis, according to the television special ""Happy Birthday, Garfield"". Common themes in the strip include Garfield's laziness, obsessive eating, coffee, and disdain of Mondays and"
"James the Cat James the Cat was a British children's series created by Kate Canning and produced by Jan Clayton with Grampian Television. It chronicles the many events which take place at the Cornerhouse (number 104) between James and his new friends. Fellow characters include: Mrs. Lavender, a snail; Frida, a kangaroo; Citroen, a French frog; Rocky, a dimwitted rabbit; and Dennis, a pink fire-breathing Welsh-accented Chinese dragon. There is also a beehive in the garden at the Cornerhouse. Next door are Ma and Pa Rat, and their rat children. The program changes quite a bit between the two series."
"shows such as ""JoJo's Circus"", ""Stanley"", ""Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up"", ""HoopDogz"", and ""Pinky Dinky Doo"". Jim Jinkins James Jinkins (born August 8, 1953) is an American animator, children's author and creator of the animated ""Doug"" television series which was later the basis for a feature film. Jinkins also created ""PB&J Otter"", as well as several other shows produced by his two companies, Jumbo Pictures and Cartoon Pizza. Jinkins was born in Richmond, Virginia, and lived there during his childhood. His experiences growing up in Richmond would serve as an inspiration for the fictional town of Bluffington, Virginia, in the series ""Doug""."
"Garfield (character) Garfield is a fictional cat and the protagonist of the comic strip ""Garfield"", created by Jim Davis. The comic strip centers on Garfield, portrayed as a lazy, fat, and cynical orange cat. He is noted for his love of lasagna, coffee and sleeping, and his hatred of Mondays, fellow cat Nermal (sometimes), raisins and exercise. Garfield was born on , in the kitchen of Mamma Leoni's Italian Restaurant. As a kitten, he developed a taste for lasagna, which would become his favorite food. Because of his appetite, the owner of Mamma Leoni's had to choose between keeping Garfield"
"Tom Cat Thomas ""Tom"" Cat is a fictional character and one of the title characters (the other being Jerry Mouse) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of ""Tom and Jerry"" theatrical animated short films. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Tom is a grey and white anthropomorphic domestic short haired Tuxedo cat who first appeared in the 1940 MGM animated short ""Puss Gets the Boot"" Tom was originally known as ""Jasper"" during his debut in that short; however, beginning with his next appearance in ""The Midnight Snack"" he is known as ""Tom"" or ""Thomas"". His name, ""Tom Cat"", is based on ""tomcat"","
"comic strip created by Jim Davis, featuring a group of barnyard animals, such as Orson the pig and Wade the duck. They are closer to traditional funny animals than Davis' other character, Garfield, and they are shown to be able to operate manmade items, speak with normal speech bubbles and converse with humans. ""Pearls Before Swine"" features various funny animals each named after their respective species, such as the characters known as Rat and Pig. The funny animal genre evolved in the 1920s and 1930s, at a time when blackface became less socially acceptable. Early black-and-white funny animals, including Oswald"
"Din Dong Din Dong (Chinese: 癲噹) is a Hong Kong based cartoon cat, formed by two comic author - John Chan and Pam Hung. Din Dong cat is a very happy and positive cat that has his dreams, his motto is “Impossible is possible”. Din Dong often publishes illustrations on its Facebook page. Din Dong is also a multimedia creation covering animation, comics, licensing projects; appearing on books, DVD, Apps, household items, etc. Din Dong animation was also screened on Japan BS TV Station. His animation collections are picked as ""Famous Animation Section"" in the 34th Hong Kong International Film"
"Simon's Cat Simon's Cat is an animated cartoon and book series by the British animator Simon Tofield featuring a hungry cat who uses increasingly heavy-handed tactics to get his owner to feed him. In January 2009, it was announced that ""Simon's Cat"" would be published in book format after the success of the first early films. Canongate released the title on 1 October 2009 in the United Kingdom. It was later released in many other countries and additional titles in the series were subsequently published. In June 2012, Walt Disney Animation Studios began releasing specially-made shorts of Simon's Cat, while"
"bestsellers list. For the opening sequence, Garfield dances to the theme song. In 1981, Davis was working in a California studio on how to convincingly depict this, as in previous comics, the fictional cat always walked on all four feet. ""Peanuts"" creator Charles M. Schulz was in the same studio that day, and redrew Davis' work, advising him, ""The problem is, you've made Garfield's feet too small. Little tiny cat feet"". ""Peanuts"" TV special producers Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson also produced ""Here Comes Garfield"", a consequence of the two comics sharing the same syndicate, United Media. Lou Rawls, who"
"Jim Jinkins James Jinkins (born August 8, 1953) is an American animator, children's author and creator of the animated ""Doug"" television series which was later the basis for a feature film. Jinkins also created ""PB&J Otter"", as well as several other shows produced by his two companies, Jumbo Pictures and Cartoon Pizza. Jinkins was born in Richmond, Virginia, and lived there during his childhood. His experiences growing up in Richmond would serve as an inspiration for the fictional town of Bluffington, Virginia, in the series ""Doug"". Later, Jinkins worked in advertising, creating television commercials and promotions featuring a young boy"
"Kim Deitch Kim Deitch (born May 21, 1944 in Los Angeles) is an American cartoonist who was an important figure in the underground comix movement of the 1960s, remaining active in the decades that followed with a variety of books and comics, sometimes using the pseudonym Fowlton Means. Much of Kim Deitch's work deals with the animation industry and characters from the world of cartoons. His best-known character is a mysterious cat named Waldo, who appears variously as a famous cartoon character of the 1930s, as an actual character in the ""reality"" of the strips, as the hallucination of a"
"animated title and segue films on ""NBC, The First 50 Years: A Closer Look"" in 1978. He created over 200 ""More to Come"" on-air slides for ""The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"", and he designed the logo for ""The Gong Show"". Later, Davis worked as an animation director and designer for Kurtz & Friends, and was vice-president of development and creative director for computer games companies Sierra On-Line and Rocket Science Games. Davis lives in California with his wife, Betty Tikker Davis. Bill Davis (artist) William Robert Davis, aka Bill Davis (born May 1949 in Venice, California) is an American"
"the presence of Garfield, the resulting strips consist mostly of Garfield's owner, Jon Arbuckle, interacting with himself, rather than with his pet cat. The strip's website characterizes this result as ""a journey deep into the mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet American suburb."" ""Garfield"" creator and artist Jim Davis has commented on the webcomic, stating that he is an occasional reader and finds it ""fascinating"" and an ""inspired thing to do"". Some spinoffs of the concept have also been created, such as a Garfield Minus Jon Tumblr"
"25 cats that he could come up with a strip based on a cat. He then proceeded to create a new strip with a cat as its main character and thus created Garfield, who borrows the first letter of his name from Davis's earlier work. ""Garfield"" originally consisted of four main characters. Garfield, the titular character, was based on the cats Davis was around growing up; he took his name and personality from Davis's grandfather, James A. Garfield Davis, who was, in Davis's words, ""a large, cantankerous man"". Jon Arbuckle came from a 1950s coffee commercial, and Odie was based"
"was a regular feature in ""Giggle"" until 1955, when creator Gordon returned to the animation field. The character also made an appearance in ACG's series ""Ha-Ha Comics"" in 1946. In 1947, Superkatt appeared in the animated short ""Leave Us Chase It,"" a part of the Phantasies series. A cat, who is being tormented by a mouse, reads a comic book and receives inspiration from it, so he dresses up as Superkatt and decides to fight back. Superkatt Superkatt is an American ""funny animal"" comic book series by Dan Gordon (under the comics pen name ""Dang""), a jab at the “long-underwear”"
"Framed Roger Rabbit"". Tom Cat Thomas ""Tom"" Cat is a fictional character and one of the title characters (the other being Jerry Mouse) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of ""Tom and Jerry"" theatrical animated short films. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Tom is a grey and white anthropomorphic domestic short haired Tuxedo cat who first appeared in the 1940 MGM animated short ""Puss Gets the Boot"" Tom was originally known as ""Jasper"" during his debut in that short; however, beginning with his next appearance in ""The Midnight Snack"" he is known as ""Tom"" or ""Thomas"". His name, ""Tom Cat"", is"
"Mashimaro Mashimaro (마시마로) or Yeopki Tokki (엽기토끼 ""bizarre rabbit"") in Korean and 流氓兔 (""hoodlum rabbit"") in Chinese is a South Korean fictional character who resembles a fat rabbit, created by Kim Jae In (김재인). He debuted in a series of Flash animations (mostly without any dialogue, although the occasional word of Korean or English is present) on the internet. Mashimaro is far more often seen in merchandise, similar to Hello Kitty. (Mashimaro would in fact be best described as Korea's answer to Sanrio.) Mashimaro merchandise can be found on the internet and in Korean communities around the world. The original"
"Alias the Cat! Alias the Cat is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Kim Deitch, published by Pantheon Books in 2007. It originally appeared as a three-issue comic book in 2002 as ""The Stuff of Dreams"" from Fantagraphics Books. The metafictional book stars Deitch himself and his best-known creation, Waldo the Cat. It's about a character named Alias the Cat who appeared in 1915 in a comic strip and a serial film, as well as in real life as a freedom-fighting superhero, but who mysteriously disappears. As Deitch researches the character, the story keeps getting more and more involved. Originally"
"Cool Cat (Looney Tunes) Cool Cat is a fictional cartoon character created by director Alex Lovy for Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation. He was the final star of the original Warner Bros. theatrical cartoons. His first appearance was in the short of the same name ""Cool Cat"" in 1967. He was voiced by Larry Storch. Robert McKimson took over as director for the last two cartoons in this series. Cool Cat was a hep Bengal tiger (whose design was very similar to that of The Pink Panther and Snagglepuss) who wore a stylish green beret and scarf. Unlike most other Looney"
"The Cat's Me-Ouch! The Cat's Me-Ouch is a 1965 cartoon produced and directed by Chuck Jones. The title is a parody of ""The cat's meow"", a phrase coined by Thomas A. Dorgan. The short features a tiny bulldog who would go on to make another appearance in the final Tom and Jerry cartoon produced by Chuck Jones, ""Purr-Chance to Dream"" in 1967. Jerry steps out of his mouse hole, only to be met by a cleaver-wielding Tom. Tom tries to get him with the cleaver, and after a few tries, he hides underneath the ""DOG"" magazine. He falls down the"
"Blue Cat Blues Blue Cat Blues is a 1956 one-reel animated ""Tom and Jerry"" cartoon directed and produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera with music by Scott Bradley. It was released on November 16, 1956 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was also produced in CinemaScope. A depressed Tom sits on a railroad bridge, bent on suicide. Watching from overhead, Jerry laments his old friend's state and recalls the events leading up to Tom's depression. Tom and Jerry have been inseparable until Tom falls in love with a beautiful white female cat. The white cat initially reciprocates Tom's affections, but, as Jerry"
"The Million Dollar Cat The Million Dollar Cat is a 1944 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 14th ""Tom and Jerry"" short. It was produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on May 6, 1944, by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. It was reissued for re-release on February 24, 1951. This short is the first of a few in which Tom emerges victorious over Jerry. While Tom is throwing darts at an Apple on Jerry's head à la William Tell (he even throws one between his legs while blindfolded), a telegram arrives. Though it is meant for Mammy Two Shoes, Tom reads it"
"Grumpy Cat Tardar Sauce (born April 4, 2012), commonly known as Grumpy Cat, is an American internet celebrity cat. She is known for her permanently ""grumpy"" facial appearance, which is caused by an underbite and feline dwarfism. She came to prominence when a photograph of her was posted on September 22, 2012 on social news website Reddit by Bryan Bundesen, the brother of her owner Tabatha Bundesen. Lolcats and parodies created from the photograph by Reddit users went viral. She is the subject of a popular internet meme in which negative, cynical images are made from photographs of her. Tardar"
"Lorenzo Music Gerald David ""Lorenzo"" Music (May 2, 1937 – August 4, 2001) was an American actor, voice actor, writer, producer and musician. He was best known as the original voice of Jim Davis' comic strip cat Garfield on animated projects during the 1980s. Music was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Duluth, Minnesota, where he was educated at Central High School and the University of Minnesota Duluth. Music's family moved to Minnesota around 1943 due to his father getting a job at one of the shipyards. He met his wife Henrietta at the latter, and together they"
"Jim Benton Jim K. Benton (born October 31, 1960) is an American illustrator and writer. Licensed properties he has created include Dear Dumb Diary, Dog of Glee, Franny K. Stein, Just Jimmy, Just Plain Mean, Sweetypuss, The Misters, Meany Doodles, Vampy Doodles, Kissy Doodles, and the jOkObo project, but he is probably most known for his creation It's Happy Bunny. Jim Benton was raised in Birmingham, Michigan, graduating from Seaholm High School in 1978. He studied fine arts at Western Michigan University. Benton began his career in a Shirt shop where he started designing his own characters on T-shirts. At"
"on a car dealership commercial written by Davis, which featured Odie the Village Idiot. Early on in the strip, Odie's owner was a man named Lyman. He was written in to give Jon someone to talk with. Davis later realized that Garfield and Jon could ""communicate nonverbally"". The strip, originally centered on Jon, was first rejected by the King Features, Post-Hall and the Chicago Tribune-New York News agencies, all of which asked Davis to focus on the cat, who in their opinion, got the better lines. United Feature Syndicate accepted the retooled strip in 1978 and debuted it in 41"
"Feed the Kitty Feed the Kitty is a ""Merrie Melodies"" cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese, in which bulldog Marc Antony adopts Pussyfoot, a kitten (Marc Anthony in this cartoon, the kitten is unnamed), whom he attempts to hide from his owner. The cartoon was released theatrically on February 2, 1952, and in 1994 was voted #36 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field. This cartoon is the first of a short series directed by Jones and using the characters of Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot (Marc Anthony's barks and"
"Gnorm Gnat Gnorm Gnat was an American gag-a-day comic strip by Jim Davis based on fictional insects, with the primary focus on a gnat named Gnorm. The strip appeared in ""The Pendleton Times"" in Pendleton, Indiana from 1972 to 1977, but failure to take the character to mainstream success led Davis to instead create the comic strip ""Garfield"". Mike Peters, the cartoonist for ""Mother Goose and Grimm"", has said that ""Gnorm Gnat"" is now a part of ""cartoon folklore"" as a failure that paved the way for major success. Davis developed the idea for the strip while assisting cartoonist Tom"