Garfield is well known all over the world. He first appeared in a comic strip on June 19, 1978. Lots of Garfield books have been turned1different languages. Garfield products are sold in 69 countries. Garfield2by Jim Davis who was born on July 28, 1945 in Indiana. Jim grew up on a farm. He and his brother Dave3with the farm work. They had 25 cats.
As a boy, Jim was in poor health. When he had to spend time4, he drew pictures. He added words to his pictures to make them5.
After college Jim worked a few years at an advertisement company. In 1969, he got a job to help a cartoonist. Jim noticed6there were many comic strips about dogs.7there were few about cats. He thought that was strange because the world was full of cat lovers. He remembered his 25 cats. They gave8ideas for the comic strip about a cat. In the comic strip, Garfield became the main character in daily difficult experiences with Jon, his owner, and9characters. He is lazy, funny and hungry.
Jim Davis has received many awards(奖) for his work. He10the Best Humor Strip Cartoonist of the Year Award twice. So far, he has won four Emmys(艾美奖).
