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Leominster And Fitchburg MA News - Twin Cities MASS BlogAbout Garfield.-
Garfield is a
comic strip created by
Jim Davis featuring the cat Garfield, the pet dog Odie, and their socially inept owner Jon Arbuckle. As of 2006, it is syndicated in roughly 2,570 newspapers and journals and it currently holds the Guinness World Record for being the world's most widely syndicated
comic strip. The popularity of the strip has led to a children's cartoon show, several television specials and a feature-length film, as well as a large amount of Garfield-related
merchandise.
The main character is named after Davis' grandfather, James Garfield Davis, who was named after former U.S. president James Garfield.