ONE COOL CAT
In an exclusive interview with Antique Trader, Garfield creator Jim Davis talks about his career and the sale of his 11,000-piece archive of American comic strip history.
In the 1980s, there were two comic strips I never missed in the daily newspaper: Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes. Both never failed to bring adult-level humor, yet kid-friendly jokes that made my day. As much as Calvin and Hobbes gets credit for being one of the most popular American newspaper comic strips of all time, I always say it comes in second to artist and creator Jim Davis’ Garfield.
For more than 40 years, Davis’ innate ability to identify and poke fun of our daily life (work, family, responsibilities and enthusiasm for the simple things that make each one of us just plain happy) was magic in three comic panels. Garfield’s sarcasm and wit took the edge off the day.
Through the 1980s and 1990s, I was drawn to the numerous bound book compilations of daily strips. My well-loved copy of , the third book, the incredible 69th compilation book, testament to Davis’ imagination and relevance in pop culture.
