Incredible! Garfield has turned 40 years old on June 19th, 2018.
This gives that comic cat probably the record of the longest running
cartoon series. Of course Time has changed and so has the style of
Garfield…

So time to have a time travel through Garfield’s birthdays:

1978: When it all started…

 

1979:

 

1980:

 

1981:

 

1982:

 

1983:

 

1984:

 

1985:

 

1986:

 

1987:

 

1988 – Ten years Garfield (note how his style changes!):

 

1989:

 

1990:

 

1991:

 

1992:

 

1993:

 

1994:

 

1995:

 

1996:

 

1997:

 

1998 – 20 years Garfield (note the stylized 3D effects!):

 

1999:

 

2000 – Milennium birthday 22 years (and for once, Garfield likes mondays!):

 

2001:

 

2002:

 

2003:

 

2004:

 

2005:

 

2006:

 

2007:

 

2008 – 30 years Garfield (and Liz became part of the Arbuckle family):

 

2009:

 

2010:

 

2011:

 

2012:

 

2013:

 

2014:

 

2015:

 

2016:

 

2017:

 

2018 – 40 years Garfield (and still looking good!):

With this cartoon strip, his creator, Jim Davis, has now released exactly 14’622 cartoon strips!

So let’s hope, Jim Davis and his team doesn’t get tired of bringing us the daily dose of fun for another ten years!

Stats about Jim Davis:
	Born July 28th, 1945 in Marion, Indiana (age 72 by now) Gave Garfield the cat the name of his grandfather Garfield Davis Married twice and has three children Never had a cat himself as his first wife was allergic to cats Is Owner of Paws Inc., the company behind Garfield Garfield is syndicated in 2’580 newspapers reaching 300 million readers
Jim Davis 2010