Today is Garfield's birthday and I admit, I'm a huge fan. I love Garfield. I've read his comic strip since it began June 19, 1978, seen all his movies, watched his cartoons, and have his 45+ comic book collection. Yep, die-hard fan here. In fact, when Rick & I moved into our first apartment, one of our half bathrooms was decorated with Garfield things. Over the years, I got rid of a lot of my Garfield stuff, but I hung onto a few things like Christmas tree ornaments, movies, and the book collection.
Since I don't receive a newspaper, I keep Garfield's comic strip online on my Yahoo page. They're always pretty funny, but every now and then one comes out that's hilarious. Garfield's comic strip is syndicated in over 2,580 newspapers and is currently the Guinness world recorder holder for the most widely syndicated comic strip. Pretty impressive, especially for a fat, orange cat. Garfield's creator, Jim Davis, decided a long time ago that he'd keep Garfield free from politics. In this day and age where people are so easily offended, I think Davis' move was a smart one. My boys like going on the official Garfield website to play the games, so they're turning into as big of a fan as I am. It's not Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas without us watching one of the related holiday cartoons in our house. Check out Garfield's comic today, if you can. After all, it is his birthday!
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Man, Garfield has been around that long already. I'm starting to feel "dated", like the milk in my fridge. Still, he's made the generation switch well, like Peanuts. Could go on into the next generation easily. The sign of a truly great comic!
ReplyDeleteOHh...TOTALLY ROCK ON, GARFIELD!! I was a true fan when I was a child. Woot! =)
ReplyDeleteI'm two days older than Garfield. :D
ReplyDeleteI loved him as a kid and had a good-sized library of the books. I gave them away to a neighbour kid years ago, save one, Garfield: His 9 Lives.
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I hardly ever read comics anymore - I should add one to my home page. I didn't know Garfield was the most widely syndicated - cool fact!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Garfield!
ReplyDeleteGive that cat some birthday lasagna!
ReplyDeleteWow, I had no idea that Garfield was the largest syndicated comic strip. Happy Birthday Garfield! :)
ReplyDeleteSon always gives us Garfield cards for birthday, etc. because he says Garfield says it better than Hallmark...grin...so Happy Belated Birthday Garfield...
ReplyDeletep.s. I nominated you for the Kreativ Blogger award over on Hazel's Crock Pot Cooking...Hugs...
OMG I missed this - and my boys LOVED Garfield growing up. Thanks for the smile - I could use them about now.
ReplyDeleteWow - he is one old cat! lol I am a fan (though not to your level!) and have always found the comic strip pretty hilarious.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday big guy!
Garfield is one cool cat! I love him too. It's also one of my children's favourites when they were younger.
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