Jim Davis's Garfield

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Jim Davis's Garfield started as strip comics in 1978, and portrays the many adventures of Garfield the cat, along with his human "owner" Jon and his frenemy Odie the dog, Jon's other pet. Some of the common themes are Garfield's obsessive eating habits and his precious lasagna, his laziness, his detestation of Mondays, and his never ending effort to get the innocent, somewhat stupid Odie into trouble. The strip was so popular that several animated specials and a couple of animated shows as well as movies were made and its merchandise earns $750 million- $1 billion annually.
The orange tubby cat's love for lasagna and pasta stem from his birth in an Italian restaurant's kitchen, but he is in no way picky about his food. His obesity is widely

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