Garfield on the phone iPhone 4, 4S protective case
Garfield iPhone 4, 4S protective case, shows Garfield talking on a oversized phone, or perhaps its not over sized in relation to Garfield who is a cat
Garfield, the titular character, was based on the cats Davis was around growing up; he took his name and personality from Davis' grandfather James A. Garfield Davis,[5] who was, in Davis' words, "a large cantankerous man". Jon Arbuckle came from a coffee commercial from the 1950s, and Odie was based on a car dealership commercial written by Jim Davis, which featured Odie the Village Idiot.
Early on in the strip Odie's owner was a man named Lyman. He was written in to give Jon someone to talk with. Davis later realized that Garfield and Jon could "communicate nonverbally". The strip was originally rejected by King Features Syndicate and Chicago Tribune-New York News; United Feature Syndicate, however, accepted it in 1978. It debuted in 41 newspapers on June 19 of that year.
In 1994, Davis' company, Paws, Inc., purchased all rights to the strips from 1978 to 1993 from United Feature. The strip is currently distributed by Universal Press Syndicate, while rights for the strip remain with Paws.
