The world's most recognisable comic-strip cat, Garfield, was launched on 19 June 1978 by Jim Davis. Here are some of his finest quotes.
The movie version of Garfield,
the comic-strip cat created by Jim Davis in
1978
Garfield creator Jim Davis came up with the idea for a comic
about a lasagna-loving cat in 1978 – and he made his first appearance 35 years
ago today (June 19th) in 41 newspapers. The name came from Davis's grandfather,
James A Garfield Davis.
Since then, Garfield has become the most-syndicated comic in the world,
appearing in more than 2,500 publications. It has also spawned at least two
television series and two feature-length films.
Here are some of the cat's best sayings:
• If you want to look thinner, hang around people fatter
than you.
• I'm not over-weight, I'm under-tall.
• Diet is die with a 't'.
A cartoon
Jim Davis drew for the Telegraph to celebrate the cat's 30th birthday in 2008
• I'll rise, but I won't shine.
• Never trust a smiling cat.
• The meek shall inherit squat.
• I'm not messy. I'm organisationally challenged!
• I eat too much because I'm depressed, and I'm depressed because I eat too much. It's a vicious circle... that took years to perfect!
• I shall now attempt to eat a diet lunch consisting of one leaf of lettuce lightly seasoned with ... one quart of Mayonnaise.
• Show me a good mouser, and I'll show you a cat with bad breath.
• All I do is eat and sleep. Eat and sleep. Eat and sleep. There must be more to a cat's life than that. But I hope not.
• Anybody can exercise . . . but this kind of lethargy takes real discipline.
• Avoid fruits and nuts: after all, you are what you eat.
• Eat every meal as though it were your last.
Jim Davis, creator of the world's most recognisable
comic-strip cat.
• I am hungry. Therefore I am.
• This is it. I've reached the pinnacle of laziness and gluttony . . . How depressing. There's no place to go after you've reached the top.
• When the lasagna content in my blood gets low, I get mean.
• With due respect to Will Rogers, I never met a lasagna I didn't like.
• I hate Mondays.
A cartoon
Jim Davis drew for the Telegraph to celebrate the cat's 30th birthday in 2008
• I'll rise, but I won't shine.
• Never trust a smiling cat.
• The meek shall inherit squat.
• I'm not messy. I'm organisationally challenged!
• I eat too much because I'm depressed, and I'm depressed because I eat too much. It's a vicious circle... that took years to perfect!
• I shall now attempt to eat a diet lunch consisting of one leaf of lettuce lightly seasoned with ... one quart of Mayonnaise.
• Show me a good mouser, and I'll show you a cat with bad breath.
• All I do is eat and sleep. Eat and sleep. Eat and sleep. There must be more to a cat's life than that. But I hope not.
• Anybody can exercise . . . but this kind of lethargy takes real discipline.
• Avoid fruits and nuts: after all, you are what you eat.
• Eat every meal as though it were your last.
Jim Davis, creator of the world's most recognisable
comic-strip cat. • I am hungry. Therefore I am.
• This is it. I've reached the pinnacle of laziness and gluttony . . . How depressing. There's no place to go after you've reached the top.
• When the lasagna content in my blood gets low, I get mean.
• With due respect to Will Rogers, I never met a lasagna I didn't like.
• I hate Mondays.
