Yes, there is something funny about Jim Davis. This would be the funny cartoon that he created that many know and love. This cartoon is no other than that tiger striped, lasagna loving, fat cat named Garfield. Many don’t know that he was created by this funny guy who has much love for animals. Well, maybe just one animal in particular.

Born July 28, 1945, many love this man. He is from the United States, but it seems every one around the world knows about the cartoon creature he created. Born as James Robert Davis, he signs each cartoon as Jim Davis. This man was raised by a loving family and is now raising a loving family of his own all the while working his passion. What is that passion?

While he is most noted for Garfield, there are other comic strips that he has done as well. These include Tumbleweed, Gnorm Gnat, and then there was even one that was about Mr. Potato Head. Before that, he had worked for an advertising agency. This was where he met Tom Ryan and where he began assisting with the Tumbleweed comic strip that got Jim Davis started and had started the flame of passion to work with comic strips.

Some of you wonder just how much of the Garfield things he has been responsible for, well he’s been the guy behind most of it. He helped them when they created the Garfield and Friends show. He created the Garfield series that many remember watching on Saturday morning. For this, he was given an Emmy. Lately though, he has been doing more with the Garfield line. He has recently helped the C. G. network He has created the videos of Garfield as well as the TV series that they are putting out on the C.G. network.

There are many that have wondered where his love for animals has come from. It’s not just animals that he loves, but James has a big passion for cats. Growing up, his family had twenty five cats in the home which could explain Jim Davis’s love for them. He was born in Indiana and actually went to Ball State University and he still lives there to this day where he owns his own company called Paws. Paws has helped many cartoonists as they employ fifty cartoonists to work this cartoon. They also hire many administrators to work with the licensing department for the Garfield line.

While he loves cats, Jim Davis doesn’t have one of his own as his wife is allergic to them. Instead, he does have a wonderful dog. Their products that feature Garfield are sold around the world and the headquarters is based out of Indiana. This Emmy award winning man continues to bring that cute character to people around the world in a number of ways. People continue to find that they look forward to reading those crazy comic strips that many of us remember reading when we were kids in the Sunday newspaper.