By: E&P Staff American Profile magazine has posted a profile on its Web site of "Garfield" creator Jim Davis, who journeyed from being a shy child in the small town of Fairmount, Ind., to become one of the most successful syndicated cartoonists in the world.
Davis confesses that when writing the strip each day, "I watch Garfield. He writes his own stuff, really. I don't write. I edit," he says. "Garfield performs in my head. If I tried to make him do something funny, especially something he didn't want to do, it would look forced."
The lasagna-loving orange cat was named after Davis' grandfather, who he describes as "a big guy with a dry wit who appeared gruff but deep down inside was a softie."
"Garfield" holds the Guinness World Record as the most widely syndicated comic strip, the story notes, with 230 million daily readers.
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"Garfield" is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate.
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