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After a hiatus of 14 years since Garfield s Pet Force, fans of the iconic comic strip can rejoice as The Garfield Movie is set to hit theaters. The Monday-hating cat will be back with its canine friends and lots of adventure.
Exactly 45 years ago today, cartoonist Jim Davis published his first ever comic of the iconic orange cat “Garfield” in 41 newspapers across the United States. The three-panel comic strip shows a man in a blue shirt with brown hair introducing himself as Jon Arbuckle, a cartoonist, with his cat Garfield. Jon’s final quote in.