Jim Davis

Birth Name:

James Robert Davis

Birth Place:

Marion, Indiana, United States

Profession

Writer, Producer, Actor, Animation department, Art department

Founder of The Professor Garfield Foundation with his alma mater, Ball State University, which supports children's literacy
Has won four awards from the National Cartoonist Society for "Garfield:" two Best Humor Strip Awards in 1981 and 1985, an Elzie Segar Award in 1990, and a Reuben Award in 1990
Supports a number of environmental restoration and reforestation projects and was responsible for the building of the world's first all-natural commercial wastewater plant
Studied Art and Business at Ball State University, where he was a member of the Theta Xi fraternity
Began drawing as a child, when he was often bedridden due to asthma
Started out as an apprentice to Tom Ryan, the creator of "Tumbleweeds," before moving on to develop his own comic strip, "Gnorm Gnat․"
Best known as the creator of the "Garfield" comic strip and the executive producer of the "Garfield and Friends" TV series
Founder and president of Paws, Inc․, which he formed in 1981 to handle all of the "Garfield" licensing and business concerns
The "Garfield" comic strip debuted on June 19, 1978 in 41 newspapers and now reaches 200 million people in more than 2400 newspapers
Garfield was inspired by the cats he saw in his childhood living on a farm and is named after his grandfather, James Garfield Davis

1986Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Animated Program:Winner
1987Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Animated Program:Nominated
1988Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Animated Program:Nominated
1990Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less):Nominated

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