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Garfield is the 27 lb[1] fictional protagonist of the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis. He is a lazy, fat, selfish, orange, anthropomorphic tabby cat who enjoys eating, sleeping, stealing Jon's meals, and being mean to Odie by kicking him off the table. He dislikes Mondays because he suffers from bad luck on those days, such as being struck by a pie coming from nowhere, and considers himself to be more intelligent than humans, dogs, among animals. He ... enjoys performing on a wooden fence in the middle of the night, although he is usually booed at and bombarded with various objects by his agitated audience (if any). He hates spiders, and often swats them with a newspaper or whatever may be close to a paw. Although he doesn't chase mice (unless bribed to do so), he is often seen trying to eat birds.
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By the fall, senior citizens from Garfield and elsewhere will be living in apartments they helped to imagine. And below them on the ground floor as many as six new office/retail tenants will enliven Penn Avenue.
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Despite the widespread popularity of the comic strip, Garfield has earned negative criticism over the years. For the past few years the strip has shown little development of character and used increasingly repetitive story lines. Davis’ work has been criticized for a declining grasp of originality, a steady reliance on slapstick humor, little variation in artwork, and the virtual disappearance of many of the strip's minor characters. It has ... been accused of reverting frequently to formula-based jokes regarding Garfield’s weight and lazy tendencies, Odie’s stupidity, Jon’s isolation, etc.
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Garfield has one spooktacular adventure on the Eve of All Saints. He fashions himself a pirate costume then takes Odie out trick-or-treating to ensure extra candy. But when attempting to cross a river on a boat, Garfield and Odie end up at a haunted house. Horror and hilarity ensue.
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James A. Garfield started school at the age of three, attending classes in a log hut and learned to read and began a habit of reading that would only end with his life. At ten years of age he was helping out his mother’s meager income by working at home or on the farm of the neighbors. Labor was play to the healthy boy and he did it cheerfully, for his mother’s hymns and songs sent her children to their tasks with a feeling that the work was honorable. By the time he was fourteen, young Garfield was fairly knowledgeable in arithmetic and grammar and was particularly interested in the facts of American history, having eagerly gathered information from the meager treaties that circulated in that remote section of Ohio. In fact, he read and reread every book the scanty libraries of his part of the wilderness supplied, and many he learned by heart. The tales of the sea especially thrilled Garfield and a love for adventure took over him.
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Garfield finally got his own website in 1996. In 2002, Garfield was declared "Most widely syndicated comic strip in the world" by Guinness Book of World Records. Garfield's 1st cookbook featured in 2003. In 2004 "Garfield the Movie" was his first full-length feature film to hit the cinemas. Garfield is a fun loving cat who loves lasagna and is enjoyed by many people around the world.
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