Before they made episodes and movies of Garfield they started with a newspaper. The first newspaper with  Garfield was created in June 19, 1978. Garfield name is a  tribute to Davis's grandfather. Garfield is a male and is about 46 years old in human years. Garfield's father left him to find food but when he came back he found Garfield in a restaurant with a human

Garfield has a girlfriend named Arlene. Garfield was inspired by the fat cats that lived in the creators grandparents house. He used to live with cats which is also why he got inspired to make Garfield as he is right now. Garfield is not a true story but is a fictional story.  Odie is one of Garfield's friends and he is based on a car dealership commercial.