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Jim Davis is known for creating the very famous comic strip Garfield, which started in 1978, which has become a massive media franchise on its own, adapted into animated series, video games, TV specials and feature movies. | Jim Davis is known for creating the very famous comic strip Garfield, which started in 1978, which has become a massive media franchise on its own, adapted into animated series, video games, TV specials and feature movies. | ||
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The title character, drawn by Jim Davis.
Status: Partially Found
Jim Davis is known for creating the very famous comic strip Garfield, which started in 1978, which has become a massive media franchise on its own, adapted into animated series, video games, TV specials and feature movies.
What is lesser known, however, is that before Garfield, Jim Davis drew another comic strip called Gnorm Gnat, which ran from 1972 to 1977, which was centered on anthropomorphic insects.
Premise
The main character was the titular Gnorm Gnart, a "straight man" with "Walter Mitty" tendencies.
Other characters include a depressed fly, Freddy, who only has a week to live, and a non-specified "free spirit, just a tad insane" bug called Lyman (the Garfield strip would also have a major character called Lyman, Odie's original owner, who would infamously disappear without a reason).
Cancellation
The comic strip was only published in the Pendleton Times, a newspaper from the town of Pendleton in the State of Indiana. Davis tried to have it published in more mainstream publications, but it kept being rejected. Although his art and writing were praised, the main criticism he received was that the characters were considered "unrelatable" and "unfunny" due to being insects.
Davis then decided to end the strip, having the titular protagonist die by being stepped on by the foot of a human.
Availability
Despite being the predecessor to one of the most popular comic strips of all time, almost no strips of the original comic have resurfaced, and it seems Davis and his editors have no interest into collecting and reprinting them.
Only a few comic strips have been shown in Garfield celebration books. The rest, including the infamous last strip, remains elusive.
Unless someone happened to collect issues of the Pendleton Times newspaper from the 70s, there is little chance to see more of the comic.
References
- Wikipedia article
- 20 Years & Still Kicking!: Garfield's Twentieth Anniversary Collection
- Garfield at 25: In Dog Years I'd Be Dead