Archive for June 19th, 2013

COMIC STRIP CELEBRATES 35 YEARS TODAY

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First Garfield strip


Garfield
is a comic strip created by Jim Davis. Published since June 19, 1978. It
chronicles the life of the title character, the cat Garfield who named after Davis’s 
grandfather, his owner, Jon Arbuckle; and Jon’s dog, Odie. As of 2013, it was 
syndicated in roughly 2,580 newspapers and journals, and held the Guinness
World Record for being the world’s most widely syndicated comic strip.
 

Garfield creator Jim Davis

Cartoonist James Robert "Jim" Davis will be 68 on July 28        

 

garfield and odie

Odie gets a kick out of Garfield!



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DOUBLE NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1971

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This double-A-side single remained at #1 for five consecutive weeks

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Carole King became 71 in February

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