Get a first year Garfield original for $5k

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1. Larry Levine

   Anyone here know if Jim Davis wrote/drew Garfield solo in the begining?

2. Rick Stromoski

   Of course he did. Can you think of a cartoonist who would hire gag writers and ghost artists out of the gate? I’ve seen this strip for sale for a number of months now.

3. Garey Mckee

   I agree with Rick on the answer, but I believe Larry’s question to be a valid one especially considering Jim Davis’ background as an assistant on Tumbleweeds. If I were going to spend five grand for an original Garfield strip, I would want to make sure it was actually drawn by Davis and not Joe Shmoe the ghost artist.

4. Wiley Miller

   It should be noted here that “being for sale” is not the same as “sold for”.

5. Neil J Murphy

   According to the official Garfield website, it is indeed the 25th strip (7/13/78)

   http://www.garfield.com/comics/comics_archives_strip.html?1978-ga780713

6. Ted Rall

   It’s wayyy overpriced. Peanuts originals often go for a lot less.

7. josh shalek

   Does anyone know the date of the last Garfield strip Jim Davis drew?

8. Pab Sungenis

   Rick: “Garfield” was conceived as little more than an excuse for marketing from the beginning. I have no doubt that Davis would be the type to start a sweatshop… er… studio from the start.

9. Garey Mckee

   I don’t know, Pab. I wouldn’t call the first character design of Garfield from the first strips very marketable. He really was fat, ugly and lazy. He looked more like a Kliban cat. However, that did seem to change rather quickly. I don’t know if that was because of the desire to expand the cat’s marketability or if it was just a natural progression of design to allow more expressiveness and range of motion of the character in the comic frame. Perhaps a little of both?