Garfield is owned by a young man named Jon Arbuckle who also owned a happy,
加菲貓的主人是一個名叫喬恩的少年,他還有個快樂,
slobbering little dog named Odie, whom Garfield is always taunting.
常流口水的小狗,名叫歐弟,加菲爾德總是嘲弄歐弟。
Davis' childhood on a farm parallels the life of Garfield's owner, Jon Arbuckle,
戴維斯的童年生活和加菲貓的主人喬恩·阿布庫有相似之處,
who was also raised on a farm with his parents and brother Doc Boy. Jon, too, is a cartoonist.
在農場里長大,和父母和弟弟一起生活。另外,喬恩也是一個漫畫家。
Garfield, now syndicated in over 2,500 newspapers,
漫畫連載《加菲貓》在超過2500家報刊上同時發表過,
has been the subject of such prime time animated TV specials as Here Comes Garfield,
已被拍成動畫片的《加菲貓來了》、
Garfield in the Rough, Garfield in Paradise, The Garfield Halloween Adventure, and A Garfield Thanksgiving
《加菲貓未完成》,《加菲貓好萊塢歷險記》,《加菲貓在感恩節》都曾在電視的黃金時段播出。
as well as his own Saturday morning program Garfield And Friends /CBS/1988~1995
1988~1995年,在哥倫比亞廣播公司播出的“加菲貓和朋友們”星期天節目也大受歡迎。
and the theatrical cartoon Garfield: The Movie(2004).
2004年,戲劇卡通加菲貓被拍成了了電影。
Davis now lives in Muncie, Indiana where
戴維斯現在住在印第安納州的曼西,1981年開辦了爪子公司。
he and his staff continue to produce Garfield under his own company, Paws, Inc.
他和他的員工不斷生產與加菲貓有關的物品。
which started in 1981. He is married to Carolyn,
他的妻子卡洛琳是一位歌手兼老師。
a singer and teacher whom he met while both were attending college, and has a son named James.
他們在大學相識,有一個兒子名叫詹姆斯。
Oddly, Davis did not have cats when he started Garfield and still does not today,
奇怪的是,在戴維斯開始創作加菲貓的時候,他并沒有養貓,直到現在,也是這樣,
as his wife is allergic to them. He does, however, have a dog named Molly.
因為他的妻子對貓過敏。不過,他確實有一條名叫莫莉的狗。