Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-27736087-20160205011027

Garfield's original first comics were a complete mess. They were drawn in a fashion that looks nothing like the Garfield comics we have come to know today. Garfield was malnourished and Odie was beaten almost to a pulp; Jon's name was actually Thomas at the time. Jim Davis dodges several questions about the comic, even to the point of yelling at the fans, despite his old age.

On January 5th, 1975, Jim Davis released "Garfield's Good Day." It only had 5 panels. Let me describe the comic from memory.

Thomas yells at Garfield to eat. Garfield collapses with a "KRAK!" Thomas yells again, this time louder. Garfield's fur is gone now. It reveals cut marks. The cut marks say, "JAN-10-1975." On January 10, 1975, Viktorin Molchanov died. 