Garfield is a multimedia franchise created by Jim Davis. It stars a lazy orange cat named Garfield, his oddball owner Jon Arbuckle, Jon's dopey dog Odie, and their various friends along the way.
On August 6, 2019, Nickelodeon's parent company (ViacomCBS) announced that it had acquired the rights to the franchise through a buyout of Paws, Inc.[1] Nickelodeon would produce a new animated series starring the character.[1]
From 1997 to 2000, syndicated reruns of Garfield's first television series, Garfield and Friends aired on Nickelodeon. As a result of ViacomCBS's acquisition of the franchise, Garfield and Friends received its own channel on the Pluto TV service on September 7, 2021.
Comics Strips[]
Main article: Garfield (Comic Strip)
There have been 73 books released or scheduled to be release, as of January 2022.
Pilot[]
Main article: Garfield: The Fantastic Funnies
The Fantastic Funnies is a one-hour special on comic strips produced by Bill Meléndez and Lee Mendelson. It first aired on May 15, 1980 on CBS. The Fantastic Funnies was preceded by a similar special titled The Fabulous Funnies, which originally aired in 1968. Loni Anderson introduces Garfield as a "newcomer", having made its national debut nearly two years prior. The strip is represented with a brief animated scene in the special. The segment includes adaptations of comic strips from (in order of appearance) June 21, 1978, July 2, 1979, August 2, 1978, July 21, 1978, and May 12, 1979.
Television specials[]
:Main article: Garfield television specials
The franchise itself created the twelve half-hour long American animated television specials based on the Garfield comic strip of the same name created by Jim Davis. All twelve specials were directed by Phil Roman, written by Davis, and featuring the voice of Lorenzo Music as the character. The specials were originally broadcast on CBS from 1982 to 1991. Although the first two specials were produced by Lee Mendelson Films, this boutique studio was fully committed to the production of the Peanuts animated specials and could not allocate resources for the Garfield specials. All of the remaining Garfield specials were produced by Roman's production company Film Roman.[2]
The Reception of all the animated specials received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Animated Program, winning four by 1989, which includes Garfield on the Town (1983), Garfield in the Rough (1984), Garfield's Halloween Adventure (1985), and Garfield's Babes and Bullets (1989).
| Title | Original airing date | Producer(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Here Comes Garfield | October 25, 1982 | Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez | 1983 Emmy nominee. |
| Garfield on the Town | October 28, 1983 | 1984 Emmy winner. | |
| Garfield in the Rough | October 26, 1984 | Phil Roman | 1985 Emmy winner. |
| Garfield's Halloween Adventure | October 30, 1985 | 1986 Emmy winner. | |
| Garfield in Paradise | May 27, 1986 | 1986 Emmy nominee. | |
| Garfield Goes Hollywood | May 8, 1987 | 1987 Emmy nominee. | |
| A Garfield Christmas | December 21, 1987 | 1988 Emmy nominee. | |
| Garfield: His 9 Lives | November 22, 1988 | Animated adaptation of the comic book of the same name. 1989 Emmy nominee. | |
| Garfield's Babes and Bullets | May 23, 1989 | Adapted from a short story in Garfield: His 9 Lives. 1989 Emmy winner. | |
| Garfield's Thanksgiving | November 22, 1989 | 1990 Emmy nominee. | |
| Garfield's Feline Fantasies | May 18, 1990 | 1990 Emmy nominee. | |
| Garfield Gets a Life | May 8, 1991 | 1991 Emmy nominee. |
Television series[]
Garfield & Friends[]
- Main article: Garfield and Friends
Garfield's animation debut was on The Fantastic Funnies, which aired on CBS on May 15, 1980, voiced by actor Scott Beach. Garfield was one of the strips featured, introduced as a newcomer (the strip was only two years old at the time). From 1982 to 1991, twelve primetime Garfield cartoon specials and one hour-long primetime documentary celebrating the character's 10th anniversary were aired; Lorenzo Music voiced Garfield in all of them. A Saturday morning cartoon show, Garfield and Friends, aired for seven seasons from 1988 to 1994. This adaption also starred Music as the voice of Garfield.
The Garfield Show[]
- Main article: The Garfield Show
On November 2nd, 2009, This series is the only one tv series based on the franchise that never appeared in any of the Paramount-related brands such as nickelodeon that is except for Warner Bros.-Owned TV channels like Cartoon Network and Boomerang in the US giving it a similarity to the TMNT 2003 4Kids TV issue. The reason why, because Dargaud Media and Paws, Inc. made the show before the franchise was bought and acquired by the Nickelodeon Group in 2019.
Garfield (2022)[]
:Main article: Garfield (2022)
A new series is currently in development at Nickelodeon after Paramount Global acquired the franchise.
Nicktoon game appearances/Spinoff title[]
Video game appearances[]
Garfield has appeared in two Nickelodeon videogame crossovers technically. Garfield was the first DLC playable character on Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl to be released on December 9, 2021. Second in 2022, He made his second cameo appearance but this time on Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis as a DLC playable character.
Garfield: Lasagna Party[]
- Main article: Garfield: Lasagna Party
A Nickelodeon-created Garfield party video game was released sometime on November 10, 2022 by Microids.
Merchandises[]
On June 19, 2020, the website was shut down during the strip's 42nd anniversary, following Viacom's acquisition of Paws, Inc. in August 2019. The website now redirects to Nick.com, with an alternative link to GoComics.
Comic book[]
In agreement with Paws, Boom! Studios launched in May 2012 a monthly Garfield comic book, with the first issue featuring a story written by Mark Evanier (who has supervised Garfield and Friends and The Garfield Show) and illustrated by Davis's long-time assistant Gary Barker.
Paws, Inc.[]
- Main article: Paws, Inc.
Paws, Inc.[3] was founded in 1981 by Jim Davis to support the Garfield comic strip and its licensing. It is located in Muncie, Indiana (USA), and has a staff of nearly 50 artists and licensing administrators. In 1994, the company purchased all rights to the Garfield comic strips from 1978 to 1993 from United Feature Syndicate. However, the original black and white daily strips and original color Sunday strips remain copyrighted to United Feature Syndicate. The full color daily strips and recolored Sunday strips are copyrighted to Paws as they are considered a different product. Though rights to the strip remain with Paws, Inc., it is currently distributed by Universal Press Syndicate. In August 2019, Davis sold Paws, Inc. to Viacom, who has placed Garfield under the Nickelodeon banner.[4]
Notes[]
- While Liz Wilson herself does not appear in Garfield's Pet Force, an alternate version of her from another universe known as "Vetvix" serves as the main antagonist. Vetix is heavily based on Liz Wilson, right down to her design as well as her name being a reference to Liz's occupation as veterinarian.
- Despite owning the franchise, past Garfield adaptations (such as Garfield and Friends, the television specials [which is owned by 9 Story Media Group], the live-action movies, the direct-to-video movies [both which are owned by The Walt Disney Company following their acquisition of 20th Century Fox], The Garfield Show [which is owned by Dargaud], and the upcoming animated movie [which will be distributed by Sony Pictures], to name a few) are not owned by ViacomCBS.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Viacom, hungry for hits, gobbles up 'Garfield'
- ↑ Demosthenes (2017-05-18). "Reel History: Film Roman". Reel History.
- ↑ "Running Paws, Inc. – The Evolution of Dog Walking Reaches 100th Client – Business News from Send2Press Newswire 10/12/04". Send2press.com (October 12, 2004).
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External Links[]
- Nickipedia
- Garfield Wiki
- Official Nick Page
- Official website for the comic strip
- Twitter account
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield
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