Talk:Jim Davis (cartoonist)/Archive 1

Marriage to Carolyn
The article on Garfield's Halloween special says that their (Garfield & Odie) boat is named after Carolyn's "then-wife". Are they no longer married? For what years were they married and if they did divorce, why?

changed cartoon to comic strip
I changed 'cartoon' to 'comic strip' in the sentence, "Garfield is now one of the most popular cartoon characters in the world" as the only thing that comes close to agreeing with is garfield's guinness book of records entry for "Most Syndicated Comic Strip"here but this obviously doesn't include all forms of cartoons, also added reference--Johnny 0 18:00, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Quotation accuracy
The quote about Gnorm Gnat--is it accurate, or should the wording be changed to match the Gnorm Gnat page? Paul Haymon 22:59, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

mmm...
Ian't he gay? There's cues everywhere in his work and its enough of a controversy to deserve a mention... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.121.144.52 (talk • contribs)
 * Are you, per chance, basing that on the image in the article? - Dudesleeper · Talk 03:33, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Opinion without a source
From the article:

"The strip has continued on a downward spiral over the last decade. The barley funny premise that it began with has run out of possible humor and is slowly choking itself to death. Although it seems to still be lucrative with its merchandising deals and whoring itself to hallmark. The public will only appreciate it for so long before even they realize that it is no longer funny. It appears its time to put this kitty to sleep."

I don't see any sort of source given to indicate this might be a quote and as such the comment is little more than one person's opinion about this strip. I'm not up on the Wikipedia writing conventions and don't do much editing myself, but if anyone else finds this passage out of place I really think it should be removed. The comment might be right, but I don't think it belongs in an encyclopedia article.

No, clearly such a subjective comment (regardless of how much I agree with it) does not belong in an encyclopedia. I did a search for the word "spiral," and it didn't come up, so presumably that comment has already been edited out. KevinOKeeffe (talk) 10:51, 18 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, barley is seldom funny. Sorghum, on the other hand....--172.190.2.192 (talk) 19:49, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Jim Davis: Unpleasant/hostile towards his critics?
Obviously, it would take more than a single, anecdotal reference from yours truly to justify characterizing Mr. Davis as, well, not a very nice man, but I will present my anecdote. If this turns out to be indicative of some sort of pattern (meaning that other people report similar experiences), however, it might well justify a mention in the main article.

What happened approximately 15 years ago (probably early 1990s), is that I wrote a letter to the San Jose Mercury News, requesting that they no longer carry the "Garfield" comic strip, on the basis of my belief that it was no longer funny, and hadn't been for some time. About a month later, I received a letter from Jim Davis' attorney(!), threatening me with legal action if I continued to defame his client in such a manner. This behavior struck me as pretty damn outrageous at the time, and like I said, if its indicative of a pattern, would perhaps warrant a mention in the Jim Davis main article (although perhaps I am the only person to have this unpleasant, albeit somewhat comical, experience). KevinOKeeffe (talk) 11:02, 18 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, if what you say is you have proof of this then it might behoove you to contact someone in the press about this in order to get it out in the public eye. Or if you hadn't received that letter I'd probably try to find well documented and verified evidence of this behavior to provide citation of it. I wouldn't know how you'd go about this or if it would constitute a situation where one is searching for evidence that fits their opinions. I dunno. If it's just pure opinion and anecdote, then forget about it. That doesn't apply to Wikipedia.--ThePenciler (talk) 03:21, 22 November 2009 (UTC)


 * In my thirty years on this soil, I have never seen the word behoove used. - Dudesleeper / Talk  15:40, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

It seems that Mr. O'Keefe has an inordinate amount of free time to piss away in addition to his Jim Davis-centered persecution complex. The only part of that story I believe is the saddest part: that you wrote a letter to the San Jose Mercury News to complain about a comic strip. Are we to believe that some irate employee of said newspaper then contacted Davis or his legal representation over the affront? Bitch, please.--172.190.2.192 (talk) 19:47, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Garfield section
This is an obvious copy-and-paste of http://pressroom.garfield.com/releases/dsi.html, and thus is plagiarism. Dothefandango (talk) 22:23, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I pulled the section as a copyvio. Feel free to remove any copyright violating material you see :) Shell babelfish 23:02, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Garfield Minus Garfield
The comics here -- http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/ -- are in Davis's style and signed with his name, so I assume they're his work. Is there a reason not to include this information in the article? JamesMLane t c 19:03, 15 April 2008 (UTC)


 * They are his - they're old Garfield comic strips that someone has photoshopped Garfield out of. The site owner has a post elsewhere of what Davis thinks of the website . So, cute stuff and interesting commentary on the strip, but probably not a good fit on this article unless it gets rather famous or is covered in a reliable source somewhere.  Shell    babelfish 04:56, 16 April 2008 (UTC)


 * It's covered in this article in the Washington Post. There might be other people like me who encounter the site and wonder whether someone's ripping off Davis's style, or these are strips Davis himself did deliberately omitting Garfield, or it's been photoshopped.  The Post article, by providing that information and Davis's reaction, sheds light on the article subject and his work. JamesMLane t c 05:44, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Here's an industry web site discussing the phenomenon: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/comics/how-garfield-got-his-groove-back-the-garfield-remix-phenomenon-100343.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.197.239.169 (talk) 00:42, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Occupation
Perhaps it would be appropriate to put in that Davis is an entrepreneur in his infobox, along with "cartoonist", given the enormous amount of licensing and business he is involved in with Garfield. Theswillman (talk) 15:07, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

three children and three grandchildren.
I deleted "Davis and his wife Jill, Sr. VP of Licensing at Paws, have three children and three grandchildren." Above that it says he married Jill in 2000. I find it unlikely that Jim and Jill have three grandchildren in common (and if they do, more explanation is in order). If someone wants to add something about his grandchildren, put it in the paragraph with his wives and children. Probably the grandchildren are by the first wife, but someone could have been counting her grandchildren by another man. Also, did he divorce the first wife or did she die? When? Sumbuddy with a reasonable source should add this, and if something is improbable, you got some splainin to do.  Randall Bart    Talk   21:22, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

IRONY
"Ironically, considering his fame as a cartoonist who draws a cat, his first wife Carolyn (Altekruse) was allergic to cats"

This is not ironic in any sense whatsoever. --IRONY-POLICE (talk) 16:04, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Career
On June 19, 1978, Garfield started syndication in 41 newspapers. Things were going well until the Chicago Sun-Times canceled the strip, prompting an outcry from 30 readers. Garfield was reinstated and the strip quickly became the fastest selling comic strip in the world. Today it is syndicated in 2,400 newspapers and is read by approximately 12 readers each day.

12 readers each day? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.2.81.84 (talk) 18:53, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Children
"They have a son, James Alexander Davis. On July 16, 2000, Davis married his current wife, Jill. They have three children: James, Ashley and Christopher." - he has two sons called James........? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:30, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Sagamore of the Wabash
The article says under Awards "1988 - Sagamore of the Wabash - State of Indiana". The sources I found speak only of Davis′ creation Garfield receiving the award: here, here and here. Does somebody know more about that? Regards, Gott (talk) 18:17, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

Vandalism
Serial vandalism happening on this article today. Correct if you see any, please. 50.86.50.199 (talk) 16:48, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

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Father
In the quick view box on the right hand side of Jim's page his father is noted as "James Garfield "Jim" Davis (father)" however in the main body his father is "James William "Jim" Davis". What then is his father's middle name?

The Garfield website suggests the James with middle name Garfield was his GRAND father https://garfield.com/characters/garfield — Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.47.112.151 (talk) 22:35, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

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