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How to Read Garfield Comic Strips

That lasagna-loving cat Garfield first sauntered across newspaper comic pages on June 19, 1978. The strip featured Garfield and his ostensible owner Jon Arbuckle, and it eventually became the most widely syndicated comic in the world. The cat has inspired advertising tie-ins, coffee mugs, car windshield decorations, animated television programs and feature films. Garfield creator Jim Davis runs the orange cat's empire from a studio near his home in Muncie, Indiana. If you'd like to read Garfield comics, he's kind of hard to miss.

Things You'll Need

  • Computer
  • Daily newspaper
  • Garfield book
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Instructions

    • 1

      Point your computer's browser to Garfield.com. The official Garfield website features each day's comic strip and a searchable archive of previous strips. There are also links to Garfield comic strip apps, merchandise, games, e-cards, downloads and the Cartoon Network animated program.

    • 2

      Buy a newspaper that runs the Garfield comic strip. It appears in more than 2,600 newspapers worldwide. Many newspapers offer a three-panel strip Monday through Saturday and a longer feature strip on Sunday.

    • 3

      Buy a Garfield book. As of April 2011, there are 50 collections of Garfield comic strips. Reading these compendiums is a convenient way to savor the entire run of Garfield. The books are available through most online and retail store booksellers.

    • 4

      Look at each panel of the strip in order, from left to right. Take note of the palpable forms and expressions. Observe the bold inking. Revel in the sarcastic tone of the writing.

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