Flashback Friday! For Everyone’s Favorite Lasagna-Loving Kitty

That’s right! Flashback Friday is here again. Isn’t Friday just the best day of the week? This week I want to share with you a fellow lover of Friday’s, and one of the most iconic cartoon strips from the 80s and 90s, Garfield & Friends. I remember waking up early on the weekends and running over to my grandmother’s house to read about what that adorably lethargic fat-cat was up to. Garfield was the original Grumpy Cat, and the reason most people probably fell for that bad-tempered feline.

Being that he is a copy written character, I can’t really show any pictures of him so there will be plenty of links to the official website. If you get the chance to explore that page, and are a huge or even moderate fan, you will love it. There is so much to explore through! I found the strip that was published the day I was born for example. If you are born on/after Jun 19, 1978 (the first one ever!) you can do the same too. 😀

The first book that Jim Davis published was originally in 1980. It was titled Garfield at Large: His First Book, and it features the first strip through to the one published on January 22, 1989. The last panel is one of the best endings to a fantastic book of full of snazzy art and a witty humor. Jim Davis really seems like he would be a pretty cool guy, and you can read and see more of what he is like in an interview on Garfield’s official website.

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I’m normally not one to get very political (especially on the interwebs), but since I am a creator of a page that expresses my opinion, I definitely feel the need to defend the French cartoonists that were killed because of something they drew. So, I dedicate this post in honor of everyone injured, killed, or affect by the Charlie Hebdo attack. No one should fear for their life for being and feeling differently than anyone else. No one should feel the need to keep their thoughts silent because another group of people disagrees with them. Artists are a great people who have the power and will to change the world. The only people who care if the world changes around them are the ones that are afraid that the world may change them. If other people can change you, maybe you weren’t suited for the original belief to begin with. Change is not bad. Words are not bad. Art is not bad.