Born: 1945 July 28 in Marion, Indiana, United States
Biography: Creator of the Garfield comic strip.
Notes: Not to be confused with "The Fox and the Crow" artist Jim Davis who was born in 1915. Also not to be confused with the artist James Davis who contributed to underground comix publications like White Whore Funnies, Adults Only! and New Comic Funnies.
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Name:
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Jim Davis
Type: Common Alternative Name
Disambiguation: creator of Garfield
Other Names:
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James R. Davis
Type: Common Alternative Name
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James Robert Davis
Type: Name at Birth
Given name: James Robert Family name: Davis
Schools:
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Ball State University ? to ?
Signatures:
- Jim Davis [generic]
Awards:
- 1981: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Humor Comic Strip Division
- 1985: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Humor Comic Strip Division
- 1985: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Elzie Segar Award
- 1989: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Cartoonist of the Year
- 2016: Inkpot Award - [no name]
Memberships:
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National Cartoonists Society Type: member Duration: 1978 - ?
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