![]() ![]() While attending Ball State, he became a member of the Theta Xi fraternity. Jon, too, is a cartoonist, and also celebrates his birthday on July 28. Davis' childhood on a farm parallels the life of his cartoon character Garfield's owner, Jon Arbuckle, who was also raised on a farm with his parents and a brother, Doc Boy. Jim Davis was born in Fairmount, Indiana, near Marion, where he grew up on a small farm with his father James William Davis, mother Anna Catherine (Carter) Davis, brother Dave, and 25 cats. Other comics that he has worked on are Tumbleweeds, Gnorm Gnat, Slapstick, and a strip about Mr. James Robert "Jim" Davis is an American cartoonist who created the popular comic strip Garfield. ![]()
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