A History Of Comic Strip Animated Adaptations
To celebrate the release of ‘The Garfield Movie,’ we’re taking a look at the long history of animated adaptations of newspaper comic strips.
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A Garfield/Spongebob Crossover Just Became Possible
Viacom has bought Garfield.
Mark Dindal To Direct All-Animated ‘Garfield’ Feature For Alcon
The director of “Cats Don’t Dance” and “Emperor’s New Groove” is taking the reins of the “Garfield” animated feature.
Alcon Plans A Series of Fully-CG ‘Garfield’ Features
First rule of Garfield: You can never have enough Garfield!
How Garfield Got His Groove Back: The ‘Garfield’ Remix Phenomenon
Poor Garfield. In his heyday, he was amongst the most beloved characters on the funny pages, his plush likenesses fastened to car windows and his sarcastic barbs adorning office walls around the globe. Then, somewhere along the line, he underwent a pop-cultural re-evaluation. Jim Davis’ strip is now something of a pariah: just look at how “The Simpsons” paired it with “Love Is” as the kind of strip that Milhouse reads. What a comedown for a character once hip enough to be quoted in “Two Tribes” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. But yet, the orange cat has been saved from cultural oblivion by a peculiar trend: the remixed “Garfield” strip.
