Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A cikin shekarun 1970, Davis ya kirkiro wani zane mai suna Gnorm Gnat, wanda ya sami nasara kaɗan. Wani edita ya ce, "zane-zanensa na da kyau, wasanninsa na da kyau", amma cewa "babu wanda zai iya gane kansa da kwari". Davis ya yanke shawarar daukar dogon lokaci, mai zurfi a cikin zane-zane kuma ya ga cewa karnuka suna yin kyau sosai, amma babu cats a lokacin. Davis ya fahimci cewa tun da ya girma a gonar da ke da cats 25 cewa zai iya fitowa tare da zane-zane bisa ga cat. Daga nan sai ya ci gaba da ƙirƙirar sabon zane tare da cat a matsayin babban halayyarta kuma ta haka ne ya ƙirƙiri Garfield, wanda ya karɓi harafin farko na sunansa daga aikin Davis na farko. Garfield asali ya ƙunshi manyan haruffa huɗu. Garfield, halin da ake ciki, ya dogara ne akan cats Davis ya girma; ya ɗauki sunansa da halayensa daga kakan Davis, James A. Garfield Davis, wanda yake, a cikin kalmomin Davis, "babban mutum, mai rikici". Jon Arbuckle ya fito ne daga tallan kofi na 1950s, kuma Odie ya dogara ne akan tallan tallan mota wanda Davis ya rubuta, wanda ya nuna Odie the Village Idiot. Da farko a Strip, mai Odie wani mutum ne mai suna Lyman. An rubuta shi ne don ya ba Jon wanda zai yi magana da shi. Daga baya Davis ya fahimci cewa Garfield da Jon na iya "sadarwa ba tare da magana ba". Strip ɗin, wanda aka fara mayar da hankali kan Jon, da farko King Features, Post-Hall da Chicago Tribune-New York News agencies sun ƙi shi, duk waɗanda suka nemi Davis ya mai da hankali kan cat, wanda a ra'ayinsu, ya sami mafi kyawun layi. United Feature Syndicate ya yarda da sake fasalin zane a cikin 1978 kuma ya fara shi a cikin jaridu 41 a ranar 19 ga Yuni na wannan shekarar (duk da haka, bayan gwajin gwaji, Chicago Sun-Times ya sauke shi, kawai don dawo da shi bayan korafin masu karatu). Shafin farko na ranar Lahadi na Garfield ya gudana a ranar 25 ga Yuni, 1978, ana nuna shi a matsayin na uku-shafi har zuwa 22 ga Maris, 1981. An fara rabin shafi a ranar Lahadi mai zuwa, 29 ga Maris, tare da zane-zane na Maris 14 da 21, 1982, suna da tsari na musamman na tara, amma UFS ya rage amfani da shi (duk da haka, ya ba da damar Davis ya yi amfani da tsari don labaransa na US Acres).  Tambaya: Me ke da haruffa huɗu?
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