Garfield was originally published in 1978 and follows Garfield, Jon Arbuckle, and his dog.
Yes, that's a very popular comic strip.  What type of cat was Garfield?
Garfield is a lazy, fat, and orange cat.
No, I meant his breed.  I always thought of him as an American Exotic.
I don't know his exact breed but him being an American Exotic would make sense.American Exotics were bred to be a short-haired version of the Persian.
Exactly.  I've known a few in my time and they all seemed to have the Garfield-type personality: aloof, arrogant, lazy and cynical.
Garfield's laziness is one of the most common themes in the strips. It's interesting to think they based his behavior on the actual breed of cat.