James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comic strip Garfield, which he signs as Jim Davis. He has also worked on other strips: Tumbleweeds, Gnorm Gnat, U.S. Acres (aka Orson's Farm) and a strip about Mr. Potato Head.Davis has written (or in some cases co-written) all of the Emmy Award-winning or nominated Garfield TV specials and was one