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Garfield's first comic strip, originally published locally as Jon in 1976, goes into nationwide syndication.

Historical image related to Garfield's first comic strip, originally published locally as Jon in 1976, goes into nationwide syndication. from June 19, 1978

Garfield

Comic strip created by Jim Davis

Garfield is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis. Originally published locally as Jon in 1976, then in nationwide syndication from 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, and their owner Jon Arbuckle. As of 2013, it was…
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Comic strip

Short serialized comics

A comic strip is a sequence of cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions. Traditionally, throughout the 20th and into the 21st century, these have been published in newspapers and…
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Print syndication

Sale of news items to other news outlets

Print syndication distributes news articles, columns, political cartoons, comic strips and other features to newspapers, magazines and websites. The syndicates offer reprint rights and grant permissions to other parties for republishing content of which they own and/or represent…
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June 19

Day of the year

June 19 is the 170th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 195 days remain until the end of the year.
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