Garfield's Jim Davis talks lasagna, Bill Murray and 40 years of Earth's most famous cat

In elementary school, I carried around a leather typewriter case full of Garfield books, stickers and toys. The other kids made understandable, vicious fun of me, and so running home crying, I threw it all out in an alley.
But that night, I snuck out and carefully gathered everything up. From inside the case, that goofy, fuzzy face looked up and assured me choosing what I loved over those predictable kids was the right thing.
To this day, I curl up with one of those bowling-ball-sized stuffed Ga