Sunday Funnies : 2010

2010-Jul-16 Columbus OH

2010-Jul-16, Columbus, Ohio, the Postal Service issued a 44-cent, Sunday Funnies commemora-tive stamp in five designs, designed by Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, Maryland.

The Sunday Funnies stamp pane honors five of our most beloved comic strips: Archie, Beetle Bailey, Dennis the Menace, Garfield, and Calvin and Hobbes.

The Beetle Bailey stamp features Beetle, smiling calmly while Sarge loses his cool.

The Calvin and Hobbes stamp captures the precocious 6-year-old and his tiger pal making scary and ridiculous faces.

The Archie stamp features Archie sharing a chocolate shake with brunette Veronica Lodge on his right and blonde Betty Cooper on his left.

The Garfield stamp features the crabby tabby standing back to back with Odie, a carefree, energetic dog.

The Dennis the Menace stamp features 5-year-old Dennis, dressed in red overalls and striped shirt, running off to some new adventure.

USPS Bulletin PB 22287 June 17, 2010

Special Dedication Postmarks - Only the following pictorial postmark is permitted for the Sunday Funnies stamp. The word “Station” or the abbreviation “STA” is required somewhere in the design, because it will be a temporary station. Additional pictorial postmarks used at various Post Offices around the country can be found Pages: Classic Comic Stamps - 1995

Garfield : 2010 Sunday Funnies

2010-Jul-16 Columbus OH

 

James Robert Davis is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known as the creator of the comic strips Garfield and U.S. Acres. Published since 1978, Garfield is one of the world's most widely syndicated comic strips. Davis's other comics work includes Tumbleweeds, Gnorm Gnat, and Mr. Potato Head.

Garfield was originally published locally as Jon in 1976 (later changed to Garfield in 1977), 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 syndicated in roughly 2,580 newspapers and journals; the comic held the Guinness World Record for being the world's most widely syndicated comic strip.

Commemorative postmark used at California State Fair Sacramento CA

Garfield : 2014 Switzerland

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Garfield is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis. Originally published locally as Jon in 1976 (later changed to Garfield in 1977), 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

Nick Mockoviak - Garfield

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While reading Nick's bio on his Deviant Art page, I noted he was a fan of Garfield. Nick also said Garfield was the reason he went into drawing. With the recent release of the Garfield stamp by the USPS, I thought I would offer Nick the chance to draw Garfield any way he wanted. Nick jumped at the opportunity, and created FrankenGarfield...

Garfield cover sent to Jim Davis, and was returned with his signature...

Garfield, an orange tabby cat, was created by Jim Davis and first appeared on  June 19, 1978, following the lives of Garfield, his owner Jon Arbuckle, and Jon's dog Odie. Garfield has become on e of the most popular comic characters appearing in newspapers, television shows, movies, greeting cards, video games...

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