LIFE: Garfield

He hates Mondays and loves lasagna—what could be more relatable than that? This LIFE magazine celebrates Garfield’s nine lives, from comic book sensation to Saturday-morning cartoon star to big-budget movie icon. After all these years, he’s still the cat’s pajamas.

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Cover design: Gary Stewart. Editorial Director: Kostya Kennedy. Creative director: Gary Stewart. Editor: Amy Wilkinson. Photo editor: Kwailan Chin. Art Director: Aaron Morales.