How the First Garfield Strip Defined the Cat's Sarcastic Personality
Originally published as: ‘Garfield’ Found Its Perfect Formula Before the Second Strip Even Arrived Almost 50 Years Later
Not many comic strips figure out their voice with the first installment, but the ones that do tend to stand out. Peanuts had a boy who seemed to praise Charlie Brown to his face, then said, "How I hate him!" This all but cemented Charlie Brown's status as the perpetual hard-luck loser.