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Compilations moved away from the traditional horizontal "Garfield format" to standard vertical book styles after 2001.

The strip's 33-year run during this period can be broken down by key evolutionary milestones: Garfield (Comic Strips) (1978-2011) GetComics.I...

In 1994, Jim Davis’s company, Paws, Inc. , purchased all rights to the 1978–1994 strips from the original syndicate. The Modern Era (2000–2011): Jim Davis’s company

Garfield "slimmed down" and began standing on his hind legs more frequently to appear more expressive. Garfield (Comic Strips) (1978-2011) GetComics.I...

In 2006, Jon Arbuckle finally began a successful relationship with Liz Wilson , the veterinarian, ending a 28-year running gag of his dating failures. Reading Order & Collections

Also, the stories were originally slightly more based in reality; the madcap surreality that the strip has become famous for didn'