1994

1994 was the sixteenth year in the Garfield franchise.

Events

• January 8 — Pat Buttram, the voice actor for Cactus Jake, passes away at age 78.
• March ~ — Garfield PizzaOs, a canned pasta, is released on the market by Franco-American.
• April 7 — Jim Davis announces the termination of his deal with United Feature Syndicate, and that Paws Incorporated would buy the rights to the Garfield franchise, taking over its copyright, syndication and licensing, while United would retain distributing the comic strip.
• May 28 — The final weekday to use the "© XXXX - United Feature Syndicate, Inc" copyright. Sundays would still display the copyright for a few weeks longer.
• May 30 — The first day and weekday to use the "© XXXX PAWS, INC /Distributed by Universal Press Syndicate" copyright.
• June 19 — The final Sunday and day to use the "© XXXX - United Feature Syndicate, Inc" copyright.
• June 26 — The first Sunday to use the "© XXXX PAWS, INC /Distributed by Universal Press Syndicate" copyright.
• August ~ — Garfield Ravioli, a canned pasta, is released on the market by Franco-American.
• September 17 — CBS airs the first episode of the seventh season of Garfield and Friends.
• December 10 — CBS airs the final episode of the seventh season, and consequently, the final episode of Garfield and Friends.

Releases

Books

• February — Garfield's Big Fat Hairy Joke Book
• April — Garfield's Insults, Put-Downs & Slams
• July — Garfield's Son of Big Fat Hairy Jokes
• September 20th / October — Garfield Pulls His Weight: His 26th Book is released.
• October — Garfield's Big Fat Scary Joke Book
• December — Garfield's Big Fat Holiday Joke Book
• Unknown — Garfield's Haunted House and Other Spooky Tales
• Unknown — Garfield's A Good Friend Is...

Notes

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