And sure enough, with the oversize feet, Garfield looks so much more natural walking on his hind legs, and that, of course, became the strandard depiction of Garfield ever since, and all due to ...

Four-plus decades before 'The Garfield Movie,' out in theaters May 24, the lasagna-loving orange cat first took over screens in 1982's ‘Here Comes Garfield’ special.

He started drawing over my drawing, saying, ‘The problem is, you’ve made Garfield’s feet too small – little cat feet.’ So he got Garfield, like Snoopy, up off all fours.

When Garfield got the big back feet, then he could walk. I saw that the previous Garfield Holiday special DVDs were selling on eBay like rare collector’s items.

Garfield's owner and punching bag Jon Arbuckle has been dragging his feet into the 21st century. "Two months ago, I gave Jon a flatscreen TV," Davis says. "He agonized over that for a year.

GARFIELD’S GUY STARTED WITH PEANUTS By . Billy Heller. Published Oct. 7, 2000, ... But he had never been on his back feet before. He had always walked on all fours up until then.