The “Simon’s Cat” books are based on your popular YouTube cartoon. What inspired you to create the Simon’s Cat cartoon series? One of my four cats is called Hugh.

Garfield first hit the newspapers as a three-panel strip on 19 June 1978. But if Davis had had his way, the face that launched a thousand lunchboxes and cuddly toys might never have been a cat at ...

Take a cat, take a mouse, and let them chase each other. That’s pretty much the story line of all 163 “Tom & Jerry” cartoons that started airing in 1940. It's good, wholesome kids fare.