This is the story Garfield fans have been waiting for! Years ago Lyman left his dog Odie with Jon & was never seen again When Jon learns that Lyman may have disappeared while searching for a mythical beast in a distant jungle Jon Garfield & Odie set out to find him It&s a journey decades in the making in this historic Garfield graphic novel! Meet the Author JIM DAVIS is the creator of Garfield named by Guinness World Records as " The Most Widely Syndicated Comic Strip in the World" Jim spent started his cartooning career as an assistant to Tumbleweeds creator Tom Ryan After years of honing his skills & studying the comics pages closely he noticed there were a lot of successful strips about dogs but none about cats! Garfield a fat lazy lasagna-loving cynical cat was born The strip debuted in 1978 in 41 US newspapers Today it is read in 2570 newspapers by 263000000 readers around the globe Jim Davis has had many successes with Garfield including four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program & induction into the Licensing Hall of Fame (1998) but his most prized awards are from his peers in the National Cartoonist Society Best Humor Strip (1981 & 1985) the Elzie Segar Award (1990) & the coveted Reuben Award (1990) for overall excellence in cartooning