It seems Garfield's laziness was so contagious that Jim Davis himself caught it, and got lazy while drawing this comic strip, reducing Garfield to little more than a stick figure by the end.

Kathryn Allamong Jacob, Historian: She had an unwavering moral compass, which Garfield admired and learned from and respected her for. She had the ability to draw out the best in him and to draw ...

Further expounding on how Schulz really felt about Garfield, biographer David Michaelis wrote: Above all, the drawing was crude, empty; Schulz took every opportunity in private to belittle Davis ...