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Born July 14, 1945 in Marion, Indiana, Jim Davis grew up on a small farm with his dad, Jim Sr., who raised Black Angus cows, his brother Dave, and 25 cats who relied on the hospitality of Jims mother, Betty.When asthma forced him inside, away from his regular farm chores, the young Davis spent hours drawing. With little more than his pencil, paper and imagination, he created pictures, which he soon discovered were more fun when accompanied by words.Jim attended Ball state University in Muncie. As an Art and Business major he distinguished himself by earning one of the lowest accumulative grade point avarages in history of the University.After college, Davis did a twoyear stint with a local advertising agency and met and married his wife, Carolyn, a gifted singer and elementary school teacher.

 

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