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Gnorm Gnat
''Gnorm Gnat'' was an American gag-a-day comic strip by Jim Davis based on fictional insects, especially a gnat named Gnorm. The strip appeared in ''The Pendleton Times'' in Pendleton, Indiana from 1972 to 1977, but failure to take the character to mainstream success led Davis to instead create the popular comic strip ''Garfield''. Mike Peters, the cartoonist for ''Mother Goose and Grimm'', has said that ''Gnorm Gnat'' is now a part of "cartoon folklore" as a failure that paved the way for major success.〔Peters, Mike. "Foreword". In ''20 Years & Still Kicking!: Garfield's Twentieth Anniversary Collection''. By Jim Davis. New York: Ballantine Books, 1998, p. 10.〕
==History==
Davis developed the idea for the strip while assisting cartoonist Tom Ryan on his ''Tumbleweeds strip.'' Davis saw the possibilities for gags with insect characters, and the strip was adopted by ''The Pendleton Times''. However, Davis also approached syndicates to publish ''Gnorm Gnat'' and was rejected.〔Davis, Jim. ''20 Years & Still Kicking!: Garfield's Twentieth Anniversary Collection.'' New York: Ballantine Books, 1998, p. 14.〕 According to writers Mark Acey and Scott Nickel, Davis would receive rejections for ''Gnorm Gnat'' for years.〔Acey, Mark and Scott Nickel, ''Garfield at 25: In Dog Years I'd Be Dead.'' New York: Ballantine Books, 2002, p. 14.〕 "I thought bugs were funny, and nobody else did", Davis would later tell the press.〔Aucoin, Don. "Everyone's favourite fat cat turns 25". ''The Record''. Kitchener, Ontario: June 17, 2003, pg. C.2.〕
Davis also recounted that one editor had advised him that "Your art is good, your gags are great, but bugs—nobody can relate to bugs!"〔 Davis took the advice to heart and killed off the character Gnorm by means of having him stepped on by a foot, and Davis then turned to ''Garfield''.〔 Some in the media have also reported that Davis had become "bored with the strip."〔Lenz, Ryan. "Drawing on cartoon cat's success." ''Packet and Times.'' Orillia, Ontario: July 23, 2003, pg. B.3.〕 Another reporter suggested that the notion that no one can relate to insects has been disproved by some jokes in the comic strip ''The Far Side'' by Gary Larson.〔Doup, Liz. "Flabby tabby Garfield is 20." ''The Gazette''. Montreal, Quebec: June 19, 1998, pg. D.7.〕
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