Thank you, Jim Davis.

Like many other artists I know, the encouragement I received from my friends, parents, and teachers helped foster my enthusiasm. It's this kind of encouragement that led me to become a teacher. One profound inspiration was Jim Davis. When I was in the third grade I wrote Mr. Davis, and he was kind enough to write me back. I had never written a celebrity before and did not know whether he would write me back or not. I remember feeling absolutely graced when I received the following hand typed letter with Mr. Davis' signature. Keep in mind this was 1983 and Garfield had only been around for five years.

Thank you, Mr. Davis. Thank you for your kind inspiration to a budding artist. :)

Enclosed was a photocopy of an article and a promotional. The following are pics of the letter and the promotional, which I think is a nifty little piece of ephemera.