Editing Garfield (section)

===Dr. Liz Wilson===
[[File:Jon - 1976-02-26.png|left|thumb|Liz's first appearance from a 1976 ''Jon'' strip, where she was simply known as 'that girl.' Jon's line in the second panel was reused in the first panel of the ''Garfield'' strip published on June 30, 1979.]]
'''First appearance: June 26, 1979'''

{{quote box|quote=''Jon:'' Tell me, Liz, haven't we met somewhere before? A rice paddy in Hong Kong?

''Liz:'' Look, jerk. I'll be the vet for your cat, but I won't play [[fall guy]] for your stupid lines. Understood?

''Jon, shocked:'' Uh-huh. So long, doctor.

''Liz:'' Have a nice day.|source= —''Garfield'' (1979)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1979/ga790630.gif|title=Garfield|date=June 30, 1979|publisher=Garfield.com|access-date=March 29, 2014}}</ref>|width=310px}}
Dr. Liz Wilson is Garfield and Odie's sarcastic [[veterinarian]] and a long time crush of Jon Arbuckle. She has a somewhat deadpan, sardonic persona and almost always reacts negatively to Jon's outlandish and goofball behavior but can even find it endearing on occasion. Jon often attempts to ask her out on a date, but rarely succeeds; however, in an extended story arc from June 20 to July 29, 2006 (with the main event taking place on July 28), Liz and Jon kiss, and have been a couple ever since.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2006&addr=060728|title=Garfield's Comic Strip Archives at Garfield.com – The Official Web Site of Garfield & Friends|publisher=Garfield.com|access-date=September 3, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711072545/http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2006&addr=060728|archive-date=July 11, 2011 }}</ref> Her first appearance was in a 1976 ''Jon'' strip, where Jon runs into her at a laundromat. This became a running gag of the strip, where Jon would often go out of his way to bump into her (a 1976 strip, for example, sees Jon stalking Liz in an alleyway.) in a 1977 strip, Liz takes a job as a waitress at Irma's diner, where Jon would also frequently ask her out to no avail. It wouldn't be until ''Garfield'' was syndicated where Liz would work as a vet. Her birthday is January 13.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Jim |date=2025-01-14 |title=Garfield by Jim Davis for January 14, 2025 {{!}} GoComics.com |url=https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2025/01/14 |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=GoComics |language=en}}</ref>