Paws, Inc.

Paws, Inc. (also known as Paws Incorporated) is an American comic studio and production company. It was founded by an American cartoonist Jim Davis to support the Garfield series, comic strips and its licensing. It is located in Albany, Indiana and has a staff of nearly 50 artists and licensing administrators. In 1994, the company purchased all rights to the Garfield comic strips from 1978-1993 from United Feature Syndicate. However, the original black and white daily strips and original color Sunday strips remain copyrighted to United Feature Syndicate. The full color daily strips and recolored Sunday strips are copyrighted to Paws as they are considered a different product. The strip is currently distributed by Universal Press Syndicate, however, rights for the strip remain with Paws, Inc.