First created in 1978, Garfield has since spawned a wide variety of books, animated films, television shows and merchandise, with the entire franchise earning up to $1 billion per year. While Garfield has appeared in numerous foreign countries, the comics have never previously made it to Russia.

“Russia practically doesn’t have any of its own comics,” said Elena Depeille, the brains behind the new translation from Elf Comics publishing. “Apart from just translating Garfield, we want to create a culture of comics in Russia.” More.

See: The Moscow Times

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