oh okay first off that's horrible that those even still existed back then and i know they still exist now and

me and my family were the only black family living in this town for a good couple of years um All this really into Garfield because, you know, when I went going to school, you know, teachers and students really didn't like me.

And it was really hard for me to make friends and find, you know, ways to really express myself.

I was really had a lot of learning disabilities and I had trouble reading and doing schoolwork and stuff.

We weren't allowed to go to the town's public library, so we'd have to go out of town to check out books.

And that's how I discovered Garfield.

I checked out Garfield books so much that the librarians permanently withdrew one of the books for me.

Everybody needs that in their life.