Veterans’ Day is set apart for solemn remembrance of the sacrifices the women and men of the Armed forces have made because of their nation. Like most Americans, Jim Davis of "Garfield" fame does not take this lightly, despite what the unfortunate strip that ran on Nov. 11 might suggest. The Nov. 11 "Garfield" strip that Jim Davis’ syndicator chose to run was deemed offensive to the memory of veterans.
Jim Davis doesn't say celebrating squished veterans is something to do
The "Garfield" strip for which Jim Davis has issued an apology wouldn’t have needed any attention at all if it had run on a day other than Veterans’ Day. It had been simply a case of unintentionally bad timing, splashed across the pages of newspapers nationwide. A spider is confronted by Garfield in the cartoon. He uses a newspaper rolled up to do this. The spider then makes a statement. The path to immortality is being discussed her:
"If you squish me, I shall become famous! They will hold an annual day of remembrance in my honor, you fat slob."
It doesn't matter too much since the spider gets squished by Garfield anyway. After that there had been a teacher spider talking to a class of spiders asking "Does everyone here know why we celebrate ‘National Stupid Day?’"
It simply had been ‘The worst timing ever’
That’s what Jim Davis said in reference to that strip running on Veterans Day. However, he pointed out in a statement to friends, fans and veterans the strip has no literal connection to Veterans Day. That, and the strip was actually created nearly a year ago.
”I do not use a calendar that lists holidays and other notable days, so when this strip was put in the queue, I had no idea it would run on Veterans Day,” Davis clearly explained.
Jim Davis' son served in Iraq and Afghanistan when his brother also served in Vietnam. Veterans Day isn't likely something Jim Davis would just make fun of like that.
Within the whole world, ‘Garfield’ is used most
The "Guinness Book of World Records" talks about "Garfield" in 2002. It said that "Garfield" had been the "most widely syndicated comic strip in the world" then. Books, movies and merchandise all have the Garfield cat built-into them.
Citations
CNN
edition.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/11/12/garfield.ill.timed.comic/
Jim Davis on the process of making the fat cat
youtube.com/watch?v=vsisKmbVkIw
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