On Veterans’ Day, Americans take time to keep in mind those who have sacrificed because of their country. "Garfield" comic strip creator Davis had no intention of besmirching this year’s celebration, but his syndication network wasn’t quite so aware, accounts Cable News Network. The Veterans’ Day "Garfield" strip chosen to run by the syndication service that places Jim Davis’ creations taken place to run afoul of the sensibilities of some, in that it seemed for making light of even having a Veterans’ Day holiday.
Jim Davis doesn’t advocate celebrating squished veterans
If the "Garfield" strip Jim Davis had ran on any other day other than Veterans’ Day, he wouldn't have needed to apologize for it. Pages of newspaper around the world had the bad timing on there unintentionally. A rolled up newspaper is what Garfield uses in the cartoon to threaten a spider. 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."
The implication is that Garfield squishes the spider anyway. A teacher spider is teaching a class of students spiders after that. The teacher asks, "Does anybody here know why we celebrate ‘National Stupid Day?’"
‘The worst timing ever’
Jim Davis said this. This was in reference to Veterans Day having that strip. However, he pointed out in a statement to friends, fans and veterans the strip has no literal connection to Veterans Day. The strip was made over a year ago. That is also what he said in his statement.
Davis defended himself. “I don’t use a calendar that lists holidays and other notable days, so when this strip was put within the queue, I had no idea it would run on Veterans Day,” is what he said.
Considering that Jim Davis’ brother served in Vietnam and his son performed tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, it seems unlikely that Davis would take a dim view of Veterans’ Day.
‘Garfield’ is probably the most widely syndicated comic strip within the world
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. Garfield the cat is a pop culture icon is books, films and countless merchandise.
Information from
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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