OK, you're forgiven for that, now lets talk about

how your comic strip insults everyone intellegence every day

[weeks]

The Garfield cartoon strip ran on Veterans Day in newspapers across the country. It shows a spider daring the pudgy orange cat to squash it. The spider tells Garfield that if he is killed, "they will hold an annual day of remembrance in my honor."

The final panel shows a spider-teacher asking its students if they know why spiders celebrate "National Stupid Day."
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It's not Jim Davis' fault. It's the newspapers. They don't read the strips they publish. It's obvious. If they did, someone would surely say, "This stuff is awful!"

[jecasc]

Actually I can't see any connection between the cartoon and Veterans Day. One of those cases that tells you more about the mind of the people who found this offensive than about the author or publisher of the strip.

[icedowl]

I got a chuckle from it, but then I'm a Garfield fan that has a fear of spiders.

[weeks]

Actually I can't see any connection between the cartoon and Veterans Day. One of those cases that tells you more about the mind of the people who found this offensive than about the author or publisher of the strip.

I agree, but it was unfortunate timing. In many papers it was likely surrounded by mentions of Veterans' Day, so some readers might wonder if there was context.