Lifestyle | Garfield Garfield Creator Apologizes to Vets for 'Stupid Day' Strip Yesterday's comic was 'worst timing ever,' Jim Davis admits By Rob Quinn Posted Nov 12, 2010 5:35 AM CST Updated Nov 12, 2010 6:35 AM CST Copied Jim Davis seen here in his Muncie, Ind., office, has apologized for a Garfield strip that some veterans may have found offensive. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File) Garfield creator Jim Davis has apologized after accidentally causing an uproar with a Veterans Day comic. The strip—viewable here—shows spiders celebrating "National Stupid Day" in remembrance of a squished colleague. Davis says he wrote the strip nearly a year ago and didn't know it would run yesterday, calling its appearance "the worst timing ever," AP reports. "It absolutely, positively has nothing to do with this important day of remembrance," the cartoonist wrote in an apology posted on his website. "My brother Dave served in Vietnam. My son James is a Marine who has had two tours of duty, both in Iraq and Afghanistan. You'd have to go a long way to find someone who was more proud and grateful for what our veterans have done for all of us." (Click here for another Veterans Day oops.) Read These Next Trumps ends trade talks with Canada. Gavin Newsom has filed a massive lawsuit against Fox News. Actor Sam Rockwell gets residuals from movie he wasn't in. President Trump celebrates a 'giant' Supreme Court win. Report an error