which, despite the name, had nothing to do with zombies, but was a gallery of cartoons about well known individuals who had cashed in their chips (because, you know, nothing says "funny" like a dead celebrity). These are not to be confused with cartoons drawn to commemorate the passing of someone in the public eye - rather, those depicted in the cartoons were very much alive when I drew them, then shuffled off this mortal coil sometime later.
Morbid, I know, but it was something different.
Anyway, thought I'd share some of those cartoons with you now, because, well, I'm just that kind of guy.
I did this cartoon back when Siskel and Ebert were the hosts of Sneak Previews on PBS. They had that whole bickering-like-an-old-married-couple thing going on, and were well known for their thumbs up / thumbs down rating system, so I had Ebert cheating on Siskel by thumb-wrestling with another well known critic at the time, Gene Shalit.
I did this cartoon when Charles Schulz, probably the most successful cartoonist to ever hold a pen, announced his retirement. Sadly he died soon after. I could have changed the headline on the newspaper to read Charles Schulz Dies, but it just didn't seem right.
Ha ha... Mr. Roger's Neighbor hoods... still cracks me up.
I really liked Carl Sagan - his PBS show, Cosmos, remains one of my favourite science programs (I even own the book!). I would like to think he would have found this cartoon funny.
Well, that's it. Sorry if the formatting of the material is a bit wonky - Blogger started screwing up on me near the end and I couldn't be bothered to start over.
Enjoy the weekend everybody!
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