Death tribute cartoons are the embarrassing face of kneejerk social media mourning
Whether it’s Stephen Hawking leaving a wheelchair or the Buddhist Steve Jobs meeting God, these grief gags show the decline of cartooning as an art.
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New Times,
New Thinking.
Whether it’s Stephen Hawking leaving a wheelchair or the Buddhist Steve Jobs meeting God, these grief gags show the decline of cartooning as an art.
By Michael Kupperman