Coping with Cartoon Death
Cartoons are a complicated thing. For example, children’s cartoon characters are required, in general, to always be wearing a seatbelt when in a vehicle. British TV character Peppa Pig was forced to...
View ArticleCulture War Correspondence: Funerals
Yeah, we’re not really gonna be using gifs for this one… EVAN: Ladies and gentlemen, I realize that the intro to this feature is usually a fairly funny, light-hearted bit, but this time around we’re...
View ArticleI’m Not Sad About Nelson Mandela Dying
Death, or the thought of death, has been on my mind as of late. Seriously, though, we’ve had two posts in just as many weeks on the demise of a cartoon character, and before that a CWC discussing...
View ArticleCelebrity Mortality and Actual Emotion
New Avengers #1 (Vol. 5). Written by Jonathan Hickman, illustrated by Steve Epting. Yesterday morning it was announced that British actor Alan Rickman had passed away from cancer. At the very beginning...
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