Comments on: Hur-Ray http://ravingatheist.com/2004/06/hur-ray/ Dedicated to Jesus Christ, Now and Forever Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:43:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Raving Atheist http://ravingatheist.com/2004/06/hur-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-7256 The Raving Atheist Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:06:32 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=779#comment-7256 <strong>Branded</strong> A few amusing thoughts from Skallas of Everything Isn't Under Control, regarding my last post on the Cartoon Afterlife: [I]magine if a kid with down's syndrome died (Like TV's Corky). How appropriate would it be to draw him in the fictional afterlife a... Branded

A few amusing thoughts from Skallas of Everything Isn’t Under Control, regarding my last post on the Cartoon Afterlife: [I]magine if a kid with down’s syndrome died (Like TV’s Corky). How appropriate would it be to draw him in the fictional afterlife a…

]]> By: The Raving Atheist http://ravingatheist.com/2004/06/hur-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-7255 The Raving Atheist Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:02:24 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=779#comment-7255 <strong>Supermean</strong> I got a great idea for a cartoon -- Christopher Reeve, portraying Superman, flying out of his wheelchair and into Heaven! Oh, darn somebody already beat me to it. Actually, Jean-Paul Fastidious beat me to this topic in the comments, but since no one re... Supermean

I got a great idea for a cartoon — Christopher Reeve, portraying Superman, flying out of his wheelchair and into Heaven! Oh, darn somebody already beat me to it. Actually, Jean-Paul Fastidious beat me to this topic in the comments, but since no one re…

]]> By: Happy Furry Puppy Story Time with Norbizness http://ravingatheist.com/2004/06/hur-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-7254 Happy Furry Puppy Story Time with Norbizness Tue, 13 Jul 2004 02:15:01 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=779#comment-7254 <strong>You Can't Spell "Epitaph" Without "Pith"</strong> Sorry, Queen Juliana, I got nothin' for ya. One of my more morbid curiosities/diversions is seeing the outpouring of editorial cartoons that welcome celebrities to heaven; this is being covered in depth at the Raving Atheist. The most recent... You Can’t Spell “Epitaph” Without “Pith”

Sorry, Queen Juliana, I got nothin’ for ya. One of my more morbid curiosities/diversions is seeing the outpouring of editorial cartoons that welcome celebrities to heaven; this is being covered in depth at the Raving Atheist. The most recent…

]]> By: decrepitoldfool http://ravingatheist.com/2004/06/hur-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-7251 decrepitoldfool Tue, 13 Jul 2004 00:51:37 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=779#comment-7251 <p>I've read a number of these posts about how insensitive the cartoonists are in how they honor departed celebs, but I think they were (within the metaphor of popular mythology) just saying how great the celeb in question was. As for the Ray Charles cartoon in which he receives his sight, that's actually standard Christian doctrine - that in heaven we receive new, glorified bodies as part of our eternal communion with God. So yes, a person with Down's syndrome would have all his genes fixed, Ronald Reagan would indeed have "a clear mind" as GWB described, and Ray Charles would receive his sight. </p> <p>Cartoonists seem to be responding to the controversy, though, and we probably will see less of this in the future. As for why critics make so much of it, I have no idea. Leaving aside the invisible-friend mythology, the cartoonist was just trying to say something nice. </p> <p>My favorite post-mortem celeb cartoon was by Olliphant, after the death of Ansel Adams. It depicted the Half Dome mountain as a gigantic bust of Adams, with a tiny, insignificant Ronald Reagan standing beside it and the caption: "Two Westerners." Of course you wouldn't dare show that cartoon now that RR has died: his fans would lynch you. </p> <p>Another by the same artist was after the Challenger explosion: it just showed an empty launch pad on a dark, empty plain under a mournful, black sky. It was so moving and appropriate. I really miss Olliphant.</p> I’ve read a number of these posts about how insensitive the cartoonists are in how they honor departed celebs, but I think they were (within the metaphor of popular mythology) just saying how great the celeb in question was. As for the Ray Charles cartoon in which he receives his sight, that’s actually standard Christian doctrine – that in heaven we receive new, glorified bodies as part of our eternal communion with God. So yes, a person with Down’s syndrome would have all his genes fixed, Ronald Reagan would indeed have “a clear mind” as GWB described, and Ray Charles would receive his sight.

Cartoonists seem to be responding to the controversy, though, and we probably will see less of this in the future. As for why critics make so much of it, I have no idea. Leaving aside the invisible-friend mythology, the cartoonist was just trying to say something nice.

My favorite post-mortem celeb cartoon was by Olliphant, after the death of Ansel Adams. It depicted the Half Dome mountain as a gigantic bust of Adams, with a tiny, insignificant Ronald Reagan standing beside it and the caption: “Two Westerners.” Of course you wouldn’t dare show that cartoon now that RR has died: his fans would lynch you.

Another by the same artist was after the Challenger explosion: it just showed an empty launch pad on a dark, empty plain under a mournful, black sky. It was so moving and appropriate. I really miss Olliphant.

]]> By: Stupid Evil Bastard http://ravingatheist.com/2004/06/hur-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-7253 Stupid Evil Bastard Thu, 08 Jul 2004 12:47:36 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=779#comment-7253 <strong>Op-Ed Cartoonists again depict atheist in Heaven with Brando's death.</strong> I've written in the past about the rather annoying habit of op-ed cartoonists who insist on drawing strips about the death of a famous celebrity by depicting said celebrity in Heaven. Katharine Hepburn, anyone? So it shouldn't come as any... Op-Ed Cartoonists again depict atheist in Heaven with Brando's death.

I've written in the past about the rather annoying habit of op-ed cartoonists who insist on drawing strips about the death of a famous celebrity by depicting said celebrity in Heaven. Katharine Hepburn, anyone? So it shouldn't come as any…

]]> By: Jean-Paul Fastidious http://ravingatheist.com/2004/06/hur-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-7250 Jean-Paul Fastidious Sat, 03 Jul 2004 14:55:07 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=779#comment-7250 This is as good a place as any for this... Prediction: recently-dead atheist actor Marlon Brando will be depicted in numerous cartoons at the Pearly Gates with some variation on a "make him an offer he can't refuse" joke, although some cartoonists might attempt a yealling-"Stellaaa!!!"-at-the-gates-based joke, regardless of it making no sense. Sadly, no one will do one with a reference to the creepy mini-Brando from The Island of Dr. Moreau. This is as good a place as any for this…

Prediction: recently-dead atheist actor Marlon Brando will be depicted in numerous cartoons at the Pearly Gates with some variation on a “make him an offer he can’t refuse” joke, although some cartoonists might attempt a yealling-”Stellaaa!!!”-at-the-gates-based joke, regardless of it making no sense. Sadly, no one will do one with a reference to the creepy mini-Brando from The Island of Dr. Moreau.

]]> By: andy http://ravingatheist.com/2004/06/hur-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-7249 andy Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:14:07 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=779#comment-7249 I think the best any of us can hope for after death is to have a cartoon drawn in our honor, especially one with all the theological depth of a midly-retarded four year old. Yeah, that's livin'... errr, dyin'. Whatever. Shut up. I think the best any of us can hope for after death is to have a cartoon drawn in our honor, especially one with all the theological depth of a midly-retarded four year old. Yeah, that’s livin’… errr, dyin’. Whatever. Shut up.

]]> By: me oh my http://ravingatheist.com/2004/06/hur-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-7248 me oh my Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:30:12 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=779#comment-7248 The "grim" one is supposed to be a sistene chapel re-make, yes? Except in this version, instead of touching fingers, god gets thwacked. Further proof that your average cartoonist is not Mike Angelino. The “grim” one is supposed to be a sistene chapel re-make, yes? Except in this version, instead of touching fingers, god gets thwacked. Further proof that your average cartoonist is not Mike Angelino.

]]> By: Charles2 http://ravingatheist.com/2004/06/hur-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-7247 Charles2 Tue, 29 Jun 2004 20:29:10 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=779#comment-7247 June beat me to it... I find it interesting that Ray, being in the music biz, likely engaged in a few activities that these zealots might not approve of. And yet, they have him waltzing right through the pearly gates... June beat me to it…

I find it interesting that Ray, being in the music biz, likely engaged in a few activities that these zealots might not approve of. And yet, they have him waltzing right through the pearly gates…

]]> By: June http://ravingatheist.com/2004/06/hur-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-7246 June Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:59:58 +0000 http://ravingatheist.com/wp/?p=779#comment-7246 Say, isn't this the same God who cruelly blinded Ray at age 7? Say, isn’t this the same God who cruelly blinded Ray at age 7?

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