from the Omaha Reader
I think this is the first time I’ve ever done a cartoon in response to a cartoon, but after discussing Jeff Koterba’s cartoon in today’s Omaha World Herald with several friends in and out of the media, I had to do it.
One thing about tragedies like this that angers me is how much easier it is for politicians and public figures to go through the motions of sympathizing than it is to actually take a stand. Koterba’s cartoon expresses that perfectly…only without any cynicism or irony. It is simply the visual embodiment of that political shallowness and social uselessness.
