Well, all good things come to an end. And all bad things, for that matter. Come to think of it, everything ends sooner or later. And so we reach the end of the road for the Libya blogs. In recent days, for those of you who have been living under a rock, stranded in the wilderness, or ignoring the outside world, Moammar Gadhafi (take your pick on the spelling; there are dozens of variations on his name) met his end, shot after his convoy was attacked. The total nutbar, terrorist financier, and general pariah arguably got what was coming to him, cornered like an animal. It's strangely fitting, given all the blood on the man's hands.
When I started all of these Libya blogs, I didn't quite realize how long it would go on, but I'd say this is the last one. With the Nutbar dead, Libya turns a page in a new chapter in its national life. Hopefully it's for the best. And given the circumstances of his death, I've even thought of a way to work it into the backstory of a character down the line. Which character, of course, is another matter entirely.
Often when someone famous dies, the standard position of a cartoonist will be depicting them arriving in Heaven. On occasion, however, Hell is the most likely destination for a well deserving Nutbar, so the standard for cartoonists becomes that hot place full of demons with pitchforks, lots of fire, and John Wayne grumbling.
Rumor has it when Gadhafi found himself in Hell, the Devil introduced him around. "Moammar, meet Adolf, Josef, Vladimir, Saddam, Osama, and Leona Helmsley. I'm sure you'll all get along famously."
Gadhaffi's first tweet from Hell: First day in Hell. Seems colder then I expected. Am planning to overthrow cranky red guy with help from Saddam.
Goodbye, Moammar. You were always good for a laugh (from a distance)... even if you were a crazy, self absorbed, tyrannical nutbar who killed God knows how many people and fashioned yourself a King of Kings. I know, it sucks, having your life end in such an undignified way, with your wig gone and all bloody and such in front of the world, but hey... we can't always get what we want. Besides, you deserved it. You had to know it was always going to end this way, right?
I've been waiting for this post from you, W! Very funny stuff ...
ReplyDeleteEJ
I knew you were going to do it! I see the nutbar's hanging out with his own kind there....
ReplyDeleteI had a feeling this blog was coming...I love the toon of the snakes coming out of his head and the rat trap toon, as well. He'll make lots of friends in Hell...
ReplyDeleteMost of HIS friends are already there: Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein....
ReplyDeleteWay fun pics, but hell's too good for him.
ReplyDeleteI was waiting to see how you would handle this...
ReplyDeleteYou did not disappoint !
cheers, parsnip
Adios Sucker!
ReplyDeleteGood riddance Gadhafi. Don't worry William, you'll have plenty more blog fodder from Libya. The new guy has a fondness for Sharia Law.
ReplyDeleteYou know, Sir Wills, you're becoming way too predictable. It's obvious everybody here was expecting you to tackle this one!
ReplyDeleteI had to! It was the expected thing to do!
ReplyDeleteMaybe you can write about hell really being taken over by the NUTBARS.
ReplyDeleteVery nice post, lovely images...
ReplyDelete"Goodbye, Moammar; the love of decency does not abide in you."
ReplyDeleteAnd on to a better era, hopefully.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness he's safely out of the way!
ReplyDeleteI like the 2-bit despot. Sadly, there are still a lot of nutbars out there.
ReplyDeleteWow. I don't know where to start. There are so many good pics. I just wish there wasn't an endless supply of power-hungry sociopath's ready to step in. They're like flies in the middle east, you swat one and there's always another one flying around.
ReplyDeleteI knew you would do something special for this.
ReplyDelete@Christina: Unfortunately, you are quite right.