In this send-up of the hoary obituary cartoon form, I imagine LAPD beating victim Rodney King getting eternal payback for the suffering he endured at the hands of brutal police officers.
Rodney King, RIP
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication, WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "The Stringer."
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This does an injustice to King, who asked: “Why can’t we all just get along?” Shame on you, Ted.
Hey, that’s Rodney doing God’s work.
You don’t think the Punisher-In-Chief does the dirty work himself.
He also outsources to Satan.
Many religious authors have described a heaven in which the main entertainment for the residents was enjoying the spectacle of residents of that other region being tortured by the employees there. Ted is here merely introducing a certain degree of DIY to these pleasures….
Henri