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First Dog On The Moon

Death of a Seagull

First Dog On The Moon

Oct 29, 2009

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kate
15 years ago

FD mate, sorry to interrupt the grieving process but really, it’s just a seagull. Rats with wings. There are millions of the blighters. Did you go home & have a nice steak dinner? Cos, you know… death happens. Nature red in tooth & claw, and all that.

Perhaps that’s harsh.

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paddy
15 years ago

After yesterday’s outburst, I certainly can’t cast nasturtiums at Kate’s acerbic observations.
But let me just say this Mr Cartoonist…….
In 4 panels, with a few well chosen words, you’ve captured that awful sad essence of roadkill. 🙁
It’s also a brilliant piece of visual art. Kudos FD. One of your best works.

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robbi64
15 years ago

Now there is how to handle … helplessness, hopelessness, grief and existential terror, all at the same time. And look, the First Dog is even alive to draw a lucid cartoon about it.

What’s not to like about just experiencing a few yuck feelings, and moving on to hand washing? Seems perfectly human and sensible to me.

Thanks for caring for a seagull, FDOTM. Think global, act local. 🙂

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robbi64
15 years ago

Hmmm … and that reminds me. I found some humans doing something strange on the major arterial road network recently, FDOTM.

There was a big bloke redirecting the traffic at the crest of the hill. He was hard to ignore, so I slowed down. There were a bunch of cars all bunched up in the left lane on the other side.

I thought it was an accident. But it wasn’t. They were corralling a young kangaroo with the cars, and all these people were trying to gently herd it back over to the fence, so it could rejoin its mob. And presumably, not ruin one anonymous person’s day by colliding with their car. How very kind and thoughtful of those people.

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Venise Alstergren
15 years ago

Insightful masterpiece. 🙂

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