Two Sad Passings
Two pieces of very sad news today. The first and saddest is the passing of Corky Trinadad, the editorial cartoonist for the Honolulu Star Bulletin. He was simply an amazing cartoonist, often producing two cartoons a day, one on local issues and one on national issues. He was sharp and cutting on both the local and the world level but I loved his local cartoons which often brought the Hawaii political scene into sharp focus. Over the last couple of years he has taken more and long breaks and I was always frustrated when I went to the paper and his cartoon wasn’t there, now I know it was because he was battling cancer. I will miss his work tremendously and give my sincere condolences to his family.
The other passing isn’t as tragic, but it saddens me as it is another great local cartoon passing. Artist Brad Guigar has ended his fantastic strip about the city of Philadelphia, Phables. This appears to be a decision by the paper it was appearing in as well as a decision by Mr. Guigar to focus on his other strips. If you didn’t read Phables you missed a great series that again brought something wonderful and rare, an honest humorous look at the heart of a city. The strips are being released as a book and I have pre-ordered it, but it is very sad to see this great strip end.