Drawn & Quarterly artist Joe Matt met his end while doing what he loved most, he died with his boots on, he was firmly planted at his drawing board till his last breath—a truly artistic departure from this world.
Posts tagged as “Death”
It was 50 years ago that Jim Morrison died. Morrison's death is still shrouded in mystery. His legend grew 9 years later with the release of No One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman and The Doors' Greatest Hits album in 1980. The celebration of the Lizard King still continues as The Collected Works of Jim Morrison was released this month.
According to the World Animal Foundation (WAF), an organization committed to advancing animal welfare, the statistical likelihood of a shark-related fatality during an individual's lifetime is 1 in 4,332,817.
Harry Houdini's greatest escape never came to be. He promised to come back from the dead. Houdini died on Halloween. He was not the only famous person to die on Halloween. Most recently River Phoenix died on the same notorious day. Federico Fellini and Indira Gandhi also passed away on October 31.
Facebook after death.
Matt Osborne, the original Doink the Clown, was found dead in his girlfriend’s apartment in Texas. There seems to be a tragic long list of…
The worst piece of acting. Death did not come quick enough for this Turkish actor. This has to be by far the worst death scene…
Is there life after death? That is the dogma of many religions. An early exist can predetermine that easily. The choice is yours.
Teddy Roosevelt’s diary entry from the day his wife died. Death touches everything and everyone. It recently crossed my path and seems to linger about.
Death has taken a different shape in 100 plus years. The New England Journal of Medicine has an interesting chart on the different causes of…
Art is boring me to death.
“Music is disposable now. It doesn’t have the emotional impact anymore. That’s sad.” – Bob Welch
Before you kick the bucket be careful how you plan your will. When Jim Morrison abandoned his mortal coil, his worldly possessions were passed to…
Where the Wild Things Are author Maurice Sendak died on Tuesday May 8th 2012 in Danbury, Connecticut at the age of 83. He always fashioned…
Faith is a torment. It is like loving someone who is out there in the darkness but never appears, no matter how loudly you call.-Seventh…
John Laird McCaffery’s epitaph was commissioned by himself, his ex-wife and mistress. The grave has caught the eyes of many in a well known cemetery…
It’s a morbid day in the Peanuts’ universe.