Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Burned by the Sun

More then 120 lives perished in the tragic airline accident involving a Cyprian airplane owned by a company called "Hlios" which is the greek word for "Sun".
In a tragic revercal of the Icarus myth, it was the Sun this time that lost the ability to rule the skies,resulting in the tragic loss of entire families.
Being on holidays, i escaped the sad duty of having to do a cartoon of the subject. All the weapons of cartooning seem inappropriate and often backfire during events like these.Several greek cartoonists rose to the challenge, though, often emerging victorious, which in my book means avoiding the trap of over the top sentimentality.I owe it to them to post some of their work when i have the time and opportunity.They do credit to the proffession.