Clay Bennett for September 09, 2022

RIP Queen Elizabeth II

Awwwwwwwwwwww.

Best cartoon on this subject today, imo.

Now they will have Charles III, the boring adulterer.

Outstanding !

True story, a guy (I forget who) was having lunch with the Queen. At the end of the meal she grabbed a handful of bread sticks and put them in her handbag. The guy, wanting to be polite, did the same. As they walked out of the room the Queen fed a bread stick to each of her corgis. She then turn to the guy and said: ‘And what are you going to do with yours?’

I liked the video with Daniel Craig and the Queen — and the Corgis. They were really cute. In a later interview Craig was asked about them and he said he rolled around on the floor with them … which is a great story if true. I’m sure they will miss her.

Truly, Queen Elizabeth II represents the last monarch of her sort: Devotion to her duties and as the visible head of her people. I saw her in Boston, 1976. Charles III will never muster the respect and love of his departed mother.

A hard act to follow.

Thank you, sir.

There’s something wrong with my screen. It’s blurry.

Omg so sad! Eternal peace Queen Elizabeth!

RIP Ma’am.

Brilliant, and so sorry for the loss of the Queen for the UK.

Sure got dusty in here

This one gives even a hardened anti-monarch pause…

One of our former rectors was British. She had worked as a clerk at Harrods on Christmas, and waited on a fellow she knew she had seen before, but couldn’t place him. If he worked at the store, he got a discount on whatever her was buying, so she asked him, “Are you staff?” The moment he opened his mouth to reply, “No, I’m not” she realized she’d just waited on the Prince of Wales.

Bennett’s cartoons are too often banal, but this one is excellent.

If you haven’t, read “Cat in an Empty Apartment” by Wisława Szymborska. https://readingearth.blog/56-2/

My profound sympathy to the British peoples. I vaguely remember the fuss of Elizabeth II’s coronation, I watched the funeral of her friend and advisor Sir Winston Churchill, I’ve watched Charles, Andrew, and Anne grow up, the wedding and funeral of Princess Diana, then the maturing of William and Harry and their weddings, the passing of Prince Phillip, with all their foibles and failures and scandals and the occasional triumphs with more academic interest (as an American) than real concern. But I always admired Elizabeth II. Rest in Peace, Ma’am. God knows, you’ve earned it.

Compliments, Mr. B.

She was queen for as long as I’ve been alive. I can certainly respect that.

Rest in peace your majesty!

The long-standing dignity, respect, and love of order and civil conduct that she projected to the world will be missed and hard to replace.

Wrong comic – her corgis all already died. All dogs go to heaven.

Therefore this should show a big pack of exuberant corgis all waiting and excited to have her back with them!

She lived her life with dignity,which is more than can be said for a lot of Americans in high places.

this is so good! @ClayBennett can always be counted on for quality! And for taking an angle others might not think of.

A very fitting tribute to a great lady. RIP Queen Elizabeth. You a missed.

Stunning how good Clay’s art is. And he brings the best here.

A very good idea Clay well executed as always sir.

Now this made me cry; they won’t understand why she’s not coming back :-(

BEAUTIFUL!!

Nice. Poignant.

I’m curious to know what will happen to her very extensive (and colorful) wardrobe. There aren’t thatmany little old royal ladies around whom it might fit.

That is the epitome of the moment. Well done

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/10/africa/colonialism-africa-queen-elizabeth-intl/index.html

“I cannot mourn,” one wrote on Twitter, posting an image of what she said was her grandmother’s “movement pass” — a colonial document which prevented free travel for Kenyans under British rule in the east African country.Another wrote that her grandmother “used to narrate to us how they were beaten & how their husbands were taken away from them & left to look after their kids,” during colonial times. “May we never forget them. They are our heroes,” she added.Their refusal to mourn highlights the complexity of the legacy of the Queen, who despite widespread popularity was also seen as a symbol of oppression in parts of the world where the British Empire once extended.

Perfect. Thank you Mr. Bennett.