A Weighty Problem

Every now and then something in a news story catches my eye that, despite the tragedy it describes, makes me suddenly burst out laughing. I admit I feel guilty, but what can I do? I'm a cartoonist and part of what I do is see the humor in the bleakest, blackest aspects of human existence. This morning it was an item in the Los Angeles Times about a California man accidentally killed by his hunting partner. "Pendley was on his hands and knees crawling through a bush," the story recounts, "when his friend mistook him for a turkey and fired." Maybe you feel guilty now too.