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CSotD: The Promise

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Mike Peterson Published: March 4, 2011 1 minute 0 comments

  
Oliver Schopf, cartoonist for the Standard of Vienna, entitles this beautiful strip "Fata Morgana," and the reflections just before the Promised Land do indeed suggest a mirage.

Which does a very nice job of setting us up with a promise and then dashing our hopes, bringing about a truly brilliant level of empathy with those optimistic, desperate pilgrims.

I'm glad I saw it, but I'm glad most editorial cartoons don't produce the same punch-in-the-gut feeling.