#OBITUARY
Obit Cartoon
A necessary obituary cartoon
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:12 PM
One day we will wake up to his obituary.
February 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This will be Bluesky when we get that special obituary.
July 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Awaiting the Big, Beautiful Obituary.
June 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I’m gonna get his obituary framed.
July 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The headline for Greg Abbott’s obituary will just be “Christ, What an Asshole”
November 30, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Remember when Hillary coughed and the media were practically writing her obituary?
August 31, 2025 at 9:42 PM
In the interest of balance, the LA Times will publish a respectful obituary for Jimmy Carter alongside a counterpoint right-wing obituary that derides him as a low-T beta cuck.

by Patrick Soon-Shiong
December 29, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Someone should write an obituary for the Hatch Act.
October 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Every day I wake up looking for that one special obituary and every day I'm disappointed.
September 6, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I can’t wait for the Big Beautiful Obituary
August 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Just waiting on the obituary…
March 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
When the Big Beautiful Obituary happens and there's party across the land, the GOP will try to shame us.

Talk to the hand. ✋
August 11, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Jimmy Carter outlived one of his obituary writers:
December 29, 2024 at 9:47 PM
He’d put the ‘bitch’ in ‘obituary’
August 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
oh and before i forget here's a link to his obituary in the signpost (wikipedia's editor-run newsletter) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2026-09-16/Obituary - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 22, 2026 at 6:14 PM
this seems like standard NYT stuff until you realize it’s in an *obituary*
jesus tapdancing christ dude. jesus, mary, and chain what are they doing over there
June 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Pre-writing a Trump obituary as a coping mechanism.
November 6, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Your weekly reminder that one day you will wake up to his obituary.
February 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Still waiting for the obituary of the century.
August 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:37 PM