George Carlin was an atheist, let’s allow him to be that

Yes, whether you believe in a supreme being, beings, or nothing at all, you’ve gotta respect a guy’s beliefs. Why does it seem so important for political cartoonists to place a recently dead famous person in the clouds at a supposed “heavens gate”?

Doing so with Carlin belies the cartoonist’s total lack of understanding of the recently deceased person’s beliefs.

Before I call out the losers, let’s go through those who did a good job:

• Dan Wasserman got it right with this great comic showing the reaction of the public.
• Stuart Carlson did OK with his use of the 7 words you can’t say on TV. It’s easily accessible to a ton of readers and works, but isn’t the most creative.
• Lalo Alcaraz made me laugh with his depiction of heaven inhabited by the Easter Bunny. He’s obviously a fan of Carlin’s work and went beyond the . Love it.

These folks totally missed the mark:

• Steve Benson’s blah blah lame heaven’s gate.
• John Deering 7 words at the gate, predictable and blah.
• Mike Luckovitch (whom I typically like) jumped on the bandwagon.