"We Are Burning." Palestinian artists killed by the Israelis in Gaza

"We Are Burning," the last work by digital artist Mahasen al-Kateeb.  The image depicts the death of 19-year-old Sha'ban al-Dalou, who made headlines when he was burned alive on October 14, 2024 by an Israeli airstrike on a makeshift hospital in Gaza.  Al-Kateeb herself was killed by an Israeli airstrike four days later.  

The Ghost

The Houthis are better than us

Houthi fighters brandish their weapons (machine guns and rifles, yes, but also knives, saws and hatchets) on March 28, 2025, in Sanaa, Yemen.  Dig the gun-toting 10-year-old boy on dad's shoulders, top center-right. 

Man on Fire

"Man on Fire," acrylic on canvas, 2025. 
This is a painting by the artiste Otto Von Miller, who is also Thee Optimist. 

I Like These Tariffs

Donald Trump re-imagined as the Hindenburg Disaster.

Death By Ungawa

Twenty-three year old Michael Rockefeller, wealthy descendant of John D. Rockefeller, fusses with a camera while Papua New Guinean stone age tribesmen look on.  Rockefeller disappeared on November 19, 1961, after a canoe he was in tipped over.  All indications are he swam to shore, then was captured, killed and eaten by the local cannibals.