“A picture is worth a thousand words,” refers to the fact that a complex idea can be conveyed with a single still image. This adage rings true in Bruce MacKinnon’s recent internationally acclaimed cartoon. MacKinnon depicts soldiers atop the National War Memorial coming alive to assist their fallen comrade, Captain Nathan Cirillo who lies dying at their feet.
The cartoonist poignantly captures what mere words cannot. Not only does he depict the supreme sacrifice of soldiers past, present and lamentably future but he also touches our hearts as he taps into the compassion of a nation.
Nancy Wales CSJ
Cartoon can be purchased: https://shop.thechronicleherald.ca/Cartoon-Reprint-of-Cpl-Nathan-Cirillo_p_5034.html, or through HeraldShop.ca. Please note that 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this cartoon are going to the victim's family.
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