What was Mike Luckovich thinking?
Normally, when someone dies, I draw them at the Pearly Gates. However, when Willie Mays died this week, I remembered that back in April, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth’s home run record, I had drawn Ruth and Aaron together at the gates, so I wanted to do something different for Mays. I was clueless about what to do, and then this idea hit me.
Remembering Willie Mays
Willie Mays, Negro League players honored at historic field in Birmingham (with photos)
Photos: Baseball legend Willie Mays
Willie Mays homered in Atlanta as part of ‘greatest team ever assembled’
Cartoonist Mike Luckovich: Heavenly spectacles
The Catch: Willie Mays’ over-the-shoulder grab in the 1954 World Series
About the Author
Mike Luckovich is the award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has twice been recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning, in 1995 and 2006. He was a Pulitzer finalist in 1986. Mike joined The Atlanta Constitution staff in 1989, and he rarely cleans his office.
