The Pen Was Mightier Once

You know what was great about Bill Gallo?  He could evoke real emotion with a simple drawing, such as the one he created above when Dwight Gooden entered rehab the first time.  If this same thing happened now, you’d have every expert, television personality, and people who didn’t know who Dwight Gooden was shout at you through your plasma screen and tell you what your opinion is.  Back when our emotions were still our own, there was Bill Gallo to bring them out of us with simple, yet memorable drawings.  No doubt you’re looking at this and, if you’re old enough, you’re feeling something right now.

Gallo leaves us, and takes a little bit of our youth with him.