Holly Wouldn't: The Hollywood sign above Hollywood, California reads "Holly Wouldn't" instead. A pair of construction workers is carrying a ladder and one says, "If we don't have any shows, we're going to interact with out fellow again!"
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Holly Wouldn’t and Summer 2023, in reference to the ongoing writers and actors strike in Hollywood, and the record-breaking heat across most of the country. Editorial cartoons by John Darkow and Rivers.

Summer 2023: A couple has arrived in hell with flames in the background and the Devil waiting for them at a lectern that reads, "Welcome to Hell." The Devil looks annoyed because the woman says "Ooooh ... Feel that nice cool air!"
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John Darkow has been a professional cartoonist for over 20 years, spending the last 10 as the staff cartoonist at the Columbia Daily Tribune. He is syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons.

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