Panel 1: At the top left corner of a horizontal rectangular panel, the question “What are Free Fallers and Wreckage Riders?” appears directly above an image of a propeller-driven fighter airplane shooting at and destroying a four-engine, twin-tailed, American bomber. Below that, an airman, presumably from the crew of the bomber, falls in mid-air. Right below the fighter plane, the text reads, “A Free Faller is an individual who fell a long distance and survived without the benefit of a parachute.” The text continues at the upper right corner of the panel, “A Free Faller might be wearing a parachute, but for whatever reason (perhaps because they were unconscious), it was never deployed. They had nothing to slow their descent.” Panel 2: Another horizontal rectangular panel contains a picture of the tail of a four-engine bomber with the code letter G in a white square on its single tail fin. Also on the tail fin are the numbers 238035 and below that, the letter B. The tail gunner of the bomber can be seen pressed against a window near the tail guns. The fighter plane from the first panel exits to the left, leaving in its wake the destroyed pieces of that four-engine bomber. Both wings and a large portion of the front part of the fuselage have blown apart as viewed from above. At the left, the following text appears, “Wreckage Riders, on the other hand, are individuals who somehow survived a long fall within the wreckage of a destroyed aircraft.” The text continues at the upper right corner of the panel, “Perhaps the wreckage slowed their descent a bit, and it certainly also cushioned them from the inevitable collision with the earth.” This cartoon is part of a series called Falling. It is written and drawn by Jim Hamilton who can be found on Instagram at Green Harbor Publications (all one word, greenharborpublications).
Panel 1: At the top left corner of a horizontal rectangular panel, the question “What are Free Fallers and Wreckage Riders?” appears directly above an image of a propeller-driven fighter airplane shooting at and destroying a four-engine, twin-tailed, American bomber. Below that, an airman, presumably from the crew of the bomber, falls in mid-air. Right below the fighter plane, the text reads, “A Free Faller is an individual who fell a long distance and survived without the benefit of a parachute.” The text continues at the upper right corner of the panel, “A Free Faller might be wearing a parachute, but for whatever reason (perhaps because they were unconscious), it was never deployed. They had nothing to slow their descent.” Panel 2: Another horizontal rectangular panel contains a picture of the tail of a four-engine bomber with the code letter G in a white square on its single tail fin. Also on the tail fin are the numbers 238035 and below that, the letter B. The tail gunner of the bomber can be seen pressed against a window near the tail guns. The fighter plane from the first panel exits to the left, leaving in its wake the destroyed pieces of that four-engine bomber. Both wings and a large portion of the front part of the fuselage have blown apart as viewed from above. At the left, the following text appears, “Wreckage Riders, on the other hand, are individuals who somehow survived a long fall within the wreckage of a destroyed aircraft.” The text continues at the upper right corner of the panel, “Perhaps the wreckage slowed their descent a bit, and it certainly also cushioned them from the inevitable collision with the earth.” This cartoon is part of a series called Falling. It is written and drawn by Jim Hamilton who can be found on Instagram at Green Harbor Publications (all one word, greenharborpublications).
Published On: March 17, 2025

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