That’s All Folks
(click image to enlarge)
Gary Westford

“That’s All Folks”

In this painting, a polar bear is seen within the same sort of circular format (that would soon disappear and fade to black) used as a closing “sign off” at the end of Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig “Looney Tunes” cartoons. I watched these cartoons as a child in the 1950s. “That’s All Folks” would appear at the end of the cartoon as the central character would fade to black within a circle. What will be the fate of our world’s polar bears? Will they fade to black forever? Will it really be “That’s All Folks”?