Posts about Gawker as of August 26, 2009
08/26/2009
Aug26GawkerWhen any beloved public figure dies, everyone comes out to share their grief and some come out to make some money. And along with those come plenty crazies. Get ready, Teddy, now is your turn.If deference to Blue Water Comics, who provide the lead image, their comic book biography Political Power: Ted Kennedy was announced hours before his death, but they must have smelled the inevitable on the horizon, too bad it won’t be available until November.Before the Franklin Mint can churn out some commemorative plates, eBay is teeming with death profiteers today, offering everything from memorial graphic art and pins to Ted Kennedy trading cards.



