Requiescat in pace, Tom Snyder

Another broadcast legend I grew up with has passed away. With Snyder, it was always a love/hate relationship — he got the greatest guests, legends and whack-jobs, people who didn’t do TV as well as people who couldn’t otherwise get on it — but could come off as such a buffoon (for instance, he once called Meat Loaf “Meat Ball” on the air for 10 minutes before being corrected), one had to wonder who was greasing whom to keep booking those amazing guests.

Anyhow, back in my drawing days, I created the sketch above that I offer now as an homage to a singular talent. Dave Letterman is bound to miss him, and any friend of Dave’s...