We’ll wrap up our look back at 2011 this week – and hey, only half a month after the end of 2011 Retrospective season – and start with a flashback to March, GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons, and those elephants. In case you, unlike an elephant, are capable of forgetting, here are the broad strokes:

In March, Parsons uploaded a video himself shooting and killing an elephant in Zimbabwe, and there was an immediate outcry. Parsons’ defence that the killing was an act of humanity, helping villagers protect their crops and providing a little badly-needed meat, was undermined by the video itself, which was flippant and self-promotional.

(The video has since been re-edited to replace the initial title labelling it a vacation video and to remove the shots of Parsons standing triumphantly over the elephant, and the AC/DC music that ran over the footage of villagers — wearing GoDaddy caps — stripping meat off the elephant’s carcass, as well as closeups of the villagers and company logos.)

By the way, this week’s cartoons are hot off my (virtual) notebook, rough edges and all. Hope you enjoy them!