By Editor, Daryl Cagle - Jul 01, 2019 11:58 am
I’m disappointed to write that star Canadian cartoonist, Michael de Adder, was cut from five Brunswick News, Inc. newspapers after drawing the cartoon below, about Donald Trump, golf and migrants. The New Brunswick newspapers didn’t run the cartoon that many say lost the gig for Michael, and they deny that they cancelled Michael’s contract because of the cartoon.
Wes Tyrell, the president of the Association of Canadian Cartoonists wrote about Michael’s firing: Cartoonist Michael de Adder was let go from his job drawing editorial cartoons for all the major New Brunswick newspapers 24 hours after his Donald Trump cartoon went viral on social media, a job he held for 17 years. Although he has stated there was no reason given for his firing, the timing was no coincidence.
Michael told me once that not ... Finish reading in browser »
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