Political Cartoonist Fired After Illustration of Trump Golfing Over Dead Immigrants Goes Viral

By Morgan PhillipsJul 1st, 2019, 9:49 am

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A Canadian cartoonist’s contract was terminated Friday by a New Brunswick publishing company after he posted an illustration of Donald Trump playing golf over the drowned bodies of two migrants. As a result, the cartoonist’s work will no longer appear in four prominent Canadian publications.

The image referred to a photo published last week of Oscar Alberto Martinez and his 23-month-old daughter face down on the bank of the Rio Grande, drowned in attempts to cross the river from Mexico into Texas.

In the cartoon, Trump, golf club in hand, is saying “Do you mind if I play through?”

The cartoonist, Michael de Adder, tweeted that every Trump cartoon he has submitted in the past year has been axed by the publishing company, Brunswick News Inc.

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7 replies	Author	Time	Post
Political Cartoonist Fired After Illustration of Trump Golfing Over Dead Immigrants Goes Viral (Original post)	DonViejo	Jul 2019	OP
The cartoon is cringeworthy but accurate for the current state of affairs.	Bluepinky	Jul 2019	#1
More Fools The Publishers: That Cartoon Was a Great	Vogon_Glory	Jul 2019	#2
de Adder may have been fired, but that cartoon will still be famous, 50 years from now.	Paladin	Jul 2019	#3
It certainly will	Vogon_Glory	Jul 2019	#5
FYI: Brunswick News, Inc.	Sinistrous	Jul 2019	#4
No way would Trump ask, he'd just play through	Johnny2X2X	Jul 2019	#6
The cartoonist should not have been fired	Gothmog	Jul 2019	#7

Response to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 10:23 AM

Bluepinky (2,180 posts)

1. The cartoon is cringeworthy but accurate for the current state of affairs.

I hope another publication hires him; otherwise, he should publish his cartoons in book form. I’d like to see more of his work.

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Response to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 10:24 AM

Vogon_Glory (8,693 posts)

2. More Fools The Publishers: That Cartoon Was a Great

Mister de Adder’s cartoon was a great cartoon, a hard-hitting punch to the guy in the way that Herblock, Thomas Nast, Daumier, and other great cartoonists’ best work we’re. Mr. de Adder’s cartoon shows how Donnie will be remembered.

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Response to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 10:39 AM

Paladin (26,549 posts)