Roy Peterson, an award-winning Vancouver Sun cartoonist, says editors refused to publish his farewell cartoon after 47 years with the newspaper.
And no, while the treatment of a productive media vet sounds familiar, the Vancouver Sun is not a Sun Media newspaper. It is a Canwest paper.
North America's editorial cartoonists, was dropped because he was "too expensive."
Peterson, winner of seven National Newspaper Awards, told Kilian: "They told me they couldn't afford me. They gave me three months’ notice.”
The cartoonist said the Sun published a story Saturday about his departure, but it did not say he had been fired.
The Sun also declined to run his farewell cartoon.
His cartoons can be viewed at zone.artizans.com/browse.htm?artist=31
And no, while the treatment of a productive media vet sounds familiar, the Vancouver Sun is not a Sun Media newspaper. It is a Canwest paper.
North America's editorial cartoonists, was dropped because he was "too expensive."
Peterson, winner of seven National Newspaper Awards, told Kilian: "They told me they couldn't afford me. They gave me three months’ notice.”
The cartoonist said the Sun published a story Saturday about his departure, but it did not say he had been fired.
The Sun also declined to run his farewell cartoon.
His cartoons can be viewed at zone.artizans.com/browse.htm?artist=31
That's a bloody disgrace! As a one-time editorial cartoonist and now Sun Media illustrator and writer, my drawing has been hugely influenced by Peterson.
ReplyDeleteIf I could ever claim to draw a fraction as well as Peterson, I'd be happy indeed.
He's not only a superb artist and humorist, he's a Canadian icon and should be celebrated as such.
Lesley Wimbush