Michael de Adder, a Canadian cartoonist who has been drawing professionally for almost two decades, saw his contract with four newspapers terminated after a drawing of the U.S. president and the border crisis went viral. The post caught the attention of people across Canada and the U.S., including celebrities George Takei and “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill, who said it was “Pulitzer Prize-worthy.”Courtesy Michael de Adder Canadian cartoonist Michael de Adder lost his freelance contract with Brunswick News this week. Whether the powers that be in America would make the connection between de Adder's cartoon and Brunswick News doesn't matter. Brunswick News said they were not offered the Trump cartoon to publish. In a statement on Sunday morning, they said de Adder’s freelance contract was cancelled in order to bring in another cartoonist.

Source: Huffington Post June 30, 2019 18:11 UTC