Patrick Chappatte/Cagle Cartoons (Patrick Chappatte)The New York Times is again making news for how it handles editorial cartoons — or in the latest turn, will not handle editorial cartoons. The decision came to light Monday when longtime contributor Patrick Chappatte wrote on his blog that he was told the news last week by Times editors. Last month, publisher A.G. Sulzberger said in a staff memo that the Times would cease publishing cartoons by nonstaff members. Many editorial cartoonists have been angered by the Times’s frequent reluctance to publish political cartoons in its domestic paper — and have been vocal about the imperiled nature of their industry. All three artists generally work in traditional political cartoon formats of one or two panels.

Source: Washington Post June 11, 2019 20:47 UTC