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Alan Gardner

October 13, 2008 - 7:57pm

Staff Editorial Cartoonists: 28 lost in last 3 years

By Rob Tornoe

Jim Borgman's farewell cartoon on his last day at the Cincinnati Enquirer.Jim Borgman's farewell cartoon on his last day at the Cincinnati Enquirer.Alan Gardner over at the Daily Cartoonist has compiled a sobering list of cartoonists that have left or been asked to leave their staff position at a newspaper over the last 3 years.

I’ve compiled a list of editorial cartoonists who have left the print medium in the last three years that this blog has been operating. I did not count those who left a print job for another print job. With the exception of Tulsa World, none of the newspapers below have replaced their lost cartoonist.

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June 9, 2008 - 10:20am

The Bad Cartoonist: 3 months later

By Rob Tornoe

The Bad Cartoonist takes two different cartoons by Jeff Stahler of the Columbus Dispatch and places them on top of one another, clearly showing that he just retraced an earlier cartoon.The Bad Cartoonist takes two different cartoons by Jeff Stahler of the Columbus Dispatch and places them on top of one another, clearly showing that he just retraced an earlier cartoon.Last Friday was the three-month anniversary of the last post of the much maligned but undeniably fascinating website The Bad Cartoonist.

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