Another Cartoonist Loses Staff Position



This time it's Lee Judge, who leaves the Kansas City Star after what Alan Gardner says is 27 years. His last day is next Friday. Beyond the general, relentlessly depressing trend of North American newspapers losing editorial cartoonists with the regularity that actresses in 1980s gross-out comedies shed their clothing, it's probably worth noting that Judge did do local cartooning work and was a sizable presence on the paper's web site, with a stand-alone feature, a blog and a bunch of archived material. At one time or another, these were all suggested as factors that might mitigate the decline in staff positions. As I recall, it's a fairly sizable paper, with over a quarter million circulation-wise.

Also, maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but parting ways with a 25-plus year newsroom veteran and not letting them work through the holidays? That seems really rough to me.
 
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