Black Ink Monday to Spotlight Firings
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists is sponsoring what they call a "Black Ink Monday" for December 12 to draw attention to the general trend of cutting newspaper costs by eliminating staff cartoonist positions. According to the E&P coverage and the article on the cartoonist group's own site, the event will see participating cartoonists going after the issue of corporate downsizing.
As if to underline the point, word spread Monday that Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher is one of 70 employees of the Baltimore Sun to accept a buyout of his position on the Tribune Company-owned paper.
