May 1, 2008
Bob Bierman, 1921-2008
The
Globe and Mail notes the passing April 17 of cartoonist Bob Bierman, a prolific cartoonist who went to the mat for his right to satirize the politics of British Columbia politician Bill Vander Zalm in the frequently nettlesome climate that surrounds expression of that type in Canada.
Bierman and Vander Zalm clashed over 1978 statements made by the politician about the welfare rolls and a subsequent cartoon about the matter in the
Victorian Times. Bierman lost the case in its initial hearing, and had the case overturned in the BC Court of Appeal in 1980. Vander Zalm declined to pursue the action further.
Bierman was born in Amsterdam and came to Canada in 1950. He was for a time on the
Victoria Daily Times staff, although he was mostly a freelancer. His publications included
Victoria Times Colonist and
Monday Magazine. He published books in 1982 and in the early 1990s.
He is survived by a wife, two sons, and two grandchildren.
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