[skronch]

linking the actual comic in question (since it wasn't immediately obvious in the article): http://www.kcci.com/news/39341462

[BHSPitMonkey]

Maybe he lost his job because it's just not a good comic. It's seriously just a written statement of fact needlessly wrapped in a drawing of two (identical?) people standing by a fence.

[cloakandswagger]

Agreed. The cartoon isn't funny, subtle or provocative, so I'd fire him on those grounds alone.

[ball_of_lint]

I don't laugh at every Mallard Filmore, but he still shows up in my Sunday paper.

[CM30]

It's more funny and provocative than most of the comics you see in newspapers, depressing enough. Compared to Mallard Filmore, The Family Circus, etc...

[xlm1717]

You would fire a long-time cartoonist because one cartoon wasn't funny, subtle, or provocative?

You have extremely strict standards!