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Forum: Why Auschwitz, other atrocities must stay seared into memory

The recent anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi’s death camp calls for remembrance.

THis is an editorial cartoon by Michael de Adder . Michael de Adder was born in Moncton, New Brunswick. He studied art at Mount Allison University where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drawing and painting. He began his career working for The Coast, a Halifax-based alternative weekly, drawing a popular comic strip called Walterworld which lampooned the then-current mayor of Halifax, Walter Fitzgerald. This led to freelance jobs at The Chronicle-Herald and The Hill Times in Ottawa, Ontario.

 

After freelancing for a few years, de Adder landed his first full time cartooning job at the Halifax Daily News. After the Daily News folded in 2008, he became the full-time freelance cartoonist at New Brunswick Publishing. He was let go for political views expressed through his work including a cartoon depicting U.S. President Donald Trump’s border policies. He now freelances for the Halifax Chronicle Herald, the Toronto Star, Ottawa Hill Times and Counterpoint in the USA. He has over a million readers per day and is considered the most read cartoonist in Canada.

 

Michael de Adder has won numerous awards for his work, including seven Atlantic Journalism Awards plus a Gold Innovation Award for news animation in 2008. He won the Association of Editorial Cartoonists' 2002 Golden Spike Award for best editorial cartoon spiked by an editor and the Association of Canadian Cartoonists 2014 Townsend Award. The National Cartoonists Society for the Reuben Award has shortlisted him in the Editorial Cartooning category. He is a past president of the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists and spent 10 years on the board of the Cartoonists Rights Network.

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Editorial cartoons for Friday, Feb. 13

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Schwab: When a bunny goes high, MAGA just goes lower

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State must address crisis in good, affordable childcare

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SAVE Act will disenfranchise legal women voters

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Lynnwood opens applications for first-ever Youth Council

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On Monday, The Reptile Zoo is slated to close for good

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Archbishop Murphy girls smother Anacortes in district quarterfinals

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City allowing Everett business to continue polluting

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Good reason for members of military to refuse illegal orders

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Support U.S. assistance of Ukraine in fight against Russia

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High schoolers construct, compete and get career-ready

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Everett approves law to crack down on unpermitted food stands

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Marysville students peacefully protest ICE

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Everett boys basketball ends Lynnwood’s late-season push

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Sound Transit to test extra trains between Lynnwood, Seattle

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