Wayback Whensday with Michael de Adder’s First Cartoons (1990)
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Years ago cartoonist Eli Stein would interrupt his regularly scheduled blog entertainment with what he called the “We All Have To Start Somewhere Department” where he would present the earliest work of celebrated cartoonists. Today we borrow his idea and apply it to political cartoonist Michael de Adder.
The recent death of a Canadian serial killer has Michael de Adder remembering his early career:
Already imprisoned for the 1986 murder of shopkeeper John Glendenning, Legere escaped custody in May 1989 while being escorted to the Dr. Georges‑L. Dumont University Hospital Centre. During 201 days as a fugitive he terrorized communities along the Miramichi River, murdering four people-Annie Flam, sisters Donna Daughney and Linda Daughney, and priest James Smith-before being captured nine days after the final killing.
When he first escaped, I just started drawing the odd cartoon for the Times Transcript. Maybe 3-4 per month. I think they paid me $30 per drawing. This was only my second professional cartoon to be published outside of university. Federal prison authority were covering up how he escaped for a period.
If the above was De Adder’s second this cartoon, about the upcoming vote to keep Quebec a part of Canada, from April 1990 must be his first from The Moncton, New Brunswick Times-Transcript:
The above cartoon was the third I found in The Times-Transcript archive via newspapers.com. someone more aware of Canadian history will have to explain it. Below is the fourth de Adder cartoon for The Times-Transcript, it deals with The Meech Lake Accord. But whether it is Brian Mulroney or Lucien Bouchard is for someone else more familiar with Canadian politicians to decide:
And so began the cartooning career of Michael de Adder 36 years ago.
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