Anti-Trump Comic Strip Gets Axed After Readers Find Hidden Insult to the President
As Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham once said: “Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.”
Unfortunately for one cartoonist, ignoring this little piece of advice cost him a prime spot in the Sunday paper.
The Butler Eagle confirmed yesterday that the paper is cutting ties with Wiley Miller, the artist behind the comic “Non Sequitur,” after readers discovered a hidden message scrawled in the corner of a published panel.
“We fondly say go f— yourself to Trump,” the scrawled note reads.
Apparently lacking the intestinal fortitude needed to proudly write the message in big, bold letters, Miller chose instead to scribble the cringe-worthy “dig” at the bottom corner of his work.
This portion of the comic soon made its way to Twitter.
Here is the image of the Non Sequitur comic strip.
With the oh-so clever Trump insult pic.twitter.com/rlHwKqbHFj— Fran Warren (@FranWarren) February 11, 2019
After a reader spotted the vulgarity, the general manager of the Butler Eagle, Ron Vodenichar, was forced to respond — and he was not amused.
“Neither the Butler Eagle nor any other newspaper that includes this strip had an opportunity to remove it even if they had discovered it before distribution,” Vodenichar said.
“We apologize that such a disgusting trick was perpetuated on the reading public. The Butler Eagle will discontinue that comic immediately.”
Miller’s other comics appear seemingly mild, but relatively humorless.
Non Sequitur, por Wiley Miller: pic.twitter.com/tGjXmIa0Cm
— Nᴇʀᴅ Rᴇᴠᴇʀsᴏ (@nerdreverso) October 17, 2018
This is just the latest low-brow attack against President Donald Trump, and it certainly won’t be the last. From D-list celebrities like Kathy Griffin to third-rate cartoonists, attacking the president seems to be the solution for their lack of creativity.
Instead of witty and engaging critique, however, we’re often subject to vulgar tirades and disgusting messages.
Unfortunately, Miller proved that not even the Sunday comic section is safe from this anti-Trump derangement.
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