CHICAGO - At least a dozen of the 700 newspapers that carry the "Non Sequitur" cartoon strip have cut ties with the distributor and cartoonist over a vulgar comment referring to the president last Sunday, the Hill reports.
"We fondly say 'Go F### yourself to Trump" the comic says - so discreetly that the distributor says they missed it. The overlooked comment outraged Trump supporters who pressured the newspapers to discontinue.
The Washington Post asked the Andrews McMeel Syndication the story behind the oversight.
“We are sorry we missed the language in our editing process,” the company said in a statement, according to the Post. “If we had discovered it, we would not have distributed the cartoon without it being removed. We apologize to ‘Non Sequitur’s’ clients and readers for our oversight.”
The cartoonist Willey Miller said he meant to white out the comment before sending it on, but forgot to do so.
The cartoon:
