By: Dave Astor Longtime editorial cartoonist Bill DeOre was reportedly among the staffers laid off yesterday by The Dallas Morning News for cost-cutting reasons.
DeOre, who joined the Texas paper in 1977, could not immediately be reached for comment at his home phone number. But a Morning News staffer answering DeOre's former office phone confirmed that the cartoonist had been laid off.
The Universal Press Syndicate-distributed DeOre also appears in about 30 other newspapers. Universal Director of Communications Kathie Kerr said the syndicate's contract is with DeOre rather than the Morning News. So DeOre might continue drawing cartoons for Universal.
A July drawing DeOre did for the Morning News and Universal was "Editorial Cartoon of the Month" in E&P's August 2004 issue.
DeOre joins a growing number of editorial cartoonists who lost their jobs in recent years because of layoffs, disputes over content, and other reasons. And a number of papers haven't replaced cartoonists who died, retired, or left for other jobs.
Milt Priggee, former cartoonist for The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash., recently created an
animated cartoon about these job losses. Priggee plans to update the cartoon, meaning DeOre's name will soon be added.
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