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The New Age axes their Cartoonist

Taken from Jeremy Nell's website

No more political cartoons for a while

My contract at The New Age has been terminated, by the newspaper, because my political cartoons "are not aligned with the paper’s vision and mission."

The newspaper offered me the position as their inaugural editorial cartoonist when they launched in 2010 and, after a brilliant three years of drawing for The Times (where I was also the inaugural cartoonist), I accepted the new challenge. And it proved to be a good decision personally, because the new (larger) space afforded me a fair degree of independence and the opportunity to experiment with my drawings and concepts and whatnot.

But as time (and editors) passed by, The New Age's editorial stance became increasingly out of sync with mine. This was particularly apparent when the current editor recently told me that he doesn't "like cartoons [that make] political judgements or statements". My satire can't really function under such constraints.

Nevertheless, I had a great time, learnt a lot, submitted over 500 cartoons, worked with some superb individuals, and am proud of every cartoon that I drew for The New Age.

So, where to now? Well, I might draw something (political) now and then for my website, but I will be taking a short-ish break to refresh my thoughts, get some sleep, and work on other projects. A hiatus of sorts.

Thanks, as always, for the support.

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