I think the experience forced me to consider how interested I was in political cartooning. After I was … - Bill Watterson

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Mankind was my business. . . charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business.

Bill Watterson

I think the experience forced me to consider how interested I was in political cartooning. After I was fired, I applied to other papers but political cartooning, like all cartooning, is a very tough field to break into. Newspapers are very reluctant to hire their own cartoonists when they can get Oliphant or MacNelly through syndication for a twentieth of the price.

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