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Situation of Cartoonists in the Philippines

Categories: East Asia, Philippines, Arts & Culture, Freedom of Speech

Art professor Neil Doloricon laments [1] the exodus of cartoonists in the Philippines:

Cartoonists in the Philippines are rare breed, they are on the brink of extinction so to speak. Most of our par excellent cartoonists already migrated to other countries…They went abroad not only to earn more but because they are treated here as second class citizen.