Michael de Adder

Who is Michael de Adder?

Michael de Adder is a Canadian editorial cartoonist who worked for the Halifax Daily News until it closed its doors in February 2008.

Born in Moncton, he attended Mount Allison University and completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1991. He began his career working for The Coast, a Halifax-based alternative weekly, drawing a popular comic strip called "Walterworld". This led to a freelance job at the Chronicle-Herald and another at The Hill Times in Ottawa.

In 2000, he landed a full-time job at the Halifax Daily News and has won numerous awards for editorial cartooning. He was nominated for a National Newspaper Award in 2002 and won the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists Golden Spike Award in 2006. His work also appears regularly in the National Post, Maclean's and the Moncton Times & Transcript. His work is syndicated in North America through Artizans.com.

He continues to be a weekly contributor to the Hill Times as well as to Canadian Metro dailies.

Michael de Adder is a past president of The Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists and is on the board of the Cartoonists Rights Network.