The Dallas Morning News will stop running a cartoonist who embedded an insulting expletive toward President Donald Trump in an editorial cartoon that appeared in hundreds of newspapers last weekend. ... Mike Wilson, editor of The News, said the newspaper had published plenty of Miller’s controversial comics, but this one went too far.

“We don’t mind political commentary in comics, as long as we have a chance to vet it and it meets our standards for publication,” Wilson said. “Unfortunately, this time the artist decided to go around his editors and even his own syndicate to publish something he must have known we wouldn’t accept. We can’t trust him, so we are done with Non Sequitur.”

... The Butler Eagle newspaper in Pennsylvania dropped the strip from regular publication Monday after hearing from angry readers, according to a statement from the paper’s publisher and general manager Ron Vodenichar.

— Dallas Morning News Dallas, TexasThe Sacramento Bee will discontinue publication of the “Non Sequitur” comic strip by Wiley Miller on Sunday, Feb. 17, and we want to explain our decision.Last Sunday, Miller included in his strip a profane phrase aimed at President Donald Trump. The phrase, written in small letters in the bottom corner of one panel, was missed by editors at the syndicate that distributes “Non Sequitur.”While the cartoonist has apologized for including the profanity, The Bee has decided to end publication of his work. Because comic strips are handled by outside vendors, Bee editors do not review the content before publication. We must trust the content creators to maintain appropriate standards. In this case, that trust has been breached.

— The Sacramento Bee Sacramento, Calif.... While the cartoonist has apologized for including the profanity, The News & Observer has decided to end publication of his work. Because comic strips are handled by outside vendors, N&O editors do not review the content before publication and must trust the content creators to maintain appropriate standards. In this case, we no longer have that trust.We apologize to our readers who viewed the inappropriate content. It violates our dedication to quality, and we will work to ensure that it doesn’t happen again.

— News and Observer, Raleigh, N.C.The Indianapolis Star will no longer run the comic strip ‘Non Sequitur’ in its daily and Sunday newspapers after discovering its author used the cartoon as a platform for a profane, vulgar message aimed at President Donald Trump.The Star requires its staff to adhere to stringent editorial and ethical standards. We expect the same from the vendors with whom we contract. Wiley Miller, the author of the strip, failed to adhere to those standards when he included a profanity aimed at Trump in a semi-scribble in the comic.“Regarding the ‘Non Sequitur’ Sunday comic published Feb. 10, containing vulgar language, we are sorry we missed the language in our editing process,” the statement said. “If we had discovered it, we would not have distributed the cartoon without it being removed. We apologize to ‘Non Sequitur’s’ clients and readers for our oversight.”To be clear, the Star is canceling the comic not because the vulgarity was directed at Trump, but because such profanity is unacceptable in any form in our newspaper or digital products.

— Indianapolis Star Indianapolis, IndianaThe Post-Standard is dropping the comic strip Non Sequitur after the artist’s Sunday strip took a hidden profane shot at President Trump.Said Trish LaMonte, vice president of content for The Post-Standard and Syracuse.com: “Mr. Miller made a juvenile and vulgar decision that does not meet our standards for the syndicated content we pay to have in the newspaper and is offensive to our readers, regardless of their political affiliations.”

—The Post-Standard Syracuse, N.Y.The Wisconsin State Journal has decided to search for a new comic panel to replace “Non Sequitur” ... State Journal editor John Smalley said the newspaper has a longstanding general policy to avoid the use of gratuitous vulgar language.Miller’s tweet ... encouraging readers to look for it, was a deciding factor in the newspaper’s decision to drop the strip, Smalley said.— The Wisconsin State Journal Madison, Wis.