Cartoonists News
... And another thing
Thursday June 18, 2009
I SEE that the president of Hawthorn has criticised his AFL team and coaches for losing when they are expected to win. Fair enough - who else in Victoria is better qualified to pronounce on the matter of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory than Jeff Kennett? Tony Roberts, Northcote... And Another Thing
Monday June 8, 2009
SO THE Catholic Church is going to crack down on confessions (The Age, 5/6). As the girl said to the priest, "Father, I never knew what sin was until you showed me." Colin Jones, South MelbourneRevamp For Unpopular Sedition Laws
Wednesday December 24, 2008
CONTROVERSIAL sedition laws, which some artists and cartoonists saw as a threat to their freedom of speech, will be overhauled under the Federal Government's changes to counter-terrorism legislation.Sharp On The Draw To Prick Pollie Egos
Tuesday December 2, 2008
A CARTOONISTS' dream encountered a politicians' nightmare yesterday as Peter Garrett named the Australian Financial Review artist David Rowe the best political cartoonist of the year.Illustrators Also Need A Little Nurturing
Saturday November 22, 2008
THE idea of Melbourne in the southern hemisphere complementing Edinburgh in the north as a centre for books, writing, and ideas is worthwhile, but it would be even more worthy if it also acknowledged this city's cartoonists.To Er, Um, Ah, Is To Be Human (ask The Pm, Guys)
Saturday October 18, 2008
WHO'D be a politician? How do they survive the scrutiny? No, I'm not opposed to the fourth estate. I just remember that I never saw John Howard's eyebrows before the cartoonists got to them.Acclaimed Cartoonist Inspires Coast Kids
Saturday May 3, 2008
A SPECIAL guest dropped into Towradgi Public School's autistic class yesterday to give a group of keen cartoonists some expert tips.At The Galleries
Saturday January 12, 2008
BEHIND the Lines 2006: The Year's Best Cartoons - As seen by Australia's top cartoonists. Until February 3. At Wollongong City Gallery. Open Tuesday-Friday, 9am-5pm and weekends, noon-4pm. Cnr Kembla and Burelli streets.Highlands Unites For James
Thursday November 29, 2007
THE stars will be out in the Southern Highlands tonight when family and friends rally to support James Kemsley - one of Australia's best-loved cartoonists - in his battle against motor neurone disease.Wollongong Hosts Awards Ceremony
Friday November 2, 2007
AUSTRALIA'S finest cartoonists and editorial illustrators are heading to Wollongong this weekend for their annual awards ceremony.The Kennett Quiff A Heritage Icon?
Saturday September 1, 2007
OFTEN compared to a toilet brush and lampooned by political cartoonists, Jeff Kennett's bouffant hair is a surprise nomination for the 2007 Victorian Heritage Icons Awards.Kennett's Quiff Wins Heritage Nod
Saturday September 1, 2007
OFTEN compared to a toilet brush and lampooned by political cartoonists, Jeff Kennett's bouffant hair is a surprise nomination for the 2007 Victorian Heritage Icons Awards.No Matter
Saturday August 18, 2007
NO matter that the cartoonists tend to pen him as a dour, long-suffering sulker. As it happens, Peter Costello is actually something of a scamp.Will You Still Need Me . . . When I'm 68?
Saturday July 21, 2007
Fairfax cartoonists give the Prime Minister their own special tribute before his birthday next week. The Treasurer vents his spleen, and the question is, just what is he playing at? Tony Wright reports.The Truth Is Out There: In Wellington, Not Canberra
Thursday January 11, 2007
WHEN New Zealand passed the Official Information Act in 1983, it was greeted with hails of dismay by public service unions, lawyers and academics. Cartoonists depicted the act as a useless halfway compromise with the Official Secrets Act. The prime minister, Robert Muldoon, described it as a "nine-day wonder".Incisive Drawer Who Made The World Laugh
Friday November 24, 2006
OBITUARIES - PAUL RIGBY, CARTOONIST, 25-10-1924 - 15-11-2006
WHEN fellow cartoonist George Haddon delivered Paul Rigby to Melbourne Airport last week, it was discovered, much to the amusement of young bystanders, that Marlene Rigby had put her husband's left shoe on his right foot and vice versa. Nobody laughed more about it than Rigby, and he made Haddon promise to do a cartoon on it for the cartoonists' magazine Inkspot.Young At Art In Mix With Master
Saturday September 9, 2006
MAITLAND Public School pupils will exhibit their artworks with some of the country's finest cartoonists when the Norman Lindsay Cartoon Awards exhibition opens at Brough House today.Cartoonists: A Last Redoubt Against Spin
Friday June 2, 2006
Do cartoonists change public opinion or just reinforce it?Warning On Sedition Laws
Tuesday May 30, 2006
JOURNALISTS, cartoonists, artists and filmmakers should be freed from the threat of prosecution for commenting on Government policy under sedition laws, the Australian Law Reform Commission says.Quick Draw
Sunday April 9, 2006
Political cartoonists provoke controversy and mirth, death threats, derision and charges of simply not being funny. Lily Bragge talks to the artists about wielding the power of the pen.