Cartoonists News
Cartoonists' Pen Is Mightier
Tuesday June 15, 1999
Humour is a powerful weapon - even against tyranny and human rights abuses. To show just how powerful it can be, Kiama's Amnesty International branch is holding an exhibition to showcase the works of Australian and international cartoonists in their treatment of human rights abuses. Human RighLet's Draw A Line Through Sexist Cartoonists
Monday June 14, 1999
WHY, you might wonder, is Jenny Macklin getting so hot under the collar about the way our cartoonists depict women politicians? Surely you can't have one rule for the gander and another for the goose. Surely once you and your policies are up for public scrutiny you've got to cop it sweet, whatever yPolka Dots To Gst Spots: A Woman's Life In Politics Ink
Saturday June 5, 1999
CANBERRA A few weeks ago Meg Lees was a frumpy housewife. Then she was a dominatrix. And following that, the mother of a deformed - or chimpanzee-like - GST. Cartoonists have had a field day in their portrayal of the Democrats leader. One has her serving humble pie to John Howard and Peter Desktop
Wednesday June 2, 1999
Cartoon clout POLITICAL satire is under the academic microscope, and Dr Robert Phiddian and Dr Haydon Manning are generally disappointed at the efforts of political cartoonists in the last federal election - with honorable exceptions. They conclude that penetrating satire was conspicuous larg