My friend and ally in a world hijacked by the woke left
Michael Leunig often laughed as he drew, as if Mr Curly’s ducks and humble triumph were emerging on the page by surprise. Working alongside him, in a room full of cartoonists, was awesome.
John Spooner
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‘Great fun’: Our cartoonists spare no one
The 1980s were a gift with targets galore. International public figures included Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. In Australia, Bob Hawke emerged as the symbol of celebrity larrikinism.
It’s time for cartooning iconoclasts to take over
After serious political and social change in Australia in the 1960s, the attraction of rebellious leftist ideas danced into the 1970s. Our cartoonists found this era both dangerous and funny.
The 1960s in cartoons
Cartoonists Bruce Petty and Aubrey Collette took a running jump into the newly established national masthead and fitted right in to the rebellious mood of an optimistic post-World War II political vision.
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