I got asked for a picture of a dinosaur recently. Finally dug this out of the hard drive from a few years back. I now share them with you, dear reader.
(Insert appropriately ironic Midnight Oil lyrics here)
The Australian 26/2/2010
I would just like to point out that this cartoon was published before Kev demoted Pete from backing vocals to roadie. The PM’s clearly decided that rock stars can’t be trusted and has instead started listening to the cartoonists. We’ll all be rooned.
A clever, kind, connected Tasmania, well maybe kind… okay, probably not kind either. Forget I said anything.
Just a note about the Tasmanian election. As of 6pm today (Friday Feb 19) it’s pretty much breaking the law in Tasmania to say anything on der interweb without adding your authorisation including name and address. As I am not a complete cretin, I’m not all that keen on publishing my home address on der interweb, so will be leaving the election cartoons in The Merc and not putting them up here until it’s all over. Prints and originals are still available, so contact me in the usual way.
Hopefully this isn’t election comment, but seriously, somebody needs to think this part of the Electoral Act through for next time. These days, posting your stupid opinions on the internet is more like a conversation than publishing, so this sort of stuff is ridiculously intrusive, and while I’m all for putting your name on what you say (large capital letters bottom right hand corner usually) the practicalities need to be thought through.
Some thoughts on the matter from Digital Tasmania here and another quite clever fellow here.
Happy 2010
The Australian 1/1/10
It’s going to be an Olympic year for cartoonists with a federal election coming up, and hopefully Tony Abbott will last long enough as Opposition leader to contest it, because if there is a god, Tony is His gift to political cartoonists. Thanks god.
The Mercury 2/1/10
…and just some food for thought if you’re tempted to make some New Years’ resolutions.
I’m on a break for the next week, so if you’ve got something really urgent that you need to contact me about right away, you’ve probably got the wrong person.