The Cartoons of Will Donald
A collection of the early work of one of Australia’s pioneers of cartooning, Will Donald. Donald produced cartoons for socialist newspaper, The Australian Worker socialist, from 1921 -1944. This collection reproduces in chronological order six months of cartoons from Donald’s first work in March 1921. Donald’s work like his predecessor at The Worker, Adam Plass, depicted the growing pains of Australia’s unionised workforce and Australian people at odds with the William Morris ”Billy” Hughes led Nationalist Party Government.
Will Donald also contributed to mainstream newspapers of the period with political cartoons and cartoon strips, notably Fashion Plate Fanny. From the 1920’s to late ’40’s Donald created some of Australia’s first original comic books.
Compiled by Matt Emery
