Yaroslav Horak working on the Cop Shop newspaper strip adapted from the Australian television show.
Another Mike Steel Desert Rider instalment from Australian magazine Woman’s Day by Yaroslav Horak and Roger Rowe. Mike Steel Desert Rider ran for almost a decade in Woman’s Day during the 1960’s.
Nils Josef Jonsson, originally from Sweden and via a few years in New Zealand, settled in Australia in 1918. He became a prolific Australian cartoonist working for Smith’s Weekly from 1924 until it closed in 1950. Jonsson was best known for Uncle Joe’s Horse Radish which appeared in colour for many of the years it ran (1951 - 1963) and was syndicated across Australia. This strip featured in the Christmas Sun Children’s Supplement of 1954.
Hal Eyre photo taken by Noel Maitland from State Library of Queensland.
A selection of original cartoons by Australian cartoonist Hal Eyre (born 1875 -?). Eyre commented in early twentieth century Australian magazine Lone Hand about his ambitions as a cartoonist:
"I wanted badly to become a cartoonist on a daily paper, and applied to the Observer , which I think was the first Australian daily to print cartoons regularly. The Observer , which belongs to the Courier Co., had unfortunately run into a libel action over a cartoon not long before, and had dropped that feature, so the prospect was not encouraging. My proposal was turned down, but I told the managing Director that I would be their cartoonist eventually. Later on I tried again and was appointed, and drew for that paper for a number of years. About 1908 I came to Sydney and took up my present position at the Daily Telegraph."
Norman Hetherington and Mr Squiggle
Australian artist, teacher, cartoonist, puppeteer, and puppet designer Norman Hetherington was born today in 1921.
Norman Hetherington and Bill the Steamshovel
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