Rudd Fails to Blow It

There's a story in the media that the Mighty Rudd, whilst visiting the troops in Afghanistan, lost his temper because he couldn't plug his hair dryer in. Rudd vigorously denies the story...

I drew this pretty quickly, as you can see, using Artline pen on sketch paper. If I have the time, I use a nib and ink on bleedproof paper. I wanted to get into using a brush and ink more, but I find a nib easier to use.

I feel like a bit of a duffer. Here I was scratching my head as to why NewMatilda.com didn't publish my last two competition entries. It was because I didn't read the fine print that said "Entrants are eligible to win one heat only." Well, I already won the first round. Only one bite of the cherry.

Banimarama Beat-Up

This is the latest cartoon I submitted to the NewMatilda.com cartoon competition. They didn't publish it. I don't know why. So I'm publishing it here. If you don't know, it's about Fijian Prime Minister and two-time coup leader Frank Bainamarama.

Rudd's Rollout

Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull is struggling as PM Rudd goes from strength to strength. MT is languishing at 18% as preferred PM. First Rudd was handing out $900 to practically anyone with a pulse (and a taxable income), and now he has seized the headlines with a bold plan to roll out a brand new $40 bn broadband network!

What's an opposition leader to do?

First Heat Victory!

Wow! I won the first heat of the NewMatilda.com cartoon contest! You can see for yourself here! I have an entry in round two as well.

Party Pooper Pape

Ok, I've started posting again. This one is about "law lecturer and states-rights advocate" Bryan Pape's high court case, which is an attempt to halt the government's plan to give (most of) us $900 in free cash.

I don't believe this handout will turn the economy around- like me, I think a lot of recipients would choose to pay off some credit card debt and squirrel the rest away- but, regardless of its merit, Mr Pape may be the most unpopular man in the country right now!

Last blog entry for a while

NewMatilda.com have just announced their latest cartoon competition! So I guess I will be focussing on that. It runs from now up until June, and they accept only unpublished work. So hopefully my work will be up there, alongside the luminaries of the antipodean cartoon world!