Best Australian Political Cartoons 2020
Edited by Russ Radcliffe
Overview
2020, huh! The year in politics as observed by Australia's funniest and most perceptive political cartoonists.
Fires, pestilence, lockdowns, unemployment, international tensions — now is not the time for jokes! Nah. Laughing in the face of anxiety and horror is our best defence against despair. And this is no time to give our leaders a leave pass for their crimes, misdemeanours, and incompetence. We need the penetrating satirical intelligence and the dark, challenging humour of our political cartoonists more than ever.
Featuring Dean Alston, Peter Broelman, Pat Campbell, Andrew Dyson, John Farmer, First Dog on the Moon, Matt Golding, Fiona Katauskas, Mark Knight, Jon Kudelka, Sean Leahy, Johannes Leak, Alan Moir, David Pope, David Rowe, John Spooner, Andrew Weldon, Cathy Wilcox, and more …
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- Paperback
- 200mm x 180mm
- 192 pages
- 9781922310019
- AUD$32.99
- 1 November 2020
- World
Praise
‘This is an entertaining and opinionated overview of a pretty terrible year.’
‘From climate change and the devastating bushfi res to the impact of COVID-19 to the tantrums of Trump and the assault on the ABC by the Government, the cartoons cover all the highs, and lows, of the political year … A great gift and an amusing reminder of a bad year.’
About the Editor
Russ Radcliffe created the annual Best Australian Political Cartoons series in 2003. His other books include: Man of Steel: a cartoon history of the Howard years in 2007; Dirt Files: a decade of Australian political cartoons in 2013; and My Brilliant Career: Malcolm Turnbull, a political life in cartoons in 2016.
Russ has edited collections from some of Australia’s finest political cartoonists, including Matt Golding, Judy Horacek, Bill Leak, Alan Moir, Bruce Petty, John Spooner, and David Rowe, and curated several exhibitions, including Moments of Truth, Dirt Files, and Suppositories of Wisdom. In 2013, Russ was awarded the Australian Cartoonists Association’s Jim Russell Award for his contribution to Australian cartooning.
