Not fishing related
Submitted by groverwa on Fri, 2017-03-10 11:19
Not fishing related but a sad day for satire and cartoons that got up politicians and other noses.
AUSTRALIAN cartoonist Bill Leak has died of a suspected heart attack. The award-winning artist's work was a fixture in Australian media for more than 30 years.
See some of his cartoons at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/bill-leak-had-equal-measures-of-wit-and-courage/news-story/98567179a47cdc107b1760e9627893cc#&gid=null&pid=36
meglodon
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That is bad news
He was a man with whit and humour who will be sadly missed by a lot of people including those he took a shot at.
R I P Bill Leak
people of your skill and personality have a place in every ozzies heart.
timboon
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Sad news indeed, I was only
Sad news indeed, I was only recently listening to a podcast ( Richard Fidler ), He interviewed a bloke ( John Hoysted ) that wrote a book on Australias first gangster John "Chowe" Hayes...
The author has a portrait that Bill Leak painted of Chowe hanging in his office that Bill gave to him of this dark Australian figure...
Talented man and 61 is way too young nowadays!
Dale
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Vale Murray Ball
And we lost Murray Ball today, the creator of Footrot Flats. Has been fighting alzheimers.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-12/murray-ball-new-zealand-cartoon-footrot-flats-creator-dies/8347596
"Just because you are a Character, Doesn't mean you have Character."
Mr Wolf
Rob H
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RIP
Murray Ball was a legend when I was a kid, along with Fred Dagg and Billy T James
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.