Not fishing related

 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.

http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/cartoonist-bill-leak-dies-aged-61/news-story/6de32e4334557f94ff8086db2fcc236d

 

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


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That is bad news

Fri, 2017-03-10 14:10

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.

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Sad news indeed, I was only

Fri, 2017-03-10 15:32

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!

 

 

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Vale Murray Ball

Sun, 2017-03-12 15:06

 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

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RIP

Sun, 2017-03-12 16:03

 Murray Ball was a legend when I was a kid, along with Fred Dagg and Billy T James

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