There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the population.

There were dragons to slay in the old days. Nixon was a good dragon.

I don't think there's more than half-a-dozen cartoons that I've been really truly happy with in all the time I've been doing it.

I've always looked upon politics as a very boring thing. Politics never interested me as much as the people involved in it.

We're all idealistic when young.

I see myself as an artist who happens to do cartoons.

There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the population.