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 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.

One-newspaper towns are not good because all the surviving newspaper does is print money. They make 25 percent on their money every year, and if they go down to 22 percent, they start laying people off.

An outsider's point of view is always handy.

Even if you go to Australia today, it's very much like visiting a state you haven't been to.

Some days you feel like this is really going well. You can tell. Other days, you're just drawing like a farmer and you don't know why.

So many cartoonists draw the same year after year. When they find a style, they stick with it. They don't mess with innovation, and they become boring.