For a young cartoonist, they have to get going on the web, because that's where everybody goes for their information. And it really works.

For a young cartoonist, they have to get going on the web, because that's where everybody goes for their information. And it really works.

Despite that sort of reputation that Canada has of being a boring place, we really have produced really interesting politicians.

For a young cartoonist, they have to get going on the web, because that's where everybody goes for their information. And it really works. If you look at a cartoon on a computer screen, it really jumps and can be quite effective. I draw cartoons now, not how it will appear in the newspaper, but how it will appear on the screen. I think most of us do. Now the challenge is to make it move and animate it in a very fast, quick way.

Many cartoons I've drawn have been controversial, perhaps a little before their time, certainly when I was getting started.

A good cartoon, what it does, is sum up a situation, very neatly, as opposed to reading a lot of articles and so on.

Any young person who comes to see me, I say, 'Look, forget about print. You gotta think in terms of getting going with websites and online and that sort of thing.'