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.

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

If you look at a cartoon on a computer screen, it really jumps and can be quite effective.

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

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.'

I think any good cartoon sums things up for people. It's kind of ironic we appear on the editorial pages of newspapers, but now of course we're transferring over to the net, and that gets a lot more attention.

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.