Best Australian Political Cartoons 2009
Edited by Russ Radcliffe
'Though they may be having fun, our cartoonists do the important job of cutting through the bulldust and shining a light on cant, hypocrisy and injustice. Long may they doodle.'
(Brisbane News)'The work here is twisted, and very good at making you think.'
(Sunday Age)'Incisive, witty, pertinent, uncomplimentary, amusing — a worthy study of our political world.'
(Dubbo Photo News)The year in politics as seen by Australia’s funniest and most perceptive political cartoonists.
The seventh edition of this best-selling series features the work of Dean Alston, Warren Brown, Matt Davidson, Andrew Dyson, Firstdogonthemoon, Matt Golding, Fiona Katauskas, Mark Knight, Jon Kudelka, Sean Leahy, Bill Leak, Alan Moir, Peter Nicholson, Vince O’Farrell, Bruce Petty, David Pope, David Rowe, John Spooner, Ron Tandberg, Andrew Weldon, Cathy Wilcox, Paul Zanetti, and many more …
Russ Radcliffe
RUSS RADCLIFFE has worked as a bookseller, literary-events organiser, editor, and publisher. He can’t draw to save his life but is quite happy to be a parasite on the genius of others. He has edited the annual Best Australian Political Cartoons (Scribe), and Man of Steel: a cartoon history of the Howard years (Scribe, 2007). Russ is editor and publisher of Bruce Petty’s Parallel Worlds (High Horse, 2008).
Website: http://www.highhorse.com.au