Why the powerful should never underestimate cartoonists

Why the powerful should never underestimate cartoonists

The Age’s new political cartoonists,Badiucao and Megan Herbert,have both experienced first hand the viral power of a simple,poetic work.

  • byNick Miller

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Comic timing:how Snoopy mapped out one writer’s life

Comic timing:how Snoopy mapped out one writer’s life

The canine star of the Peanuts comic strip taught novelist Ann Patchett about the power of imagination,how to handle rejection – and about co-opting coolness.

  • byAnn Patchett
Three ‘lost’ Charles Schulz strips have been unearthed

Three ‘lost’ Charles Schulz strips have been unearthed

Experts are debating whether they show an adult Peanuts’ Lucy Van Pelt.

  • byMichael Cavna
How to parent a four-year-old? Turn on the telly and follow the lead of these dogs

How to parent a four-year-old? Turn on the telly and follow the lead of these dogs

In this episode,Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe talks with child development academic Marc de Rosnay about “Bluey” and the power of play.

Mobile phones,bushfires and COVID-19:How Ginger Meggs has evolved with the times

Mobile phones,bushfires and COVID-19:How Ginger Meggs has evolved with the times

Changes are made gradually,but the Ginger Meggs of 2021 has a racially diverse group of friends and speaks like a modern Australian kid,rather than using catchphrases like “ripper!” and “you beaut!“.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore:Morrissey takes aim at The Simpsons ‘hatred’

That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore:Morrissey takes aim at The Simpsons ‘hatred’

The singer and former frontman of The Smiths has seemingly been upset by his portrayal on The Simpsons,where he is voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch.

  • byKarl Quinn
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Good Weekend's 40 Australians Who Mattered:Film and TV

Good Weekend's 40 Australians Who Mattered:Film and TV

Melissa Leong,a new co-host of MasterChef Australia,bonded with contestants and audiences thanks to humility and honesty. Plus Bluey and producer Bruna Papandrea.

  • byKarl Quinn
Quino,creator of beloved cartoon character Mafalda,dies at 88

Quino,creator of beloved cartoon character Mafalda,dies at 88

Six-year-old Mafalda's apparent innocence spread scathing criticism of the dictatorships that plagued Latin America from the 1960s.

  • byLucila Sigal
Cartoonists draw inspiration from the pandemic's spiky sphere of influence

Cartoonists draw inspiration from the pandemic's spiky sphere of influence

Every now and again,the universe throws our ink-stained artists a bone in the form of a perfect visual shorthand. This time it's the novel coronavirus.

  • byKonrad Marshall
Are you taking the mickey? Producers,leave those toons alone
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Are you taking the mickey? Producers,leave those toons alone

Don't be kidded,Simba,Nala,Mickey and Daffy are not animals. They are toons,which is to say eccentric humans with vaguely animal features.

  • byDavid Dale
Cartoonist Matthew Martin on the reason he's so funny

Cartoonist Matthew Martin on the reason he's so funny

Someone once asked me if I'd had a terrible childhood and if that's why I became a cartoonist in adulthood.

  • byMatthew Martin