The Age’s new political cartoonists,Badiucao and Megan Herbert,have both experienced first hand the viral power of a simple,poetic work.
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.
Experts are debating whether they show an adult Peanuts’ Lucy Van Pelt.
In this episode,Good Weekend senior writer Melissa Fyfe talks with child development academic Marc de Rosnay about “Bluey” and the power of play.
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!“.
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.
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.
Six-year-old Mafalda's apparent innocence spread scathing criticism of the dictatorships that plagued Latin America from the 1960s.
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.
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.
Someone once asked me if I'd had a terrible childhood and if that's why I became a cartoonist in adulthood.