Arthur C Clarke dies
A tribute to british science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke whose books inspired me as I was growing up.
Arthur C Clarke
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Category Archives: Memorial
Osama Bin Laden
On the 11th of September 2001, 2 planes flew into the World Trade Centre’s towers, killing thousands of people. Osama Bin Laden went from being a minor middle eastern terrorist to the West’s greatest pariah.
This portrait in smoke won First Prize in the Australian Rotary Cartoon Awards in 2002.
Bernie Banton
Bernie Banton was a tireless campaigner for people suffering asbestos related conditions caused by working for the company James Hardie. I met him in 2007 a few months before he died of mesothelioma and gave him an inked portrait as a keepsake. He joked at the time that the shoes should have been high heels because the James Hardie boss was a woman.
After he died I redid the cartoon in colour as a tribute and it appeared in the Newcastle Herald. The family requested the new version and it was used as a feature at Bernie’s funeral.
Len Evans
A tribute to Len Evans, popular vigneron and entertaining wine critic based in the Hunter Valley.
Rene Rivkin
Rene Rivkin, entrepreneurial stock-broker with a mercurial temperament that eventually got him jailed for insider trading, takes his own life after suffering bipolar disorder for several years.
Vincent Price
A memorial to Vincent Price, the master of horror movies in the 1950s and noted for his presence on Michael Jackson’s Thriller album.
The man in the moon
A memorial to Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the moon.
