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For 55 years, Leunig’s cartoons and written musings in The Age, and later The Sydney Morning Herald, were offered as an exchange of sorts to vast swaths of loyal readers.
Outrage over ‘condescending’ Michael Leunig cartoon A Michael Leunig cartoon has caused outrage online with many describing it as “condescending” and judgmental of mothers.
Michael Leunig says he did not draw his controversial cartoon depicting a mother ignoring her baby while staring at a smartphone out of misogyny, but because of a lifelong special interest in the ...
This was published 10 years ago Leunig: It's a curly old world It’s 40 years this week since Michael Leunig’s first collection of cartoons was published. He spoke to Clare Kermond about his ...
In my study at home I have a cartoon by Michael Leunig pinned up on the door of my file cupboard. It is a cartoon that pokes gentle fun at the presumption of female columnists who, while furiously ...
Michael Leunig, one of Australia’s most loved cartoonists for more than half a century, is farewelled at Melbourne’s St Paul’s Cathedral.
Controversial cartoonist Michael Leunig is accused of unfairly judging mothers in a cartoon that suggests some love their phones and Instagram more than their children.
A Leunig cartoon has been slammed as “offensive” over its comparison of mandatory vaccination to one of the world’s most infamous human rights abuses. In an image posted to his Instagram ...
Cartoonist Michael Leunig has been axed from his prime spot in The Age newspaper after a cartoon comparing resistance to mandatory Covid vaccines with the Tiananmen Square massacre was censored.
Tony Walker injects his own prejudices into my article on cartoonist Michael Leunig in the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs magazine, The Review ("Free speech begins at home", February 10) .
Michael Leunig's cartoon, and essay, are still creating ripples among readers.