Spectator Covers 2011

Spectator Covers 2011

I’ve had the privilege of gracing quite a few covers of The Spectator Australia this year, and am pleased to showcase them here for you, in reverse order of publication. Many thanks to editor Tom Switzer for allowing me creative freedom, and also providing clear direction when needed. Please click each image to read a

Time Toilet #11

Time Toilet #11

Previously in TIME TOILET: Rather than suffer a Lady Gaga concert, Jimmy Jameson takes his chances with the unpredictable Time Toilet and time-travels into the future…

Spectator Christmas Issue

Spectator Christmas Issue

In the UK, they love a Christmas Special, and The Spectator Australia continues the tradition with the annual Double Christmas Issue – which runs for two weeks over the festive season, and hits the stands tomorrow. Isn’t this a lovely scene?  Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott enjoy a nice Christmas Turkey at the end of

Season’s Bleatings!

Season’s Bleatings!

Ho! As the year draws to a close I sit here in my study, puffing at my pipe while roasting chestnuts on the open fire and contemplating the gently falling snowflakes that gather on my sill.  My dog, Corkey, has brought me my slippers, and while they are now mangled and dripping in saliva, warm

Time Toilet #10

Time Toilet #10

Previously in Time Toilet: After rotting in a Persian jail, Jimmy Jameson finally escapes, only to land in an even worse place: a Lady Gaga concert…

Cowboy Katter

Cowboy Katter

This week’s Spectator cover was very fun to draw: Independent and Australian Party leader Bob Katter riding into town. Here’s an excerpt of the article by Dean Bertram: But beyond politics, Katter evokes a certain emotional response. As Willie Nelson crooned: “My heroes have always been cowboys, and they still are it seems”. Bob’s big

MAD Postal Service

MAD Postal Service

Here’s a spot illustration for US MAD #512 featuring caricatures of TV posties John Ratzenberger (Cheers) and Wayne Knight (Seinfeld) for a piece titled Other Ways the US Postal Service is Cutting Back. Brush and ink on paper, digital colour.  Please click for a closer look.

The Cold Shoulder

The Cold Shoulder

This week’s cover art for the Spectator Australia was a quick turnaround for me. I chose to take the brief of Australia being left out in the cold at the UN Climate Change Conference quite literally…

Time Toilet #9

Time Toilet #9

Previously in Time Toilet: Jimmy Jameson time-travelled from ancient Persia to modern Iran using a mystical lavatory, but was thrown in prison. Could there be a worse fate?

Time Toilet #8

Time Toilet #8

Previously in Time Toilet: Jimmy Jameson time travelled from ancient Persia to modern Iran and then back again, only to thrown in jail. He has also learned the Time Toilet secret: you need to be drunk to use it (who woulda thought!?)…