About our cartoonist, John Butcher

Our cartoonist John Butcher, who came to Australia from Canada 17 years ago, has been drawing cartoons for Monitor since, well, last century.

He started doing pocket cartoons for us in 1998 but in 2001 he started doing a stand-alone cartoon which has became a much-loved feature of the then hard copy publication. It's natural we wanted to take him online with us.

John joined the UC staff as a research officer with the School of Business and Government only in February 2004.

But he keeps working on his creative side.

Last year, for instance, one of his cartoons again featured in the Behind the Lines exhibition of the best Australian political cartoons of the previous 12 months.

The exhibition toured in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney before ending up at the National Museum in Canberra.

John, whose political cartoons appear in the Green Left Weekly, has had a cartoon in the past four exhibitions, starting with the original Bringing Down the House at Old Parliament House.

His offerings for Monitor in 2004 culminated with a Christmas cartoon entitled Twas the Fright Before Christmas, featuring the jolly fat fellow himself.
"I get plenty of inspiration for my cartoons on campus," said John. "I haven't actually seen Santa Claus here yet but I keep checking my in-tray to see if he's left anything."

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