Book illustrations.

Book illustration is one facet of cartooning in which I haven't had a lot of experience. Unless you are writing the books yourself, or are acquainted with authors of humorous literature, it's a fairly hard area to break into.

Nonetheless, opportunities to become published in that form do arise from time to time. One such was in 1992, when the NSW Dept of Health in association with the 'QUIT for Life' organization canvassed Australian comic prose writers and cartoonists to consider contributing to a book aimed at using laughter to reinforce the Quit smoking program. Many cartoonists responded and, the book titled QUIT for Laughs was duly published by Allen & Unwin (ISBN 1 86373 249 7) later that same year. I sent off 3 'toons, the first two of which (reproduced below) made the final cut.

These are scans of 'kept' originals. Hence the evidence of correction 'white-out' on the third sample.
Maybe the editors thought it was 'damaged goods'?