Vale Max 'Tangles' Walker 1948-2016

An admirable participant at elite level in both VFL and 1st class cricket, Max also ranked high in the public mind as an all-round bonzer bloke. I fondly remember meeting him in person when he was invited to be guest speaker at a gathering of Caricaturists' in Melbourne.

I reckon he more than justified his advance publicity. He WAS the genuine article IMO.

During 1977,I did a pen and ink caricature 'rough' of Max for a purpose long since forgotten... but it probably had something to do with the formation of 'World Series' cricket around that time. For some reason I coloured his hair on what was essentially just a black and white scribble.

This week in Wonderland.

The Senate... house of review or vaudeville?

Good luck old bean...

Ever since 'Senator Sam' become a figure of note because of his rather less than thoughtful antics... I've harboured a view that the man looks a lot like the TV character Mr. Bean. Maybe it was originally just the caricature bent in my make-up that spawned the visual impression... later reinforced by the disrepute attached to his apparent brain-fade in accepting a foreign donation to help defray personal expenses whilst performing his public role as an M.P.

Whatever, he seems to have been granted a period of back-bench time in which to at least take a damned good look at himself and his previous public demeanour?

Chinese checkers!

Game of the week?

'Sco Mo' and Bill resuming hostilities.

Ho-Hum! They're Baaaack! Bi-partisanship is yet to make an appearance though(?)