Halloween.

I realized today that I am almost totally ignorant of the meaning or origin of Halloween.

Hence this cartoon.

Dutton v. Amnesty

Gee, I'd love to offer my support Peter but...

Stopper?

So... our former PM is now lambasting European leaders about their folly in not closing borders against the avalanche of displaced refugees from the Middle East and North Africa. Like, his experience with  control of asylum seekers trying to enter Australia and the largely bogus schemes he launched to incarcerate those unhappy souls makes him some kind of world authority on how to deal with the european crisis. It's just laughable.

Then again, his much publicized pep-talk was apparently aimed at an audience of mostly Thatcherite Tories... so I guess he was preaching to fellow travellers much of his own ilk?

Speaking of travel. Wouldn't it be marvelously ironic if Mr. Rabbitt tried to re-enter Australia by boat?  

Triple-Header

An alignment of varying circumstances have succeeded in diverting my attention away from cartooning, this blog and other social media for almost all of the past 3 days. 

So, here's today's cartoon inspired by the recent 'me' Bank TV advertising blitz. It's followed by an October 27th., 'this day in 2011' comment on a former Victorian premier's effort to avert police industrial action. Finally, a recent scribble meant to tweak scanning of pencil roughs so they look as if they are pen-drawn (thus obviating the need for 'inking' final art pieces which will be processed thru' a computer anyway).

See, you haven't really missed anything!? 

The pictures

Sunday Strips

Today's post will be the third last airing of strips in this series. Indeed, those remaining have already appeared here in an isolated presentation last April,

However, since they represent the last of the strips originally prepared and published back in 1995...I'm going to run them again to maintain the sequential integrity of the work.

Bushed Bush flies?

The one good thing about the slow and inconsistent climb out of winter in the south-east of Australia this year has been the marked absence of bush flies in their usual plague proportions hell-bent to spoil otherwise pleasant walks by the likes of me.

However, with today's return to near clear sky and enjoyable all-round warmth ... THE LITTLE PERISHERS ARE BACK!