I wrote about John's passing in this recent post and about finally reading the book he signed for me -
No More Tomorrows for John Marsden? 🕳🐇🐰
A Dumbo Feather and a Duck?
"Michael Leunig (2 June 1945 – 19 December 2024), typically referred to by his pen name Leunig, was an Australian cartoonist, poet and artist. He was best known for his work for Melbourne's The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Other works include The Curly Pyjama Letters, cartoon books The Essential Leunig, The Wayward Leunig, The Stick, Goatperson, Short Notes from the Long History of Happiness and Curly Verse, and The Lot, a compilation of his "Curly World" newspaper columns. Leunig also wrote several books of prayers, including A Common Prayer, The Prayer Tree and When I Talk To You.
Leunig was declared an Australian Living Treasure by the National Trust of Australia in 1999."
Other works include The Curly Pyjama Letters, cartoon books The Essential Leunig, The Wayward Leunig, The Stick, Goatperson, Short Notes from the Long History of Happiness and Curly Verse, and The Lot, a compilation of his "Curly World" newspaper columns. Leunig also wrote several books of prayers, including A Common Prayer, The Prayer Tree and When I Talk To You.
Leunig was declared an Australian Living Treasure by the National Trust of Australia in 1999."
I'm yet to see 'The Leunig Fragments' as I never knew about that movie until looking for You Tubes of Michael's older works from a DVD titled 'Leunig Animated' which I stumbled across at the Op Shop this year.
Not that this clip below is Michael's work, it's an interpretation of his 'How to Get There' cartoon done by another animator, but I thought it was worth throwing in.
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| Leunig Animated (2002) |
Michael was good at getting you to take a look at the small and big pictures ... and all of the pictures in-between:-)
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