December 16th, 2022
The Guardian
War and waning political fortunes: Australia’s best political cartoons of 2022
edited by Russ Radcliffe
Gottfried Helnwein’s parody Boulevard of Broken Dreams
From the conflict in Ukraine to the last days of Scott Morrison’s reign, Russ Radcliffe rounds up the year’s sharpest political cartoons. This is an edited extract from this year’s collection – the 20th anniversary edition.
David Pope was inspired by Edward Hopper’s 1942 artwork Nighthawks and Gottfried Helnwein’s parody Boulevard of Broken Dreams, replacing Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, James Dean and Elvis Presley with Rupert, Donald, Boris and Scott.
Best Australian Political Cartoons 2022 edited by Russ Radcliffe is out now ($35, Scribe Publications)