Mick Armstrong b. 1903

Also known as Harold Barry Armstrong
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Prolific mid twentieth century war and political cartoonist and designer. Armstrong contributed to a number of publications including the Argus, the Sydney Sun, Smith's Weekly, Melbourne Punch and Aussie. His first publication, at the age of 16, was in the Bulletin.

Citations

  • (1924), Sydney, NSW : Smith’s Weekly, 01-26.

  • Aussie.

  • Bridges & Heimann, biog. & ills pp. 5, 6., 9, 12, 13, 16, 18, 21, 25, 52, 71, 75, 93.

  • King (1979), p 142.

  • Lindesay (1979), pp 250, 259, 265.

  • Armstrong, Mick / Smith, Neville (1938), 'The Argus Cartoon Cavalcade’, Melbourne, Vic : Argus and Australasian Ltd.

  • Armstrong, Mick (1940), 'Havoc! War Cartoons by Armstrong’, Melbourne, Vic : The Argus.

  • Armstrong, Mick (1940), 'Mein Kranks: A second volume of war cartoons, December 1939 to December [?] 1940’, Melbourne, Vic : The Argus.

  • Armstrong, Mick (1941), '“Blitzy”: a third volume of war cartoons by Armstrong of “The Argus” Sept 1940 to Sept 1941’, Melbourne, Vic : The Argus & Australasian.

  • Armstrong, Mick (1944), '“Army” Stoo (4th volume of war cartoons October 1943-November 1944 [sic])’, Melbourne, Vic : The Argus ?.

  • Armstrong, Mick (1943), ’19-foughty-3: A fifth volume of War Cartoons/ by Armstrong of the Argus’, Melbourne, Vic : The Argus.

  • Armstrong, Mick (c.1944), '“Taxi!”: A sixth volume of war cartoons Oct ’43 to Nov ’44/ by Armstrong of the Argus’, Melbourne, Vic : Robert N. Myers for The Argus and Australiasian.

  • Armstrong, Mick (c.1945), 'War Without Tears: 100 of the War’s Wittiest Whimsies’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Armstrong, Mick (1946), 'Civvy Symphony, December 1946: The world since V.P. Day/ cartooned by Armstrong of the Argus’, Mont Albert, Vic : Edgar J.K. Thompson for the Argus & Australasian Ltd.

  • Stone, Walter (1973), p 75.

  • (1941), 'War Cartoons and Caricatures of the British Commonwealth’, National Gallery of Canada catalogue, Ottowa, Canada.

  • Wyndham, Greg (1997), 'letter to editor’, Inkspot, vol. 28, Spring, p.5.

  • Armstrong, Mick (c.1940), 'Moods of Der Fuhrer’, Melbourne, Vic.

See also

  • 'Noel Counihan expressed his dislike of Armstrong's capitalist conformity in his cartoon The Strong Arm behind "Today's Armstrong", with "Big Business" using Armstrong's nose to draw anti-worker cartoons (ill. King, 136).'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists