Ron Tandberg b. 1943

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Prolific contemporary Melbourne newspaper cartoonist and poster artist. He created the much-publicised poster supporting the condom campaign in the fight against AIDS, with the slogan "Tell him if it's not on, it's not on." Has won several awards for his work.

Citations

  • Adams, Phillip (1986), 'Arrest that Cartoonist!’, Ringwood, Vic.: Penguin.

  • Bridges, Jim and Heimann, Rolf (eds.) (1988), 'Australia, the cartoon’, Carlton, Vic.: McCulloch.

  • King, Jonathan (1979), 'The other side of the coin: a cartoon history of Australia’, Stanmore, NSW: Cassell Australia (Revised edition).

  • Tandberg, Ron (1981), 'The Age of Tandberg’, Melbourne, Vic.: Edward Arnold.

  • Turner, Ann (ed.) (2000), 'In Their Image: Contemporary Australian Cartoonists’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (NLA oral history interviews).

  • Tandberg, Ron (c.1994), 'The Ageless Tandberg’, Melbourne, Vic.: Wilkinson Books.

  • Turner, Ann (2000), 'Assassins at a stroke: Contemporary Australian Cartoonists’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT, NLA News, October, p.12.

  • Information sourced from Dixon, Christine.

  • Eagle, Mary (5 October 1979), '[review of The Age: Black and White 125th Anniversary Exhibition]’, Melbourne, Vic.: Age.

  • Cole-Adams, Peter (1980), 'The Best of the Age 1979-80’, Melbourne, Vic., Nelson, p 146.

  • Hansen, Guy (2005), '[Cartoons 2004]: Behind the lines: The year’s best cartoon’, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

  • (1997), 'Bringing the House Down: 12 Months of Australian Political Humour’, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

  • Radcliffe, Russ (ed.) (2004), 'Best Australian Political Cartoons 2004’, Melbourne, Vic.: Scribe.

  • Radcliffe, Russ (ed.) (2005), 'Best Australian Political Cartoons 2005’, Melbourne, Vic.: Scribe.

  • Radcliffe, Russ (ed.) (2005), 'It’s all happening: the Scribe book of Australian sports cartoons’, Melbourne, Vic.: Scribe.

See also

  • 'cartoon illustrated in Ann Turner, 'Assassins at a stroke: Contemporary Australian Cartoonists', NLA News October 2000, p.12'.
  • 'self portrait in Overland 67 (1977), p 66'.
  • '(self?) portrait, ill. King, p 21'.
  • 'self-portrait cartoon on front page of Age, 9 June 1976 with Nicholson, Petty, Spooner and Tanner - 'Australia's finest gallery of cartoonists''.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists