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cartoonist, scriptwriter and stand-up comic, was born in London on 5 November 1933. A stand-up comic for thirty years, he first came to Australia in 1964 to appear at Chequers nightclub then 'just stayed and stayed’. Since about 1988 he has been employed as a scriptwriter at Channel 9, so draws few cartoons. Previously, however, he had contributed cartoons to the Bulletin , Penthouse and various other magazines. His cartoon in the B/W Artists’ Club collection (ML PxD 586/ G-I) showing two boys saying '“My Dad’s a Cartoonist.”/ “Mine’s a miserable sod too” was reproduced in Inkspot 16 (Autumn 1991), 21 (ML Q741.5994/47) and in Kerr. As a freelance cartoonist NSW, his colour cartoon of a teacher and pupil was reproduced in Rainbow – “What do you know about Federation?”/ “They build nice houses?” – a rare unpredictable view of the topic.

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Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007

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Alternative names
  • Larry Burns
  • Larry Blampied
  • John Lawrence Blampied
  • Larry Burns
  • Larry Blampied
Arrivals
  • 1964
  • 1964
Related person groups
  • Australian Black and White Artists' Club (associate of)
  • Australian Black and White Artists' Club (associate of)
Related collections
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related events
  • By crikey, it's one hundred years: the cartoonists' view (exhibited at)
  • Artists and cartoonists in black and white (None)
  • By crikey, it's one hundred years: the cartoonists' view (exhibited at)
  • Artists and cartoonists in black and white (None)
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