Dick Alderton

Also known as Richard Alderton
  • Artist (Graphic Designer),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Mid 20th century Sydney cartoonist and commercial artist. Alderton created the 'Nursie' and 'Judy' strips for Sydney's Mirror newspapers.
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cartoonist and commercial artist, was art director at Claude Neon for 15 years. He also created 'Nursie’ and 'Judy’ strips for Sydney’s Mirror newspapers and worked for the Sun-Herald . An original cartoon done for the latter in 1955, 'Where did you sleep Herb?’, is in the Art Gallery of Western Australia (957/D315). An original wartime cartoon in the Johnson papers (ML Px*D69/495) shows a young male NES warden saying to a blonde “Put out that confounded light” (p.5, unidentified publication). At Petty’s Bar, Sydney in April 1945, Alderton drew a tortoise with a ball and chain on a group farewell card for 'Mick and George, the Dirrandbandi Coots’ next to a farting cow by Unk White and a Mercier drawing of Diogenes finding rain (original ML SV*CART/22).

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007

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Roles
  • Artist (Graphic Designer)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other occupations
  • Commercial artist
  • Commercial artist
Alternative names
  • Richard Alderton
  • Richard Alderton
Related person groups
  • Claude Neon (associate of)
  • Claude Neon (associate of)
Related works
  • 'Judy' (creator of)
  • 'Nursie' (creator of)
  • 'Where did you sleep Herb?' (creator of)
  • 'Judy' (creator of)
  • 'Nursie' (creator of)
  • 'Where did you sleep Herb?' (creator of)
Related collections
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related events
  • Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning (None)
  • Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning (None)
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