Joe Benke

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Contemporary freelance Adelaide and Melbourne cartoonist, Benke's work has featured several times in the annual 'Bringing the House Down: 12 Months of Australian Political Humour' exhibition, held at the National Museum of Australia.
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Biography <p>cartoonist, began his career freelancing for various publications including the <i>_Adelaide Review_ </i>and the <i>_Australian</i>_ In 1987 he moved from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on">Adelaide</st1:City> to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Melbourne</st1:City></st1:place>Adelaide to Melbourne to work for the <i>Age</i>_Age_ . In 2001 he was working for the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Melbourne</st1:place></st1:City> <i>Melbourne _Herald-Sun</i>_ . He exhibited the original of 'Kennett the dealer', published in the <i>_Herald Sun</i>_ in 1996, in <i>_Bringing the House Down: 12 Months of Australian Political Humour</i>_ (Canberra: NMA/ Old Parliament House, 1997), cat.10. His 'Vote for me' was included in the 2001 exhibition (acc. NMA website) and he presumably also appeared in the intervening years. </p> <p><b>

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