John Henry Spooner b. 1946

Also known as John Spooner
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Popular contemporary Melbourne cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator, printmaker (etchings and drypoints), painter and lawyer.
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Citations

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

  • (12 November 1985), 'Australia’s magnificent cartoonists’, Sydney, NSW : Bulletin, p 107.

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

  • McCulloch, Alan; & McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'Encyclopedia of Australian art’, St Leonards, NSW : Allen & Unwin (3rd revised edition).

  • Senyard, June (ed.) (1991), 'Labor in cartoons : cartoons of the Australian Labor Party in Victoria 1891-1990’, South Yarra, Vic : Hyland House.

  • Spooner, John (1982), 'Spooner : Drawings, Caricatures and Prints’, Melbourne, Vic : Thomas Nelson.

  • Spooner, John (1989), 'Bodies and Souls : John Spooner Drawings, Caricatures and Prints’, Melbourne, Vic : Sun Books.

  • Spooner, John (1999), 'A Spooner in the works : The art of John Spooner’, Melbourne, Vic : Text Publishing.

  • Spooner, John (1996), 'beards, bums and economics: the cartoonist’s challenge’, Brisbane, Qld : Crossings 1/2, pp 14-15.

  • Turner, Ann (c.1997), 'National Library of Australia oral history interviews’, Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia, c.1997-98.

  • Waite, Di (1996), 'John Spooner: Printmaker’, Melbourne, Vic : Imprint 31/4 (Summer 1996), pp 6-7.

  • (1986), 'Australian Black and White Artists Club book of originals’, Sydney, NSW : Australian Black and White Artists Club / Art Gallery of New South Wales (178.1988.1-102).

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

  • Radcliffe, Russ (ed.) (2003), 'Best Australian political cartoons 2003’, Melbourne, Vic : Scribe.

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

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

  • Kerr, Joan (1999), 'Artists and cartoonists in black and white’, Sydney, NSW : S. H. Ervin Gallery, National Trust of Australia (NSW).

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

See also

  • 'Self-portrait, Overland no.67 (1977), 66.'.
  • '(self?) portrait ill. King, 218.'.
  • 'Self-portrait cartoon on front page of Age (Melbourne) with Nicholson, Petty, Tandberg and Tanner - 'Australia's finest gallery of cartoonists', 9 June 1976.'.

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  • Black and white artists

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