First Dog on the Moon

“Marsupialiminal – The world is terrible. Furry animals, intrepid chickens, talking pizza. A spring roll argues with a fox terrier at the opera.

Spending the last 7 years as a full time professional political cartoonist has given me a unique insight into what it would be like to have spent the last 7 years as a full time professional political cartoonist. It is pretty good, no it is fantastic.

Life is wonderful when it isn’t dreadful. How fortunate we are those of us who are fortunate, let’s share some of it around shall we? Yes let’s.” – First Dog on the Moon, September 2014

First Dog on the Moon (aka Andrew Marlton) is the editorial cartoonist for the Guardian Australia. Winner of the 2012 Walkley Award for Cartoon, First Dog’s most recent exhibitions, The Universe According to First Dog on the Moon (2011) and A Marsupial Life (2012) were held at Platform. First Dog’s award-winning comedy stage show Cartoobs and Other Typos featured in various festivals and toured the nation.

Image: Drowning, 2012, comic print on paper, 270 x 420mm