There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the population. Pat Oliphant artaustraliablack Change image and share on social
Even if you go to Australia today, it's very much like visiting a state you haven't been to. Pat Oliphant australiastatetoday Change image and share on social
Some days you feel like this is really going well. You can tell. Other days, you're just drawing like a farmer and you don't know why. Pat Oliphant daydrawfarmer Change image and share on social
I've always looked upon politics as a very boring thing. Politics never interested me as much as the people involved in it. Pat Oliphant borehaveinterest Change image and share on social
One-newspaper towns are not good because all the surviving newspaper does is print money. They make 25 percent on their money every year, and if they go down to 22 percent, they start laying people off. Pat Oliphant goodlaymake share on social
There were dragons to slay in the old days. Nixon was a good dragon. Pat Oliphant daydragongood Change image and share on social
Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did then. Pat Oliphant cachetcarryjournalism Change image and share on social
I hate changes of administrations, because I have all my villains in place and they are all taken away and replaced with faceless wonders nobody knows. Pat Oliphant administrationfacelesshate Change image and share on social
I don't think there's more than half-a-dozen cartoons that I've been really truly happy with in all the time I've been doing it. Pat Oliphant cartoondozenhalf Change image and share on social