Jac

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Mid 20th century wartime cartoonist. Jac's 1943 cartoon about General MacArthur -'The Hope of his Side' - was considered too hostile by the Daily Mirror for publication so it was published in both censored and uncensored form by Smith's Weekly instead.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
Jac
Gender
Unknown
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Active Period
  • c.1943
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

cartoonist, drew The Hope of his Side 1943, about General MacArthur (ill. King, 146). According to King, its original publishers, the Daily Mirror , considered the cartoon too hostile to the enemy so Smith’s Weekly published it in both censored and non-censored form as a protest.

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
Citations:
  • King, J., (1979), The Other Side of the Coin : a Cartoon History of Australia, (Place: Stanmore, NSW : Cassell Australia, p 146)