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cartoonist and journalist, was a freelance cartoonist in Sydney before he joined the Brisbane Courier-Mail in 1945-51. He contributed cartoons to the Bulletin from about 1936 and from 1938 had articles as well as cartoons published from time to time: “You haven’t quite got the idea, Private Quartpot” (to Aboriginal soldier throwing his bayonetted rifle like a spear), and “Nice work, Boori” (to Aboriginal soldier pointing the bone and bringing down enemy planes: see file) 1940; [soldier to old bush bloke], '“How far’s the Army camp past the pub?”/ “Dunno – never bin past the pub”’(ill. Lindesay 1979, 269) and (typist) “Silly of them to stop the war before I’ve finished this sock!” 1945; and 'It’s Wednesday’ 1956 (original NLA R4925). The ML Bulletin collection has 627 original Lusby cartoons dated 1936-60 and 78 caricatures of 1937-57, e.g. 'Horror Killing’ [headline on paper being held up by sub, with editor saying] 'Splendid headline – so the cat died!’ n.d. (ML PX*D486, f.47, included in SLNSW b/w exhibition).

Jack Lusby’s Thumb’s Up (“stories, verse and pages of Lusby’s laughable joke cartoons”) was published in Sydney by Frank Johnson c.1940 (ad. in “Lock” 1941).

Writers:

Kerr, Joan

Date written:

1996

Last updated:

2007