Best Australian Political Cartoons 2003

'Give me a good cartoonist and I can fire half the editorial staff' - H.L. Mencken. Australia has had a long and proud tradition of superb cartoonists, but we have, arguably, never needed them more than we do today. The political cartoon, usually on the editorial page of the newspaper, can often say much more and have a more profound effect than do the many column inches of considered argument. Best Australian Political Cartoons 2003 - with an insightful introduction by Don Watson - presents the best of the last year, from the best of our cartoonists - Bill Leak, Michael Leunig, Judy Horacek, Cathy Wilcox, Andrew Weldon, John Spooner, Bruce Petty - the list goes on. These sharp-witted practitioners of this most democratic and levelling art form will make you laugh - that's if you don't cry.