Much of Michael Leunig’s prolific output was created, he once said, while “sitting alone, feeling lost, alienated from the world”. It was a state that he believed was essential to his ...

Michael Leunig's 55-year career at The Age came to an end last week when the editor of the Melbourne-based masthead, Patrick Elligett, told subscribers the cartoonist had 'filed his last editorial ...

Australian cartoonist, poet and writer Michael Leunig has died aged 79. Leunig's death was announced in a statement on a social media on Thursday evening. "The pen has run dry, its ink no longer ...

The mighty St Paul’s Cathedral reverberated to the laconic voice of actor and producer Bryan Brown as he recited Michael Leunig’s whimsical ode to life and death, called simply Get a Life.

Two years ago, with a mighty skull-busting "Clang!", Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig was struck on the head by a heavy metal trap-door while inspecting an underground bushfire shelter on his ...

And, of course, Michael Leunig — who died this week, aged 79. "Michael became a voice of a generation [and] a voice of a movement; a voice of a feeling or an ethos or a philosophy about life ...

After 55 years at The Age, Michael Leunig filed his final cartoon for the newspaper last week after he was fired by Nine in what he described as “a throat-cutting exercise”. The popular ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. As a schoolkid, Michael Leunig was playing footy when he found himself with the ball running into an open goal. Had it been anyone ...

Leunig passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday. A post on his social media page said: “The pen has run dry, its ink no longer flowing — yet Mr. Curly and his ducks will remain ...

Michael Leunig – who died in the early hours of Thursday December 19, surrounded by “his children, loved ones, and sunflowers” – was the closest thing Australian cartooning had to a prophet.