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 ...

The works of cartoonist Michael Leunig have the knack of striking a chord. It's 40 years since the first collection of Leunig's work was published, and in the years in between he's continued to ...

First as manager and then as co-owner of Leunig’s Bistro, Bob Conlon has been the public face of one of Burlington’s most-popular restaurants for years. He loved meeting customers and spending ...

Iconic Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig has died peacefully at age 79. Leunig's death was announced on Instagram on Thursday evening, alongside one of his works that depicted an angel ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.