How cartoonist Bruce Petty documented the Vietnam War – and how his great satire keeps finding its moment
- Written by: Robert Phiddian, Professor of English, Flinders University
After seven decades as a visual satirist provoking Australia as it is and might be, Bruce Petty passed away at 93 on April 6 this year.
His career as a political cartoonist started with a trip to London in the late 1950s, then a stint at young Rupert Murdoch’s afternoon paper in Sydney, the Mirror.
He had a lead role as The...