Bill Leak’s son Johannes takes up cartoonist position at The Australian
The void left at The Australian by cartoonist Bill Leak – who passed away in 2017, aged 61 – will be filled by his son, Johannes.
“If anyone could teach cartooning it would be Bill Leak, whose virtuosity graced this newspaper until his death in 2017,” an article in The Australian said today. “And ascending the cartoon world’s throne today is Bill’s son Johannes, who absorbed his father’s love of cartooning from infancy.”
Johannes Leak’s cartoon in The Australian today accompanying the announcement
The Australian’s editor-in-chief Christopher Dore said Johannes Leak was the perfect person for the job, while Leak said the role would be a “very complete challenge”.
The great Bill Leak would are thrilled.
Johannes has already shown he’s a chip off the ol’ block.
awesome news, Bill will be rapt
best wishes Johannes
Hi Johannes,
In Alice Springs in October 2019 the town was blacked out for approximately 12hrs when the renewable solar farm which would normally generate 3.5mw suddenly dropped to 0 5mw
due to a black cloud appearing over the solar site
which thru the harmony of the power distribution
into lockdown.
Just suggesting with everything being talked about renewable energy this may be good topic for one of your famous cartoons.
Regards
John McMillan