"Publishers will tell you that the cartoon books don't sell in Australia, unless you're Leunig, basically," Wilcox says. His far-reaching popularity extends back to the 1980s, when Leunig and his ...

His early work appeared in Woman's Day and London's Oz magazine and his first book of cartoons, The Penguin Leunig, was published in 1974. Leunig's prints, paintings and drawings have been ...