| THE STICK and other tales of our times |
published
November 2002
|
THE STICK (and other tales of our times) collects 140 of Leunig’s illustrated contributions to The Melbourne Age in the years up to 2003. This is the first general anthology since Goat Person (and other tales) was released exactly three years before, giving a pool of over 400 cartoons to select from. I religiously collect his ‘Age’ contributions yet I have to say that many of these are new to me.
If there’s a common theme through THE STICK it would have to be introversion, withdrawal from a world the artist perceives to be recklessly rattling itself apart. It’s the diary of a misfit in who suggests that maybe it’s our idea of normal that isn’t normal, after all.
The title alludes to the first cartoon in the collection, a light hearted opening, exploring the origins of the humble Stick – a dubious but witty historical narrative in true Leunig style. There’s a little more of that, plenty of poetry in his usual naive style, and more than this books fair share of gloom and doom.
THE STICK is a hardbound edition with dust jacket, densely populated with words by Leunig standards, not a pick-me-up but you won't put it down.
Works include:
| The Pie of
Life
A Brief History of Humans The Blowfly of Love He Woke Up Feeling Inappropriate Modern Stupid How to Have an Office Christmas Party If You Work Alone The Warlords of Suburbia Woes Maketh the Man Underpants Which Have in Winter Sagged Rustle Crow The Chattering Classes No Sooner Do You Arrive Than it's Time to Leave The First Day of School |
Your Sausage
Questions Answered
The Other You Ye Olde Sayings of Journalism More to Life telephone Sex Moments of No Consequence The Wine Regions Of Our House The Strain Of Being Acceptable Live Human Syndrome Yearning Aphorisms Billy The Rabbit Is Dead The Empty Jeff Syndrome Major Cracks Appearing in Everything |
"The Stick - and other tales of our times" is
published by Penguin Books Australia Ltd. and available through the usual
outlets.
ISBN 0 670 04048 7