Tag: Michael Leunig

The Wayward Leunig

The Wayward Leunig: Cartoons That Wandered Off

by Michael Leunig (Viking, 2015)

Leunig_Wayward Leunig

This collection shows that more is less for Leunig. Those cartoons with few or no words are often striking and droll, whereas those given to loquacity (or worse, second- and third-rate poetry) are increasingly hard to stomach. The cumulative effect is… depressing.