
Sample illustrations for learning to read books, High performance Learning, Unit 1, books 1&2.

Sample illustrations for learning to read books, High performance Learning, Unit 1, books 1&2.

Some of the cartoons for an event celebrating the achievements of the Gippsland Regional Partnership. A particular focus was youth and their thoughts on priorities for the region. An earlier workshop with high school students gathered their ideas that were presented in the display.






Cartoon illustrations from The People’s Policy for Children’s Well-being. The result of a process created and run by democracy co, in South Australia.

“The People’s Policy for Children’s Well-being is a world first for democracy, with everyday community members coming together in a ‘People’s Panel’ to hear evidence, deliberate and develop robust public policy on ‘what needs to happen to avoid the need for children to be removed from their families'”.




The January/February New Internationalist Scratchy Lines cartoon. For the Australian New Internationalist site – including blog and shop – click here.

A series of safety posters for Horse SA. Final design work by Neumotion (Mick Kneebone).

Independence Educational Publishers UK produce Issues, a series of cross-curricular resource books for 14 -18 year olds. Each book (there are currently 70 in print) has a number of cartoon illustrations by three (Australian!) cartoonists – Don Hatcher, Angelo Madrid and me. These are a few of my cartoons from the latest books covering health, eating disorders, housing, child abuse and money issues.




‘Early Childhood Education – worth fighting for’. Illustration for Emma Lowe’s article on the squeezing of early childhood education, in the November Australian Education Union AEU Journal (South Australian branch).

Cartoon for the article by Emma Lowe in the Australian Education Union Journal (AEU) SA,“Your country preschool needs you”. The South Australian Education Department is ‘amalgamating’ country preschools with junior primary classes as a budget saving. The result is that many preschools cease to exist. “This is not about the delivery of quality early childhood education…Where is the sound pedagogical evidence?”

New Internationalist Scratchy Lines cartoon for July-August. Visit New Internationalist Australia for subscriptions, blog, shop and more here.



250 Ideas for Engaging Children and Young People a forthcoming e-book by Moira Deslandes, Moira Deslandes Consulting. A few of the cartoon illustrations.