National Library of Australia Inked exhibition draws from more than 200 years of cartoons

By Guy Hansen
March 20 2019 - 7:00pm
EYE TOONS: Guy Hansen, curator of the Inked: Australian Cartoons exhibition at the National Library of Australia in Canberra, with the exhibition's highly decorated kangaroo mascot by cartoonist David Pope. Photo: Karleen Minney
EYE TOONS: Guy Hansen, curator of the Inked: Australian Cartoons exhibition at the National Library of Australia in Canberra, with the exhibition's highly decorated kangaroo mascot by cartoonist David Pope. Photo: Karleen Minney

Cartoons are more than just visual gags which provide a momentary diversion.