We Could Use a Few More Stories About Cartoonists Heading Into Retirement



It strikes me that maybe we don't get enough stories like this one: the editorial cartoonist Michael Atchison is retiring after 40 years at The Advertiser in the Australian city of Adelaide. It may be that what seems like Australia's collective esteem for its editorial cartoon makers plays a role in this, or maybe it's that so many cartoonists pass away at the drafting table or maybe that so many shift -- or are shifted -- into other careers before the age of retirement. I'm not certain. This struck me as a nice story. The cartoonist will continue his strip and pursue other art pursuits. "It's time I got a proper job," he says.

As a bonus, the paper also has an enormous collection of Atchison cartoons.
 
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