About

This blog is about Cartoons and cartooning.

I have been drawing for as long as I can remember ,starting on the walls at home and graduating from there.

Several of my cartoons have been published over the years, Although being a carpenter by trade I would dearly love to be a full time cartoonist.

Some of the my greatest work is are hidden behind bathroom mirrors in  houses I have worked on under construction in the Northern Rivers of NSW Australia .

The biggest thrill of being a cartoonist is being published, especially for the first time.

In 2007 I was fortunate enough to win the open section of the Rotary International Cartooning Competition competing among some of the best cartoonist in Australia and overseas.

I am always open to constructive criticism and advise also willing to share any if able.

16 Responses to “About”

  1. Tracey Says:

    Hi Ron,
    Wendy sent me your site.
    These are so fantastic, cant wait to see more and love the ones with dad.

    Luv Tracey

  2. pKay Says:

    Haha great set of cartoons man!!

    Good to hear that you get your comics published! Maybe one day youll turn the hobby into a permanent thing ;) ..

    Anyway keep up the great work, stumbled on your site through random wordpress click.

    Cheers!
    pKay.

  3. cheryl Says:

    Ron

    Loved the cartoons on lawn bowlers. I am trying to contact you because I would like to use one of the cartoons. I don’t want to leave my email contact on this open forum.

  4. John Says:

    Hi Ron,

    We’re just in the process of creating a new lawn bowls page on our sporting clubs website, the club being Mulgrave Country Club in Melbourne, Ausdtralia

    As part of the new lawn bowls page we hope to start up an online bowls newsletter for our members and hope to include some humour in the articles

    Are you able to give us permission to include some of your cartoons ? which are very funny and cleverly drawn

    Hope to hear back from you soon

    PS are you Australian ? as you make mention of the Northern Rivers of NSW on this web page

    CHEERS, John

    • John Leitch Says:

      Hi Ron,

      About the same time last year (in fact 21 July) I sent you a request asking if we could include some of your cartoons on the Lawn Bowls page of the Mulgrave Country Club website. You were kind enough to reply however I’ve unfortunately lost your e-mail response. We didn’t get around to including any cartoons last season however we are currently undertaking a review of the website and would like to include cartoons next season. Can you please contact me via e-mail and I’ll explain in more detail what we’d like to do. Many thanks in advance and in anticiopation of a positive response

      CHEERS, John

      • Alan Says:

        Hello Ron,
        I’m from a small lawn bowling club, 70 members, and we would like to include your “RollUp” cartoons in our Newsletter.
        What do we have to do to get permission to include them?
        Thanks
        Alan

  5. Neville Odell Says:

    Hi Ako
    I would like to use a few of your bowls cartoons in a new book I am producing to raise funds for Alzheimer’s Australia. All profits are for this organisation. My books are on funny stories and poems about lawn bowls and I would use a few of your delightful cartoons to illustrate some of the chapters.

    Looking forward to hearing from you
    Neville Odell

  6. A Powell Says:

    Hi Ron

    I have just been cajoled into compiling my bowls club newsletter and wondered if you would give permission to use your cartoons.
    Regards

  7. S (spider) WEBB Says:

    Hi Ron
    I belong to a small country town bowling club. Would it be possible to use one or two of your great cartoons on our notice board now and then. They would bring a laugh to us seniors.
    Spider

  8. John Leal Says:

    Hey Ron, any chance of putting a couple of your cartoons in my blog? I’ll tell everyone where they’re from and put a link back to you here.

    Cheers
    John

  9. Cohan Says:

    Hi Ron,

    I was wondering if you would be interested in putting up some of your cartoons on http://www.toonsket.com?

    This is a website meant to encourage cartooning. It provides a set of base images/characters that anyone can use to create cartoon strips with.

    If you wanted, you could draw some characters and let others use them to create stories. Alternatively, you could not share them, but create cartoons with them yourself.

    It also lets you create cartoon story-books collaboratively. It’s still in its incipient stages, and I’d love to get your feedback at any rate.

    Thanks, and keep the gorgeous toons coming!

    Cohan

  10. John Hartl Says:

    Hi Ron, Is there any way I could purchase a poster sized image of the “Pair of Hoars” cartoon. I rent fishing rowboats for a living, and I know my customers would get a “big charge” out of it. It would look great on a wall.
    Thank You.
    John Hartl

  11. Graham Cathcart Says:

    Hello

    I am presently building a website for our bowls club. I would really like to include some of your cartoons in the web site. I would be exceedingly grateful if you would give me permission to do so to improve the website AND bring some smiles to our members.

    I will of course add links to this site if you wanted.

    Thank you, and another thank you for bringing a smile to my face

    Graham Cathcart

  12. Jack Ryan Says:

    Hi Ron

    About every two months we publish “The Boulevard Whisper” a newsletter with a print run of 120 for the East Ivanhoe Bowling Club. We think that your work is a great descriptor of bowling and bowlers and request your permission to publish some of your cartoons, with appropriate acknowledgement of course.

    Regards

    Jack Ryan

  13. Lou Says:

    Hi Ron,
    I was looking for pics to use for Dad’s upcoming presentation night…so far I have spend the best part of an hour laughing! So now I’m seriously side-tracked.
    Thanks for the laugh.

  14. Lynnette Walters Says:

    Would like permission to reprint some of your bowling cartoons in our monthly newsletter, “On the Jack.” Your cartoons are wonderfully funny and many times, most accurate. Our newsletter is sent out to our members only as a PDF. Thank you, from Sun City Grand, Arizona, USA.

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