The cartoons of whimsical Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig are brought to life for the first time in Leunig Animated. The series of 50 one-minute animations are narrated by actor Sam Neill and produced by producer/actor Bryan Brown. Rated:PG Running Time:50 minsMichael Leunig's philosophical and poetic cartoons are seen everyday in The Age (Melbourne) and weekly in the Sydney Morning Herald. He has been drawing and writing for Australian newspapers since 1965.
Get it from ABC SHOP in Australia or Game Planet in New Zealand or Amazon in USA. The Age Shop for t-shirts with Leunig cartoons.
The Penguin Leunig, his first book of collected cartoons, was published in 1974 and since then he has produced twenty more collections including books of poetry and prayer.
In 1999 Michael Leunig was declared a national living treasure by the National Trust and awarded honorary degrees from La Trobe and Griffith Universities for his unique contribution to Australian culture.
He is a father of four and lives on a farm in northeast Victoria with his second wife, Helga, their two children, a vast number of kangaroos, a tiny vineyard, various spiders, scorpions and snakes, a little olive grove and three small dogs.
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