Megan Herbert Named Behind the Lines’ Cartoonist of the Year

Megan Herbert

The Museum of Australian Democracy has named Megan Herbert as Cartoonist of the Year for its long-running annual Behind the Lines exhibit. The exhibit “celebrates the talent of this country’s best cartoonists, presenting a unique time capsule of the year in Australian politics.”

This is Megan’s first win as Cartoonist of the Year. Her work has appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age since 2020. Before that she lived in the UK, Iceland, and the Netherlands writing for television, film, designing products, and creating children’s books.

Judges said her work “demonstrated an impressive and sophisticated range of tone, subject matter, visual technique and creativity.”

Here’s a selection of her cartoons from her exhibit. You can see all her work on the museum’s website.

Megan Herbert
Cartoon by Megan Herbert

The exhibit also features cartoons of over 40 other Australian artists (listed below).

Costa ADean AlstonBadiucaoAaron BillingsMatt Bissett-JohnsonBill BramhallPeter BroelmanWarren BrownHarry BruceGaynor Alma CardewJenny CoopesMark DavidMatt DavidsonOslo DavisJohn DitchburnChris DownesAndrew DysonDanny EastwoodJules FaberJohn ‘Polly’ FarmerRocco FazzariFirst Dog on the MoonSarah FirthLindsay FoyleJohn FrithAndrew FyfeMatt GoldingGorkieJess HarwoodMegan HerbertJudy HoracekPat HudsonMatt HuynhEd IfflandKamsani Bin Salleh (Kambarni)Fiona KatauskasSimon KneeboneMark KnightJon KudelkaJudy KuoGlen Le LievreSean LeahyJohannes LeakSimon LetchBrett LethbridgeMichael LeunigMary LeunigPeter LewisEric LöbbeckeReg LynchWill MahonyAlan MoirWes MountainPeter NicholsonNordaciousMeg O’SheaJim PavlidisBruce PettyElyce PhillipsDavid PopeGeoff PryorDavid RoweROYJohn ShakespeareGreg ‘Smithy’ SmithPhilip SomervilleJohn SpoonerPeter SullyRon TandbergAdele K ThomasVan Nishing,Sam WallmanAndrew WeldonCathy WilcoxScott WriggPaul Zanetti,

It will travel to four venues starting in March 2025.

  • Pinnacles Gallery, QLD: March 8 to May 11
  • Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum, QLD: May 17 to June 28
  • Old Treasury Building, VIC: July 17 to August 28
  • The Hawke Centre, SA: September 4 to October 31

One thought on “Megan Herbert Named Behind the Lines’ Cartoonist of the Year

  1. The problem is with some foreign cartoons is that they’re completely incomprehensible to those of us here in the states. Like the one on the right.

    the one on the left is quite good.

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