My name is John Martin and I have lived in Adelaide, South Australia all my life. My wife, Maryanne
and I have two children, a dog and a station wagon. I have had an interest in art and cartooning for as
long as I can remember and have continued that interest through my tertiary education, teaching
career and professional work as a cartoonist, illustrator and printmaker.
I have travelled overseas four times, twice with friends, on another occasion with a group of student
teachers on an around the world tour of art galleries and other tourist destinations and most recently
with my wife and kids. As a printmaker I specialise in etching and lino printing and have exhibited my work
a few times in Adelaide. I also have a keen interest in art history.
As a cartoonist I have had work published in a wide range of local, national and international magazines.
These incude Australasian Post, The Bulletin, Trunklines, Timber industry newsletters, Australian Education
Union Journal, Weekender Newspapers, Sun Magazine and the National Enquirer to name a few. Presently
I have work regularly published in newspapers in Australia, New Zealand. I have been commissioned to
do illustrations for advertising, training manuals, brochures and educational packages by Government
departments and private clients. I am a member of the Australian Cartoonist Association.
I am currently 'publishing' work on two blogs. Le Cafe is a comic strip based on a small suburban cafe and
follows the lives of it's owner, waitress and regular customers as well as a wide variety of others who
drop in from time to time. 5 Minute Doodles is a site full of step by step exercises where anyone can learn
how easy and how much fun it is to draw cartoon characters. Links to both are at the right.
My heroes include Vincent Van Gogh, Don Martin, Sergio Aragones, Pat Oliphant
and the Three Stooges. My other interests include sport, computing/multimedia, reading - this reminds me,
I should get a life! I spent much of my youth surfing, drawing, surfing, drawing and surfing. I still have
my favourite surfboard but my favourite pencil ran out of lead years ago. Well I hope that this gives you
some idea of the kind of person I am. So from one surfer to another, hang loose and watch out for the sharks.
All work on this website is copyright to John Martin 2011 and may not be used in anyway without my permission.
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