Arthur Horner was an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n cartoonist. His major creations were the serialised adventures of Colonel Pewter

Colonel Pewter

Colonel Pewter was a fictional character who was the star of a long-running newspaper strip published in Britain and Australia, which was authored by Arthur Horner-Collections:...

, which ran from 1952 to 1970, in England and Australia, and The Uriel Report Melbourne Age, early '80s.

Colonel Pewter's adventures were published in Britain, beginning in the News Chronicle

News Chronicle

The News Chronicle was a British daily newspaper. It ceased publication on 17 October 1960, being absorbed into the Daily Mail. Its offices were in Bouverie Street, off Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 8DP, England.-Daily Chronicle:...

(1952), The Daily Mail (after a takeover in 1960), and then The Guardian

The Guardian

The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...

(1964-1970). Horner was Australian, but as he lived at various times in England and Australia, the appearance of the strip in both countries isn't surprising. The entire run appeared in the Melbourne Age.

External links

• Collection of political cartoons - held and digitised by the National Library of Australia
• Colonel Pewter