Hook, Geoffrey R(aynor)

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HOOK, Geoffrey R(aynor)

HOOK, Geoffrey R(aynor). (Jeff Hook). Australian, b. 1928. Genres: Cartoons. Career: Davies Brothers Ltd., Hobart, Australia, press artist, 1951-64; Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, Australia, editorial cartoonist, 1964-93, editorial cartoonist for Sunday Herald-Sun, 1993-. Work represented in international cartoon collections, corporate collections in Australia, and in the collection of political cartoons at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra. Publications: AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR AS JEFF HOOK: Jamie the Jumbo Jet, 1971; Hook Book: Cartoons by Jeff of the Sun, 1978; The Hook Book No. 2, 1979; The Penguin Hook, 1984; The Laugh's on Us: Cricket's Finest Tell Their Funniest, 1989; Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, 1990; More Laughs on Us, 1991; Just for Kicks, 1992; Look Who's Laughing Now, 1995. AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR AS GEOFFREY HOOK: (with D. Rankine) Kangapossum and Crocoroo, 1969; Boom, Bust, and Polka Dots, 1992. Illustrator (as Jeff Hook) of books by H.E. Ward, S. Marks, O. White, D. Burnard, K. Dunstan, L. Richards and T. Prior, J.C. White and W.K. Halliwell, J. Weaver and F. Weaver, L. Wilson, D. Zwar, D. Walters, M. Stewart, J. Fraser, J. Factor, A. Veitch, R. Marsh, K. Piesse, B. Hook. Address: 2 Montana St., Glen Iris, VIC 3146, Australia.