UNIVERSITY CARTOONS

Art, Comics November 16, 2017

This post concludes the collection of cartoons I contributed to U: magazine…during my tenure as a member of the academic staff of the Design Faculty of the University of Technology, Sydney. This, plus my three previous cartoon posts, forms part of an online gallery of my single panel satirical work.

Enrolment Process-©2006 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).  The year the planned introduction of online enrolment didn’t work out led to form filling and long queues.
Fitness training-©2005 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).    
New students tended to start their studies with enormous optimism that for some included visits to the gym.
On with studies-©2004 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).    
Double degrees came into vogue with surprising combinations.
Minister’s Visit-©2005 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics). Political activism was especially popular when the Education Minister visited campus.
Club activities-©2005 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).   Anime societies and cosplay competitions thrived. Not all Sydney universities had  rock-climbing clubs but all five had Anime Clubs.
Sporting clubs-©2004 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).    
Yes, this really took place, despite the seeming cruelty.
Student Administration-©2006 Dr. Michael Hill  (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).   When staff who worked with a view of a parking station were allocated photographs of traffic…to brighten up their room.
Student canteen-©2006 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).   A wonderfully esoteric Indonesian cafe in the Staff/Student cafeteria allowed the mixing and matching of dishes.

As always, my thanks for the excellent advice, artistic assistance and cartooning expertise from the wonderful Countdown artist Louise Graber. Other posts of my cartoon based material include:

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(All text, photos and artwork-©2017 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics).

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Co-creator and former Director of the Master of Animation, Master of Design, and Visual Communication Design courses at the University of Technology, Sydney, Dr. Michael Hill has a Master's degree in animation plus a Ph.D. in comics studies, prompting his introduction on ABC Radio as “Doctor Comics”. A member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Comic Art, and former member of the Comics Grid Journal of Comics Scholarship and the Advisory Committee of the Q-Collection Comic Book Preservation Project, he has delivered public lectures on Comics, Anime and Manga and held academic directorships in Interdisciplinary Studies, Animation, Design and Visual Communication. Having retired from academia and completing the donation of his collection of research materials on Australian alternative comics to the National Library of Australia, he is now active in the artistic domain, writing, drawing and printmaking, creating art postcards and prints and his own graphic novel: Blotting Paper: The Recollected Graphical Impressions of Doctor Comics.

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