Firstdog Onthemoon
hello - i'm a cartoonist at the guardian - i live in tasmania - i like all sorts of things but other different things make me cross - i discuss some of them here
First Dog on the Moon (me) on the Moon! (THE MOON!) A cartoon... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/apr/10/thanks-to-artemis-ii-humanity-has-returned-to-the-moon-in-person-is-this-good-nobody-can-say
Nuclear power? Is it the solution to everything ever? Let's ask a wolf. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/apr/24/nuclear-power-have-we-finally-found-a-useful-use-for-it-lets-ask-a-wolf
The PM is preparing to address the nation and some public transport has been made free - it's the apocalypse surely! Everyone should panic now! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/apr/01/albo-will-speak-to-australians-on-tv-tonight-this-is-never-good
One Nation winning a whole seat to themselves! What ever will we do? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/may/11/prime-minister-pauline-hanson-is-this-the-inevitable-conclusion-of-our-beleaguered-democracy
How woud Guardian readers prefer the world to end? I asked them... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/apr/17/yes-the-apocalypse-is-coming-but-which-one
Remember when things were not as terrible? Me either. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/mar/27/we-all-assumed-the-internet-meant-we-could-keep-watching-everything-forever-we-were-wrong
Adorable possum at the airport goes viral? Surely there must be more to it! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/mar/20/adorable-alert-a-tasmanian-possum-has-fallen-asleep-among-the-soft-toys-in-an-airport-gift-shop
Ants! I love ants but there are some ants that hate everyone. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/mar/18/important-insect-update-the-world-is-in-turmoil-and-certain-ants-are-making-it-worse
Is First Dog on the Moon southern Tasmania's greatest cricketer/cartoonist of the century? This award I won says yes! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/mar/30/after-a-season-of-ups-and-downs-i-am-now-an-award-winning-cricketer
Is it true that only JD Vance can save us all? The horror! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/apr/13/can-the-25th-amendment-save-us-all-from-global-disaster
omg is this Australia's very own Brexit? No! What a stupid thing to say https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/mar/25/lamingtons-banned-chiko-rolls-its-the-new-woke-eu-trade-deal
Looks like lego will decide who rules the world. I did not see that coming. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/apr/08/even-with-trumps-ceasefire-some-sort-of-global-apocalypse-is-still-on-the-cards
Are you sick and tired of being slugged at the bowser of life? Me too! (this is a good line but does not appear in this cartoon about fuel prices soz) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/mar/16/petrol-is-running-out-is-it-time-to-panic-help-help
Are your parliamentary representatives on the gear? Are they hitting the bottle? We may never know and perhaps it is none of our business anyway? Or is it? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/may/01/are-all-our-politicians-on-drugs-no-yet-it-is-fair-to-say-some-may-occasionally-attend-work-refreshed
When God sings with his creations, will a turtle not be part of the choir? Not if you ask the NSW Government! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/apr/20/wont-somebody-save-these-hundreds-of-turtles-condemned-to-death
it was a rhetorical question - even so it was answered if you read the cartoon