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You and Me
Book by Leunig, Michael
128 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1995
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About the author
Michael Leunig
70 books58 followersMichael Leunig, typically referred to as Leunig (his signature on his cartoons), was an Australian cartoonist. His works include The Curly Pyjama Letters, cartoon books The Essential Leunig, The Wayward Leunig, The Stick, Goatperson, Short Notes from the Long History of Happiness and Curly Verse, and The Lot, a compilation of his "Curly World" newspaper columns. Leunig also wrote a book of prayers, When I Talk To You.
He was declared an Australian Living Treasure by the National Trust of Australia in 1999.
He was declared an Australian Living Treasure by the National Trust of Australia in 1999.
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March 9, 2020
You And Me is the thirteenth book by Australian artist and author, Michael Leunig. It is a collection of pieces that have been previously published in the Melbourne Age, and some have appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald.
It begins with Literature:
The pen is mightier than the sword
And mightier than the literary award.
Without the pen we’d be unable
To leave those notes on the kitchen table
Nothing lovelier ever penned
With three small crosses at the end;
Made for no one else to see:
The literature of you and me.
Filled with Leunig’s iconic drawings, this collection is at times amusing, at times poignant, at times a little strange, often insightful and perceptive. Single page scenes without dialogue are sometimes laugh-out-loud funny.
Highlights are The Secret of Men’s Health, Spring Song, Ode to a Jet-Ski Person, Adult Education Courses Catalogue 1993, Twenty-four Hour Shopping, How To Sleep Well, New Songs for the New Republic, Petrel Head, Christmas, and the art of dogs.
It was published in 1995 so Leunig can’t have known of the Menindee Lakes fish kill or the big bushfires, and yet:
Prayer For The Sardines
God rest the little sardines
Who died by mysterious means
Protect every beautiful soul
Shoal after shoal after shoal
As upward to heaven they fly
Through the poisonous muck in the sky.
It begins with Literature:
The pen is mightier than the sword
And mightier than the literary award.
Without the pen we’d be unable
To leave those notes on the kitchen table
Nothing lovelier ever penned
With three small crosses at the end;
Made for no one else to see:
The literature of you and me.
Filled with Leunig’s iconic drawings, this collection is at times amusing, at times poignant, at times a little strange, often insightful and perceptive. Single page scenes without dialogue are sometimes laugh-out-loud funny.
Highlights are The Secret of Men’s Health, Spring Song, Ode to a Jet-Ski Person, Adult Education Courses Catalogue 1993, Twenty-four Hour Shopping, How To Sleep Well, New Songs for the New Republic, Petrel Head, Christmas, and the art of dogs.
It was published in 1995 so Leunig can’t have known of the Menindee Lakes fish kill or the big bushfires, and yet:
Prayer For The Sardines
God rest the little sardines
Who died by mysterious means
Protect every beautiful soul
Shoal after shoal after shoal
As upward to heaven they fly
Through the poisonous muck in the sky.
January 2, 2008
Michael Leunig is such a sweetheart and a weirdo. I love his single-frame humor.
December 8, 2014
Leunig always has a unique and wonderful eye upon this crazy beautiful world we live in.
A hotch potch of happy, sad, mad, loony and calmness that I will continue to return to.
A hotch potch of happy, sad, mad, loony and calmness that I will continue to return to.
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