COMICS Aboriginal Australiana –
Witchetty’s Tribe: Aboriginal Cartoon Fun No. 22 is a vintage Australian comic and cartoon digest created by British-born cartoonist and painter Eric Jolliffe. Published as part of a popular series that ran from the 1950s to the late 1960s, the issue features a collection of single-panel and strip visual jokes focused on Indigenous Australian life.
Key details regarding the series and this specific issue include:
- Creator: Eric Jolliffe (1907–2001), who sketched his inspiration from his time spent with Indigenous communities while working in outback Australia and as a camouflage artist in the R.A.A.F. during World War II.
- Publication: Distributed by Sungravure Ltd. as a Pix series publication. Issues from this run measure approximately 10″ x 6.5″ and are typically 17 x 26 cm in size.
- Themes: Jolliffe’s cartoons are known for his observations of outback survival and the often-comedic clashes between traditional Aboriginal culture and encroaching western lifestyles.
- Collectibility: These vintage editions are highly sought after by collectors of Australiana.
- Aboriginal Australians — Comic books, strips, etc
- Aboriginal Australians — Periodicals
- Australian wit and humor — Comic books, strips, etc
- Australian wit and humor — Periodicals
(Name on cover and general signs of age.)