Eric Jolliffe

Eric Jolliffe (31 January 1907 – 16 November 2001) was an Australian cartoonist who contributed to The Bulletin and Smith's Weekly.^[1] He was particularly fond of "bush" subjects.

Biography

Eric Jolliffe was born in England in 1907, migrating to Australia in 1911 with his family. He attended East Sydney Technical College (now the National Art School) but was largely self taught.

His comic strips included: Andy, Saltbush Bill and Witchetty's Tribe.

References

1. ^ "Interview with Eric Jolliffe". Mick Joffe Caricatures. http://www.mickjoffe.com/Eric_Jolliffe. 

• Conversation with Eric Jolliffe (sound recording) - interviewered by Hazel de Berg on 18 November 1974
• Interview with Eric Jolliffe, bush cartoonist and comic strip artist (sound recording) - interviewed by Ros Bowden., 5 December 1995.

• ACE biographical portraits: the artists behind the comic book characters: the Australian comic book exhibition, Australian comics 1930s-1990s, touring Australia during 1995/96 / edited by Annette Shiell and Ingrid Unger

(1994, ISBN 0-7326-0829-5)

• Andy: cartoon fun on the selection / Jolliffe (1940)
• Andy: cartoon fun on the selection / Jolliffe (1942)
• Andy again (1943)
• Andy again: cartoon fun on the selection / Jolliffe (1943)
• Andy's selection: cartoon fun / Jolliffe (194?)
• The best of Witchetty's tribe / Jolliffe (1980, ISBN 0-9591724-0-8)
• Corroboree: Aboriginal cartoon fun / Jolliffe (1946)
• Crocs, Jolliffe's outback 125 (1990, ISBN 0-646-04400-1)
• Fun on Andy's selection / Jolliffe (1947)
• Jolliffe's outback
• Jolliffe's outback calendar
• More about Andy: cartoon fun on the selection / Jolliffe (1942)
• Saltbush Bill: cartoon fun on the farm / Jolliffe
• Trent of the Territory: Australian adventure comics / Jolliffe (1946)
• Witchetty's tribe: Aboriginal cartoon fun / Jolliffe