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Cartoon Links

Pat Oliphant - The dean of editorial cartoonists - independently syndicated Australian cartoonist in America
Alan Moir - whimsical Sydney Morning Herald cartoonist
Peter Nicholson - The Australian newspaper frontpage and 'roving' cartoonist
Bill Leak - The Australian newspaper editorial page cartoonist
Craig Mann - Top contemporary cartoonist working on my local paper, The Gold Coast Bulletin.
Mark David - Versatile Aussie cartoonist and illustrator
John Shakespeare - Sydney Morning Herald artist and cartoonist
Jon Kudelka - Quirky roving Australian cartoonist
Jim Borgman - The Cincinnati (Ohio) Inquirer cartoonist
Glenn McCoy - Brilliantly twisted American cartoonist
Daryl Cagle - Professional cartoonists index
Other personal favourite cartoonists who don't have a website but should

Larry Pickering - Greatest ever Australian cartoonist. Shone brightly in an irreverent, self-imposed 10 year career.
Bill Mitchell - Brilliant national cartoonist and good mate, who passed away before his time. I still miss him.
Bruce Petty - A gentle, considerate, quietly spoken man whose demeanour betrays an anarchic, frenetically energetic mind and pen.
Mark Knight - The Melbourne Herald-Sun cartoonist. World class. Fellow cadet artist at Fairfax in 1980.
Ron Tandberg - Big hits come in small pockets. Packs a punch in postage stamp size cartoons in The Age.
Ralph Steadman - British acidic artist / cartoonist.
Ronald Searle - Influential 20th century satirical artist/cartoonist.
David Low - Kiwi/Aussie who conquered Fleet Street mid 20th Century.
Paul Rigby - Larrikan West Aussie whose pen took him all over the world. Perth, London, New York, Sydney....
Norman Lindsay - Australian artist / cartoonist and wowser-deflator.
Rod Emmerson - Superb Australian cartoonist now working in Auckland, New Zealand.
Cadillac Links

The Cadillac Database - 'The Bible'. Over 8,000 web pages by 'Mr Cadillac' and good friend, Yann Saunders. Info collected and compiled since 1955.
The Cadillac La Salle Club of Australia - Australian Club site run by Allan Levinson (The Hearse Whisperer).
The (American) Cadillac La Salle Club - Info, forums, chats, tech info etc.
1959 Eldorado.com - Johan Hellsten site in Sweden dedicated to his Perisan Sand 1959 Biarritz
1959 Eldorado.at - George Pfeiffer's 1959 Eldorado Biarritz in Austria...not Australia!
Mid-20th Century Collectables and Architecture Links

Art

SHAG - Hot California artist represented in Australia by Outre Gallery in Melbourne and Sydney
Outre Gallery - Quirky Melbourne and Sydney gallery of modern, tiki, lowbrow, contemporary, street, pop, surreal, retro and underground art.
Ephemera Now - The Museum of Mid-Century Art and Illustration.
Architecture

Richard and Dion Neutra - Richard Neutra is my favourite architect (died at 75 in 1970). His son Dion carries the flame in California and was in early discussions to design our own home.
Frank Lloyd Wright - Genius revolutionary architect and engineer - considered by many the best architect ever.
John Lautner Underrated, but recently appreciated revolutionary architect who studied with Frank Lloyd Wright.
Fallingwater - Frank Lloyd Wright's marvel of the 1930s. We paid tribute to this house in our own home plans.
Palm Springs Modern Committee - Non-profit organisation. Dedicated to the preservation of mid-century historic homes in the mecca of modernism, Palm Springs.
Los Angeles Conservancy Modern Committee - Dedicated to the preservation of post-war, mid-century buildings in Los Angeles.
The World of Eichler - Joseph Eichler's homes of the 50s and 60s. Architect homes for all.
Harry Seidler - Viennese born but made in Australia. Introduced modernist architecture to Australia in the 1940s after arriving from New York studying with Marcel Breuer and with Walter Gropius.
Furniture

Eames - Official site of mid-century furnishing legends Ray and Charles Eames.
Eero Arnio - Finnish Designer, famous as father of the 1964 'Ball Chair'.
50s Predicta Televisions - Vintage Philco Predicta televisions.
Modern retro Predicta Televisions - Modern colour Predicta televisions in the vintage styles.
General Reference

Jet Set - Source and online mag of Mid Century Modernism. More recently mid-century real estate.
Atomic Ranch - Magazine for mid-century houses and collectable furniture. Available through Outre Gallery.
The Swank Pad - Yeah, baby!.
Tiki

Tiki Beat - My mate, Marcus Thorn's beautiful tiki carvings.
Tiki News - Printed magazine for all things 'tiki'.
The Book Of Tiki - Tiki 'god', Sven Kirsten's difinitive book.
Tiki Central - The voodoo lounge for tikis and gods.
Munktiki - Modern fine tiki mugs for your tiki hut / bar.
Tiki Farm - Purveyors of Polynesian Pop Culture.
BOSKO - Tiki Objects by BOSKO.
Music

Robert Drasnin - Mid Century exotica supremo.
Les Baxter - Sit by the tiki bar on a Saturday afternoon, soak in the sun, drink some mai tais and be transformed to another world, another time.
The Temple of Martin Denny - The High Priest of 1950s Exotic Sounds.
Space Pop - Source of all things Exotica, Lounge, Cocktail, jet set and assorted cool music.
Frank Sinatra - The mellifluous voice of ol' blue-eyes. The official family site.
Louis Prima - Highest paid entertainer in Las Vegas in the late '50s and early '60s - for good reason.
Julie London - Sassy songs decades before Madonna ever tried.
Other

Australian Dream Weddings - Michelle's wedding service for couples from all over the world marrying Down Under.
Weddings Away - Michelle's wedding service for Aussie couples eloping in Australia.
Wintersun - Australia's leading nostalgia festival on the Gold Coast. Two weeks of classic Yank cars, Rods, Kustoms, music, fashion and fun.
Kustom City - My mate, Steve Bowman's classic car restoration and kustomising shop on the Gold Coast!