About me

My name is John Martin and I have lived in Adelaide, South Australia all my life. I have had an interest in art and cartooning for as long as I can remember and have continued that interest through my tertiary education, teaching career and professional work as a cartoonist, illustrator and printmaker.

As a cartoonist I have had work published in a wide range of local, national and international magazines.  Presently I have work regularly published in newspapers in Australia, New Zealand and India. I have been commissioned to do illustrations for advertising, training manuals, brochures and educational packages by Government departments and private clients. I am a member of the Australian Cartoonist Association.

I have been running children’s cartooning and general art classes here in Adelaide for a number of years and continue to be excited by the enthusiasm and quality of work being produced by Australia’s budding artists and cartoonists. My heroes include Vincent Van Gogh, Don Martin, Sergio Aragones, Pat Oliphant and the Three Stooges. My other interests include sport, computing/multimedia, reading – this reminds me, I should get a life! I spent much of my youth surfing, drawing, surfing, drawing and surfing. I still have my favourite surfboard but my favourite pencil ran out of lead years ago. Well I hope that this gives you some idea of the kind of person I am. From one surfer to another, hang loose and watch out for the sharks.