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Geoffrey Pryor (born 1944 in Canberra [1] ) is a retired Australian political cartoonist. He was the editorial cartoonist for The Canberra Times newspaper between 1978 and 2008. [1] During this 30-year career, Pryor generally drew seven cartoons per week for the newspaper. [1] Pryor's style was influenced by his predecessor at The Canberra Times, Larry Pickering. [2] His graphic style is ornate, much more detailed and portrait-like than that of such contemporaries as Patrick Cook. He was cartoonist for The Saturday Paper until his "second retirement" in December 2018. [3] [4]

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  1. 1 2 3 National Museum of Australia (14 December 2008). "Animated conversation between Geoff Pryor and Michael McKernan". National Museum of Australia. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  2. "Larry Pickering profile". Museum of Australian Democracy. 2002. Archived from the original on 23 May 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  3. "Geoff Pryor". The Saturday Paper. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  4. Pryor, Geoff (22 December 2018). "Geoff Pryor cartoon, December 22 2018". The Saturday Paper. Retrieved 4 March 2019.