In 1987 in Sydney I started drawing cartoons. I was first published in Hong Kong in 1992. I only draw legal cartoons. The main character is called John Fytit (pronounced “Fight it”) and has a passing physical resemblance to my principal during articles, who is now a Judge.
I tell you this as I want to make it clear that the John Fytit character is not me. After asking me, "Who draws the cartoons?" this tends to be the second question that I am asked.
As in real life, all the lawyer characters look the same. Lady lawyer characters are a bit thin on the ground but when they do appear they have glasses and pointy heads.
The
cartoons haveappear in the Australian Financial Review, The Lawyer, the Proctor (the Official Magazine of
the Queensland
Law
Society). The collections of
Cherie Booth QC and the former Australian Federal Attorney General
and are dotted around various law firms around the world. They
have appeared in Asia law, the Hong Kong Tatler, the Hong
Kong Lawyer, The New
Gazette (Official publication of the Hong Kong Law Society)
and Paul's books.