Johannes Leak

Johannes Leak (born 25 October 1980) is a German-born Australian editorial cartoonist.

Life

He is the son of cartoonist Bill Leak and Astrid.[1] He lived in Dießen am Ammersee before moving to Australia. He attended Sydney Boys High School and then Julian Ashton Art School for five years on a scholarship.[2]

Leak's August 2020 cartoon of Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee in the 2020 election was deemed as offensive and racist by a number of politicians and journalists.[3]

gollark: Or even just asked, probably.
gollark: <@319753218592866315> If you had been paying *any attention*, you could have found other information implying (what I want you to think is) my age VERY EASILY.
gollark: What if RocketRace is part of a Russian disinformation campaign discrediting real disinformation campaigns?
gollark: I am not an idiot. You, however, are an idiot.
gollark: I mean, cars are very scary, several-ton metal boxes hurtling down roads at several tens of metres per second.

References
  1. Sparrow, Jeff (2019-12-17). "Johannes Leak follows in the footsteps of his father, but can only go so far". Crikey. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  2. Pawle, Fred (November 8, 2019). "Johannes Leak follows in the footsteps of his father". The Australian.
  3. Amanda Meade (2020-08-14). "Johannes Leak cartoon of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris denounced as racist | The Weekly Beast". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-08-14.


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