- Paul Zanetti
Paul Zanetti (born
September 8 1961 in Wollongong) is a political cartoonist based inAustralia .He was the youngest paid political cartoonist on a major metropolitan newspaper in Australia. While still at school, he regularly contributed to The Sun newspaper in Sydney, from the age of 16 years.
In 1980, he joined The Sun Art Department in Sydney where he continued to contribute cartoons. Eight months later he was offered the full time cartooning position on the Sydney Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph (Australia's largest circulating newspaper) by arrangement of cartoonist
Larry Pickering , who retired fromThe Australian . Bill Mitchell was the cartoonist on the Daily Telegraph who transferred to The Australian. Zanetti stepped into Mitchell's position.He is the youngest recipient of a Walkley Award, at 23 years old. The Walkley is Australia's media award, equivalent to the
Pulitzer Prize .In 1991, Zanetti pioneered editorial cartoon syndication, and has appeared in more Australian newspapers than any other editorial cartoonist.
His cartoons are syndicated internationally by the
New York Times Syndicate and Cagle Cartoons.He is also known in classic car circles as a collector and restorer of golden age Cadillacs. Currently the owner / custodian of 'Priscilla', the rarest documented known example of the most iconic American car, a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz. Recently he has ventured into customising his own versions (known as
kustom (cars) ), under his signature badge, 'Zanetti kustom'. The first, being a 1953 Cadillac Eldo-roadster, 'Tequila Sunset'.Currently residing on Queensland's Gold Coast, he is married with two children.
External links
* http://www.zanetti.net.au - website
* http://www.zanettikustom.comee also
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Custom car
*Kustom (cars) * [http://www.zanetti.net.au/priscilla.html Priscilla]
* [http://www.zanetti.net.au/1953tequilasunset.html Tequila Sunset]
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