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Jeff Hook (Geoffrey Raynor Hook) was born on 27 December, 1928 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is an Australian editorial cartoonist (1928–2018). Discover Jeff Hook's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 89 years old?

Popular As Geoffrey Raynor Hook
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Age 89 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 27 December, 1928
Birthday 27 December
Birthplace Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Date of death 20 July, 2018
Died Place Frankston, Victoria, Australia
Nationality Australia

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1928

Geoffrey Raynor Hook (27 December 1928 – 20 July 2018 ) was an Australian artist and editorial cartoonist.

1961

Hook was married to Pauline from 1961 and had five children.

After attending St Virgil's College, Hobart, Hook started as a cadet press artist on the Hobart Mercury and completed a course in graphic arts at the Hobart Technical College (now Tasmanian School of Art, a faculty of the University of Tasmania) which included tuition in fine arts under Jack Carington Smith, Margaret Chandler, Harry Buckey and Edith Holmes.

He started his career as a press artist and part-time cartoonist on The Mercury, drawing under the name "Jeff".

1964

He moved to Melbourne and started at The Sun News-Pictorial in 1964.

Hook became the full-time cartoonist for The Sun News-Pictorial (later to be merged with the afternoon newspaper The Herald to become the Herald Sun).

Jeff was famous for hiding a fishhook in his cartoons, which became his "trademark", and looking for the hidden fishhook became a widespread morning pastime amongst readers of The Sun News-Pictorial.

1967

Hook first gained international recognition in 1967 for his cartoon about the end of the Six-Day War, "The three wiser men", which was re-published widely outside Australia, including in The London Times.

1970

Over the course of his career, Hook did numerous cartoons and illustrations for papers, magazines and 46 books, including two children's books Harry the Honkerzoid and Planet of the Honkerzoids, written by one of his sons, Brendan, and a children's book of his own, Jamie the Jumbo Jet, which was first published in the mid-1970s, and was revised and reprinted in 1998.

1987

In 1987, Hook won the award for Humorous Illustration in the Australian Black and White Artists Club's Bulletin Awards.

Also in 1987, Geoff won the award for the Best Political Cartoon at The International Cartoon Festival at Knokke-Heist, Belgium, and in 1991 he won the award for Best Press Cartoon at the same Festival.

1993

Hook retired from the Herald Sun in early 1993, but continued to freelance, doing a regular editorial cartoon for the Sunday Herald Sun while devoting his time primarily to painting.

2000

That continued until the year 2000, when he largely stopped cartooning after holding his first exhibition at the Australian Guild of Realist Artists (AGRA) gallery and pursued his love of painting full-time.

2005

After that, Hook exhibited widely at regional art shows and galleries in Australia and held a second exhibition at the AGRA Gallery in 2005.

2009

After retiring from full-time cartooning, Hook was awarded the Australian Black and White Artists Club's Silver Stanley Award for lifetime achievement in 1998; and, on 20 March 2009, he was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Melbourne Press Club.

2012

In January 2012, he was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for "services to the print media as a political and social commentator, and as a cartoonist".

Hook was a Life Member of the Australian Black and White Artists Club (now Australian Cartoonists' Association), a life Member of The Melbourne Press Club, a life member of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, a life governor of the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, and a patron of the Amputees Association of Victoria.

He was also a member of the Australian Guild of Realist Artists and the Peninsula Arts Society.