<b>Diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, Australian cartoonist Geoff Augustine responded in the only way he knew how, by writing and drawing cartoons.</b><br> <br> Finding humour in this new and frightening situation became his way of coping with the intense emotions and side effects of cancer during treatment.<br> <br> <i>Why is He Laughing?</i> features hundreds of cartoons created from raw personal experience ranging from light, funny observations through to bleak, and very black. And nothing is safe from Geoff's pen! Oncologists, radiologists, and a myriad of health professionals along with hospitals, treatments, side effects, and equipment all find their way into cartoon panels.<br> <br> While cancer is absolutely 'no laughing matter' Geoff's work Is one man sharing his experience on paper with humour while, hopefully, lightening the burden for others. His cartoons are testament to the saying, 'laughter is the best medicine.' <br><br><b>About the Artist</b><br><br> Successful cartoonists are a revered lot with an unfettered power to satirise and Melbourne cartoonist Geoff Augustine has earned his license in a career spanning over forty-five years of dynamic professional cartooning.<br> <br> For eight years daily, <i>Ossie</i> appeared as a comic strip in Australia's major dailies, Sydney's <i>Sun-Herald</i> and Melbourne's <i>Sun News Pictorial</i>. While <i>Cheer Champs</i> quickly became a weekly comic strip in the Melbourne HERALD as well as a national, sports licensing icon which appeared on everything from first aid plasters to underwear and breakfast cereal boxes. <br> <br> Geoff's zany and colourful jigsaws, calendars, cards, and books are keenly sought collectors' items, while his lightning - quick caricaturing and cartooning brilliance has featured under the brightest of television and major event lights.