INKCINCT Cartoons Text copyright

Many of these cartoons on this site have been published in other newspapers and websites. Though some of them deal with general and international issues the majority of them relate to Australian national and regional happenings. Small summaries giving background information about events that each cartoon deals with can be found on the web pages that list the cartoons.

This site was first set up on the 27th October, 1998.

ABOUT THE CARTOONIST

To me career has always been something that Mulga Bill did as he hurtled towards Dead Man’s creek, so it is not surprising that my path to becoming a cartoonist was a twisted one.

Although I filled exercise books with cartoon doodles throughout my school years it was not until studying Art and Design in 1982 that I considered the possibility of becoming a cartoonist. Finally achieving that aim when I began drawing for the Ballarat Courier in 1990.

In the intervening years I drifted through a succession of jobs as chemical worker, storeman, screen printer, diver, chainman, barman, bus driver etc etc... Which I now consider to be an excellent qualification for a cartoonist as these jobs gave me a thorough grounding in the ‘human condition’.

Since 1990 I have been the cartoonist for the Ballarat Courier. My cartoons have also been published in range of books, magazines and newspapers and on numerous web sites.

I live in Ballarat with my family, plus a cat and eleven chickens. My hobbies are skindiving, growing vegetables and observing chickens and people.

COPYRIGHT

SUMMARY OF COPYRIGHT USE

Free use of cartoons for members of the general public, students & teachers, and community groups.

Discount fees apply for non profit organisations.

Full fees apply for commercial organisations, government departments and academic institutions.

Difference between non profit and community.

Downloading Cartoons.

Other information.

Describing INKCINCT cartoons.
Altering the cartoons.
The cartoonists intended use of the cartoons.
Use of cartoons by political parties.
Copyright ownership
Changes to copyright ownership

FREE USE OF CARTOONS
Members of the general public.
Members of the general public are welcome to use INKCINCT cartoons for personal use as long as anything the cartoons are used in is not sold for profit.

Students and teachers
Students at schools or academic institutions are free to use INKCINCT cartoons in assignments, academic papers and presentations.

Teachers and lecturers are welcome to use the cartoons in lectures, tutorials and class lessons. Cartoons used in published academic books, journals or in school or campus course material are subject to copyright fees.

Non profit community groups
Non profit community groups are welcome to INKCINCT cartoons free of charge in their newsletters, flyers, posters and websites

Staff Newsletters.
Commercial organisations can use INKCINCT cartoons free of charge for in house staff newsletters as long as the print run is less than 1,000 and the newsletter is not available to the general public.

DISCOUNT FEES
Fees apply for the use of INKCINCT cartoons by non profit organisations, but at a heavily discounted rate.

Prices vary depending on the size of the publication, how often cartoons are published and the number of cartoons used, but can be as little as $8 AUD a cartoon.

More information on pricing is available upon request. See GET IN TOUCH for contact details. Note that If you wish to purchase a cartoon then it is helpful to supply information such as your intended book print run, newspaper's circulation figure or number of visitors per week to your website when making your initial enquiry.

FULL FEES
Full fees apply for the use on INKCINCT Cartoons by commercial organisations, government departments and academic institutions.

Prices vary depending on the size of the publication, how often cartoons are published and the number of cartoons used, but can be as little as $50 AUD a cartoon.

More information on pricing is available upon request. See GET IN TOUCH for contact details. Note that If you wish to purchase a cartoon then it is helpful to supply information such as your intended book print run, newspaper's circulation figure or number of visitors per month to your website when making your initial enquiry.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NON PROFIT AND COMMUNITY

Community group.
The cartoonist's definition of a non profit community group is one that receives limited or no funding from governments or councils, is usually only staffed by volunteers and charges little or nothing for it's services. Examples of non-profit community groups are local service clubs such as Apex, local environmental groups, garden clubs, sporting clubs, church groups etc...

Non profit Organisation.
The definition of a non profit organisation is any not for profit group that has one or more of the following criteria :-

Employs some paid staff.
Pay some contributors for articles or artwork they use.
Receive government or other significant sources of funding.
Have adds or sponsorship logos in their magazine or on their website.
Have the potential to be or have been bought and sold as a business.

There is a large grey area as to what constitutes a community group, non profit organisation and commercial organisation. If you are unsure of your organisation's status in regards to using INKCINCT cartoons then please email a description of your organisation and circumstances for clarification.

DOWNLOADING CARTOONS
If you are eligible to use INKCINCT cartoons free of charge then you do not need to notify the cartoonist if you want to use any of the cartoons. Simply download them anytime.

Organisations for which a fee would normally be charged can download the cartoons anytime but must seek permission to publish any INKCINCT cartoons before publishing.

OTHER INFORMATION

Describing INKCINCT cartoons
If you need to contact the cartoonist about a particular cartoon then please quote the reference number that sits on the right hand side of each cartoon or at the start of each cartoon description. For example : "17/5 2007-303 budget surplus carrot" While a description of the cartoon is also helpful it is much easier to find the cartoon if the reference number is quoted.

Altering Cartoons
INKCINCT cartoons can be cropped for space purposes, but it is a breach of copyright to alter any cartoon if it changes the cartoon's original meaning.

The Cartoonist's intended use for these cartoons.
While the cartoonist recognises that he is a terminal cynical bastard who often has a go at a variety of organisations, causes and views these cartoons are not intended for use in any publication that promotes racism, social division or violence. To do so is a breach of INKCINCT Copyright. It is also a violation of the spirit of these drawings.

INKCINCT cartoons are not to be used in any way that might imply that the cartoonist supports a specific view or organisation. These cartoons are meant as conduits for open discussion, not as tools for propaganda.

Use of cartoons by political parties.
INKCINCT cartoons can be used free of charge in branch newsletters to party members. However, in the interest of impartiality, there is a blanket ban on the use of these cartoons in party political advertising, pamphlets or newsletters of a campaigning nature. This ban applies to all political parties.

Copyright ownership
The cartoonist (John Ditchburn) always retains copyright of the cartoons. No cartoon can be resold in any form and must comply with all other copyright requirements as stated in this document.

Changes to Copyright
These copyright requirements were last modified on the 28th May 2007 and supersede any earlier copyright requirements. If you are using INKCINCT cartoons regularly then it would be a good idea to occasionally check this copyright section to see if any copyright changes have occurred.

GET IN TOUCH

Click the link below to send an email to John Ditchburn :-



Please note that I have a zero tolerance of spam emails.  If my email address is seriously 
compromised by spammers I simply change it.  If you have sent emails to me in the past
but now find them being bounced back then you should check to see if I have changed the
email address.

Tel:Fax :-
Australia   : 03 53317448
International : +61 3 53317448

Address :
John Ditchburn
104 Crompton Street
Soldiers Hill (Ballarat) VIC 3350
Australia

COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS SITE?

What is an Editorial Cartoon?
An Editorial cartoon is one that sits on the editorial page of a newspaper. They are usually drawn about political and social events of the day. I personally prefer to concentrate on broader social themes rather than day to day party political manoeuvrings. The size of the average editorial cartoon is approximately twelve by eighteen centimetres, however the space I have in the Ballarat Courier is slightly smaller (ten by eight centimetres). Which accounts for why my editorial cartoons are more boxed shape and have less detail than most editorial cartoons by other cartoonists.

What is a Pocket Cartoon?
A pocket cartoon is a small cartoon with a printed size of approximately four by six centimetres. It is drawn to accompany an article in a newspaper or magazine and it's subject matter is usually directly related to the article it's with. The majority of pocket cartoons on this site have been published in the Ballarat Courier. Unfortunately, because of copyright reasons, I am unable to publish the articles that each cartoon accompanied.

Where in the hell is Ballarat?!
The city of Ballarat lies in the Southern Australian State of Victoria about one hundred Kilometres West of Melbourne (The State Capital).

Founded on a gold boom in the 1850's this small provincial town of 78,000 is crammed with old world charm, steeped in history and swimming in culture. But, as it has a mountainous climate, by Australian standards, it is at times a bloody cold place! Still it's home; it's not Bosnia or Bangladesh, the air is clean, the living is relaxed and some of the best beaches in the world are just an hour away by car. It's worth a visit if you can get here.

LINKS

Other Freelance Australian Cartoonists' Websites :

Cleft (Rene Bower) Gag cartoonist from Western Australia. Strongly influenced by Gary Larson.
Matt Golding The Melbourne Times and Sunday Age cartoonist.
Judy Horacek Thinking person's cartoons with a feminist perspective.
Tohby Riddle Somewhat quirky cartoonist with an urban intellectual bent.
Scratch Media (Heinrich Hinze) Left leaning and union cartoons. Arguably the best illustrative cartoonist in the country..
Terry Sedgwick (The Feral Eye) Gag cartoons. Witty and weird, mainly non political.
Andrew Weldon Melbourne based gag and political cartoonist. Draws for the Big Issue, the Melbourne Age and a range of other publications.

Note that there are many very talented staff cartoonists in Australia. However I have chosen to only list independent freelance ones as I think they need more promoting than staff cartoonists. There are also many more Australian freelance cartoonists then the ones listed here. These are simply my personal favourites.