Dr Jack at the Design Indaba

Cartoonist stamps his authority at CT event.

DR JACK'S 2006 Christmas themed 'Jungle Bells' range of stamps for the SA Post Office were revived at this year's Design Indaba in Cape Town last week, revealing interesting details of his process in creating the series.

Adorning a whole panel of the Post Office's stand, Jack's preliminary sketches and notes made up the display which demonstrated the evolution of the father Christmas lion, one of the indigenous characters the cartoonist had developed to bring an African flavour to Christmas. Other animals featured in the series were a warthog, a zebra, a hippo and a springbok.

Jack was pleasantly surprised at the news of his works' revival. "They used the build-up to my Christmas Stamps series to demonstrate the process. They even included the comments and chirps i made. Actually quite amusing".

The following photos reveal Jack's process, and the friendly interplay between the artist and his client.

GO HERE to see the full set of stamps on Africartoons.

Posted on Mar 07, 2013 by Africartoons