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The colourful, witty creations of Walkley Award-winners David Pope and Pat Campbell will appear in our opinion pages across the week.
Pope was recognised at the 2015 Walkley awards for journalism with two finalist nominations and the award for best cartoon of the year.
His winning work He Drew First: Charlie Hebdo was an international sensation.
It was a poignant reflection on the power of the pen drawn in the early hours of the morning as the murders at the French satirical magazine were first reported.
It was viewed by millions on social media and republished in print and online in many international publications.
Walkley judges called it "cartooning at its finest, capturing humanity at its most raw''. The daily editorial cartoonist at The Canberra Times and previously at The Sun-Herald, Pope was awarded the Gold Stanley in 2015 - voted by his peers as the Australian cartoonist of the year for consistently high standards.
Campbell's work is similarly admired - in 2013 he received the Walkley Award for the year's best artwork.
His striking illustration, Glimmer of Hope, which depicted a beleaguered then prime minister Julia Gillard afloat in stormy seas, was recognised by the Walkley judges as a "beautifully composed illustration ... [showing] imagination and artistic flair''.
Campbell was recognised by the Australian Cartoonists' Association as illustrator of the year in 2015.
