Costa A, an Australian political cartoonist and writer, splits his time between cartooning and academia, teaching law at an Australian university. He has created content for Fairfax, News Corp and the ABC, and his political cartoons have been published in GOAT, Inside Film Magazine, New Matilda, SameSame and The Vocal.
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