Jacky Winter is pleased to present Cheeky Boy by James Fosdike.

Coinciding with the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Fosdike’s first solo show Cheeky Boy is a selection of his favourite comedy artwork over the last decade.

Fosdike, who is writing this in third person and feeling deeply uncomfortable about it, has drawn lots of art for both Wil Anderson and Charlie Clausen from Home and Away (he played the Principal, not Principal Fisher) and their podcast TOFOP, and for US comedians Dave Anthony and sexy Gareth Reynolds for their bi-weekly American History podcast, The Dollop. He’s also drawn art for lots of other comedians as well and loves to piggy-back off their jokes on Twitter.

Fosdike prides himself on putting a lot of detail, colour and movement into his work, and asks you to enjoy Wil Anderson’s first and last stand up posters, the hairs on Boonie’s tummy, the rose petals falling seductively on Optimus Prime, Tom Walker wearing a giant nappy, and Charlie from Home and Away falling from a helicopter into a giant sinkhole. There’s also unicorns, mermaids, primates, politics, comic strips, gritty reboots and a fair bit of dick stuff, which he apologises for but hopes you enjoy it regardless.

Fosdike is delighted to be having his first solo exhibition in Melbourne where the majority of the funny people are. Please buy everything.

James Fosdike is an Adelaide based Illustrator, and is the creator of indigenous-themed comic ‘Deadly’ (picked up by the prestigious DC Comics), and ‘Everyone Relax’ and ‘Quantum Cop’ for TOFOP Enterprises. His warm- hued, 70s-inspired illustration is always richly emotive and expressive, lending itself to a wide range of applications spanning from editorial to conceptual. Having worked as a professional illustrator for over a decade for clients including, Apple, ABC, Rolling Stone, Variety and Penguin Random House. Fosdike is most well known for his work for Australian and international comedians and we’re pretty sure he holds the current world record for drawing Wil Andersons.