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[email protected] Authorised by B Morton, 640 Murray St, West Perth 6005. Chatfi eld takes US centre stage Comedy Festival, “Stand-Up Comic by STEPHEN POLLOCK Strip Live”. Despite his on-stage experience, PERTH VOICE cartoonist Jason he admits he’s “shitting himself” Chatfi eld is preparing to host about hosting the formal black-tie the prestigious “cartoon Oscars” ceremony in Pennsylvania. in the United States. “I have one of Jay Leno’s writers The 28-year-old will be the working for me and making youngest person ever to host the sure my gags translate to a US 67th annual National Cartoonists audience,” he says, name-dropping Society Awards, whose previous as much as possible. “The biggest winners include Matt Groening crowd I’ve played before this was (The Simpsons), Charles Schultz a 1600-strong audience at the Maj (Peanuts) and Rube Goldberg in Perth. (Calvin & Hobbes). “The previous host, Tom The event has been previously Gammill, was more of a big crazy hosted by heavyweight writer Tom character, with a brass marching Gammill (Seinfeld, The Simpsons) band and leggy girl assistants and Pulitzer prize-winning artists helping him on stage; they have Mike Luckovich and Mike Peters. chosen me to be more a of a traditional style host.” Pisstachio The Ginger Guy Chatfi eld, who has drawn hundreds of cartoons for the Voice, icecream Chatfi eld, best known for being rates How to Kill A Tree if You’re A the latest illustrator of the widely Pensioner (September 24, 2010) as syndicated Ginger Meggs strip one of his all-time favourites (see with fudge, (now in its 90th year) made his page 6).