Poppa Platoon in Operation Dessert Storm

Danny Katz has worked as a stand-up comedian and a columnist for the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald and the West Australian. Some of Danny’s previous books include Spit the Dummy (Allen & Unwin), Dork Geek Jew (Allen & Unwin), Little Lunch series (Black Dog) and Smart Alec series (Pearson).

Mitch Vane is a RMIT Graphic Arts graduate and has been working as a freelance illustrator for fifteen years – five of them based in London. She lives in Melbourne with her partner who is a writer, and two children. Mitch’s work touches all areas of visual communication; cartoons for magazines, book covers, children’s book illustrations, work for promotions and packaging in advertising, editorial illustrations and posters. Her cartoons appear regularly in the Age. She also illustrated two Aussie Nibbles by Ursula Dubosarsky, The Two Gorillas and Fairy Bread.