A curated collection of the best-of-the-best from renowned cartoonist Kevin Tobin—Fly on the Wall captures some of the most iconic moments from Newfoundland’s past and present, with a recognizably sharp wit and a dose of the province’s famous humour.
Fly on the Wall doesn’t just collect the best of 40 years of Kevin Tobin’s editorial cartoons for The Telegram (The Evening Telegram when he began); it tracks 40 years of Newfoundland and Labrador’s history: politics, social movements, sports, celebrities, boondoggles, feel-good stories, schemes... , emergencies, and triumphs, all seen through the lens of a keen, satirical, and no-holds-barred fly on the wall. Inside you’ll find many familiar faces and events, from Joey Smallwood and Danny Williams to Muskrat Falls and the pandemic—all skewered, marinated, and ready to BBQ. Tobin’s cartoons not only capture current events as they happen along with the colourful characters involved; they also bring to image and word the true nature of Newfoundland and Labrador’s famous sense of humour. Readers of The Telegram will be familiar with Tobin’s tiny flies, sketched into the corners of his cartoons since the early days—a symbol for the cartoonist himself, a fly on the wall of Newfoundland and Labrador life: watching, listening in, waiting to cut through the buzz.
