Mr. Squiggle and Friends are up to their old tricks on our homepage in Australia for Norman Frederick Hetherington’s 93rd birthday. Hetherington was a cartoonist and puppeteer, best known for creating Mr. Squiggle, Australia's longest-running children's television series.

Doodler Sophie Diao was particularly drawn to the cast of characters in Mr. Squiggle. “I loved how varied and imaginative they were, and tried to capture the same life-like quality that Norman breathed into them.”

Asked if she had a favorite, she replied,”All of them! But if I had to choose, it’d be Gus the Snail. He has a TV on his shell!”

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