Sad news this festive season that artist Bill Green, known to most Melburnians as Weg, has passed away.
For many of the years of my youth, it was a family tradition to turn to the Letters page of The Sun and view Weg’s Day, a cartooned comment on topical issues, but the annual VFL/AFL Premier team poster printed by HWT/News is perhaps the forum where Green made his most well-known impact on Melbourne and it’s semi-official religion.
Every Grand Final since 1954, the Weg poster has captured the essence of the successful teams. Grand Finals will no longer be the same. Vale Weg, and well drawn and observed!
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Vale Weg
For many of the years of my youth, it was a family tradition to turn to the Letters page of The Sun and view Weg’s Day, a cartooned comment on topical issues, but the annual VFL/AFL Premier team poster printed by HWT/News is perhaps the forum where Green made his most well-known impact on Melbourne and it’s semi-official religion.
Every Grand Final since 1954, the Weg poster has captured the essence of the successful teams. Grand Finals will no longer be the same. Vale Weg, and well drawn and observed!
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