Russell Clark is an Australian chef, cookbook writer and cartoonist, best known for his television cooking shows. He hosted a five-minute television show called Come and Get It, which aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for nine years during the 1980s. He has written and published several cookbooks and books about food. He has also illustrated several books, including works of fiction for children. Russell-Clarke is an accomplished painter, and began his career as a freelance cartoonist. He started his cartooning career at the age of 14. This evolved into drawing advertisements for many of the major companies in Australia at the time, such as Ford, Shell, Dulux and ICI. For quite a few of these companies, Peter also drew comic strips for their company magazines. At one stage, Peter worked with Vane Lindsay as he did the layout for The Shell Times and Peter drew cartoons. He also drew a strip called Rodney and Ron for Dulux and another called Hendrik and Harry as an education tool for new immigrants for the Department of Immigration. In 1969, he assumed drawing duties on Ben Bowyang for The Herald and drew it for almost ten years. Peter also succeeded cartoonist John Frith, drawing editorial cartoons for The Herald.
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