Career
He immigrated to Australia in 1995 and presently lives in Brisbane, Australia. Malc McGookin began cartooning as a teenager working for the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald in Scotland. By 18 he had his first regular feature in the British weekly magazine, Tit-Bits.
In the late 1970s.
After attending college to develop an animation showreel, Malcolm undertook a career at Cosgrove Hall, starting out as an animation assistant, later to become a Key Animator and scriptwriter, a period he still refers to as "the best six years of my professional life". Malcolm emigrated to Australia as an animator and scriptwriter for various television series, a move he came to regret, later referencing his employers as "the worst television cartoon producers in the history of the world". Nevertheless, Malcolm loved Australia itself and moved to Queensland, where he returned to drawing gag cartoons and comic strips.
To date, his clients have included magazines such as Prospect and Private Eye as well as the now defunct News Of The World and many other Fleet Street papers.
Malc presently works as an editorial cartoonist for the Sunday Mail in Brisbane, as well as producing animation for international corporate clients. As an Animation Director
Tabaluga
Samuel and Nina
As a screenwriter
Avenger Penguins
Billy the Cat
As an animator
Count Duckula
Crocadoo
Danger Mouse
Digswell Dog Show
Dreamtime Stories
Gloria"s House
Li"l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers
Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown
Tabaluga
Victor and Hugo
Roald Dahl"s The BFG (feature film version).