He became the newspaper's editorial cartoonist in March 2008[3][4] following the resignation of Geoff Pryor, who had occupied that role for 30 years.
David Pope cites Australian cartoonists Michael Leunig, Bruce Petty and Geoff Pryor as influences, particularly for the political sensibilities at the core of their cartoons.
[4] Judy Horacek wrote about David Pope: "his cartoons fight for the small and the weak against the powerful and corrupt".
[5] Horacek notes that as well as caricaturing public figures such as politicians, Pope's cartoons frequently feature "a collection of Everypersons - wide-eyed ordinary people who are battling and baffled".
[10] Pope has also won four Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards from the United Nations Correspondents Association,[3] and the Cartoonist of the Year by the Museum of Australian Democracy in 2012 and 2022.
[12] A signed print of this cartoon, was presented to Charlie Hebdo magazine by Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop as an official gift in April 2015.