From the late eighties thru early nineties, Doug was a sought after editorial illustrator for Australian Penthouse. He was building his corporate identity and branding firm, Studio Gecko , at the time, so he only produced nine or ten pieces for the world's largest selling men's magazine.

Teatime with Sir John was to illustrate an article about the decaying old boy network and the ever-decreasing relevance in Australian politics of posts such as teh Govenor General (a position dating back to the colonial era: the Govenor General reports on the status of parliament to the Queen of England; nominally the leader of the Australian nation, by Commonwealth association).