The idea for Carica Chewers struck in 2021, when a certain orange fella decided democracy wasn’t really his thing. It was COVID, we’d had a few beers, and Trump was on the TV way too much. Next thing you know, I had 1,000 chewable Donald Trumps stacked in my bedroom—and no choice but to sell them.

I started knocking on doors at Sydney’s pet stores. Madi at Pets Point in Elizabeth Bay (📷: @shoppetspoint) was the first legend to take a punt on the Trump toy. They sold out in under a year, and I earned the questionable nickname “Trump Man” among her regulars.

From there, it snowballed. Putin, Kim Jong-un, and Elon Musk joined the line-up. Today, Carica Chewers are stocked in 18 stores across four states, plus our online store.

At the end of the day, I’m in the business of making latex parodies of fat blokes on power trips. We’re not curing cancer. We’re not solving world hunger. We’re just making the world a little funnier—and giving your dog a safe toy to sink its teeth into.