Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame
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The Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame, formally known as Giants of the North: The Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame, honours significant life-long contributions to the art of cartooning in Canada.
It was founded in 2005. The first members were inducted at The Doug Wright Awards held during the 2005 Toronto Comic Art Festival. A new member is inducted annually.
Members are:
It was founded in 2005. The first members were inducted at The Doug Wright Awards held during the 2005 Toronto Comic Art Festival. A new member is inducted annually.
Members are:
- Albéric BourgeoisAlbéric BourgeoisAlbéric Bourgeois is credited with creating the first continuing comic strip to use word balloons in Canada.-External links:* ;*....
(2005) - John Wilson BengoughJohn Wilson BengoughJohn Wilson Bengough was one of Canada's first cartoonists. He was born in Toronto, but grew up in Whitby. He first worked as a cartoonist for the Globe in 1871. He rose to prominence through the publication of Grip, a weekly humour magazine that he founded and published himself out of Toronto...
(2005) - Peter WhalleyPeter WhalleyPeter Whalley was a Canadian cartoonist and sculptor. Whalley established himself as a prominent humorist beginning in the 1940s. He used a distinctive stripped down style to send up the cultural and political life of Canada. He died in a hospital in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, on September 18, 2007. He...
(2005) - Doug Wright (2005)
- George FeyerGeorge FeyerGeorge Feyer was a Canadian cartoonist who shot to fame through appearances on CBC Television in the 1950s. As a cartoonist for Maclean's magazine he helped to define the look of Canadian popular culture through the 1950s and 1960s....
(2006) - Rand HolmesRand HolmesRandolph Holton Holmes was a Canadian artist and illustrator probably best known for his work in underground comix....
(2007) - Lynn JohnstonLynn JohnstonLynn Johnston, CM, OM is a Canadian cartoonist, well known for her comic strip For Better or For Worse, and was the first woman and first Canadian to win the National Cartoonist Society's Reuben Award.-Early life:...
(2008) - Jimmy FriseJimmy FriseCanadian cartoonist Jimmy Frise was born James Llewellyn Frise on Scugog Island, Ontario. It was a stroke of fate that Frise would endure in cartooning as long as he did, after maiming his left hand in a munitions accident during the Battle of Vimy Ridge in World War I.His career began during a...
(2009) - Martin Vaughn-James (2010)