Canadian comics
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In spite of U.S. dominance of comic book
sales in Canada
and the overwhelming number of U.S. comic strips printed in Canadian newspapers there is such a thing as Canadian Comics. The only area where there is no American dominance is editorial cartoons. This is because of the belief of Canadian newspaper publishers' that the cartoonists who know something about Canadian politics are best to comment on Canadian politics.
.
and For Better or For Worse
, to name two.
black and white comic books, known as "Canadian Whites" to collectors, came about due to a ban on the distribution of U.S. comics in Canada during the war: "The first Canadian national superhero
es – Nelvana
, Johnny Canuck
, and Canada Jack – emerged during the Second World War, when a foreign-exchange crisis led to a ban being placed on the importation of U.S. comics, including popular titles such as Superman
(co-created by Canadian born artist Joe Shuster
) and Batman
. In part an outgrowth of a national political-cartooning tradition, the early Canadian comic book superheroes threw themselves into the battle against the Axis Powers, both abroad and on the home front. This period, which witnessed an explosion of English-Canadian comic book publishing (although some of these comics were published in Quebec), is now described by some commentators like John Bell as the Canadian Golden Age of Comics. In Quebec, no similar French-language heroes appeared in the comic book field, which was dominated, instead, by religious comics.
With the end of most original Canadian comic book publishing in 1947, Canada's superheroes disappeared, and the country entered a phase of foreign comic book domination that continues to the present day. In English Canada, children grew up with a mélange of U.S. comics. In French Canada, the era was dominated by religious comics like Hérauts and by European comic art and Québécois translations of American comics. In the early seventies, however, new alternative and underground comics
(or "comix") publishers emerged in Canada.
One measure of the U.S. domination of the comics medium during the fifties and sixties is that when several Canadian superheroes comic book characters were published during the 1969-1974 period, the first characters were buffoons. It was as if Canadian comics artists and writers recognized the absence of Canadian heroes, but could not quite – after a twenty-year diet of foreign comics – bring themselves to take such figures seriously, recognising the inherent contradictions and limitations of the genre. Nevertheless, following a spate of outrageous parodies and other intriguing satirical national superheroes, it was evident that there were creators who were bent on depicting national-superhero figures in a more serious fashion. Contributing to this resurgence of interest were the publication of Patrick Loubert and Michael Hirsh's The Great Canadian Comic Books , a book-length study of the Bell Features comics, and the touring of a related exhibition mounted by the National Gallery, "Comic Art Traditions in Canada, 1941-45," which together served to introduce English-Canadian comics creators and fans to their lost heritage. A similar process was also underway in Quebec with the publication in 1973 of the first historical survey of Quebec comics in a special issue of the literary journal La Barre du Jour." - taken from the aforementioned Canadian Comics website, as an excellent summary of the history of the Canadian superhero comic.
In the late 1970s an attempt was made at reviving the made-in-Canada superhero genre last seen in the 1940s, with the creation of Captain Canuck
, a title that continued off-and-on into the early 1980s and which continued to undergo occasional revivals into the 2000s. Arguably the most successful, certainly longest-running Canadian-made comic book remains Cerebus the Aardvark
by Kitchener, Ontario
artist and writer Dave Sim
, which launched in 1977 and concluded its epic storyline with issue 300 published in 2004.
in the late 1950s Canadian political cartoons had matured. Len Norris
and Aislin followed. Up to the 1950s most mainstream newspaper editorial cartoons were bland. Now every Canadian city has at least one very popular and clever commentor of the news with a daily drawing.
Canada was also represented by another popular cartoon symbol: Johnny or Jack Canuck. Initially Johnny resembled an earlier national symbol – the habitant figure utilized to personify French Canada. Later, as Canada expanded westward, he became more Western in his appearance, sporting knee-high leather boots and a stetson.
market was at one time a viable income source for graphic artists. With the elimination of Canadian humour magazines and fewer and fewer magazines using cartoons to fill space between articles and ads there are very few outlets in this day and age for the once ubiquitous gag cartoons. Today, some trade publications — for example medical magazines — still print gag cartoons.
The Bédélys Prize have been awarded to French language comics at the Promo 9e Art Foundation since 2000.
The Joe Shuster Awards
were created in 2004 by the Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association
with the intention of honouring Canada's writers, artists, cartoonists, publishers and retailers. The annual awards are named in honour of Canadian-born co-creator of Superman
, Joe Shuster
(1914–1992).
The Doug Wright Awards were founded in 2004 as a book prize for comics and graphic novels, garnering significant attention from parties outside the comics community. The Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame
awarded its first medals at the first Wright Awards ceremony in 2005.
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
sales in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and the overwhelming number of U.S. comic strips printed in Canadian newspapers there is such a thing as Canadian Comics. The only area where there is no American dominance is editorial cartoons. This is because of the belief of Canadian newspaper publishers' that the cartoonists who know something about Canadian politics are best to comment on Canadian politics.
Languages
Canada is a country with both French and English as national languages, so Quebec is noted as an important foyer of French-language comics. For more information see Quebec comic stripsQuebec comic strips
Quebec comics, usually called in French « BDQ » for bande dessinée québécoise , are comics created by one or several Québécois creators, released by a Quebec publisher, distributed and sold in Québec...
.
Canadian comic strip
Even though a majority of comic strips printed in Canadian newspapers are created in the States, there are some homemade Canadian comic strips: BackbenchBackbench (comic strip)
Backbench is a panel cartoon appearing in The Globe and Mail. The strip is written and drawn by Graham Harrop. It consists of multiple- and single-panel jokes, generally drawn from and satirizing Canadian politics....
and For Better or For Worse
For Better or For Worse
For Better or For Worse is a comic strip by Lynn Johnston that ran for 30 years, chronicling the lives of a Canadian family, The Pattersons, and their friends. The story is set in the fictitious Toronto-area suburban town of Milborough, Ontario. Johnston's strip began in September 1979, and ended...
, to name two.
Canadian comic books
Canadian World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
black and white comic books, known as "Canadian Whites" to collectors, came about due to a ban on the distribution of U.S. comics in Canada during the war: "The first Canadian national superhero
Superhero
A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...
es – Nelvana
Nelvana of the Northern Lights
Nelvana of the Northern Lights is a Canadian comic book character and the first Canadian national superhero, debuting in Hillborough Studio's Triumph-Adventure Comics #1 . She is also one of the first female superheroes, debuting before Wonder Woman but after Fantomah, the Golden Age Black Widow,...
, Johnny Canuck
Johnny Canuck
Johnny Canuck was a Canadian cartoon hero and superhero who was created as a political cartoon in 1869 and was later re-invented, most notably as a Second World War action hero in 1942...
, and Canada Jack – emerged during the Second World War, when a foreign-exchange crisis led to a ban being placed on the importation of U.S. comics, including popular titles such as Superman
Superman
Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
(co-created by Canadian born artist Joe Shuster
Joe Shuster
Joseph "Joe" Shuster was a Canadian-born American comic book artist. He was best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with writer Jerry Siegel, first published in Action Comics #1...
) and Batman
Batman
Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...
. In part an outgrowth of a national political-cartooning tradition, the early Canadian comic book superheroes threw themselves into the battle against the Axis Powers, both abroad and on the home front. This period, which witnessed an explosion of English-Canadian comic book publishing (although some of these comics were published in Quebec), is now described by some commentators like John Bell as the Canadian Golden Age of Comics. In Quebec, no similar French-language heroes appeared in the comic book field, which was dominated, instead, by religious comics.
With the end of most original Canadian comic book publishing in 1947, Canada's superheroes disappeared, and the country entered a phase of foreign comic book domination that continues to the present day. In English Canada, children grew up with a mélange of U.S. comics. In French Canada, the era was dominated by religious comics like Hérauts and by European comic art and Québécois translations of American comics. In the early seventies, however, new alternative and underground comics
Underground comix
Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books which are often socially relevant or satirical in nature. They differ from mainstream comics in depicting content forbidden to mainstream publications by the Comics Code Authority, including explicit drug use, sexuality and violence...
(or "comix") publishers emerged in Canada.
One measure of the U.S. domination of the comics medium during the fifties and sixties is that when several Canadian superheroes comic book characters were published during the 1969-1974 period, the first characters were buffoons. It was as if Canadian comics artists and writers recognized the absence of Canadian heroes, but could not quite – after a twenty-year diet of foreign comics – bring themselves to take such figures seriously, recognising the inherent contradictions and limitations of the genre. Nevertheless, following a spate of outrageous parodies and other intriguing satirical national superheroes, it was evident that there were creators who were bent on depicting national-superhero figures in a more serious fashion. Contributing to this resurgence of interest were the publication of Patrick Loubert and Michael Hirsh's The Great Canadian Comic Books , a book-length study of the Bell Features comics, and the touring of a related exhibition mounted by the National Gallery, "Comic Art Traditions in Canada, 1941-45," which together served to introduce English-Canadian comics creators and fans to their lost heritage. A similar process was also underway in Quebec with the publication in 1973 of the first historical survey of Quebec comics in a special issue of the literary journal La Barre du Jour." - taken from the aforementioned Canadian Comics website, as an excellent summary of the history of the Canadian superhero comic.
In the late 1970s an attempt was made at reviving the made-in-Canada superhero genre last seen in the 1940s, with the creation of Captain Canuck
Captain Canuck
Captain Canuck is a fictional Canadian comic book superhero. Created by writer Ron Leishman and artist/co-writer Richard Comely, the original Captain Canuck first appeared in Captain Canuck #1 ....
, a title that continued off-and-on into the early 1980s and which continued to undergo occasional revivals into the 2000s. Arguably the most successful, certainly longest-running Canadian-made comic book remains Cerebus the Aardvark
Cerebus the Aardvark
Cerebus the Aardvark, or simply Cerebus , is an independent comic book, written and illustrated by Canadian artist Dave Sim, with backgrounds by fellow Canadian Gerhard. Cerebus ran for 300 issues from December 1977 to 2004, and was over 6000 pages long, the longest-running original...
by Kitchener, Ontario
Kitchener, Ontario
The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 204,668 in the Canada 2006 Census...
artist and writer Dave Sim
Dave Sim
David Victor Sim is an award-winning Canadian comic book writer and artist.A pioneer of self-published comics and creators' rights, Sim is best known as the creator of Cerebus the Aardvark, a comic book published from 1977 to 2004, which chronicles its main character in a 6,000-page self-contained...
, which launched in 1977 and concluded its epic storyline with issue 300 published in 2004.
Canadian editorial cartoon
The one area that Canadians dominate in comics published in the country of Canada is in the field of editorial or political cartoons. During the nineteenth century, political cartoonists developed symbols, like John Bull (the United Kingdom), Brother Jonathan or Uncle Sam (the United States), and Miss Canada, to personify various nations. With the coming of editorial cartoonists like Duncan MacphersonDuncan Macpherson
Duncan Ian Macpherson, CM was a Canadian editorial cartoonist. He drew for the Montreal Standard and for Maclean's he illustrated the writings of Gregory Clark and Robert Thomas Allen...
in the late 1950s Canadian political cartoons had matured. Len Norris
Len Norris
Leonard Matheson Norris, better known as Len Norris , was a longtime editorial cartoonist for the Canadian newspaper Vancouver Sun from 1950 to 1988...
and Aislin followed. Up to the 1950s most mainstream newspaper editorial cartoons were bland. Now every Canadian city has at least one very popular and clever commentor of the news with a daily drawing.
Canada was also represented by another popular cartoon symbol: Johnny or Jack Canuck. Initially Johnny resembled an earlier national symbol – the habitant figure utilized to personify French Canada. Later, as Canada expanded westward, he became more Western in his appearance, sporting knee-high leather boots and a stetson.
Canadian editorial cartoonists
- BadoBado (cartoonist)Bado is the pen name of Guy Badeaux , who has been the editorial cartoonist at the French language daily Le Droit in Ottawa since 1981. Recipient of the National Newspaper Award for editorial cartooning in 1991, he is currently treasurer of the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists...
(Guy Badeaux) - Thomas Boldt (TAB)
- Sid BarronSid BarronSid Barron was a Canadian editorial cartoonist and artist. He drew for the Victoria Times, Toronto Star and The Albertan....
- Roy CarlessRoy CarlessRoy "Roi" Carless was a Canadian cartoonist. His cartoons were syndicated across Canada and the United States, and he is considered one of Canada's most productive cartoonists. -Biography:...
- Serge ChapleauSerge ChapleauSerge Chapleau is a French-Canadian political cartoonist from the province of Québec.- Biography :...
- Mike Constable
- Michael deAdderMichael deAdderMichael de Adder is a Canadian editorial cartoonist who worked for the Halifax Daily News until it closed its doors in February 2008.Born in Moncton, he attended Mount Allison University and completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1991...
- Andy DonatoAndy DonatoAndy Donato is an editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Sun newspaper chain.He was born in Scarborough, Ontario. He graduated from Danforth Technical School in 1955 and worked at Eaton's as a layout artist. He joined the Toronto Telegram in 1961, working as a graphic artist in the promotion...
- Brian GableBrian GableBrian Gable is the editorial cartoonist for The Globe and Mail, and won National Newspaper Awards in 1986, 1995, 2001 and 2005.-External links:**...
- Graeme MacKayGraeme MacKayGraeme MacKay is the Hamilton Spectators resident editorial cartoonist. Born in 1968, this self-proclaimed "news geek" grew up in Dundas, Ontario. Except for a few art classes at a local School of Art, Graeme's skill in cartooning is largely self-taught. After studying politics and history at the...
- Bruce MacKinnonBruce MackinnonBruce Mackinnon is an actor who has appeared in various television programmes.Mackinnon was born in Esher, Surrey and was educated at Eton College, before studying drama at The University of Manchester...
- Duncan MacphersonDuncan MacphersonDuncan Ian Macpherson, CM was a Canadian editorial cartoonist. He drew for the Montreal Standard and for Maclean's he illustrated the writings of Gregory Clark and Robert Thomas Allen...
- Terry MosherTerry MosherChristopher Terry Mosher, OC is a Canadian political cartoonist for the Montreal Gazette. He draws under the name "Aislin", a rendition of the name of his eldest daughter Aislinn ....
(Aislin) - Len NorrisLen NorrisLeonard Matheson Norris, better known as Len Norris , was a longtime editorial cartoonist for the Canadian newspaper Vancouver Sun from 1950 to 1988...
- Roy PetersonRoy PetersonRoy Eric Peterson, OC is a Canadian editorial cartoonist who drew for the Vancouver Sun from 1962 to 2009.Peterson was born in Winnipeg and studied in Vancouver at the Kitsilano Secondary School. Along with the Sun, his work often appeared in Maclean's magazine, where he would illustrate the...
- Adrian RaesideAdrian RaesideAdrian Raeside is an editorial cartoonist for the Victoria Times-Colonist. He was born in 1957 in Dunedin, New Zealand.He began drawing cartoons on washroom walls as a kid. After being expelled from his first art class at the age of 15, he moved with his parents to England, then to Canada...
- Kevin TobinKevin TobinKevin Tobin is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Murroe-Boher and with the Limerick senior inter-county team.-Club:...
- Ben WicksBen WicksBen Wicks, CM was a British-born Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author.Wicks was a Cockney born into a poor, working class family in London's East End near London Bridge. He learned to play the saxophone in the British Army and toured Europe in a band with author Leonard Bigg...
- Avrom YanovskyAvrom YanovskyAvrom Yanovsky was a Canadian editorial cartoonist. His cartoons were printed as early as the 1930s. Most of his cartoons were printed in Canadian Tribune. He also illustrated left wing publications like the screenplay for Eight Men Speak...
Canadian gag cartoons (spot cartoons)
The Canadian gag cartoonGag cartoon
A gag cartoon is most often a single-panel cartoon, usually including a hand-lettered or typeset caption beneath the drawing. A pantomime cartoon carries no caption...
market was at one time a viable income source for graphic artists. With the elimination of Canadian humour magazines and fewer and fewer magazines using cartoons to fill space between articles and ads there are very few outlets in this day and age for the once ubiquitous gag cartoons. Today, some trade publications — for example medical magazines — still print gag cartoons.
Awards
The National Newspaper Awards of Canada include a category for Editorial cartoons.The Bédélys Prize have been awarded to French language comics at the Promo 9e Art Foundation since 2000.
The Joe Shuster Awards
Joe Shuster Awards
The Joe Shuster Awards are given out annually for outstanding achievements in the creation of comic books, graphic novels and webcomics by Canadians, there are additional awards for Retailers and Publishers. The full name is the Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards.The Joe Shuster Awards...
were created in 2004 by the Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association
Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association
The Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association was formed in 2004 as a means to honour Canadian creators, publishers and retailers in the medium of comic books....
with the intention of honouring Canada's writers, artists, cartoonists, publishers and retailers. The annual awards are named in honour of Canadian-born co-creator of Superman
Superman
Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
, Joe Shuster
Joe Shuster
Joseph "Joe" Shuster was a Canadian-born American comic book artist. He was best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with writer Jerry Siegel, first published in Action Comics #1...
(1914–1992).
The Doug Wright Awards were founded in 2004 as a book prize for comics and graphic novels, garnering significant attention from parties outside the comics community. The Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame
Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame
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....
awarded its first medals at the first Wright Awards ceremony in 2005.
Artists
Some notable Canadian comic creators include:- Adrian AlphonaAdrian AlphonaAdrian Alphona is a Canadian comic book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' Runaways, which he co-created with writer Brian K. Vaughan....
- Ho Che AndersonHo Che AndersonHo Che Anderson, born 1969 in London, is a cartoonist and comics artist primarily affiliated with Fantagraphics publishers.-Biography:Anderson was one of the creators to submit ideas when Fantagraphics put out a call for adult comics and the submission became I Want to Be Your Dog.He wrote,...
- Kaare AndrewsKaare AndrewsKaare Andrews is a comic book writer and artist and filmmaker known for his cover work on Incredible Hulk and Canada's first national recognized award, "The Shuster", for his work on Spider-Man: Doctor Octopus.-Career:...
- Steven ApplebySteven ApplebySteven Appleby is a cartoonist and illustrator living in Britain. He is a dual citizen of the UK and Canada. His humour is usually observational or absurd....
- Line Arsenault
- Marc Auger
- Chris BachaloChris BachaloChris Bachalo is an American comic book illustrator known for his quirky, cartoon-like style. He became well known for stints on DC Comics’ Shade, the Changing Man and Neil Gaiman's two Death series...
- Leo BachleLeo BachleLeo Bachle , a.k.a. Les Barker, was a Canadian comic book artist and comedian.In late 1940, fourteen year-old Bachle was hired by John Ezrin, the manager of Bell Features in Toronto, Canada to come up with something exciting for the company's growing comic book line. Bachle's character, Johnny...
aka Les Barker - Walter BallWalter Ball (cartoonist)Walter Ball was cartoonist for the Canadian comic strip feature Rural Route, which became a familiar fixture in the Toronto Star Weekly between 1956 until the publication's demise in 1968...
- Samm BarnesSamm BarnesSara "Samm" Barnes is a television and comics writer, as well as a television producer.-Biography:Though born in Great Britain to Michael and Bridget Barnes, Barnes was raised in Canada, first in Ottawa, then Toronto and finally Vancouver....
- Sid BarronSid BarronSid Barron was a Canadian editorial cartoonist and artist. He drew for the Victoria Times, Toronto Star and The Albertan....
- Jimmy BeaulieuJimmy BeaulieuJimmy Beaulieu is a Canadian cartoonist. He has worked as an editor for the Mecanique Generale label , lecturer, dialogist, organizer and critic. Co-founder of the 'Mécanique Générale' collective of artists, with a mandate to help establish a place for Sequential Art in the cultural landscape...
- Kurt Beaulieu
- Marc Bell
- 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...
- Pascal Blanchet
- Jacques Boivin
- Ian BoothbyIan BoothbyIan Boothby is a multiple Shuster Award, Harvey Award and Eisner Award nominee and an Eisner Award–winning comic book creator best known for his work as one of the main writers on Simpsons Comics and Futurama Comics for Matt Groening's Bongo Comics. Boothby has written more Simpsons Comics than any...
- Rupert BottenbergRupert BottenbergRupert Bottenberg is an illustrator, comic artist and writer. He is currently the music editor of the Montreal Mirror newsweekly.Bottenberg grew up in Montreal...
- Albéric BourgeoisAlbéric BourgeoisAlbéric Bourgeois is credited with creating the first continuing comic strip to use word balloons in Canada.-External links:* ;*....
- Nick Bradshaw
- Éric Braun
- Chester BrownChester BrownChester William David Brown , is an award-winning, best-selling Canadian alternative cartoonist and, since 2008, the Libertarian Party of Canada's candidate for the riding of Trinity-Spadina in Toronto, Canada....
- John Byrne
- Geneviève CastréeGeneviève CastréeGeneviève Castrée is a Canadian comics artist, illustrator, and musician from Quebec. She once recorded under the name Woelv and has recently switched to Ô PAON. She was born in Loretteville, Quebec and now lives in the Pacific Northwestern United States...
- Bernard ChangBernard ChangBernard Chang is an Asian American artist/designer best known for his work in the comic book industry and entertainment design.-Career:...
- Scott Chantler
- Albert Chartier
- David CollierDavid Collier (cartoonist)David Collier is a Canadian alternative cartoonist best known for his fact-based "comic strip essays."- Biography :As a child, Collier was introduced to the work of Robert Crumb, whose work has been a significant influence...
- Richard Comely, creator and illustrator of Captain CanuckCaptain CanuckCaptain Canuck is a fictional Canadian comic book superhero. Created by writer Ron Leishman and artist/co-writer Richard Comely, the original Captain Canuck first appeared in Captain Canuck #1 ....
- Darwyn CookeDarwyn CookeDarwyn Cooke is an Eisner Award-winning comic book writer, artist, cartoonist and animator, best known for his work on the comic books Catwoman, DC: The New Frontier, The Spirit and Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter.-Career:...
- Dave CooperDave CooperDavid Charles Cooper is a cartoonist, commercial illustrator and a graphic designer who lives in Ottawa, Canada. In addition to comics, Cooper has worked extensively as a designer, producer, and creator in the field of animation...
- André-Philippe Côté
- Nick Craine
- Salvador Dallaire
- Gene DayGene DayHoward Eugene Day was a Canadian comic book artist best known for Marvel Comics' Star Wars licensed series and Master of Kung Fu...
- Arthur Dela Cruz
- Stéphane Delaprée
- Adrian DingleAdrian Dingle (comic book artist)Adrian Dingle was a painter whose career was based in Canada. He was also a creator of comic books during the 1940's.Born John Adrian Darley Dingle in Barmouth, Gwynedd, north Wales, he emigrated to Canada when he was three years old...
creator of "NelvanaNelvanaNelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971 known for its work in children's animation. It was named by founders Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith after a Canadian comic book superheroine created by Adrian Dingle in the 1940s...
of the Northern Lights" - Julie DoucetJulie DoucetJulie Doucet is a Canadian former underground cartoonist and artist, best known for her autobiographical works such as Dirty Plotte and My New York Diary...
- Pierre Drysdale
- Dale EagleshamDale EagleshamDale Eaglesham is a comic book illustrator who has been working in the industry since 1986. He is best known for his work on titles like Conan, Punisher, Green Lantern, Villains United, Justice Society of America and Fantastic Four...
- Jean-Paul Eid
- Mira Falardeau
- Hal Foster
- Pierre FournierPierre Fournier (comic books)Pierre Fournier is a French-Canadian comic book writer/artist, editor, promoter and publisher.-Biography:Fournier’s satirical superhero comic, Les Aventures du Capitaine Kébec debuted in 1973 and was important to the “Springtime of Comics” movement that saw a new generation of artists creating...
- Ed FurnessEd FurnessEd Furness was a Canadian comic book artist associated with the "Canadian Whites", Canadian comic books published during World War II.Furness, originally from the United Kingdom, grew up in Toronto...
- David Finch
- Tom Fowler
- 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...
- Serge Gaboury
- Gag (André Gagnon)
- Richard Gagnon
- Gerhard
- Mario Giguère
- Réal Godbout
- Denis GouletDenis GouletDenis Goulet was a human development theorist and a founder of work on development ethics as an independent field of study. Goulet's definition of Development Ethics is that it is a field that examines the ethical and value questions related to development theory, planning, and practice.Goulet was...
- Tony GrayTony Gray (comic book artist)Tony Gray is the co-owner of Legacy Comics Publishing. He is the artist and writer of The Incredible Conduit and white plastic.Gray is a native of the comic book hotbed of Windsor, Ontario, Canada which has produced an unusual number of comic book creators/artists including Darwyn Cooke, Jeff...
- Grazo (Francis Pelletier)
- Tom GrummettTom GrummettThomas "Tom" Grummett is a Canadian comic book artist and penciller. He is best known for his work as penciller on titles such as The New Titans, The Adventures of Superman, Superboy, Power Company, Robin, New Thunderbolts and Heroes.During his run on The Adventures of Superman, Grummett and...
- Pia GuerraPia GuerraPia Guerra is an award-winning Canadian comic book artist best known for her work as co-creator and lead penciller on the Vertigo title Y: The Last Man.-Career:...
- J. Guilemay (Jean-Guy Lemay)
- Rand HolmesRand HolmesRandolph Holton Holmes was a Canadian artist and illustrator probably best known for his work in underground comix....
- Jocelyn Houde
- Stuart ImmonenStuart ImmonenStuart Immonen is a Canadian comic book artist. He is best known for his work on Nextwave, Ultimate X-Men, The New Avengers and Ultimate Spider-Man...
- Geof Isherwood
- Benoît Joly
- 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:...
- Robert Julien
- Ron Kasman
- Fred Kelly
- Dale KeownDale KeownDale Keown is a Canadian comic book artist from Grande Prairie, Alberta who currently resides in Toronto.-Career:Keown started working in comics in 1986 drawing several series for Aircel Comics, including Samurai, Elflord, Dragon Ring , and Warlock 5.Keown moved to Marvel Comics in 1989, where he...
- Karl KerschlKarl KerschlKarl Kerschl is a Canadian comic book artist, best known for his work on DC Comics books, including Adventures of Superman, Majestic, All-Flash and Teen Titans: Year One.-Early life:Kerschl was born in Toronto and raised in Niagara Falls...
- Eric Kim
- Leonard KirkLeonard KirkLeonard Kirk is an American-born comic book artist living in Canada. He has worked on such properties as Supergirl, JSA, Star Trek, Batman, and Witchblade...
- Adrian KleinbergenAdrian KleinbergenAdrian Kleinbergen is a Canadian artist, born in Edmonton, Alberta. Along with drawing and painting, he does jewelry design and manufacture, sculpture, caricature, writing, costuming, and even magic. He started in comics in 1987, penciling, inking and coloring Starstone and Darkewood for Aircel...
- Thierry Labrosse
- Jean Lacombe
- Michel LacombeMichel LacombeMichel Lacombe is a Canadian comic book artist.- Biography :Born in Montréal in 1973, Michel Lacombe is the creator of the self-published comics One Bloody Year, a four-episode vampire romance...
- Jacques Lamontagne
- Gerry Lazarre
- Jeff LemireJeff LemireJeff Lemire is a Canadian comics artist and writer. He is the author of the Essex County Trilogy, Sweet Tooth and The Nobody. Lemire is known for a his moody, humanistic stories and sketchy, cinematic, black-and-white art....
- Bob Loblaw
- John MacLeod
- Duncan MacphersonDuncan MacphersonDuncan Ian Macpherson, CM was a Canadian editorial cartoonist. He drew for the Montreal Standard and for Maclean's he illustrated the writings of Gregory Clark and Robert Thomas Allen...
- Francis ManapulFrancis Manapul-Career:Manapul is known for his work on Witchblade and The Necromancer for Top Cow, working on the former for three years, off and on, returning for the tenth anniversary issue in 2005.He provided covers for various titles, most notably for some G.I...
- Owen McCarronOwen McCarronOwen McCarron was a Canadian cartoonist and publisher.As a publisher, he was a prolific packager of promotional comic books...
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- Doug Wright II
See also
- Quebec comics
- Canadian humourCanadian humourCanadian humour is an integral part of the Canadian Identity. There are several traditions in Canadian humour in both English and French. While these traditions are distinct and at times very different, there are common themes that relate to Canadians' shared history and geopolitical situation in...
- Comics!Comics!Comics! was a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television in the 1990s. A half-hour standup comedy series, the show focused on one Canadian comedian each week. The series was produced by Joe Bodolai and Sandra Faire....
was a Canadian television program
External links
- An appreciation of Doug Wright
- The Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards
- Guardians of the North: a virtual museum tour through the history of Canadian superheroes, hosted by the National Library & Archives of Canada.
- Sequential : A Canadian Comics News & Culture Blog
- Arcana Studio
- Exhibiting the Political Cartoons of Avrom Yanovsky
- Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists
- National Newspaper Award Winners
- Google: Canadian Comics
- Library and Archives Canada
- Google Images
- Article on "Exhibiting the Political Cartoons of Avrom Yanovsky"
- History of Comic Books in English Canada
- Idiocracy Watch Idiocracy Watch: Politics Stripped Down
- Comic Book Discussions
- Golden Age Canadian Comics