PÈRE RHEAULT

LES CONTES DU PÈRE RHEAULT

On 26 June 1906, “Le Contes du père Rheault appeared in La Patrie, alternating with “ Les aventures de Timothée. By 1909 it had been replaced by cheaper American imports in translation as had the other native created strips.

The series involved two youngsters Fanfan and P’tit Pit who played tricks on their parents and their aunt Frizine who in turn gave as good as they got.

SOURCE:

Article periodical:

Inks: Cartoon & Comic Arts Studies, 4-2, May 1997: “An Introduction to the Canadian Newspaper Comic.” Writ., Kenneth Barker: 18-25.

Internet:

Archived Newspaper Strips of the 20th Century – Québecois.” Library & Archives Canada/Bibliothèque  et Archives Canada. www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/comics. Accessed 3 October 2017.