BERNCHE Stanley

BERNCHE Stanley

Stanley Berneche was born in Windsor, Ontario, in 1947. Following his studies at Mount Allison University, he became the leading artist associated with the counterculture humour magazine Fuddle Duddle, which was published in Ottawa by Jeffrey R. Darcey (JRD Publishing) from 1971 to 1972. The magazine’s name derived from remarks made by Prime Minister Trudeau in the House of Commons. Berneche’s main collaborator at the magazine was the writer Peter Evans, a friend from his university days. Their satirical character Captain Canada, the first national superhero to appear following the Canadian Golden Age of Comics, made his debut in Fuddle Duddle 3. The second Captain Canada adventure appeared in issue 4 (a third and final adventure remains unpublished).  At the same time he was contributing outrageous comics to Fuddle Duddle, Berneche was also drawing the strip “True Tales of the RCMP” for the Canadian Boy Scout magazine Trailblazers. Following the demise of Fuddle Duddle, he continued to pursue his career as a graphic artist and illustrator. He is currently working on a variety of multimedia, web-related products and services, including website design, the design of next-generation, public-access, graphical user-interfaces, and the development of web-delivered, limited-series illustrations. He also claims to be “shooting billiards to a level never seen before.” One of the most talented Canadian comics artists of the 1970s, Berneche made the following statement regarding his current activities — “I am still the guy who comes up with the ideas… for marketing all sorts of companies on any and all media available. I am still the guy who makes observations on life through illustrations and photo manips available on my multiple social web accounts… for anyone to enjoy or comment on” and as to his future plans — “Who really ever knows?… maybe another Jeff Darcy is out there waiting to do something new”.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content story:

Orb Magazine, 1-1, 1974: “The Ride”: 1-8.

ILLUSTRATOR:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content story & Cover front & back:

Fuddle Duddle,1-4, 1971/1972: “Captain Canada Matches Mettle With The Monstrous Menace of The Media-Master” Concept, Robert Norton. Writ., Peter Evans..

SOURCE:

Article book:

The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1979: 228.

Correspondence:

Email from James Waley.