LAFONTAINE Benoît

LAFONTAINE Benoît

Born 1963, in Sherbrooke Québec.

This cartoonist who signs his work LAF, graduated in 1980 from Commercial Arts in Ottawa. He worked for a short time in advertising then switched to cartooning at age 22 years. He founded the Canadian Cartoon Company and distributed his material to 15 dailies and 12 weeklies across Canada. His work also appeared in This Magazine and Ottawa Magazine.

In the 1990’s, he spent three years, travelling in Asia.

He died in 2014.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content cartoon editorial:

Portfoolio: 1989 in Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Charles Gordon. Macmillan of Canada, 1989.

Portfoolio …: The Year in Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Charles Gordon. Macmillan of Canada, ….
6: 1990. 7: 1991. 8: 1992.

Portfoolio 15: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Jay Stone Macmillan of Canada, 1999.

ILLUSTRATOR:

PERIODICAL TEXT:

Content essay:

This Magazine, October 1988: “Rough Trade Gretzky, God and the Global Village”. Writ., Brian Fawcett: 30.

NEWSPAPER:

Content caricature for essay:

Toronto Star, 19 Feb. 1995: Whose side is Keith Spicer on?”. Writ., A. Zerbisias: C 1.

Toronto Star, 18 April 1998: Chrétien’s style confounds opposition”. Writ., unknown: B5

SOURCE:

Book graphic:

Portfoolio: 1989 in Canadian Caricature.1989; “Ben Lafontaine”: 211.

Portfoolio 15: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons.1999: “Ben Lafontaine”: 152.

GALLERY:

A newspaper article with a cartoon of two men Description automatically generatedThis Magazine, October 1988: 30.

A close-up of a person's face Description automatically generated                                    Toronto Star, 18 April 1998: B5. “Jean Chrétien”.

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\L\LAFONTAINE Ben, Protfoolio 1989, 211.jpgPortfoolio 1989: 211.

A cartoon of a person wearing a hat Description automatically generated                                      Toronto Star, 19 February 1995: C 1.Keith Spicer”.

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\L\LAFONTAINE, Ben Portfoolio 15, bc.jpgPortfoolio 15, 1999: back cover.