SNEYD Doug

SNEYD Douglas (Doug)

“Without Hugh Hefner none of this would have been possible.”                              Doug Sneyd, The Hecklers, 251.

Born 1933 in Guelph.

In the 1950’s, after graduating from high school in Guelph, Ontario, he worked as a commercial artist in Montréal then Toronto. He became a freelance illustrator of books and magazines. He developed a single panel news cartoon which appeared in the Toronto Star and became syndicated though out North America.

He brought a folio of his illustrations to Chicago in the early 1960’s and showed them to a Playboy editor. The editor convinced him to try his hand at cartooning. He became established with that magazine regularly drawing a full page, full colour “girlie” cartoon. From 1964, he has sold about five hundred cartoons to Playboy. In 1969, he moved his family to Orillia where his studio overlooks Lake Couchiching.

He branched out into political cartooning experimenting with several features for the Toronto Star. He eventually settled on a daily lighthearted cartoon strip called “Scoops”. He syndicated it and it appeared in over a hundred newspapers in Canada and the U.S. running approximately 1979 to 1982.

In 1993, he wrote, produced and directed, for the Ontario Government, “Black-eyed Susan” an educational film about spousal abuse.

WORKS:

CARTOONIST & ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

Content panel cartoon & Cover book front & back:                                                        These panels were written by Doug Sneyd and various gag writers.

Secret Sneyd. Writ., Dark Horse Books, April 2017.

Unpublished 1., Sneyd Syndicate Inc, 2007.

Content panel cartoon & Cover book & dust jacket front & back:                                    These panels were written by Doug Sneyd and various gag writers.

 The Art of Doug Sneyd. Forward, Hugh Hefner. Intro., Lynn Johnston. Dark Horse Books, July 2011.

ILLUSTRATOR:

 BOOK TEXT:

 Content biography & Cover dust jacket front :

Fur Trader. Writ., Robert D. Ferguson. Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1961.

Man From Saint Malo. Writ., Robert D. Ferguson. Macmillan of Canada, 1959.

Content novel youth & Cover dust jacket front :

A Boy At Leafs Camp. Writ., Scott Young. Little Brown & Co. 1963.

The Legend Of The Devil’s Lode. Writ., Robert Collins. Little Brown & Co., 1962.

The Riddle Of The Haunted River. Writ., Lawrence Earl. Little Brown & Co., (Canada) Ltd., 1962.

PERIODICAL TEXT ANTHOLOGY:

Content story & Cover front:

Canadian Weekly, June 27 – July 4, 1964:6-9. “The Funniest War That Ever Was: pt 1.” Writ., Duncan McLeod.

SOURCE:

Article book:

The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: “Doug Sneyd”: 250 – 251.

Secret Sneyd. Dark Horse Books, April 2017: “Introduction.” Writ., D. Sneyd: 8-10, 280.

Unpublished 1., Sneyd Syndicate Inc, 2007: “Meet Doug Sneyd”: ii.

GALLERY:

See SCOOPS

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\S\SNEYD Doug_0001.jpg Fur Trader. 1961. Dust jacket.

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\S\SNEYD Doug_0002.jpg A Boy At Leafs Camp. 1963: Dust jacket.

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\S\SNEYD Doug, Canadian Weekly, Jun 27-Jul 3, 1964, fc.jpg “The Fenian Raids – The Canadian’s commander is unhorsed as his troops charge the fenians.” Canadian Weekly, June 27 – July 4, 1964: Front cover.