CANADIAN CARTOONISTS ASSOCIATION

The Canadian Cartoonists Association was organized circa 1947. It “was built on the foundation” of an earlier organization called the Cartoonists Forum, which had been organized by Vic Runtz the new organization’s Editor-publisher. All correspondence was to be addressed to him. The organization was nonprofit. Its goals were to promote cartooning in North America and particularly Canada, provide advice and instruction, market data, and social information. Membership was open to anyone interested in cartooning for an annual fee of $1.75.The Association policy stated, “Members were invited to submit their opinins as to rules and regulating of their society.”

The first executive was composed of

President: Will Anderson, 126 Stinson Street, Hamilton Ontario.

Secretary: Joe Cranswick, 1949 West Third Avenue, Vancouver B.C.

Editor-Treasurer: Vic Runtz, c/o Sir George William School of Art, 1441 Drumond Street Montréal.

Librarian: Ellen Fennell, Chu Chut, British Columbia.

In its first newsletter the Association made it known the Cartoon Editor of the Toronto Star Weekly was ready to receive members cartoons and would pay $25 per acceptance.

In March 1949 the executive was still composed of:

President: Will Anderson, 126 Stinson Street, Hamilton Ontario.

Secretary and Membership: Joe Cranswick, [now] 1842 Vine Street, Vancouver B.C.

Editor-Treasurer: Vic Runtz,14 Upper Hillsboro Street, Charlottetown, P.E.I.

Library and Social News: Ellen Fennell, Chu Chut, British Columbia.

An addition was Printing and Publicity: John E. Lewis, 16 Lancaster Blvd., Woodroffe, Ontario.

 

Their first newsletter a set of mimeographed 7.5”X14” sheets is dated April 1947. It was announced that the publication schedule would be six issues, April 1^st , May 15^th , July 1^st , September 15^th , November 15^th and January 1^st.

NEWSLETTER:

The Canadian Cartoonist ….
I-1, April 1947. I-3, 15 August 1947.	I-4, 1 November 1947. I-6, 15 February 1948.	II-1, 1 April 1948. II-2, 1 July 1948.	II-3, November 1948. II-4, March 1949.

SOURCE:

The Canadian Cartoonist archived with the Gordon Johnston Papers University of Western Ontario.

 

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BRADSHAW Jason

He is (2025) a Toronto based cartoonist who produced a cartoon series called “Bore” beginning in 2009. In 2019 he completed his first graphic novel Things Go Wrong published as three mini comics by Paper Rocket Minicomics between 2018 and 2019. For this he was nominated for the Doug Wright Emergi8ng Talent Award.

Bore was a series of diary type cartoons chronicling ten years of Jason’s life. They were published in small batches, and sold a zine fairs or given to friends.

WORK:

BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

Content serial black & white & Cover wraparound colour:

Bore, Car., Jason Bradshaw. Black Eye Books, 2023. A collection from Bradshaw’s zine of the same name. See Amputations below.

Content collection of cartoons black & white & Cover book wraparound black & white:

Amputations, Car., Jason Bradshaw. Black Eye Books, 2023. This booklet and a 2 colour print signed and dated by Jason Bradshaw were bonuses given to those participating in the crowd funding for the publishing of Bore.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Bore, Black Eye Books, 2023. Book flaps.

GALLERY:

             Bore, Black Eye Books, 2023: Front cover.

Amputations, Black Eye Books,2023: Wraparound cover.

        Print signed (2023) and dated by Jason Bradshaw

 

GOVERNMENT NATIONAL FILM BOARD

“A huge success over the years, the NFB has won over 5000 awards, including  over 70 Academy Award nominations, creating Canada’s reputation as a world center of animation.”                                                                                              Stephen Cavalier. The World History Of Animation. 2011: 17.

At the instigation of the Canadian government, it was founded 1939 by John Grierson, a Scottish documentary film maker “often considered the father of British and Canadian documentary film”* its function was to create World War 2, propaganda film.

In 1940 it launched animation production by commissioning Disney to create such features as The Wise Little Pig which was used to sell war stamps, but when Disney commissions become too expensive it moved away from mainstream cel animation into more experimental form. The significant move in this direction was the hiring in 1941, of another Scot Norman McLaren to create in house features.

In 1955, it created the first Canadian animated feature film Le village enchanté animated by Marcel & Réal Racicot.

In 1995, the Federal Government cut the NFB’s budget by $20 million over three years. NFB’s Vancouver offices were closed. The NFB archives were closed to the public.

PRODUCT:

FILM ANIMATED:

Based on Canadian Songs:

Blackfly Song. Composer, Wade Hemsworth. Animator, Christopher Hilton. Singers, Wade Hemswoth, Kate & Anna McGarrigle. Producer, William Pettigre. National Film Board, 1991. Film, 05m, 06s.

Canada Vignettes: Log Driver’s Waltz. Composer, Wade Hemsworth. Animator, John Weldon. Singers, Kate & Anna McGarrigle. Producer, David Verrall. National Film Board, 1979. Film, 03m, 17s.

Based on Canadian stories:

The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones. Writ., Stephen Leacock. Animator, Gerald Potterton. Producer, David Verrall. National Film Board, 1983. Film, 07m,

My Financial Career. Writ., Stephen Leacock. Co animators, Gerald Potterton & Grant Munro. Producers, Colin Low & Tom Daly. National Film Board, 1962. Film, 06m, 30 s.  48s.

Other:

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie King. Writ., Ann Marie Fleming. Co-produced by Stickgirl Productions the National Film Board. Actress Sandra Oh was the Executive Producer and the voice of lead character Rosie Ming. Kevin Langdale was principal illustrator and animator. This film was made into a graphic novel of the same name and published by Bedside Press.

AWARD:

Oscar,

1952: Neighbours, Dir., Norman McLaren.

Palm d’or Cannes,

1953: Romance of Transportation In Canada, (Part of Canada Carries On Series). Dir., Wolf Koening Colin Low & Robert Verrall.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Canadian Film Reader. Eds., Seth Feldman & Joyce Nelson. Peter Martin Associates/Take One, 1977: “National Film Board of Canada.”

Take One’s Essential Guide to Canadian Film. Ed., Wyndham Lewis. University of Toronto Press, 2001: “National Film Board”: 150-151.

The World History of Animation. Writ., Stephen Cavalier. University of California Press, 2011: 17.

Article in periodical:

Canadian Art, Winter/Dec. 1987: “Animated Magnetism.” Writ., Martin Hunter: 76-81.

Shift, July 1997: “The Great Animation Conspiracy”: 42..

Take One, Summer 1997: “O Canada – Point of View.” Linda Simensky: 40-41.

“The United Nations of Animation.” Writ., Marc Glassman. 6-11.

Internet:

*“John Grierson” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grierson. Accessed 15 Apr. 2019.

 

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