BASE Barry
Born 4 December 1941 in Halifax.
He was principally a writer working for a number of agencies beginning with Goodis Goldberg Soren before founding Kaleidoscope and finally settling as a columnist for 13 years in Strategy a business magazine about marketing, advertising and media.
He was also a cartoonist creating his own strip early in his career. A collection of his cartoons called Off Base was published in 1963 and his work as a cartoonist appeared in Maclean’s and Toronto Life.
He died from a brain tumor 27 February 2008.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
PERIODICAL TEXT:
Content strip cartoon:
Toronto Life, 67 January 1967: ‘Cartoonist Barry Base tackles Toronto Life”: 35.
Content story:
Maclean’s, 15 May 1978: “Heroes of our time”: 30-44.
SOURCE:
Internet:
legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/barry-base
strategyonline.ca/2008/04/01/
GALLERY:
Toronto Life, January 1967: 35.