CUMMINGS Dale
1988 Portfoolio: The Year of Canadian Caricature: 182.
“Getting a start as a political cartoonist in the country is extremely difficult. It seems you have to sit around waiting for someone to die.” Dale Cummings, The Hecklers: 234.
Born1948 in St. Thomas, Ontario.
He studied animation and illustration at Sheridan College in Oakville.
He was one of the chief animators in the production of True North, a documentary broadcast nationally in 1974. He followed this up with producing animation for several Sesame Street productions.
He sold his first cartoon to the Free Press [London] in 1968. He did some cartoons for the New York Times during his brief stay in New York. He returned to Canada in 1976, and did freelance editorial illustrations and cartoons for Canadian Forum, Last Post, This Magazine, Maclean’s, Harrowsmith, and Globe and Mail.
He has been the Winnipeg Free Press editorial cartoonist since January 1981. He was a National Newspaper Awards winner in 1983. In 2016, he won the first George Townsend Award an annual award initiated by the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists/ Association of Canadian Cartoonists.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content editorial cartoon:
The Art of Political Cartooning in Canada/1980. Ed., Steve Bradley. For., Robert LaPalme. Virgo Press, Oct. 1980: 133, 154, 196, 199.
Best Canadian Political Cartoons, 1983. Ed., N.M. Stahl. For., David Rosen. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Sept. 1983: 16, 29, 42, 141, 162, 186, 208.
Best Canadian Political Cartoons, 1984. Ed., N.M. Stahl. For.,Robert LaPalme. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Sept. 1984: 9, 47, 69, 80, 84, 117, 136, 142, 148.
Caricature . Cartoons Canada. Ed., Terry Mosher. Linda Leith Publishing, 2012: 58.
Portfoolio, The Year 85 In Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux & Alan King. Writ., Charles Gordon. Ludcom Inc. 1985.
Portfoolio, The Year 86 In Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux. Writ., Charles Gordon. Ludcom Inc. 1986..
Portfoolio, The Year 87 In Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Ludcom Inc. 1987.
1988 Portfoolio, The Year In Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Charles Gordon. Eden Press. 1988.
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. | 9: 1993. |
| Portfoolio…: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Ken MacQueen Macmillan of Canada, …. | ||
| 10: 1994. | 11: 1995. | 12: 1996. |
| Portfoolio …. The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Jay Stone Macmillan of Canada, … | ||||
| 13, 1997. | 14, 1998. | 15, 1999. | 16, 2000. | 17, 2001. |
Portfoolio 18: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux. Writ., Scott Feschuk. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 2002.
| Portfoolio …. The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed. & Writ., Guy Badeaux . McArthur & Co. … | ||
| 19, 2003. | 20, 2004. | 21, 2005. |
| Portfoolio …: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., & Writ., Warren Clements. McArthur & Co. …. | |||
| 22: 2006. | 23: 2009. | 24: 2010. | 25: 2011. |
BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
Content panel cartoon & Cover book front:
You Might Be From Manitoba If … MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc., 2015.
BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content cartoon panel:
2000 Reasons To Hate The Millennium: A 21st Century Survival Guide. Ed., Josh Freed & Terry Mosher. Doubleday Canada Ltd., 1999.
PERIODICAL TEXT ANTHOLOGY:
Content decoration:
The Canadian Forum, February 1977: 21, 35
The Canadian Forum, September 1977: 10, 11.
SOURCE:
Article book:
Byline Canada: The National Newspaper Awards. Ed., Andrew MacFarlane. Methuen, 1984: 98.
The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: 234.
Portfoolio, The Year 85 In Canadian Caricature.1985: “Dale Cummings”: 199.
Correspondence:
Wes Tyrell to Robert MacMillan, 7 Nov. 2016, Email.
GALLERY:
Dale Cummings wins a 2016 George Townsend Award.
Portfoolio: The Year 85 In Canadian Caricature, Back cover.
Portfoolio 7, Front cover.