McNALLY Ed
Cartoons By Ed McNally. The Montreal Star, Front cover.
Born 1916 in Fort William (Thunder Bay) Ontario.
He worked briefly for a commercial art studio then moved to Winnipeg. He joined the art department of the Winnipeg Free Press where he drew wildflowers at two dollars a drawing or $15 a week, depending on who you read. Shortly after, he submitted a cartoon to G. V. Ferguson editor of the Winnipeg Free Press. It was considered so good by both Ferguson and Frank B. Walker that he was hired as a staff member in the editorial department where he assisted Arch Dale. At $18 or $20 a week he was one of the highest paid members in the department.
In 1941 he joined the Royal Canadian Navy. After the war he settled in Montréal as a freelance illustrator. With the help of Dick Hersey Art Director for The Standard, he developed a reputation as a superb illustrator. However, he wanted to be an editorial cartoonist and so for six months he worked on a unique style and approach for drawing daily cartoons. The Star [Montréal] (publisher of The Standard) hired him as their editorial cartoonist in 1960. In that period he became as well known as Macpherson. He was awarded National Newspaper Awards for his editorial cartoons in 1961 and 1964, and first prize for political cartooning at the third International Salon of Cartoons/ Salon International de la Caricature in 1966.
According to the Hecklers, although many cartoonists had trouble drawing PM Lester Person, McNally was “right on target.” His cartoons bore little malice, but he was a Canadian nationalist and enjoyed taking the occasional swipe at the Americans. He also “despised privilege in any form” as was evident in his social commentaries.
He died suddenly in 1971 drawing his last cartoon a few hours before his death.
As a footnote to this entry, I as a youngster always looked forward to reading the Weekend Magazine in order to see his illustrations and today I appreciate them more than his editorial cartoons. Robert MacMillan.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
Content editorial cartoon:
The World of McNally. Intro. By Frank B. Walker, Editor-in-Chief. The Montreal Star, 1972. Boxed edition.
Content editorial cartoon & Cover book front & back:
Cartoons By Ed McNally. Intro. By G.V. Ferguson Editor-in-Chief. The Montreal Star, no date.
Cartoons By McNally. Intro. By N.R. Crump. The Montreal Star, no date.
ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK TEXT:
Content history & Cover dust jacket front:
Salt-Water Men. Writ., Joseph Schull. Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1957.
Ships of the Great Days: Canada’s Navy in World War II. Writ., Joseph Schull. Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1962.
Content humour & Cover dust jacket front:
Lady Chatterley Latterly. Writ., Walter O’Hearn. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1963
The Member from Pasquobit. Writ., Walter O’Hearn.: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1964.
PERIODICAL TEXT:
Content advertisements for Lamb’s Navy Rum:
| Maclean’s …: …. Each of the images listed below is different. | |||
| …, 25 May 1957: 85.
…, 22 June 1957: 79. …, 14 Sept. 1957:101. |
…, 12 Oct. 1957: 67.
…, 26 Oct. 1957: 77. …, 24 May 1958: 57. |
…, 11 Oct. 1958: 69.
…, 25 Oct. 1958: 58. …, 11 April 1959: 75. |
…, 23 May 1959: 63.
…, 21 Nov.1959: 85. Images continued into 1960. |
Content essay:
| Maclean’s, …: “…”. …: …. |
| …, 3 May 1953: “Nothing Happened to Matt”. Writ., J. D. Peter: 10, 11.
…, 5 January 1960: “The Lavish And Lively Laurentians”. Writ., Ken Lefolii: 12-13, 14, 15,42. …, 16, 1965: “Canada’s Expo 67 Pavilion”. Writ., unidentified: 2-3, 4. …, 10, 1968: “A Day In The Life Of A Candidate”. Writ., Robert McKeown: 26-27. …, 15 May 1971: “This Man Wanted To Go To War”. Writ., Don Bell: 8-9. 10-11. |
Weekend, 10-41, 1960: “The Jinx Of Headless Valley Kills Again”. Writ., Stephen Franklin: 26.
Content history:
| Weekend, …: “…”. …: …. |
| …, 6-46, 17 November 1956: “Greatest Of The Flying Madcaps”. Writ., Frank Lowe: 2.
…, 8-20, 17 May 1958: “’Buzz’ Beurling’s First Day In Malta”. Writ., Pierre Clousterman: 2-3. …, 14 March 1959: “My Dad Was King Of The Medicine Men”. Writ., Thomas P. Kelly: 16-17. …, 10-19, 1960: “The Atlantic Air Ferry: They Took The Bombers To Britain”. Writ., S. White: 12-13. …, 10-20, 1960: “The Atlantic Air Ferry: The Trail Is Blazed”. Writ., Sholto White: 9. …, 10-21, 1960: “The Atlantic Air Ferry: The First Flying Fortresses Cross”. Writ., S. White: 21. …, 10-22, 1960: “The Atlantic Air Ferry: The Atlanitc Skies Conquered”. Writ., S. White: 9. |
Content memoir:
| Weekend, …: “…”. …: …. |
| …, 24 November 1951: “I Attended Stalin’s School for Generals”. Writ., Valentin Gonzales: 16.
…, 15 December 1951: “I Lived in the Frozen Hell of Siberia”. Writ., Valentin Gonzales: 17. |
| Weekend, …: “…”. Angus Maclean R.C.A.F. as told to writer Robert McKeown: …. |
| …, 6-43 27 October 1956: “The Escape That Had Everything Part 1”:2-3.
…, 6-44, 3 November 1956: “The Escape That Had Everything Part 2: A Heroine Was My Guide”: 2. |
| Weekend, …: “…”. Rupert Brooks R.C.A.F. as told to writer Stephen Franklin: …. |
| …, 7-40, 12 October 1957: “Escape To Danger Part 1”: 2
…, 7-41, 19 October 1957: Escape To Danger: Part 2: We Had A Price On Our Heads”: |
Content story:
| Maclean’s, …: “…”. …: …. |
| …, 1 November 1949: “Jeanne D’Arc And The Siren Sea”. Writ., Eva-Lis Wourio: 20-21.
…, 6 July 1957: “The Bequest”. Writ., Yves Theriault: 26-27. |
| The Standard, …: “…” . …: …. |
| …, 30 December 1950: “Dawning Light”. Writ., Huntley Gordon: 12.
…, 19 May 1951: “The Case Of Montreal’s Missing Gamblers”. Writ., Gerald Clark: 5. …, 25 August 1951: “Highgrade Landing”. Writ., Carroll W. McLeod: 4, 5. |
Cover front:
| Maclean’s, …. | |||
| …, 29 March 1958. | …, 20 December 1958. | …, 18 July 1959. | |
WRITER & ILLUSTRATOR:
PERIODICAL TEXT ANTHOLOGY:
Content essay & sketches:
Weekend, 3-25, 28 June 1953: “Sketches At The Horseshow”: 20-21.
Weekend, 10-10, 1960: “Dig These Canadian Beats: They’re With It Man”: 52-53.
SOURCE:
Article book:
Cartoons By Ed McNally. Intro. By G.V. Ferguson Editor in Chief. The Montreal Star, no date.
The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: 244-245.
The World of McNally. Intro. By Frank B. Walker, Editor-in-Chief. The Montreal Star, 1972:3
GALLERY:
1ST Prize for political cartooning, Cartoons By McNally.
Weekend, 24 November 1951:16.
Weekend, 3 May 1953: 10.
Weekend, 6-46, 17 November 1956: 2.
Weekend, 6-43 27 October 1956: 3.
Salt-Water Men. 1957: Dust jacket front.
Maclean’s, 22 June 1957: 79.
The ice did its worst. It coated windows hulls and wings and even formed inside. But the flying boat Guba winged on high over the Atlantic to Scotland and safety. Weekend, 10-19, 1960: 12.
“The dying Banting did his best to bandage the wounds of Mackey and Mackey, stunned and dazed, tried his best to take down the dying words of Banting.” Capt. Joe Mackey – sole survivor. Weekend, 10-21, 1960: 21.
The Member from Pasquobit. 1964. Dust jacket front.