OLSON Geoff
Born 1959 in Saskatoon.
Beginning 1981, he was editorial cartoonist for the Vancouver Courier. His art and writing has since appeared in a number of publications, including, This Magazine, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, and the Vancouver Sun. He has regularly cartooned and wrote for the magazine Common Ground. He has provided commentary to CBC Radio and Newsworld. His series “The Deadly Spins” has been used as course content in several Canadian and U.S. colleges. His essay on malls appeared in the fourth edition of Sociology, a McGraw-Hill textbook.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content cartoon editorial:
Caricature . Cartoons Canada. Ed., Terry Mosher. Linda Leith Publishing, 2012: 66.
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. |
Portfoolio …. The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed. & Writ., Guy Badeaux . McArthur & Co. … | |
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. |
SOURCE:
Article book:
Portfoolio: 1989 in Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Charles Gordon. Macmillan of Canada, 1989; “Geoff Olson”: 216.
Portfoolio 24: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., & Writ., Warren Clements. McArthur & Co. 2010: Geoff Olson”: 172.
GALLERY:
Portfoolio 9: Front cover.