PASSEPOIL

See BOUREGOIS Albéric.

 

PASQUALLA A.G.

WORK:

WRITER:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content story:

Monstrosity, v.1, 2013: “It Came From Within.” Illus. & Let., Dan Simon.

Monstrosity, v.2, 2014: “Winning.” Illus., Dylan Burnett.

PASHE Fred

This winner of the 1995 Peace Hills Trust Native Art Contest, has done character modelling and artwork for games books and animation such as Lord Of The Rings, WITN, Spiderman, Ascend: Hand of Kul and Project Spark. His illustrations can be seen in Spirit Wolf: Birth Of A Legend.

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content:

Moonshot. Alternate History Comics Inc., Alternate History Comics Inc., 2015: ….
“Thunder Eagle” [sketches]: 163.	“Thunder Eagle”[painting]: 174-175.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Moonshot. Alternate History Comics Inc., 2015: “Biographies”: 170.

PASCAL

See ÉLIE Pascal

 

PARTICLE MAN

Through “Particle Man” Ramon Perez has created a delightful world of fellow superheroes “The Canadian” and “G. I. Gerussi” against the super villainous “Group Of Seven” including “Purple Reign”, “Le Bouclier”, “Loon”, “Land-Phil”, “Madame Équerre” & “Doctor Schrödinger”.

In the first story, school boy Daniel Atom by turning into “Particle Man comes to the aid of “The Canadian” fighting “Purple Reign” and “Le Bouclier”. He accomplishes this through a ring he got in a Kinter Egg and by saying “Particle Ring Do Your Thing!” Perez sets the stage for this transformation, through the teacher giving a science lesson about rearranging protons and electrons. This is probably the shortest origin story in superhero history. At the end of the story “The Canadian” and probably other superheroes decide to take “Particle Man” seriously.

The second story, “Trash Talk” involves a conflict between “Particle Man” and “The Loon” assisted by “Land-Phil”. Yes there are ecological overtones. Again how “Particle Man” saves the day is preceded by a small science lesson describing how water needs an impurity in it before it can freeze.

The lightheartedness of these stories but perhaps even more the sly references like “G. I. Gerussi (is he referring to actor of Beachcombers Bruno Gerussi?) or more obviously naming the super villain group after Canada’s iconic “Group of Seven” make them fun to read.

MEDIUM:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content serial:

True Patriot: All New Canadian Comic Book Adventures. Ed., J. Torres. True Patriot Comics, 2013: “Particle Man.” Car., Ramon Perez: 91-98.

True Patriot: Heroes Of The Great White North. Ed., J. Torres. True Patriot Comix, 2014: “Particle Man in ‘Trash Talk’, Acts 1 & 2.” Car., Ramon Perez: 12-17 & 61-65.

PARKINS David

Born 1965 in Britain.

In 2006, he and his family moved to Ontario. He now lives in Kingston, Ontario.

He illustrated a page length cartoon serial called “The Walrus Presents” written by Jason Sherman. It appeared on the last page of the Walrus magazine from about the beginning of 2009 till December 2012. He also drew a weekly cartoon for the British Columbia section of the Globe and Mail. Internationally, he was a frequent contributor The Guardian [U.K.], a weekly contributor to The Times Educational Supplement, and his work often appeared in Nature magazine. He has also illustrated children’s magazines.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content:

Cartoon editorial:

Caricature . Cartoons Canada. Ed., Terry Mosher. Linda Leith Publishing, 2012: 87.

Portfoolio …: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., & Writ., Warren Clements. McArthur & Co. ….
23: 2009.	25: 2011.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Portfoolio 23: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., & Writ., Warren Clements. McArthur & Co. 2009: “David Parkin”: 172.

GALLERY:

 Walrus, Jan./Feb. 2012: 76.

PARKER Lewis

Maclean’s 18 January 1958: 55..

“From a distance, I would say that what separates the men from the boys in the field of political cartooning is coming to terms with a daily deadline … and at the same time retaining your creativity.”

Lewis Parker, The Hecklers: 247.

Born 16 January 1926 in Toronto.

At age 13 (1939) he enrolled in the art program at Central Technical School in Toronto. In 1941 he apprenticed for Rabjohn Illustrators at $3.00 per week. While there he was greatly influenced by Bert Grassick, who also did editorial cartoons for Maclean’s and the Telegram [Toronto]. He asked Grassick to teach him to cartoon. Grassick handed him fifty sheets of paper and told him to come back in a week with drawings on both sides. When Lewis came back in a month, Grassick handed him fifty more sheets. Parker remained at Rabjohn till he joined the army in 1944. It appears that in 1943, he submitted a story “Tommy Holmes VC” to Bell Features who published it in WOW Comics.*

He was sent to Debert then overseas where he joined the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Regiment. The war ended but he stayed on with the army of occupation. He became an all-purpose illustrator on the regimental paper until he was transferred to the Maple Leaf, the Canadian army newspaper in Holland and Germany, to substitute for Bing Coughlin, its chief cartoonist. He worked there till he was discharged from the army July 24, 1946. He returned to Canada. During his stay with the Maple Leaf, he created the cartoon strip “Wanda”

He returned to Toronto and his old job as apprentice illustrator in Rabjohn Illustrators. In 1947, with friend Gord Laws, he formed an art company. In May 1948 Norm Laws and Bill Sherman joined to form Sherman, Laws & Parker. It was also in 1947, during a three-month trip to New Mexico, U.S.A. that the art of the Taos culture awakened in him a profound curiosity about North American indigenous cultures in general and in his own Mi’kmaq ancestry in particular. However, it would be many years before this interest found an outlet.

In 1950/1951, along with Peter Newman and William Tiller, a metallurgist, Parker tried his hand at writing Science Fiction, but it was not to be.

He left the partnership he co-founded in 1956, and till 1970 he worked as a freelance artist. Len Norris then director at Maclean’s Magazine hired him as an illustrator. He worked primarily for that magazine but also did illustrations for other magazines such as Canadian Homes, Chatelaine and Canadian Magazine. He did occasional editorial cartoons for The Globe and Mail, Telegram, Toronto Star and Star Weekly. In addition, he branched out into book illustration for McClelland & Stewart, Macmillan of Canada, Little Brown, Gage etc.

As well as pursuing a career as a freelance illustrator, he developed a parallel career taking over public relations for the Crest Theatre, which was founded in 1953 and collapsed in 1966. As he told journalist Kate Gilderdale, “I got to know a lot of characters there, and that got me work with Herb Whittacker, theatre critic, at the Globe and then Nate Cohen, theatre critic, at the Star doing theatre stuff.”

Over this period and beyond he became involved in other visual arts ventures. From 1964 to 1967 he did illustrations for U.S.A. magazines using a New York agent. From 1964 to 1975 he entered a partnership Lazare and Parker with his friend and fellow artist Gerald Lazare. With Richard Doyle, he later helped form the Globe Weekly.

Parker’s long time interest in indigenous culture and Canadian history, the renowned historical artist C.W. Jefferies had been a childhood hero, now began to find outlets.  Over 1966/1967 he lived in Mexico with his wife and children and studied Mayan and Aztec cultures funded by a Canada Council grant. In 1968, the Canada Council gave him another grant to study indigenous plains cultures. For this he travelled to western Canada with fellow artist Eugene Aliman. In 1968, Parker with Gerald Lazare began painting what became known as “The Huron Series”. The Huronia Council contracted for four paintings but the artists kept expanding the project until it reached thirty-six paintings and was not finished till 1971. The Huronia Council expanded their original contract to pay for ten of these illustrations, but beyond that number the artists did the painting on their own initiative. The Canadian Magazine 15 May 1971 presented the series as a major feature. As this project ended in 1971 the National Film Board commissioned Parker and Lazare to do a series of five illustrations of an Inuit hunt for Beluga whales and of a buffalo jump. These were then used in a documentary.

The over 1972/1973 the Lazare/Parker partnership produced murals on three domes for the National Museums on site in Ottawa. The subject was the history of mankind. The first dome involved the emergence of early cultures beginning with Australopithecus. The second dome carried on this development through Homo Erectus ending with a modern city in the background and African west coast huts in the foreground. The third dome was painted in black and white and began with Homo Sapiens and ended with the United Nations Building. The challenge of maintaining a constant perspective was considerable. The artists were painting on 16 by 75 foot surfaces which were curved in both directions. Parker and Lazare worked with research specialists for a year to prepare the subject matter then executed the paintings over the course of eight months. Each painter did one dome alone. Then both of them completed the final dome. This was the last project on which Parker and Lazare partnered. Lazare left historical illustration to pursue other artist interests. Sadly this work was destroyed when the museum was torn down being replaced by the Museum of Civilization. All that remains is a sample section held in storage at the museum.

During 1970/1974 while the above projects were underway the Parker/Lazare partnership painted the “Indians of Canada Series” for the Wildlife Federation. Canada Post used one of these paintings for its stamp “Ceremonial Dress” issued 4 April 1975.

During 1974/1976 Parker produced a series of film artworks for the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and Cinera Productions

Over 1975/1980 he produced a series of historical paintings for Parks Canada. It began when the Parks Canada Atlantic Region office contacted Parker to do a large painting of the expulsion of the Acadians from Ile Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island). Pleased with the result Parks Canada commissioned Parker to paint the construction of the Acadian dikes near Grand Pré and to do seven paintings on the history of Fort Beauséjour.

This was followed 1980/1982 with two 10 foot 6 inch wide by 5 foot 6 inch high murals for the Fortress Louisbourg National Historic Site. One painting gives a panoramic view of the entire harbor as seen from the Citadel clock tower, and the other to focus on the activities of the inner harbor and along the quay, is viewed from the masthead of Le Brillant.. His painting “The Founding of Louisbourg was used on a $100 coin issued by the Royal Canadian Mint. In 1983, he began a four year twelve painting history of Cape Breton commissioned by the University College of Cape Breton. He continued his historical painting 1988/1989 with a series for the Canadian Encyclopedia – Junior Edition, commissioned by Hurtig publishers. This was his last commission after which he retired.

He did do a final commission, film project for the Cinera Series in which he illustrated key figures in the American Revolutionary War. His daughter Leslie helped him with the research. The project was completed in 2003.

He died 27 March 2011.

Lewis Parker was a member of Canadian Artists and Photographers in Communications, The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto and the Canadian Society of Book Illustrators.

*When I was visiting Lewis, he gave me some material he no longer wanted to keep. Among it was the “Tommy Holmes VC” story with “1943” written in pencil in the top margin.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content history:

WOW Comics, 12. No date. “Tommy Holmes VC”: 24-31. Bell Features & Publishing. Black & white.

PERIODICAL TEXT:

Content cartoon gag:

Maclean’s, 23 November 1957.

NEWSPAPER:

Content cartoon gag:

Toronto Daily Star, 16 July 1969

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT:

Content history:

Canada’s First Bank. Writ., Merrill Denison. McClelland & Stewart, 1966. Painting: “Momentous Meeting During 1837 Depression”: 319. Part of a group of artists: Lorne Bouchard, Douglas Johnson, Bruce Johnson, Will Davies, William Kurelek, Henry Simpkins, Stuart Main, Gerald L. Sevier, Roy Hewitson , James Walker, Jack Tremblay, Fred Oakley, Don Anderson, Franklin Arbuckle, Alex Taylor, Tom McNeely, Huntley Brown, Jerry Lazare commissioned for this work.

Content history & Cover book front:

Our Heritage From The Past. W.G., Hardy. McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1964.

Content history & Cover dust jacket front:

Battle For The Rock. Writ., Joseph Schull. Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1960..

The Savage River. Writ., Marjorie Wilkins Campbell. Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1968.

Content memoir & Cover dust jacket front:

When Toronto was for kids. Writ., Robert Thomas Allen. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1961.

Content novel:

Mine For Keeps, Writ., Jean Little. Little Brown and Co., 1962.

Content novel & Cover dust jacket front:

The Mystery Of The Disappearing Dogs. Writ., Arthur Hamond. Little Brown & Co (Canada) Ltd., 1963.

Uncle Joe. Writ., James McNamee. Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1962.

Content novel & Cover dust jacket wrap around:

The Last Of The Great Picnics. Writ., Leslie McFarlane. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1965.

PERIODICAL TEXT:

Content folio & Cover front:

The Canadian Magazine, 15 May 1971 “The Day of the Hurons: Paintings by Lewis Parker”.

Maclean’s, 5 December 1959: “We liked animals better than people”. Writ., Thomas Allen: 32, 33.

Maclean’s, 8 October 1960: “Backstage In Camelot”: 2-3.

EXHIBITS:

Parker’s work has been exhibited at:

Acadian University Nova Scotia

Fort Beausejour, New Brunswick

McMichael Gallery Ontario

Mount Allison University New Brunswick

New Brunswick Museum St John New Brunswick

Ontario Institute For Studies In Education, Toronto, Ontario

Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario

Saint Marie Among the Hurons, Midland Ontario

University College of Cape Breton

SOURCE:

Article book:

The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland & Stewart  Ltd., 1979: “Lewis Parker”: 246.

Research Bulletin No. 112, Sept. 1979. “Fort Beausejour Ground Interpretation Project: Parker Paintings.” Parks Canada,

Article periodical:

Art Impressions, Summer 1995: “Real People, Real Lives.” Writ., Alexander Dumas. 45-49.

Atlantic Insight, July 1981: “Lewis Parker creates by re-creating.” Writ., Silver Donald Cameron. 42-43.

The Beaver, Winter 1983: “Lewis Parker: Painting Canada’s Past.” Writ., A.J.B. Johnston: 39-45.

Cape Breton’s Magazine, 43: “Lewis Parker: A Work in Progress.” Writ., unidentified: 0, 69-72.

Material History Bulletin/Bulletin d’histoire de la culture matérielle, 27, Spring/Printemps 1988:

“History Painting: The Creation of Interpretive Tableaux.” Writ., A.J.B. Johnson: 43-48.

Maclean’s 18 January 1958: “In The Editor’s Confidence: Some cannibalism among our caricaturists” 55. Lewis Parker and Duncan Macpherson draw caricatures of each other.

Article newspaper:

Uxbridge Weekender, 8 Aug. 1992: “Uxbridge artist’s work sought after across the country.” Writ., Kate Gilderdale: P3.

Notes from Lewis Parker:

The above career arch is based principally on a list of activities provided by Lewis Parker.

GALLERY:

     Maclean’s 18 January 1958: 55. Lewis Parker and Duncan MacPherson caricaturize each other.

The illustration from the dust jacket of The Mystery Of The Disappearing Dogs.

The Savage River. Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1968.

PARKER Gordon

Born: Richmond Hill British Columbia.

Studied two years with artist Bob Field. Worked in a commercial studio with Barry Lavander learning lettering and design. Worked a year with Carl Chaplin’s studio learning airbrush technique.

Designed whales for buttons and tee shirts for Greenpeace. In 1978 he developed a cartoon strip called “Cranston Ant” a private detective set in the early 1940’s.

 

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Cover back:

Fog City Comics, 1, September 1977: “Cranston Ant”

 

PARADIS Louis

Born 6 July, 1959 in Montmagny, Québec.

In 1974, at the age of fifteen years he published his first comic book. He earned a degree in graphic design from CEGEP Rivière-du-Loup campus in Québec. In the early 1980’s He drew illustrations for Solaris a science fiction magazine and in 1984, won first prize in a “Les Grands Volliers” contest jointly organized by Le Soleil [Québec City] and Salon international du livre de Québec.

In 1986, he founded Sextant, a graphic periodical devoted to science fiction and fantasy which lasted till the spring of 1989. During this time he contributed to other periodicals like Bambou and Titanic. About this time he became involved for a short period with Dave Darrigo and Steve LeBlanc in the creation of “Tony Bravado Trouble Shooter”. In the 1990’s he joined Grafik Sismik. He became involved with writer and publisher Anne Sigier and illustrated Abraham et Moise in 1993 and Les premiers Chrétiens in 1998. Also in 1998 he was involved with Zine Zag a quarterly magazine of and about cartooning. It survived to April 2004.

ILLUSTRATOR:

MEDIUM:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:

Content portrait:

Tony Bravado Trouble Shooter,…: “Private Eye Pin-up” :… Special Studio. Black & white.
3, Dec.1989: 28.	4, Mar. 1990: 31.

INKER:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:

Content serial:

Tony Bravado Trouble Shooter, …: “…” …: …. Special Studio. Black & white.

1, Aug.1988: “Dirty Jobs.” Writ., Dave Darrigo. Pen., Steve LeBlanc:1-28. 2, no date: “The Point Of No Return Part 1.” Writ., D. Darrigo. Pen., S. LeBlanc. Let., Cindy Holmes: 1-23.

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content story:

Wavemakers , 4, Feb.1989: “The Falling of the Sun.” Writ. & Pen., Steve LeBlanc. Let., Cindy Holmes: 25-27.

SOURCE:

Interview:

Dave Darrigo, 1988.

Internet:

“Louis Paradis.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Paradis. Accessed 23 January 2021.

THE PANTHERS

This was a semi-fictional graphic serial promoted a minor hockey team The Panthers, in the Toronto Hockey League, now called the Greater Toronto Hockey League. The team was sponsored by Bell Features and Publishing Co. Its membership focused on, but was not restricted to Active Club members.

It was a short-lived feature, and sponsorship and probably coincided with the 1943/1944 hockey season. The series began and ended in Active issues 19 to 21. Active Comics features identified the members of the team and included news items on the team’s progress. The characters in the serial were based on Cy Bell and Bell Artists, Leo Bachle, Ted Steele and Ross Saakel. None of them played on the team, although the stories may have been based on some actual events.

MEDIUM:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:                                                                          All published by Bell Features and Publishing Ltd.

Content:

Advertisement:

Active Comics, 19: “A Sooper Dooper Announcement”: 22.

Newsletter:

Active Comics, …, no date: “…”Cartoonist unidentified: …. Black & white.

20: “Active Club Panthers”: 20-24 & “Reporting Panthers Games by Active Jim”: 36-37. 21: “Reporting Panthers Games by Active Jim”: 20-21, 44-47.

Serial:

Active Comics,… no date: “…”Cartoonist Tedd Steele: …. Black & white.
19: “The Panthers: Artists on Ice” : 17-21. 20: “The Panthers: Get The Ghost.”: 20-24.	21: “Some Panthers Don’t Wear Skates”: 30-36.

Cover front:

Active Comics, 20: Illus., Adrian Dingle.

GALLERY:

Active Comics, 19: 22.

Active Comics, 19: “Artists On Ice.” Car., Tedd Steele: 17.

Active Comics, 20: Front cover: Illus., Adrian Dingle,

Active Comics, 20: 36

Active Comics, 20: 37.