TINGLEY Merle

TINGLEY Merle

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CANADIAN CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION and ANIMATION\IMAGE OF CARTOONIST OR ILLUSTRATOR\CARTOONIST &, or ILLUSTRATOR T\TINGLEY MERLE 1973_0004.jpg$ Merle Tingley circa 1973

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE OF PERSON\T\TINGLEY, Merle, The Maple Leaf Forever, 1987, 29_0002.jpg$ Merle Tingley circa 1940’s. The Maple Leaf Forever, 1987: 29.

“When I tackle politics, I try to bring them into the viewer’s back yard.” Merle Tingley from The Hecklers, 252.

Merle Tingley, who signed his cartoons “Ting” was born 1921 in Montréal.

He studied art for a year and worked briefly as an apprentice draughtsman for a Montréal engineering firm. “Luke Worm” has long been a mascot on Merle’s editorial cartoons, but his association with Merle has a much longer history.

“ I’ve known Luke Worm … ever since that November day in 1948 when he first slid down my pen” While he is only a mascot, he is much more significant to me. It was through a worm that I lost my first job. I was an apprentice draftsman. One day my boyhood cartooning ambitions got the better of me and I drafted a fat juicy worm in the midst of a very technical drawing. I neglected to erase it and the worm appeared in the final blueprint. Oh well – – I didn’t want to be a draftsman anyway.” Merle Tingley from 1950 Luke-ing Back, A Worm’s Eye View Of Yesterday.

After losing the job, he joined the Army Signals Corps in 1942, and in 1943 became staff cartoonist for The Khaki, the Canadian army’s official bilingual magazine. There he created “This Doggone Army” in which he personified dogs which portrayed army life, and another feature “Postwar Poppy.” Colonel Dick Malone signed him up as cartoonist for a planned Pacific edition of the Maple Leaf but the war ended before Canadians moved to that front. Doug MacFarlane of the European Maple Leaf grabbed him to replace “Bing” Coughlin who was being repatriated. Merle joined the occupation force in Delmenhorst Germany in 1945. There he created the daily feature “Occupational Oscar” according to Merle the backs of abandoned SS posters made excellent drawing paper. The Maple Leaf’s finally closed its doors and Merle remembered the wake for its demise. “It would be a book in itself.” he said.

He returned to Montréal, and got a job with an ad agency. He soon became tired of the work and decided he wanted to be a cartoonist. He bought a used motorcycle and toured the country showing his portfolio to thirty-one editors, before, out of desperation, he took a job retouching photographs at the Free Press in London Ontario. He drew editorial cartoons in his free time and submitted them to the editor. After two months he was made, in 1947, the Free Press’ first editorial cartoonist. Soon the pipe smoking Luke Worm appeared in his cartoons. The Free Press held a contest to name this character and a reader’s suggestion “Luke” was chosen. It became the signature piece for Ting’s cartoons but it also contained the significant attachment to his past that has already been described.

In addition to cartooning, he wrote articles and columns while on assignment to sketch Canadian soldiers and to bolster moral in Korea, and the Gaza strip in the 1950’s. Later U.S. troops in Formosa and the South Pacific and again Canadian peacekeepers in the Congo, and Cyprus.

In 1955 he won a National Newspaper Award. In 2015, he was inducted into the Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame, formerly the Giants of the North Hall of Fame.

He died 4 June 2017 at age 95 years in London Ontario.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content cartoon editorial:

The Art of Political Cartooning in Canada/1980. Ed., Steve Bradley. For., Robert LaPalme. Virgo Press, Oct. 1980.

Best Canadian Political Cartoons, 1983. Ed., N.M. Stahl. For., David Rosen. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Sept. 1983.

Best Canadian Political Cartoons, 1984. Ed., N.M. Stahl. For.,Robert LaPalme. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Sept. 1984.

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.

BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

Content cartoon editorial & Cover:

1950, Luke-ing Back: A Worm’s Eye View Of Yesterday With Luke Worm. London Free Press, 1950.

25 Years In The Inkwell, Ting Cartoons, 1948-1973. London Free Press, 1973.

Take Another Look With Ting. London Free Press, 1967.

Ting Cartoons. No publisher, no date.

Ting Cartoons. London Free Press, 1970.

Ting Cartoons: 1964 Edition, London Free Press, 1964.

Ting Cartoons: 1977 Edition,: London Free Press, 1977.

Ting Cartoons: vol. 8, London Free Press, no date. This edition follows 1977 edition.

Ting Cartoons: vol. 9, London Free Press, no date.

BOOK TEXT:

Content memoir & Cover dust jacket front:

Kooks & Dukes Counts & No-Accounts. Writ., William C. Heine. Hurtig Publishers, 1986.

MERCHANDISE:

Calendar:

The Best Of Freddy Flush. Delta Faucet Canada, 1993.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Herbie & Friends. Ed. & Writ., Barry D. Rowland. Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc., July 1990: 18.

The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: 251 – 252.

The Maple Leaf Forever: The Story Of Canada’s Foremost Armed Forces Newspaper. Writ. & Ed., Barry D. Rowland & J. Douglas MacFarlane. Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc. 1987.

1950, Luke-ing Back: A Worm’s Eye View Of Yesterday With Luke Worm. London Free Press, No publisher, no date.

Ting Cartoons: 1964 Edition, London: London Free Press, 1964.

Ting Cartoons: vol. 9, London: London Free Press, no date.

25 Years In The Inkwell, Ting Cartoons, 1948-1973. London: London Free Press, 1973.

Newspaper:

“L’armee consacre le talent d’un Jeune Caricaturiste Montrealis.” n.p: Photo-Journal, 16 Nov 1944.

GALLERY:

Herbie &Friends, July 1990: 18.

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CANADIAN CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION and ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST OR ILLUS. T\TINGLEY MERLE 25 Years In An Inkwell.jpg$

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CANADIAN CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION and ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST OR ILLUS. T\TINGLEY MERLE London Free Press 11 May 1964.jpg$ A comment on Canada’s role as Peace Keeper, London Free Press, 11 May 1964

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CANADIAN CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION and ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST OR ILLUS. T\TINGLEY MERLE Ting Cartoons v. 9.jpg$ Ting Cartoons, vol. 9 (circa1980): back cover.

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CANADIAN CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION and ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST OR ILLUS. T\TINGLEY MERLE 25 Years in an Inkwell, Cover.jpg$ 25 Years In An Inkwell: 29

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\S\SKUCE Lou, ToTingfromSkuce,Nat.Lib.& Arc..jpg$ Tingley’s worm and Lou’s goose meet: a tribute to Tingley by Lou Skuce, 1951 (The year Skuce died.) Found by Ivan Kocmarek at the National Library and Archives, Ottawa.

TING

TING

See TINGLEY Merle

TIN CAN FOREST

TIN CAN FOREST

This is the overarching name for Toronto based artists Pat Shewchuk and Marek Colek. They create sequential art, film, and books. Their inspirations are Canadian forests, Slavic art and folklore.

Their work has appeared at The Edinburgh Art Festival, The Ottawa Animation Festival, The Tokyo International Film Festival, The San Francisco International Film Festival, The Kyoto Manga Museum and The Walker Art Center U.S.A.

At their video “Lawren Harris’s Dream” was part of the exhibit “The Idea Of North: The Paintings Of Lawren Harris” curetted by Steven Martin which was held at the Art Gallery Of Ontario in Toronto, July 1 to September 18, 2016.

SOURCE:

Internet:

https://tincanforest.com/about/ Accessed 10 January 2017.

GALLERY:

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\T\TIN CAN FOREST, postcard..jpg$ Tin Can Forest, postcard advertisement.

TIMWIT

TIMWIT

See PECKHAM Tim

TIMOTHÉE

LES AVENTURES DE TIMOTHÉE

This coloured half page cartoon series, created by Albéric Bourgeois first appeared 30 January 1904 in La Patrie. Kenneth Baker has called it the first Canadian created cartoon strip to appear in a Canadian newspaper. A ne’er do well with a top hat and cane, Timothée’s life revolved around social graces and his fiancée Sophronie. He quickly became a popular feature of the newspaper. It quickly became a popular feature.

When Bourgeois left, Théophile Busnel from Breton took over the series until in 1905, he left to start his own series “Farces du petit cousin Chariot”; however he returned to “les Aventures”. From June 1906, the feature occurred every other week alternating with Raoul Barré’s “Les Contes du père Rheault”

In June 1907, Busnel had “Timothée” travel around the world. On these travels he was accompanied by petit Jean and Professor Fendl’air an aviator “Timothée” met on his travels. Busnel continued the series till he died September 1908. This appears to have been the end of the strip.

After World War 1, La Patrie revived “les Aventures de Timothée”, now cartooned by Arthur LeMay, but it did not last. It was replaced by cheaper American imports in translation as was the other native created strips.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Albéric Bourgeois caricaturiste, Robidoux, Léon-A, éditeur, VLB Éditeur/ Ville Saint-Michel: Médiabec Inc., 1978: “Des aventures de Timothée à la famille Citrouillard”: 49-68.

Article periodical:

Inks: Cartoon & Comic Arts Studies, 4-2, May 1997: “An Introduction to the Canadian Newspaper Comic.” Writ., Kenneth Barker: 18-25.

Kayak, 44, Sept. 2013: “Les aventures de Timothée”: 17.

Internet:

“Archived Newspaper Strips of the 20^th Century – Québecois.” Library & Archives Canada/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada. www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/comics. Accessed 3 Oct. 2017.

GALLERY:

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON A\AVENTURES DE TIMOTHEE, La Patrie, 30 Jan. 1904.jpg$ Les aventures de Timothée. Car., Alberic Bourgeois. Le Patrie, 30 janvier, 1904. Reproduced in inks, May 1997.

TIGER TEX

TIGER TEX

See PEARSON Vim

TICKTACKY TOWNSHIP

TICK TACKY TOWNSHIP/MAX & MINI

A daily panel created by Doug Wright that appeared in the Toronto Telegram at least from January 1970 to October 1971. It also appeared in other newspapers under the title “Max and Mini.”

This panel cartoon contained some of the same characters that appeared in Wright’s popular strip “Nipper/Doug Wright’s Family. However, in this feature he focused more on the foibles of adults and on social issues and problems.

SOURCE:

Periodical text:

“Now and Then Times, 1-1, Summer 1972: “Doug Wright.” Writ., Dave Sim. 17+.

GALLERY:

. Toronto Telegram, 18 July 1970

Toronto Telegram, 28 Sept. 1971

THUNDERFIST

THUNDERFIST

Written by E.T. Legault and illustrated by Murray Karn, it first appeared in Active Comics, no. 1, February 1942. “Thunderfist” was Randy Steele a circus strong man and acrobat whose brother was an inventor specializing in electrical technology. When his brother was murdered Randy continued his brother’s work and invented an electrically charged suit that gave him special powers. Wearing it he avenged his brother’s murder then set off on a crusade against the Nazi.

According to Hirsh and Loubert The artwork by Murray Karn made Thunderfist the slickest of all the Canadian costumed heroes. He invented a range weaponry, which he used as the keys to world salvation. In one adventure, he captured a machine that “will win the war for our country” (the atomic bomb as an ultimate weapon was the realization of this myth for the 1940’s).”

MEDIUM:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

All published by Bell Features and Publishing.

Cover front:

Active Comics 2, Mar.1942: Illus., Murray Karn.

Active Comics, 5, no date: Illus., Adrian Dingle.

Active Comics,16, no date: Illus., Leo Bachle.

WOW Comics, 29, no date: Illus., Adrian Dingle.

Content serial:

Active Comics,1, Feb.1942: “Introducing Thunderfist The Crime Crusher.” Writ. E.T. Legault. Illus.,Murray Karn: 18-29. Black & white.

Active Comics 2, Mar.1942: “Thunderfist and the Monster of Catastrophe.” Writ., E.T. Legault. Illus., Murray Karn: 1-15. Black & white.

Active Comics, …no date: “Thunderfist.” Writ., E.T.Legault. Illus., Murray Karn…. Black & white.
3: 51-64	4: 51-64.	5: 51-64. Writ., unidentified( probably Legault ).	6: 50-62.

Active Comics, no date “Thunderfist.” Writer, Unidentified. Illustrator, Murray Karn. . Black & white.
7:52-64.	8: 54-63.	9: 54-63.

Active Comics, no date: “Thunderfist.” Cartoonist, Murray Karn.. Black & white.
10: 47-55.	11: 47-55.	12: 48-56.

Active Comics, no date “Thunderfist.” Cartoonist, Leo Bachle.. Black & white.

13:1-9.

14: 31-39.

15:12-20.

16.:42-48.

17: 42-48.

18: 37-43.

19: 35-41.

20: 13-19.

21: 14-19.

22: 11-16.

Active Comics, no date. “Thunderfist and the Men from Mars.” Cartoonist, Ted Steele. Black & white.
23: 10-16	24: 50-56.	25: 44-50.	26: 42-47.	End.

SOURCE:

Article book:

The Great Canadian Comic Books. Writ., Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert & Alan Walker. Toronto: Peter Martin Associates Ltd., 1971: 180, 218,

Internet:

Nicholson, Hope. “Murray Karn.” Researcher, Rachel Richey. Southamptonartists.com. Southampton Artists Assoc.. n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2013. htpp://southamptonartists.org/saa-news/articles/murray-karn>.

GALLERY:

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON T\THUNDERFIST, Active Comics, 2, fc.jpg$ Illus., Murray Karn. Active Comics, 2, Taken from front cover.

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON T\THUNDERFIST, Active Comics, 4, 51.jpg$ Illus., Murray Karn, Active Comics, 4: 51.

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON T\THUNDERFIST, Active Comics, 4, 52.jpg$ Illus., Murray Karn, Active Comics, 4: 52.

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON T\THUNDERFIST 2, WOW Comics 29.jpg$ Thunderfist And The Men From Mars. Illus., Adrian Dingle. Active Comics, 29. Front cover.

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON T\THUNDERFIST, Active, 19, 35..jpg$ Car., Leo Bachle. Active Comics, 19: 35.