NG Simon

An Ontario based illustrator. known for illustrating books, particularly children’s books such as Tales from Gold Mountain, and On the Merry-Go-Round. He has been a regular designer of coins for the Canadian mint. As can be seen below he has illustrated features in periodicals like Canadian Living, Financial Times of Canada, Maclean’s, and Radio Guide.

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT:

Cover book:

Mindfield. Writ., William Deverell. M&S Paperback/McClelland and Stewart Inc., 1990.

Cover dust jacket:

Benny Cooperman Mystery: Dead and Buried. Writ., Howard Engel. Viking/Penguin Books of Canada Ltd., 1990.

PERIODICAL TEXT:

Content essay:

Canadian Living, January 1989: “Making Money Count”. Writ., M. Townson: 95.

Financial Times of Canada …: “…”. …:….

…, 3-9 Sept.1994: “How to Protect Yourself from Insurers”. Writ., M. Ingram: 1. …, 24-30 Sept.1994: Smooth running: The economic outlook”. Writ., R. Meinbardis: 1 …, 22-28 Oct. 1994: “Ten Dynamic Global Stocks to Buy Now”. Writ., D. Maley: 1 …, 24-30 Dec. 1994: “Smart Steps: Fund Strategies for ‘95”. Writ., R. Luukko: 1.

Maclean’s, 17 September 2001: “Here we are starting over”. Writ., N. McSloy: 12.

Maclean’s, 29 April 2002: “A return to darkness”. Writ., C. Hooper:11.

Content program preview:

Radio Guide, …. “…” …. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
… 5-7, July, 1985: “The Entertainers” 4.	…6-5, May 1986: Victoria Day Celebrations”: 7

Cover front:

Radio Guide, … Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
., 5-9, September 1985.	…, 6-6, June 1986.	…, 7-9, September 1987.

TV Guide, 20-26 December …?

GALLERY:

TV Guide, 20-26 December …?: Front cover.

Radio Guide, 7 July 1985: 4.

Radio Guide, 6-6 June 1986: Front cover.

Radio Guide, 7-9 September 1987: Front cover.

Canadian Living, January 1989: 95.

Financial Times, 22-28 October 1994: 1

Maclean’s, 17 September 2001: 12.

NEWTON Sean

Born: In Victoria British Columbia.

Studied two years at the Vancouver School of Decorative & Applied Arts. In 1978 it was renamed the Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design and in 2008 it became the Emily Carr University of Art & Design..

In the 1970’s he was Norm Drew’s assistant (inks) on the cartoon strip “Bush Baby”.

He drew covers for legal information comics including The Cat Family, 1 on impaired driving and The Cat Family, 2, on the British Columbia Tenancy Act.

 

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NEWS ’N NONSENSE

On December 14, 1936 Harry Hall began his best known cartoon strip the daily humorous topical comment “News ‘n Nonsense” which replaced “Nothing But The Truth” It always ended with “Sez Melinda” a pithy comment by a young girl. This ending was so popular that the cartoon strip eventually became known as “Sez Melinda” rather than its official title. It was an exclusive feature of the Toronto Evening Telegram.

In 1941 he collected this strip into a book called Mean Scamp – F which focused on making fun of Hitler and his associates. “Sez Melinda” was usually expounding on support for the war effort.

Notes: An investigation of the newspapers shows that “Nothing But The Truth” was still being used as late as December 30, 1936 and that “News ‘n Nonsense” was still appearing as of August 29, 1947.

“News ‘N Nonsense.” Car., Harry Hall. From Mean Scamp-F.

MEDIUM:

BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

Content cartoon strip & Cover book:

Mean Scamp –F. Car., Harry Hall. Musson Book co. Ltd., 1941.

SOURCE:

Newspaper:

Globe, August 1954: “Obituary.- News Cartoonist Noted Athlete, War Veteran.”.

The Toronto Telegram, 3 Aug. 1954: “Obituary – Popular Cartoonist Harry Hall Dead.”.

NEWLAND Marv

“A strong supporter of the independent animator, Newland’s contributions are unique, creating an indelible mark on the art of animation.”                                      Mark Freedman. Take One, Summer 1997: 45.

This Vancouver based animator helped launch modern indie animation with the 90 second Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969), and founded International Rocketship, a company noted for its support of independent animation.

When the Los Angeles Art Center College of Design offered classes in filmmaking, Newland entered them. While under a tight deadline to complete his graduate film, and hampered by weather conditions from completing the project he had already begun, Newland shelved his live action film and switched to animation producing the now famous Bambi Meets Godzilla.

After graduating he joined LA based Springbuggy Works where he learned the basics of animation while designing animated TV commercials. In 1970, faced with the choice of working in New York, Chicago or Los Angeles, he chose to come to Toronto where he freelanced for companies like Cinera Productions, where he was one of 2 designers and storyboard artists on Super Joe, and the Ottawa based Crawley Films on commercials, shorts and Sesame Street segments.

He then moved to Vancouver in 1972 and spent the next few years working among a first generation of Vancouver animators: Al Sens, Wayne Morris, Erik Ericsen and Malcolm Collett. He went to Europe, and in 1973 while working at Toonder Studios in the Netherlands, he created storyboards for the television series Barbapapa.

He returned to Vancouver in 1975. He launched International Rocketship and produced commercials for The Bay, Eaton’s, and Levi’s, plus TV inserts for Sesame Street, MYV, MuchMusic, Nickleodeon and CBC-TV. He co-produced films with the National Film Board (Deadly Deposits in 1993), and he did a pilot for the series Eek The Cat.

He began producing in other animators films: Dieter Mueller’s The Butterfly (1982), Danny Antonucci’s Lupo the Butcher (1987), J. Falconner’s Dog Brain (1988), Dan Collin’s Waddles (1989) and Debra Dawson’s Pollen Fever (1994).

A remarkable film was Anijam produced in 1984. It was made up off 22 segments in which each animator made his segment without knowing what was done before or after. Using the talents of animators from all over the world including Paul Driessen, Zdenko GAsparovic and Sally Cruickshank, it won the Jury Prize at the 1985 Toronto Animation Festival. This film was followed by a similar effort called Pink Komkommer in 1991.

In 1994 Newland directed the first of two TV specials Gary Larson’s Tales From the Far Side. The first won the Grand Prix at the Annecy International Animation Festival and made Time magazine’s top 10 TV list for 1994.

He created the award winning Sing Beast Sing (1980), followed by shorts like and Black Hula (1988). Lupo the Butcher whose hero was often featured chopping off his appendages launched the “sick-and-twisted” cartoon genre.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Cartoon Capers: The History of Canadian Animators. Writ., K. Mazurkewich,. McArthur & Co., 1999.

Article periodical:

Shift, July 1997:“The Great Animation Conspiracy”:  39, 42.

Take One, Summer 1997: “Marv Newland’s International Rocketship: A West Coast Original.” Writ., Mark Freedman,.  45.

 

NEWFELD Frank

                                                  From Garbage Delight. 1977: Back cover.

Born 1928 in Czechoslovakia.

He studied at the Brighton College of Art and the Central School of Arts and Crafts both in England and migrated to Toronto in 1954 where he set up his studio on Spadina Avenue. In 1956 he along with Leslie Smart, and John Gibson founded the Society of Topographical Designers of Canada. In the late 1950’s he did illustrations for Maclean’s magazine and began designing the covers for McClelland & Stewart’s New Canadian Library series this expanded to designing covers and illustrating other of the company’s publications. In 1963 he joined McClelland and Stewart as art director. He later became Vice President Publishing and a member of the board of directors.

He had illustrated The Princess of Tomboso published by Oxford University Press in 1960. It was a fairy tale told in pictures and based on a story collected by Marius Barbeau and retold by Micheal Hornyanski. He followed this up in the mid to late 1970’s when he teamed up with Dennis Lee to produce three children’s books published by Macmillan Company of Canada. For the The Princess of Tomboso and Alligator Pie he received Hans Christian Anderson honourable mentions. In 1976 he represented Canada at the Illustration Bienale in Czechoslovakia.

From these early years he has designed over 650 books for publishers in Canada, Israel, the United Kingdom and United States and has received more than 170 Canadian and international awards including . three medals from the Leipzig Book Show and two awards from Typomundus 20. He became the Head of the Illustration Department at Sheridan College, a Fellow of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada and a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. In 2015, he was invested as a member of the Order of Canada.

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT:

Content poetry & Cover book front:

The Spice Box of Earth. Writ., Leonard Cohen. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. 1961.

Content poetry & Cover book front & back:

The Chequered Shade. Writ., Roy Daniells. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. 1963.

Garbage Delight. Writ., Dennis Lee. Macmillan of Canada, 1977.

River Among Rocks. Writ., Ralph Gustafson, McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1960.

Content poetry & Cover book & dust jacket front:

Alligator Pie. Writ., Dennis Lee. Macmillan of Canada, 1974.

Ice, Cod, Bell or Stone. Writ., Earle Birney. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1962.

The Swinging Flesh. Writ., Irving Layton, 1961.

Content poetry & Cover dust jacket front & back:

Nicholas Knock And Other People. Writ., Dennis Lee. Macmillan of Canada, 1974.

The Night The City Sang. Writ., Peter Desbarats. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. 1977. Revised.

Cover

Book front:

Red Carpet For The Sun. Writ., Irving Layton, 1959.

New Canadian Library. McClelland & Stewart,

1. Over Prairie Trails, Writ., Fredrick P. Grove, 1957. 2. Such Is My Beloved, Writ., Morley Callaghan, 1957. 3. Literary Lapses, Writ., Stephen Leacock, 1957. 4. As For Me And My House. Writ., Sinclair Ross, 1957. 5. The Tin Flute. Writ., Gabrielle Roy, 1959. 6. The Clockmaker. Writ., Thomas C. Haliburton, 1958. 7. The Last Barrier And Other Stories. Writ., Charles G. D. Roberts, 1958. 10. Arcadian Adventures With The Idle Rich. Writ., Stephen Leacock, 1959. 11. Habitant Poems, Writ., William H. Drummond, 1959. 12. Thirty Acres. Writ., Ringuet, 1960. 14. The Man From Glengarry. Writ., Ralph Connor, 1960. 17. More Joy In Heaven. Morley Callaghan, 1960. 19. The Master of the Mill. Writ., Fredrick P. Grove, 1961. 20. The Imperialist. Writ., Sara Jeannette Duncan, 1961. 22. The Second Scroll. Writ., A.M. Klein, 1961. 23. The Mountain & The Valley. Writ., E. Buckler, 1961. 24. The Rich Man. Wri., Henry Kreisel. 1961. 28. My Discovery Of England. Writ., Stephen Leacock, 1963. 30. Each Man’s Son. Writ., Hugh MacLennan, 1962. 32. White Narcissus. Raymond Knister1962. 33. They Shall Inherit The Earth. Writ., Morley Callaghan, 1962. . 49. Fruits Of The Earth. Writ., Fredrick P. Grove, 1965. 53. My Remarkable Uncle. Writ., Stephen Leacock, 1965. 61. Samuel Marchbanks Almanack. Writ., Robertson Davies, 1968. 62. The Lamp At Noon And Other Stories. Writ., Sinclair Ross, 68. O1. Poets Of The Confederation. Ed., Malcolm Ross, 1960. N O2. Masks Of Fiction: Canadian Critics On Canadian Prose. Ed., A.J.M. Smith, 1961. O3. Masks Of Poetry: Canadian Critics On Canadian Verse. Ed., A.J.M. Smith,1961. O4. Poetry of Mid-Century 1940-1960. Ed., Milton Wilson, 1964.

Dust jacket front & back:

Tête-Blanche. Writ., Marie-Claire Blais. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. 1961.

Dust jacket wrap around:

Mad Shadows (La Belle Bête). Writ., Marie-Claire Blais. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. 1960.

Splash One Tiger. Writ., R.J. Childerhose. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. 1961.

PERIODICAL TEXT:

Maclean’s …: “Canadianecdote: …”. …: …

… 11May 1957: “…: The town that bought a hoax – and liked it”. Writ., J.N. Harris: … … 1 August 1957: “…: When P.E.I.’s money was holey”. Writ., Carol Lindsey: … … 21 June 1958: “ …: The first pirate on the prairies”. Writ., Robert Moon: 54.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Alligator Pie. Writ., Dennis Lee. MacMillan of Canada, 1974: Dust jacket.

The Night The City Sang. Writ., Peter Desbarats. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. 1977. Dust jacket.

Internet:

https://49thshelf.com/Contributors/N/Newfeld-Frank. Accessed 15 November 2024.

GALLERY:

                              From Nicholas Knock And Other People. 1974: Dust jacket back. (Self portrait).

Maclean’s, 11May 1957.

Maclean’s, 1 August 1957.

Maclean’s, 21 June 1958.

                    Over Prairie Trails, 1957: Cover front.

Ice, Cod, Bell or Stone. 1962: Dust jacket.

The Chequered Shade.1963: Front cover.

Alligator Pie. 1974: Dust jacket front.

Nicholas Knock And Other People.1974: Dust jacket front.

The Night The City Sang. 1977: Dust jacket front.

THE NEW FRONTIER 

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NEVES Jose                                                                                                                    Uses the pen name “NEMO”

He completed a Masters Degree in Arts and Communication at the Université du Québec à Montréal. He studied in France where he did illustrations and character design for role-playing games. In 2005 he began a weekly cartoon in The West End Times. He has also freelanced for the Sherbrooke Record and the Gazette [Montréal].

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content cartoon editorial:

Portfoolio …: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., & Writ., Warren Clements. McArthur & Co. ….
23: 2009.	24: 2010.	25: 2011.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Portfoolio 23: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. 2009: “Jose Neves ”: 170.

GALLERY:

Portfoolio 25: 171.

NESTLINGS

“Nestlings”, conceived by Warren Clements first appeared July 1975, as a fifteen panel strip in the magazine Gaslight published by Clements. Over time the fifteen panels were reduced to four. Clements offered the strip to the Globe and Mail in 1979. Editor-in chief Richard J. Doyle and Managing Editor Ted Moser accepted the strip for a month trial and the strip appeared in the paper Sept. 14, 1979.

The birds of the strip consist of pump bespectacled “Theodore”, the intellectual of the group. Not very good at catching worms, he has to buy them from the worm shop. Athletic “Fletcher” is the one with hair. He is an extrovert and non-intellectual. The lovelorn Robin pines for the unseen “Cute Chickadee” but is on intimate terms with the worms whom he refuses to eat. The nameless, look alike worms are also major characters in the strip sometimes replacing the birds altogether.

The strip was published till 1986 when Clements retired it due to the workload resulting from his writing and editing duties at the Globe and Mail. He revived the strip in 1990 to supplement a four times a week strip. Then in 1993, Phillip Street’s “Fisher” took over the four day slot and Clements retired “Nestlings” again, allowing “Fisher” to expand to six days.

In the 21^st century, the “Nestlings” enjoyed a brief revival – the worms singing Christmas Carols appeared in the Globe and Mail December 24, 2009.

 

MEDIUM:

BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

Content strip cartoon & Cover front & Back :

Bird Doggeral. Car.& Writ., Warren Clements. Nestlings Press, 2012. (This book contains both poetry and a selection of “Nestlings cartoon strips.)

The Nestlings: First Flight. Writ., Warren Clements. Warren Clements, 1983.

The Nestlings: Return Flight. Writ., Warren Clements. Sylvan Press, 1986.

Third Time’s The Charm: A Nestlings Collection. Car., Warren Clements. Nestlings Press, 2014.

PERIODICAL TEXT:

Content strip cartoon:

Gaslight, 4, December 1975:25.

SOURCE:

Book graphic:

Third Time’s The Charm: A Nestlings Collection. Nestlings Press, 2014: “Introduction.” Writ., Warren Clements: 3-4.

GALLERY:

First Flight, 1983: Back cover.

Return Flight, 1986: Back cover.

An early version of “Nestlings” that appeared in Gaslight 4, Dec. 1975: 25. At that time Warren Clements was using the pseudonym “perry sheridan”.

NESTLINGS PRESS

See CLEMENTS WARREN