OULTON Owen:
Co-created and illustrated “Captain Canduck”.
WORK:
ILLUSTRATOR:
PERIODICAL TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story graphic :
Orion, 1-2, 1982: “Captain Canduck: The Towering Imbrogio.” Writ., John Bell: 49-53.
Blog Archives
OTOOL Allison
O’TOOL Allison
Writer and editor of Pitiful Human Lizard.
WORK:
WRITER:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Toronto Comics, v. 3, Ed., S. Andrews, et al. Toronto Comics Anthology, May 2016: “Ghosts Over Garlic Mashed Potatoes.” Illus., Meaghan Carter: 224-231.
CO-EDITOR:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Toronto Comics, v. 3, Co-ed., Steven Andrews & Aaron Feldman. Toronto Comics Anthology, May 2016.
SOURCE:
Article book:
Toronto Comics, v. 3, Ed., Steve Andrews, et al. Toronto Comics Anthology, May 2016: “Allison Toole.” 223.
OTHER COAST
THE OTHER COAST
This cartoon feature by Times Colonist [Victoria, B.C.] cartoonist Adrian Raeside, began in 1990 as “Toulouse” a colour Sunday only feature. It revolved around a character of the same name who was, of course, a bad painter. This feature became the daily “The Other Coast” in 1999. It was syndicated by Creator Syndicate in 2001 and in 2003/4 was appearing in 150 newspapers world-wide.
MEDIUM:
BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
Content strip cartoon & Cover book front & back:
The Other Coast: Road Rage In Beverly Hills. Car., Adrian Raeside. Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2004.
The Other Coast: This Is Your Rock Garden Isn’t It? Car., Adrian Raeside. Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2005.
SOURCE:
Article book:
The Other Coast: Road Rage In Beverly Hills. Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2004: Back cover.
The Other Coast: This Is Your Rock Garden Isn’t It? Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2005: “Introduction”: 4.
Internet:
“Adrian Raeside, Editorial Cartoonist and Creator of The Other Coast.” The Cartoonists Index, 7 March 2003.Accessed 13 August 2006.
GALLERY:
The Other Coast: Road Rage In Beverly Hills: Back cover.
The Other Coast: This Is Your First Rock Garden Isn’t It? : Back cover.
OSCAR
ORION MAGAZINE
O’REILLY Sean Patrick
O’REILLY Sean Patrick
Born: 26 November 1974 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia.
This Coquitlam teacher became a graphics writer and founder of Arcana Studios (2004) a publisher and animation studio He has several degrees and teaches college level courses in Vancouver.
He has written graphic novels Kade, Ezra, The Gawaii, The Steam Engines of Oz Pixies and Se7en.
Kade: The Original Sun was published in 2005, and became the first of a series of six novels. It has since been published in French, German, Italian, Spanish and Polish. He co-wrote Clockwork Girl with Kevin Hanna and in 2008, it was awarded The Moonbeam Children’s Book Gold Medal, and Graphic Novel Of The Year at Book Expo America. In 2009 he again won the Moonbeam Children’s Book Gold Medal for The Gawaii. For the U.S. publisher Capstone, he wrote a six book series Mighty Mighty Monsters.
As Arcana’s catalogue grew to an enormous 300 titles, Sean in 2012 added an animation division to further develop these properties. The first feature was a development of The Clockwork Girl which was done in conjunction with Legacy Films and Luximation Films also of Burnaby. The second was a television series which Sean directed. Kagagi: The Raven was cartooned by Jay Odjik and first published by Arcana. The first independent feature was Pixies written and directed by Sean. This pattern has been continued with the Howard Lovecraft series.
SOURCE:
Internet:
“Arcana Studios.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcana_Studio Accessed 22 April 2018.
“Sean O’Reilly.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_O%27Reilly Accessed 22 April 2018.
ORCHARD Eric
ORCHARD Eric
He grew up in Halifax and began illustrating stories in elementary school. He studied painting and art history at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. He began being published in the last year of his art program. His children’s books; A Forest for Christmas and The Terrible, Horrible, Smelly Pirate were short listed for Atlantic Book Award’s Lillian Shepherd Memorial Awards 2008 and 2009 respectively.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC:
Content novel & Cover book front & back:
Maddy Kettle: The Adventure of the Thimblewitch. Top Shelf Productions, Aug. 2014.
SOURCE:
Internet:
“Eric Orchard.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Orchard. Accessed 23 Sept. 2014.
GALLERY:
Maddy Kettle: The Adventure Of The Thimblewitch, 2014: Front cover.
ORB PRODUCTIONS
ORB PRODUCTIONS LTD Locations: See below. Owner: James Waley.
Some of the Orb Gang & Friends on the Occasion of the “Jews In Comics” exhibit at the Beth Tzedec Synagogue Toronto, 4 April 2019. Photo sent by Ivan Kocmarek. Left to right: James Waley, Ron Kasman, Art Cooper, Allen Sant, Vince Marchesano, Ivan Kocmarek.
Contributors: John Allison, Dan Archambault, Stan Berneche, Jim Beveridge, T. Casey Brennan, Jim Craig, Gene Day, Augustine Funnell, George Henderson, Robert MacIntyre, Vince Marchesano, Don Marshall, Paul McCusker, Bill Payne, Richard, Robertson, Matt Rust, Paul Savard, John Sech, Ken Steacy, Ron Sutton, James Waley.
Characters: Dark Ninja, Electric Warrior, Kadaver. Northern Light.
ORB Magazine a pioneering anthology that launched the careers of several artists but which itself did not survive. It provided an early outlet for emerging creators like Jim Craig, Gene Day, Ken Steacy, and Augustine Funnell, plus the ones listed below. It was home to stories by the pulp culture icon and Memory Lane store owner George Henderson. It introduced new Canadian characters like Northern Light, The Electric Warrior, Dark Ninja and Kadaver. Through it and Andromeda Publications, one can get a very good sense of the character of the Toronto graphic arts community of the 1970’s.
According to Jim Waley a Sheridan graduate, ORB Magazine “…as an attempt to prove that the production of a viable Canadian comic wasn’t impossible.” Waley initiated the project with assistance from John Allison, Stan Berneche, Paul McCusker, and Matt Rust. These individuals contributed their work free to the magazine and most involved in the project contributed about $75 each to get the magazine off the ground.
The first issue was successfully premiered at COSMICON ‘76 at York University, Toronto. Encouraged by the response, the founders applied to and received a grant from the Ontario Arts Council. With that grant, some income from the magazine, free contributions of work from the creators and by distributing the magazine themselves, they were able to release issues 2 and 3. Next, over a six month period they incorporated Waley’s private company Orb Publications into Orb Productions Ltd.
At this point several problems arose. First they published issue 4 and locked themselves into a bimonthly schedule before the $40.000 in share capital they had expected to raise, was raised. Second they hired a business manager and sales representative who were inexperienced. They had distribution problems perhaps compounded by the fact they were a small company and therefore a low priority for the major distributors. With issue 6, cash flow had practically dried up and Orb Productions ceased publishing.
PRODUCT:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:
ORB Magazine, 1-1, 1974, Century Comics Group, 31 Albany Ave. Toronto.
ORB Magazine, 1-2, July 1974, Punk Publications, 660 1/2 Bloor Street, West, Toronto.
ORB Magazine 1-3, Dec. 1974, Orb Publications, 660 1/2 Bloor Street, West, Toronto.
ORB Magazine 1-4, Nov./Dec. 1975, Orb Productions Ltd., 621 Richmond Street West, #3, Toronto.
ORB Magazine 1-5, Jan./Feb. 1976, Orb Productions Ltd., 621 Richmond Street West, #3, Toronto.
ORB Magazine, 1- 6, March/April 1976, Orb Productions Ltd., 621 Richmond Street West, #3, Toronto.
SOURCE:
Article periodical:
“ORB Explanation.” Writ., Jim Waley. Captain George’s Penny Dreadful, no date.
GALLERY:
Orb Magazine, 6, March/April 1976: Front cover: Pen., James Craig. In., Bill Payne. Col., Gene Day.
ORB MAGAZINE
OPINION PUBLIQUE
L’OPINION PUBLIQUE
Montréal publisher George E. Desbarats also launched this sister magazine to The Canadian Illustrated News. The magazine also used a photo-engraving process developed by the engraver William Leggo of Quebec. It also made extensive use of political cartoons.
SOURCE:
Article book:
The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1979: 30.
Folio:
Commemorative Portfolio: Canadian Illustrated News. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. November 1970.