KUZMA Chris
He teaches at Ontario College of Art and Design University and Ryerson University.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
PERIODICAL TEXT ANTHOLOGY:
Content story graphic:
“S.O.S.” Descant, 164, Spring 2014: 78-83.
SOURCE:
Article periodical:
Descant, 164, Spring 2014: 252.
KUNZ Anita
“I don’t like purely decorative illustration. I like to illuminate what the article is about, not condescend to the reader. In most cases the illustrator looks for the right metaphor. Anita Kuntz, “The Canny Art of Anita Kuntz.”
“Anita Kunz is one of the most iconic illustrators of our time. Her work has been published and exhibited internationally and she regularly provides cover art for The New Yorker and other influential publications. She has also illustrated more than 50 book covers. Details. 3, March/April 2018.
Born 1956 in Toronto but raised in Kitchener Ontario. As she grew up in Kitchener she was greatly influenced by her uncle Robert Kunz who was a newspaper and textbook illustrator. It seems that her philosophy of illustration came from him, as she said about her uncle, “His art was not to hang on a wall, but for education’s sake.” About her own work she has stated, “ I prefer to illustrate articles about social and political issues.” Other influences included the “Old Masters”, particularly Northern Renaissance painter Roger van der Weyden.
She took classes at Sheridan College under Frank Newfeld , then moved on to the Ontario College of Art (now Ontario College of Art & Design University) where she studied under Will Davies, Gerry Sevier and Doug Johnson. She graduated in 1978.
Even as she was graduating her work was appearing in publications like The Canadian and The City. She took jobs in advertising and sent her illustrations to various magazines. She came to the attention of Fred Woodward, a prominent U.S. art director, and did work for him when he was at the Texas Monthly, then Regardie’s and when he moved to the The Rolling Stone in 1987. While her work has appeared in Maclean’s magazine, Saturday Night (now defunct) and Walrus, Anita estimated that 90 to 95% of it went to the U.S. market. She was a regular illustrator for Time, Newsweek, Esquire and The New York Times Book Review. She freelanced for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New Scientist, Sports Illustrated, and The London Sunday Time. In addition to magazine work she did book covers and posters including a 1986 Canadian Opera Company poster in which she depicted a woman with six arms, each presenting one of C.O.C.’s productions, and a 1995 Toronto International Film Festival poster showing Eve with an apple shaped reel of film.
According to C. Hume “… she has evolved a unique expressive style that’s realistic without being photographic.” Anita has said “It’s a question of making things accessible. Sometimes it’s a very intellectual process, sometimes very intuitive.”
She was part of a group of young Toronto graphic artists in the late 1980’s, which included Jamie Bennett, Blair Drawson, Jeff Jackson, Maurice Vellekoop and Rene Zamic whose work spread throughout both the North American and European markets. Anita once commented on the group’s impact, “I was in New York at a symposium a couple of weeks ago and everyone was talking about what a hotbed of talent Toronto has become. Art directors now seem to be on the look out for people from Toronto.”
From 4, September 2003 to 3, January 2004, Anita was honoured by the U.S. Library of Congress with a solo show Canadian Counterpoint: Illustrations by Anita Kunz at the library’s Swann Gallery. She was the first Canadian to be so honoured.
In 2009, she was made and Officer of the Order of Canada, our highest civilian award. In 2012, she was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal. She was inducted into the Society of Illustrators “Hall of Fame” in 2017. On 5 April 2018, Canada Post honoured her with a first day cover and commemorative stamp.
See below the appreciation of Anita Kunz written by Prof. Jaleen Grove.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content editorial:
Caricature . Cartoons Canada. Ed., Terry Mosher. Linda Leith Publishing, 2012: 94.
ILLUSTRATOR:
AUDIO RECORDING ARTWORK:
Radio Guide Collector’s Choice, vol. 1: Classical Nuance. Various Performers. Canadian Broadcasting Corp./ Société Radio-Canada, 1986. RGLP001. LP.
BOOK TEXT:
Cover dust jacket:
L. M. Montgomery. Writ., Jane Urquhart. Penguin Group Ltd., 2009.
PERIODICAL TEXT :
Content:
The Canadian, 18 February 1978.
The Canadian, 22 April 1978: “Cityspan”: 18c.
The City, 20 January, 1980: “Eat Hearty”.
Maclean’s, 16, February, 2004: A caricature of Ralph Klein: 27.
Saturday Night, October 1995: “behind every successful psychopath”: 51.
Saturday Night, October 1998: “Mr Clean”: 49.
Toronto Life, January 1981: “Those Fabulous Barclay Sisters”. Writ., Jack Hodgins: 55.
Toronto Life, 23-12, August 1989: “The Last Word”. Writ., Graham Green: F17.
Zoomer, June 2010: “Experts”: 75.
Cover front:
| Saturday Night,…. | ||
| October 1995 | October 1998. | December 1999/January 2000 |
SOURCE:
Article book:
Caricature Cartoons Canada. Ed., Terry Mosher. Linda Leith Publishing, 2012: 84.
Article periodical:
Details. 3, March/April 2018: “Great Canadian Illustrators”: 6-7. Canada Post Corp.
Maclean’s, 13 October, 2003: “Closing Notes”: 70
Article Newspaper:
Globe & Mail, 16 Sept. 1995: “The Canny Art of Anita Kuntz”: C1.
Toronto Star, 20 Nov.1988: “Vital Designs.” Writ., Christopher Hume: G1.
Toronto Star, 2 Dec.1995: “Making their mark.” Writ., Michael Hanlon: K5.
Toronto Star, 2 July 2009: “Toronto illustrator gets Order of Canada”. Writ., Jason Miller.
GALLERY:
The Canadian, 22 April 1978: “Cityspan”: 18c.
The City, 20 January, 1980: “Eat Hearty”.
SATURDAY night, October 1995: “behind every successful psychopath”: 51.
SATURDAY night, October 1998: “Mr Clean”: Front cover.
Maclean’s, 13 October, 2003: An illustration taken from the Canadian Counterpoint show. 70.
Maclean’s, 16, February, 2004: A caricature of Ralph Klein: 27.
The New Yorker 30 July 2007: Front cover. Caricature.Cartoon Canada, 2012: 94: “Girls will be girls.”
L. M. Montgomery. Writ., Jane Urquhart. Penguin Group Ltd., 2009: Dust jacket.
ADDENDUM:
Prof. Jaleen Grove gives an appreciation on the occasion of Anita Kunz’s induction into the The Society of Illustrators “Hall of Fame”
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KULBACH André
Born in Estonia 1909. Immigrated to Canada April 2, 1928.
André Kulbach, the brother of René, was one of the small group of artists who made up the Hillborough Studio team although it would appear he was a minor player. He was an occasional cover illustrator and only sporadically contributed a humourous strip called “Unusual Incidents”. When Hillborough Studios discontinued operations, he with his brother and Adrian Dingle joined Bell Features & Publishing Co.
As time passed, he took over cartooning for Leo Bachle’s “The Brain” and Jack Tremblay’s “Wings Over The Atlantic” and illustration duties for “Dr. Blue and Blackie” while Spragett took over the writing. “Dr. Blue and Blackie” was originally written and illustrated by Marc Borgatta.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: All published by Bell Features & Publishing Ltd.
Content serial:
| Active Comics, …no date. “The Brain.”:… Black & white. | ||
| 23: 50-56.
24: 39-45. |
25: 37-43. Car., unidentified probably André Kulbach . | 26: 13-18. |
Active Comics, 27, no date: “Dr. Blue & Blackie”: 52-56. Black & white.
| Commando Comics ….no date. “Wings Over The Atlantic.” Black & White | ||||
| 4: 42-49 | 5: 27-34. | 14: 32-36. | 16: 26-30 | 17: 52-56. |
ILLUSTRATOR:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: All published by Bell Features & Publishing Ltd.
Cover front:
Active Comics, 25, no date: “The Brain.”
Triumph Adventure Comics, Nov. 1941. “Derek of Bras d’Or”.
SOURCE:
Article booklet:
Guardians of the North: The National Superhero in Canadian Comic-Book Art. Writ., John Bell. National Archives of Canada, 1992: 5. A catalogue for the exhibit of the same name.
Article periodical:
Joke Comics. 23, no date: “Welcome Home Gang.” 26.
GALLERY:
Triumph Adventure Comics, Aug. 1941: 39.
Triumph Adventure Comics, Nov. 1941: Front cover.
KUCH Peter
“Name one other job in the world, where a fellow can sit down and get so much venom out of his system in a few hours.” Peter Kuch, The Hecklers: 241.
Born 1917 in Winnipeg.
He studied fine arts with A.S. Musgrove before World War Two. With the outbreak of the war he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force.
In 1946 he joined the art department of the Free Press [Winnipeg]. When Arch Dale retired in 1952, he took over as editorial cartoonist. He also developed a reputation as a portrait painter, and he illustrated several books dealing with Manitoba and collections of Ukrainian folk stories.
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: 29, 122.
ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK TEXT:
Cover book front:
Viva Chairman Pierre. Writ., Lubor J. Zink. Toronto: Griffen Press Ltd., 1977.
WRITER
PAPER RESEARCH:
Content biography & analysis:
Papers Read Before The Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba. Series III, Number 19. Ed., Douglas Kemp. Winnipeg, 1964: “Arch Dale: The Pictorial Spokesman Of The West.” Writ., Peter Kuch: 44-49.
SOURCE:
Book text:
The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: 241.
GALLERY:
Viva Chairman Pierre. (Courtesy Winnipeg Free Press), 1977: Front cover.
KRICFALUSI John
In 1990, this animator created Rim & Stimpy.
SOURCE:
Article periodical:
Shift, July 1997: The Great Animation Conspiracy”: 42.
KREMER Harry
1983 Photo by Kitchener Record Staff.
This retailer was held in such regard throughout the cartooning community in southern Ontario, that the “Harry Kremer Retailer Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer” was established by the Shuster Awards group to honour retailers who approached his dedication to his customers, employees, the many aspiring cartoonists, indeed anyone who loved comics that crossed his path.
Harry Kremer owned and operated Now and Then Books, one of the outstanding comic book retail outlets of Southern Ontario, second only to George Henderson’s Memory Lane which opened in Mirvish Village in Toronto three years before. A pioneer in the business, Harry’s reputation extended throughout North America.
A lover of comics and music, he had large collections of both. He was universally described as “a decent, soft-spoken man who knew what he sold, loved what he did, and used his business to make friends….”
Dave Sim has written of him:
“Harry was hands down, one of the nicest – if not the nicest – people I have ever known in my life and Chester [Brown] and Joe [Matt] and Seth responded to that niceness in the same way I saw such comic-book luminaries as Barry Windsor-Smith and Mike Kaluta and Russ Heath do (when Harry successfully bid for an hour of their respective time at the 1973 Detroit Triple Fan Fair). The same way Gene Day did when I introduced them in 1976. People remembered Harry – as Barry Windsor-Smith did, which pleased and surprised Harry no end – even decades after a single encounter.”
Harry Kremer was born June 6, 1945 and followed an ordinary career path until age 26. He was suddenly out of a job when the Smiles ‘n’ Chuckles factory in Kitchener closed. He and partner Bill Johnson opened Now and Then Books at 103 Queen Street South, Kitchener, in the fall of 1971. Shortly after, Johnson moved out West, and Kremer took over ownership. The store began as a used book store but with Harry’s large collection of comic books and the large record collection that Johnson left behind, the store was soon specializing in comic books and records. The store prospered, and in 1982 it had out- grown its original location and so moved across the street to 90 Queen Street South.
He was as much a mentor as a retailer. He gave jobs to young people interested in comics. Dave Sim worked there in his early 20’s,. Peter Birkemoe now co-owner of the Beguiling in Toronto worked there in his teens. Dave Kostis who purchased Now and Then Books after Harry died also worked there.
He was known for promoting local artists. He underwrote the cost of the two issues of Now and Then Times produced by Dave Sim and John Balge in 1972 and 1973 and Oktoberfest Comics in 1976. Of the first issue of Dave Sim’s Cerebus The Aardvark, Harry bought 500 of the 2000 copies, sight unseen. He went on to order a quarter of the circulation of each of the issues 2 through 5.
After several years during which he suffered several heart attacks and had a pacemaker installed, he passed away March 12, 2002 at his home in Kitchener.
After a valiant effort to carry on Harry’s tradition, Dave Kostis closed Now and Then Books at the end of September 2007.
SOURCE:
Article newspaper:
Comic Buyer’s Guide, no. 1481: “Canadian retailer dies: Harry Kremer owned longest-running Canadian store.” Writ., Dave Sim.
Kitchener Record, 14 Mar. 2002: “Obituary”: B7.
Kitchener Record, 14 March 2002. “Comic book hero leaves hole in city’s heart.” Writ., Anthony Reinhart,.
Kitchener Record, 21 Sept. 2007: “Historic comic book shop turns the final page.” Writ., Matt Walcof.
GALLERY:
Photographer, Phillip Walker, Kitchener Record
KREIGER Robert
Photo by Charles Ungerleider. Kreiger In The Beginning: Back cover.
Born 1954 in Vancouver.
He began drawing cartoons for The Province [Vancouver] in 1981. His work has also appeared in Iaccoca, The Last Days of MASH, Punch, and School Wars.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content cartoon editorial:
Best Canadian Political Cartoons, 1983. Ed., N.M. Stahl. For., David Rosen. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Sept. 1983: 71, 78, 166, 170, 173.
Best Canadian Political Cartoons, 1984. Ed., N.M. Stahl. For.,Robert LaPalme. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Sept. 1984: 33, 73, 138, 143, 151, 173.
Caricature . Cartoons Canada. Ed., Terry Mosher. Linda Leith Publishing, 2012: 64.
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. |
Portfoolio 17: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Jay Stone Macmillan of Canada, 2001.
Portfoolio 18: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux. Writ., Scott Feschuk. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 2002.
| Portfoolio …. The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed. & Writ., Guy Badeaux . McArthur & Co. … | |
| 19, 2003. | 20, 2004. |
| Portfoolio …: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., & Writ., Warren Clements. McArthur & Co. …. | ||
| 23: 2009. | 24: 2010. | 25: 2011. |
BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
Content cartoon editorial & Cover book:
Krieger In The Beginning. New Star Books Ltd., Nov. 1981.
Bill Bennett: The End. Intro., Writ., Marjorie Nichols. Douglas & McIntyre Ltd., 1986.
MERCHANDISE:
BOOK DAILY PLANNER:
Content editorial cartoon & Cover book front Illus., Robert Kreiger:
Count the Days: The 1990 Bill Vander Zalm Scandal Datebook, Compiler, David Hauka. Car., Bob Bierman & Robert Krieger. New Star Books, 1989.
ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC:
Cover book front:
Anglo 2 the sequel. Ed., Pamela Chichinska & Lynette Stokes. Montréal: Eden Prees:1988.
PERIODICAL TEXT ANTHOLOGY:
Cover front:
The Canadian Forum, LXXIV-846, January/February 1996: “Mugged By The Media”.
PERIODICAL TEXT & GRAPHIC:
Cover front:
Canadian Cartoonist, v. 1, April 1989.
SOURCE:
Article book:
Portfoolio, The Year 85 In Canadian Caricature. 1985: “Bob Kreiger”: 208.
Article periodical:
Canadian Cartoonist, v. 1, April 1989: “Bob Krieger.” Interviewer: Chuck Walker: 8-11.
GALLERY:
Kreiger In The Beginning: front cover.
Bill Bennett: The End: back cover.