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KLUNDER Barbara

KLUNDER Barbara

Born 1948 in Toronto.

Her earliest instruction came from her artistic household. For her formal education she attended the Ontario College of Art from 1965 to 1966.

From when she was 17 years old and attending the OCA, she began working as a freelance illustrator and designer, providing the Globe & Mail with illustrations. She also provided cartoons and illustrations including book covers for other publications. She created the Klunder script and Klunder script creatures fonts.

About 1976, she started designing hand-knit sweaters and with the help of Vogue Magazine launched them in New York to great success. She followed these with rug designs. Some of these were included in a 1991 Textile Museum of Canada exhibit Tapestries for the Environment which included artists from around the world. These projects revealed her interest in nature and concern for our environment.

She became an integral part of the BamBoo a night club which existed from 1983 to 2002, in the Toronto Queen Street West district then an avant-garde community. She created its logo, painted most of its murals and mosaics, and illustrated its ads, menus, posters, t-shirts, giant murals, monthly newsletters (over 200 in total), and she illustrated The BamBoo Cooks, Recipes from the Legendary Nightclub. Her visuals influenced by African art, matched the musical vision of Richard O’Brien, the co-founder.

She did posters for other music events which included those for both the Toronto and Vancouver Jazz Festivals for 12 years. They were assembled into a show at Prime Gallery (Toronto) in 1998.

Following the environmental themes expressed in her sweater and rug designs, she created 27 small purses made of materials from nature: birchbark, pinecones, wood etc which in 1996 became a solo show at the Canadian Craft Museum.

The environmental themes continued in her  books Other Goose Recycled Rhymes For Our Fragile Times (2007) and The Animal’s Day, An Island Alphabet (2009) The Island is Toronto Island. She lived on Toronto Island for 33 years before the 2017 flood, the highest flood ever recorded, forced her to leave and to move to the Stinson neighbourhood in Hamilton in 2018. She moved back to her house on Toronto Island in 2020 after a second even higher flood in 2019 and a long renovation to repair the extensive damage to her home.

These concerns continue. In a recent embroidered piece (2020) called “Canary in a Coal Mine”, the image of the canary turns out to be a collage of the things that kill the canary, loss of habitat, disease, dollar signs for money. As Barbara summed it up in the article written by Kathy Renwald “The symbols of what killed the canary are there, so much of it is about money.”

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content cartoon editorial:

Portfoolio, The Year 87 In Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Ludcom Inc. 1987.

Portfoolio: 1989 in Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Charles Gordon. Macmillan of Canada, 1989.

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC:

Content activity & Cover book front:

Tattoo You! Colour & Make Your Own Designs. Writ., Jennifer Glossop. Somerville House Publishing, 1996.

PERIODICAL TEXT ANTHOLOGY:

Content essay:

Canadian Magazine, 13 May 1978: “Peace on Wheels.” Writ., Sharon Fitzsimmons.

Maclean’s 13 May 2002: “Mother Incorporated.” Writ., Jennifer Logan: 12.

This Magazine, August/September 1986: 5.

Cover front:

Radio Guide, 6-8, August 1986.

WRITER & ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC:

Content poetry & Cover book front:

Other Goose: Recycled Rhymes for Our Fragile Times. Groundwood Books, 2007.

MERCHANDISE:

GREETING CARDS:                                                                                                          All published by Adfactor Publishing & Postcards, Toronto

“Mary Mary Quite Contrary – How does your garden grow? “First weeding and watering  Then selling and bartering, It’s amazing how shit turns to dough.”: 1986.

“Little Bo Beep is one of the Sheep Found at the shopping centre. Leave her alone and she’s liable to clone, But isn’t that why you sent her?” 1986.

“Laura Secord’s Udderly Patriotic Cow” Oil on wood 18”X9” from the Herstorical show: “Laura Secord: The Bitter Truth”.

“Buzzwords: Men Are Dogs And Women Are Cats – Good Luck”. Sketch for hooked rug. Part of Pages Bookstore window show Nov. 1992 launching the pocket-sized Book of Original Sayings.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Portfoolio, The Year 87 In Canadian Caricature. 1987: “Barbara Kunder”: 205.

Internet:

Barbara Klunder, www.thespec.com/entertainment/2020/03/19/artist-barbara-klunder-is-loving-her-loft-life-in-hamilton.html. Accessed 28 July 2021.

Barbara Klunder, http://barbaraklunder.com/about-barbara/. Accessed 28 July 2021.

BamBoo, http://thenandnowtoronto.com/2014/12/then-now-bamboo/ Accessed 28 July 2021.

GALLERY:

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\K\KLUNDER Barbara, Cdn Magazine, 13 May 1978.jpg                    Canadian Magazine, 13 May 1978: “Peace on Wheels”.

A magazine cover with a cartoon character jumping Description automatically generatedRadio Guide, 6-8, August 1986: Front cover.

A drawing of a person in a garden Description automatically generated                                          Greeting card, “Mary Mary Quite Contrary” 1986.

A newspaper article with text and a picture of a person Description automatically generatedMaclean’s, 13 May 2002: 12.

A cat with a cat's tail Description automatically generated                                    Greeting card, from original 1992.

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Two pieces of BamBoo artwork by Barbara Klunder. Images courtesy of her.Two of Barbara Klunder’s pieces of art work at the BamBoo.

KLIPPENSTEIN Matthew

KLIPPENSTEIN Matthew

A chemical engineer who has worked in the fuel cell industry, he is also a playwright. The story below, illustrated Ksenia Kozhevnikova   is his second contribution to Cloudscape.

The Métis duo “Castor the Toqued Avenger” and his sidekick, “Homme Leblanc” battle “Bud The Spud” and his henchmen who are trying to steal a canoe load of goods from a group of voyageurs. The scene is set in 1650.

WORK:

WRITER:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

All published by Cloudscape Comics Society.

Content story:

Epic Canadiana, v.2. Ed., Bevan Thomas. Oct. 2015: “Castor The Toqued Avenger: The Toque Of Castor.” Illus., Ksenia Kozhevnikova: 107-120.

Mega Fauna. Oct. 2014: “Romulus and Remus.” Illus., Ksenia Kozhevnikova: 71- 80.

SOURCE:

Book graphic;

Epic Canadiana, v.2. Oct. 2015: “The Creators”: 235.

KLASSEN Jon

KLASSEN Jon

Born in Niagara Falls Ontario. Living in California as of 2012. He won the Caldecott Medal I Want My Hat Back.

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT:

Content novel & Cover book & dust jacket wrap around:

The Nest. Writ., Kenneth Oppel. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., 2015.

Content story & Cover dust jacket front & back:

Sam & Dave Dig A Hole. Writ., Mac Burnett. Somerville: Candlewick Press, 2014.

WRITER & ILLUSTRATOR:

Content story text & illustration & Cover book front & back:

I Want My Hat Back. Candlewick Press, 2011.

This Is Not My Hat. Candlewick Press, 2012.

BUBAN’S BUSAG

BUBAN’S BUSAG

Buban’s Busag later called Buban and Busag was a Gaelic language (with English translation) cartoon strip, and sometimes panel created by painter Ellison Robertson. It first appeared in the Summer 1994, issue of the Celtic periodical Am Bràighe published in Mabou, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. It appeared irregularly. The last being in the Winter 1998/1999 issue.

Buban and Busag were husband and wife both born a raised in a Gaelic community in Cape Breton. These were humorous strips perhaps reflecting the agricultural communities of Cape Breton. As can be seen below the word balloons were in Gaelic. An English translation appeared below.

GALLERY:

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C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON B\BUBAN'S BUSAG, AmBraighe, Summer 1997, 15.jpgAm Bràighe, Spring 1997: 15

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON B\BUBAN'S BUSAG, AmBraighe, Spring 1998, 24.jpgAm Bràighe, Spring 1998: 24

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FRYER Bryant

FRYER Bryant

Born in Galt (now Cambridge) Ontario

He studied illustration and etching at the Arts Students League in New York City and was heavily influenced by the ancient art of the Chinese shadow play.

In 1927, his first foray into animation he convinced the distribution company Cranfield and Clarke to support the production of silhouette puppet films. Cranfield and Clark in turn convinced Filmart to underwrite these efforts which were grouped under Shadowlaughs. Bryant and his assistant Geoffrey Keighley produced titles like Follow The Swallow, the story of a Neanderthal man and his dinosaur chasing a bird, One Bad Knight, an elderly knight tells his grandson how he rescued the boy’s grandmother from the clutches of an evil knight. These features were among the first produced in Canada but never got distribution. Due to Cranfield and Clark’s shaky finances Filmart withdrew support and Bryant’s company folded.

Bryant’s next attempt was in 1933. In May of that year, he hired Ontario College Of Art graduates, Ed Furness and Ralph Blaber to work for him. He was an OCA instructor at the time. Most of the information that follows came from Ed Furness. Bryant began Bryant Fryer Productions at 96 Bloor Street West in Toronto, with the support of Hilton Wilkes, Albert Goodhram of Goodhram Distilleries, and the Ontario Government or at least a Mr. Livingston who was connected with the Ontario Government and developed the rushes. It was also Livingston who developed a motorized mechanism for the hand cranked camera in order to eliminate flickering exposure levels. The camera was mounted over the drawings on a track facing down then moved along the track. This smoothed out the lighting. They were able to smooth out the motion of the figures by cutting out templates then moving the limbs a bit at a time. Ed remembered that they got the motion of a bird in flight quite smooth. Fore and aft movement was controlled by cutting silhouettes smaller and smaller then altering the speed they receded or advanced by varying the number of film frames for each silhouette. Ed remembered that one of the Fleischer brothers visited them and was quite impressed with what they had accomplished and was amazed they had done it with such a small crew.. This must have been at the time Paramount was trying to buyout Bryant’s company.

The first film they produced was Baby Bunting, of which Ed had a copy given to him from the National Film Archives. Next came Sailors of the Guard, which Ed remembered as a kind of Sailors night on the town. Finally there was the seven minute Jack The Giant Killer which Ed described as their feature film.

By this time Famous Canadian Players a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures had acquired control of distribution in Canadian by destroying the Canadian distribution chain Allan Enterprises, starving them of product from the U.S. Famous Canadian Players presented Fleischer cartoons and didn’t like the competition. At first they offered Bryant and company a job in the U.S. but interested in building his own studio, he declined. The Bryant found himself shut completely out of the market. Not a single distributor would pick up an option. From this point we pick up the story from Ed Furness. Bryant then went to England to try to sell his product to companies like the Rank Organization, but to no avail. Ed remembered in December 1933, getting a letter from Bryant in England telling him and Ralph they had better look for work since the money had run out.

According to Karen he eventually found work in the U.S. He returned to Canada to join the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War Two but strangely enough was never invited to join the National Film Board.

WORK:

ANIMATOR DIRECTOR

FILM:

1927: The Shadow Laughs (Series): Follow The Swallow, One Bad Knight. Assist., Geoffrey Keighley. Prod., Norman Gunn, Allen Beattie..1 reel each. National Film Archives.

1933: Bye Baby Bunting. Assist: Ed Furness & Ralph Blaber. Mus., Fraser Allen. Prod. Co., Bryant Fryer. 163.7 m. National Film Archives.

1933: Jack The Giant Killer. Assist: Ed Furness & Ralph Blaber. Mus., Fraser Allen. Prod. Co., Bryant Fryer. 1 reel. National Film Archives.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Cartoon Capers: The History of Canadian Animators, Writ., Karen Mazurkewich. McArthur & Company, 1999: 17-18.

Embattled Shadows: A History of Canadian Cinema 1895-1939. Writ., Peter Morris. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1978: 261, 266, 291, n84.

Interview:

Ed Furness, 1980’s

GALLERY:

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C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY ANIMATOR\FRYER Bryant, Cartoon Capers, 1999, 17_0003.jpg Some images from Bryant Fryer’s early animated films, Cartoon Capers, 1999: 17.

KIRSHENBLATT Shane

KIRSHENBLATT Shane

This writer and illustrator has produced Dorothy Gale: Journey To Oz (2005), Grave Conditions (2010), Anything Ghost Graphic Anthology (2012), and The Jewish Comix Anthology (2014). His work has appeared in Strange Romance Anthology (2016), and Mark Twain’s Niagara Falls (2016).

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content story:

Toronto Comics, v. 3, Ed., Steve Andrews et al. Toronto Comics Anthology, May 2016: “Taste Of The Neighbourhood.” Writ., Sari Lynne” 216-221.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Toronto Comics, v. 3, May 2016: “Shane Kirshenblatt.” 215.

KIRKLAND Katherine

KIRKLAND Katherine

WORK:

CO-ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK GRAPHIC:

Content instruction:

Santa is coming to Toronto. Writ., Steve Smallman. Co-illus., Robert Dunn Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky, 2012.

KIRK Leonard

KIRK Leonard

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:

Content serial:

Captain Canuck, 2 June 2015: “Captain Canuck: Aleph pt. 2: Down.” Car., Kalman Andrasofszky. Illus., 14-18, Leonard Kirk. Col., Paris Alleyne & Rosemary Cheetham. Let., Ed Brisson..

Captain Canuck, 3 July 2015: “Captain Canuck: Aleph pt. 3: Magnetic North.” Writ., Kalman Andrasofszky. Col., Paris Alleyne. Let., Ed Brisson..

Captain Canuck, 4 Sept. 2015: “Captain Canuck: Aleph pt. 4: Whiteout.” Writ., Kalman Andrasofszky. Col., Paris Alleyne. Let., Ed Brisson..

Captain Canuck, 7, Feb. 2016: “Captain Canuck: The Gauntlet pt. 1: Equilibrium For Everyone” Writ., Kalman Andrasofszky. Col., Irma Kniivila. Let., Ryan Ferrier..

CO-ILLUSTRATOR:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:

Content serial:

Captain Canuck, 5 Oct. 2015: “Captain Canuck: Aleph pt. 5: UXO/MNX.” Writ., Kalman  Andrasofszky. Co-illus., Adam Gorham (2,5,6,10,11) Col., Paris Alleyne & Irma Kniivila (2,5,6,10,11) Let., Ed Brisson.

Cover front:

Captain Canuck, 3, July 2015: Cover B: Co-illus., Paris Alleyene..

Captain Canuck, 5, Oct. 2015: Cover B: Co-illus., Paris Alleyene..

PENCILLER:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:

Content serial:

Captain Canuck, 6 Dec. 20: “Captain Canuck Aleph pt. 6: Brothers & Arms.” Writ., Kalman Andrasofszky. In., Craig Yeung. Col., Irma Kniivila. Let., Ed Brisson. 15.

LAYOUT ARTIST:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:

Content serial:

Captain Canuck, 9, Sept. 2016: “Captain Canuck: The Gauntlet pt. 3: Red vs. Blue” Writ., Kalman Andrasofszky. Fin., Neil Collyer. Col., Irma Kniivila. Let., Ryan Ferrier..