IMMONEN Stuart

                          Kathryn & Stuart Immonen, Moving Pictures, 2010: Back cover.

After attending York University in Toronto, he self published a cartoon series Playground with partner Kathryn Kuder. They later married. This partnership then co-edited a three issue humourous anthology called Cheesehead. He then worked for RipOff Press, Innovation and Revolutionary Comics. In 1993 he began working for DC and Marvel Comics, working on “Superman”, “X-Men”, “Fantastic Four”, “The Incredible Hulk”, “Ultimate Fantastic Four”, and the “Legion of Super Heroes”. He wrote and drew the Inferno mini-series and drew the cover for the first “Superman” hardcover novel “Superman: End of the Century”.

Together Kathryn and Stuart created the webcomic Never As Bad As You Think and the graphic novels Moving Pictures and Russian Olive To Red King.

Work:

CARTOONIST & ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

Content cartoon & illustration & Cover book front:

Centrifolia 1. AdHouse Books, 2008.

Centrifolia 2. AdHouse Books, 2011.

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK GRAPHIC:

Content novel:

Secret Identity. Writ., Kurt Busiek. DC Comics, 2004.

CO-AUTHOR WITH KATHRYN IMMONEN:

BOOK GRAPHIC:

Content novel & Cover book front:

Moving Pictures, Top Shelf Productions, April 2010.

Content novel & Cover book wrap around:

Russian Olive To Red King, AdHouse Books, May 2015

SOURCE:

Artilce book:

Secret Identity. 2004: “Biographies”: 207.

Centrifolia 2. 2011: “Kathyrn & Stuart Immonen”: 127.

IMMONEN Kathryn

                                        Kathryn & Stuart Immonen, Moving Pictures, 2010: Back cover.

Kathryn Kuder, later married Stuart Immonen, grew up with “Astrix” and “Archie.” She has written for both DC and Marvel including Patsy Walker: Hellcat, Heralds, and Wolverine and Jubilee.

Together Kathryn and Stuart created the webcomic Never As Bad As You Think.

WORK:

CO-AUTHOR WITH SUART IMMONEN:

BOOK GRAPHIC:

Content novel & Cover book front:

Moving Pictures, Top Shelf Productions, April 2010.

Content novel & Cover book wrap around:

Russian Olive To Red King, AdHouse Books, May 2015

SOURCE:

Article book:

Centrifolia 2. Car., & Illus., Stuart Immonen. 2011: “Kathyrn & Stuart Immonen”: 127.

IKNIQPALAGAQ

This character appears to have been created by Bevan Thomas. Its inspiration is the World War 2 heroine “Nelvana” except in this case the physical features and clothing of Ikniqpalagao are more Innuit.

Ikniqpalagao an Innuit word for flashing light or lightening is claimed to be the daughter of “Sila”. (the Sky), although in Innuit legend “ Sila Inua” is actually formless with no personal characteristics and is considered to be the essence of everything. Ikniqpalagao’s function was guardian of the Innuit, but she was recruited by Allied Enigmas to fight the Nazis..

Although the first story involves the Nazi searching for the lost kingdom of “Thule” (actually a European myth), the real battle is Ikniqpalagao and her companion Corporal Terry Colt against the evil shaman “Kalatok’ and the “Great Beasts Of The North” which he is able to unleash. “Kalatok” and the “Great Beasts” are defeated and banished. The illustration style of Jeri Weaver gives the story a child-like feel as if the story is geared for youngsters.

The second story involves a rematch in which “Kalatok” is again defeated but Ikniqpalagao sacrifices herself to accomplish this. Whether her disappearance from the world is permanent is left ambiguous. Eric Johnson’s visual style for this story is very different from the previous story giving this story a much more adult feel.

MEDIUM:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:                                                                                    All published by Cloudscape Comics Society,

Content serial:

Epic Canadiana, v.1. Ed., Bevan Thomas. 2013: “Ikniqpalagao: Beware The Slaughter.” Writ., Bevan Thomas. Illus., Jeri Weaver: 14-29.

Epic Canadiana, v.2. Ed., Bevan Thomas. Oct. 2015: “Sweet Memories: The Final Fate Of Ikniqpalagao.” Writ: Bevan Thomas. Illus., Eric Johnson: 55-68.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Epic Canadiana, v.1. Ed., Bevan Thomas. 2013: “Ikniqpalagao”: 132.

GALLERY:

            Epic Canadiana, v.1.: “Ikniqpalagao: Beware The Slaughter.” Illus., Jeri Weaver: 21.

I BOX PUBLISHING                                                                                              Location: P.O. Box 6671, Station A, Toronto, Ontario.                                                      P.O. Box 2414, Wolfville, Nova Scotia.                                                            Owner/Publisher: Mark Oakley

Mark Oakley created this company to publish his creation “Thieves and Kings”.

PRODUCT:

BOOK GRAPHIC:

Thieves & Kings, vol. 5. Car., Mark Oakley. Wolfville: I Box Publishing, 2004.

Star Drop. Wolfville: Car., Mark Oakley. I Box Publishing, 2010.

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:

Thieves & Kings,.. Car., Mark Oakley. Toronto: I Box Publishing.
1, Sept. 1994. 2, Nov. 1994. 3, January 1995. 4, Mar. 1995. 5, May. 1995. 6, July 1995. 7, Sept. 1995. 8, Nov. 1995. 9, January 1996.	10, Mar. 1996. 11, May 1996. 12, July 1996. 13, Sept. 1996. 14, Nov. 1996. 15, January 1997. 16, Mar. 1997. 17, May. 1997. 18, July 1997.	19, Sept. 1997. 20, Nov.. 1997. 21, January 1998. 22, May. 1998. 23, August 1998. 24, October 1998. 25, 1999. 26, 1999. 27, May 1999.	28, July 1999. 29, Oct. 1999. 30, Jan. 2000. 31, Apr. 2000. 32, July 2000. 33, October 2000. 34, January 2001. 35, May. 2001. 36, Sept. 2001. .	37, January 2002. 38 April 2002. 39, July. 200240, 40, October 2002. 41, March2003.

BOOK GRAPHIC & DISC AUDIO CD:

Thieves and Kings presents Riverwolf. Car., Mark Oakley. Composition, Performance., & Production, Tony Davis. I Box Publishing/Riverwolf. 2002.

GALLERY:

Thieves & Kings presents Riverwolf, CD. 2002.

Car., Mark Oakley. Thieves & Kings, 1, Sept. 1994.

Cart., Mark Oakley. Thieves & Kings, 40, Oct. 2002.

 

HYLAND Greg

This Burlington area artist was the creator of “Lethargic Lad” Guy-with-a-Gun, Walrus Boy and the owner of Lethargic Comics.

ILLUSTRATOR:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:

Cover wraparound colour:

Dinky on The Road, 1, June 1994: Col., Angela Migliore.

INKER:

Content story black & white:

Dinky on The Road, 1, June 1994: “Dinky on the Road”. Writ., & Pen., John Migliore:   1-24.

HYDROCÉPHALE ILLUSTRE [L’]

See HURTUBISE Jacques

 

HYDE Graham

An editorial cartoonist in Vancouver circa 1912, who used a crow as a symbol in all his cartoons.

SOURCE:

Article book:

The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: 239.

 

HUTCHISON Bruce

This iconic journalist and author drew cartoons as a side line for the Daily Province [Vancouver] early in his career under the pen-name “Pentridge”. He stopped cartooning in 1935 after the defeat of R. B. Bennett’s conservative government.

SOURCE:

Article book:

The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: “Pentridge”: 247.

 

HUTCHINGS Priscilla May

She was born circa 1919 and raised in Port Carling, Ontario.

Priscilla was hired to work on the finished art in the stories blocked out by Ed Furness  and Les Gilpin for Anglo-American Publishing’s line of cartoon periodicals.

According to Ed Furness, she and June Banfield became so good they took over the finished illustration work for Freelance. She also took over finished art work for “The Crusaders”. Of her drawing ability Ed Furness said, “She could draw girls … so if girls were required she got the chore, good girls or bad girls whatever. She frequently made the men in the story look like the girls – except for the pug uglies like ‘Big John’, of course, and her ‘Robin Hood’ was a little bit effeminate.” If one looks at the cover of Spy Smasher 1, June 1942 below we can see what Ed Furness meant.

She and Betty (Grace Elizabeth) Mercer became best friends as they worked at Anglo-American during the 1940’s. Since one was not to talk while working, they conversed through their art. For example, Patricia had a hooked nose. Betty would draw a picture of a giant hooked nose resting on the edge of a table, and pass it to Patricia. Patricia in turn would sketch a giant gapped toothed smile and pass it back to Betty. They remained in contact after they left Anglo-American and Betty moved to the U.S. Priscilla would visit Betty in the U.S. and Mary J. Neill, Betty Mercer’s daughter, remembered that “She was hugely funny and we [the children] never wanted her to leave.” but in the 1970’s Betty and her family lost touch with Priscilla.

Both Priscilla and Betty hated the fan mail, that came to Anglo-American because as Betty’s daughter said it was predominantly nitpicking criticism, largely from readers of “Captain Marvel”.

After Priscilla left Anglo-American, she worked as a freelancer, designing furniture and greeting cards. She also illustrated books for Ryerson Press and Macmillan of Canada. The child’s book Under the North Star, shown below was published in 1946. The date suggests that Priscilla had begun illustrating books even as she was leaving Anglo-American. Another book she illustrated was a school book called The New Road Of Song Intermediate 1, compiled by G. Roy Fenwick, Dan Hollis & Robert Foresman published by W.J. Gage Ltd. in 1958. See an illustration from it below.

While freelancing, Priscilla earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, and afterwards taught high school, in Stratford, Ontario. She never married. In the 1970’s and 1980’s children in Canadian elementary schools used a series of language readers all tied together by a character, called “Mr Mugs”. He was an old English sheepdog who lived with two children Pat and Cathy. They were written by Martha Kambeitz and Carol Roth. They were also illustrated but the illustrator is not identified, a common practice it seems at that time. However, I met a resident of Stratford who was a high school student of Priscilla’s and she stated that Priscilla was the illustrator.

Priscilla died in the 1990’s.

SOURCE:

Correspondence:

Email 1 May 2016, to Ivan Kocmarek from Billy Neill grandson of Betty Mercer quoting his mother.

Email 28 Sept. 2016, to Robert MacMillan, from Billy Neill grandson of Betty Mercer quoting his mother.

Email 13 April 2020. To Robert MacMillan from May J. Neill (daughter of Betty Mercer.

Internet:

“Songs of the Sea: Capital Ship.” Writ., The Duke. Progress is fine, but it’s gone on for too long. 21 Jan. 2015. Accessed 26 April 2020. <progress-is-fine.blogspot.com>

Interview:

Ed Furness by Robert MacMillan

GALLERY:

      Spy Smasher, 1, June 1942. Front cover.

 The image from the title page this book was supplied by Mary J. Neill, the daughter of Betty Mercer. Under The North Star (1946) was written by Clare Routley & Grace Morgan

                           An illustration for “Songs of the Sea: A Capital Ship.” From The New Road Of Song Intermediate 1.,

HURTUBISE Jacques

Photo, François Desaulniers, Le Sombre Vilain: mort ou vif, Back cover.

Born 5 November 1950 in Montréal.

While taking engineering at the University of Montréal he became interested in comics. Along with school mates and with a grant from the University he produced the first issue of a French language cartoon magazine L’Hydrocéphale Illustre in November 1971. After a short study trip to Paris he directed his efforts towards developing a French Canadian comics industry. With a grant from the Quebec government in 1973 he developed a co-operative called Les Petit Dessins. In 1974 this group signed an exclusive contract with the newly formed Montreal daily Le Jour to supply the paper’s daily strips.

Among the six creations appearing in Le Jour on February 28, 1974 was Hurtubise’s own creation “Le Sombre Vilain” signed with the pseudonym “Zyx”. “Le Sombre Vilain’ follows the various schemes of a comic opera conspirator whose goal is the total destruction of the world. Hurtubise’s very stylized and modern graphics and his caustic sense of humour have put “Le Sombre Vilain” in the forefront of French-Canadian comics. Jacques Samson has noted “Hurtubise has managed to achieve a synthesis between text and image possibly unique in French-Canadian comic art.”

In 1975 along with Pascal Nadon and Pierre Huet, he was one of the driving forces behind the first International Comics Festival of Montreal.

Died 11 Dec 2015 of a heart attack.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

Content serial & Cover book front:

Le Sombre Vilain: Mort Ou Vif. Croc/Ludcom Inc., 4^e trimestre, 1981.

 SOURCE:

 Article book:

Guardians of the North: The National Superhero in Canadian Comic-Book Art, Ed., John Bell. National Archives of Canada, 1992: “Capitaine Kébec”:42 – 48. A catalogue for the exhibit of the same name.

The World Encyclopedia of Comics, Ed.,       Maurice Horn. Chelsea House Publishers, 1976: “Hurtubise Jacques (1950 –    ).” Writ., Maurice Horn:  208.