HIM
Created and cartooned by Steve Remen. He later created a female counterpart “HER”.
MEDIUM:
BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
Content serial Cover book front:
HIM. Birthday Girl Press, 1998: “HIM” Car., Steve Remen:3-98. Collected from Lethargic Comics. “HIM & HER.” Car., Steve Remen: 99-115..
GALLERY:
HIM, 1998: Front cover.
HILLENBRAND Joseph B.
Born 1910 in Hoboken New Jersey, U.S.A., one of the principals of Educational Projects Inc., he was creator and cartoonist of one interesting series “The World of Tomorrow” and may have been the creator and cartoonist of “The History of Canada” although he is identified only as the illustrator.
He died 1966.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: Published by Educational Projects Inc. with colour covers and black and white interiors.
Content:
Announcement:
Canadian Heroes 5-1, February 1945: “Boy Scout Week”: 33.
Award honour :
Canadian Heroes 5-1, February 1945: “Cornwall Badge Winner (The Victoria Cross of Scouting): Ralph Moses”: 20 & Robert Oke: 57.
Biography :
Canadian Heroes 5-4, July 1945: “Stanley: 44th Governor-General of Canada 1888-1893”: 34-37.
Information:
Canadian Heroes 1-1, Oct. 1942: “Everyday Heroes.” (Boy Scouts): 47-48.
Canadian Heroes 3-1, Nov./Dec. 1943: “Heroes All.” R.L. Hennessy.” Car., Jos (Hillenbrand?): 49. “Canadian Facts and Oddities”: 64.
Canadian Heroes 3-5, April 1944.: “Canada At Work: Power for Aluminum: The Story of Shipshaw No. 2”: 1-8.
Canadian Heroes 4-2, July 1944: “Canadian Youth Hostels”: 1-4.
Series information:
| Canadian Heroes….: “World of Tomorrow…”:…. | |
| 3-3, Feb., 1944: “… Transportation”: 30-34.
3-4, March 1944: “. . . Education”: 34-36. 3-5, April 1944: “. . . Entertainment”: 43-46. 3-6, May 1944: “. . . Food-Clothing”: 60-63. 4-1, June 1944: “. . . Home – Life Pt. 1”: 40-43. 4-2, July 1944: “. . . Home – Life Pt. 2”: 38-40. |
4-6, Jan. 1945: “. . . Power”: 21-23.
5-3, June 1945: “. . . Dream Dept”: 42-44. 5-4, July 1945: “. . .”: 19-22. 5-5, Sept. 1945: “Dream Dep’t Special”: 22-25. |
ILLUSTRATOR:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content:
Biography:
| Canadian Heroes…: “…” …: …. |
| 1-1, Oct. 1942: “Robert Shankland, V.C. D.C.M.” Writ., G. Edelstein: 18-20.
1-2, Nov. 1942: “Alexander Mackenzie, The Stone Mason Who Became a Great Liberal Prime Minister.” Writ., G.E.: 27-31. 1-6, Apr.1943: “Lieut. Jean Brillant V.C., M.C.” Writ., Shatan: 5-8.. 2-3, July 1943: “Lt. Col. Raymond Collishaw.” Writ., Winters: 10-16. “No. 1 Railroader: Sir Henry Thornton.” Writ., D.M.H.: 22-24. 2-6, Oct. 1943: “49th Governor-General of Canada: Duke Of Devonshire.” Writ., unidentified. 5-7. 3-1, Nov./Dec. 1943: “ Captain Sigtryggur Jonasson.” Writ., Tassy: 12-15. 3-3, Feb., 1944: “John Travers Cornwall V.C.” Writ., F.K.: 12-17. 3-4, March 1944: “Maisonneuve.” Writ., SONAP.: 22-26. 3-5, April 1944: “Mother To Thousands: Lillian Freiman O.B.E.” Co- writ., R.H. [Rose Halperin?] & J.H. {Joseph Hillenbrand?]: 9-14. 3-6, May 1944: “Madelene De Verchères: Canada’s First Girl Scout.” Writ., Michael. Illus., unidentified probably Hillenbrand: 44-48. 4-1, June 1944: “Pilot Officer Robert Burns Charters D.F.M.” Writ., H.J.H. (Harry J. Halperin): 12-14. “Colonel Elizabeth Lawrie Smellie C.B.E., R.R.C. L.L.D.: A Tribute To A Canadian Nurse.” Writ., F.K.: 15-20. 4-6, January 1945: “Winston Churchill.” Writ., M.G.: 14-19. 5-3, June 1945: “Edward Johnston: Metropolitan Opera Assistant.” Writ., Rose Halperin: 17-21. |
History:
Canadian Heroes 1-1, Oct. 1942: “The Story of the Northwest Mounted Police.” Writ., R.S.: 12-17.
Canadian Heroes 1-6, Apr.1943: “The Story of Tank Production.” Writ., Leison: 21-25.
Information:
Canadian Heroes 3-3, Feb., 1944: “The Cornwall Scout Badge.” Writ., F.K.: 18.
Canadian Heroes 5-1, February 1945: “Boy Scouts Of Canada.” Writ., unident.: 2-11. “Fire Effects and Prevention”: Writ., Morton: 34-37.
Information text:
| Canadian Heroes…: “A Vegetable Garden.” Writ., Heather Tinkoff,:…. | ||
| 5-3, June 1945: 48-49. | 5-4, July 1945: 32-33. | 5-5, Sept. 1945: 35-36. |
Novella text
| Canadian Heroes…: “The Secret Of The Dungeon.” Writ., Charles Clay: …. | |
| “Ch. 1-2.” 5-3, June 1945: 9-11.
“Ch. 3-4.” 5-4, July 1945: 15-17. |
“Ch. 5-6.” 5-5, Sept.: 45-47. |
Series history:
| Canadian Heroes…: “The History of Canada…”: …. Writer, unidentified: … | |
| 2-6, Oct. 1943: “Part 9”: 48-57.
3-1, Nov./Dec. 1943: “Part 10”: 45-48. 3-4, March 1944: “Part. 13”: 42-45. 3-5, April 1944: Part. 14: 20-23. 3-6, May 1944: Part. 15: 23-26. . |
4-1, June 1944: Part 16: 1837 Rebellion”: 58-59.
4-2, July 1944: Part 17: 1837 Rebellion”: 55-58 4-6, January 1945: “Part 21”: 34-37 5-1: February 1945. No episode. 5-3, June 1945: “Canada & U.S Civil War”: 50-53. 5-4, July 1945: “Canada & U.S Civil War”: 52-55. 5-5 Sept. 1945: “Quebec Conference”: 1864. 49-51. |
CO-WRITER:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content:
Biography:
Canadian Heroes 3-5, April 1944: “Mother To Thousands: Lillian Freiman O.B.E.” Co- writ., R.H. [Rose Halperin?] & J.H. {Joseph Hillenbrand?] Illus., J. Hillenbrand: 9-14.
GALLERY:
Canadian Heroes, 2-3, July 1943: 10.
An example of Hillenbrand using graphics to inject interest into a rather prosaic story.
Canadian Heroes, 3-5, April 1944: “Canada At Work: Power for Aluminum: The Story Of Shipshaw #2”: 3.
Canadian Heroes, 5-3, June 1945: 17.
HAPPY HOLDEN
“Happy Holden.” Was created by writer Jack Loudon and illustrator, Hugh Caulfield. Nothing is presently known about it except it appeared in Top Flight Comics, 1-1, February 1942, the only issue Hillborough Studio published before ceasing operations.
HILLBOROUGH STUDIO Location: 64 Grenville Street Toronto. Owner operator: Adrian Dingle+
Contributor: A. L. Alexander, Hunter Barker, Frank Brookwood, H. Caulfield, Clayton Dexter, Adrian Dingle, Pat Dingle, Glen Guest, Leon James, Jack Loudon, André Kulbach, René Kulbach, H. B. Ohrt.
Character: Billy Arthur: The Sword of Destiny, Clue Catchers, Derek Of Bras d’Or, Happy Holden, The Mums: Maxi & Mini, Nelvana Of The Northern Lights, The Rapier, The Searunners. Spanner Preston, Tang, Trigger Dunston.
With the outbreak of World War 2, the market for fine art – portraits and landscape – shriveled up as financial resources were diverted to the war effort. Many artists, including Adrian Dingle and his associates applied to be war artists but the openings were few and quickly filled by established artists like members of the Group of Seven. It was then that a small group around Dingle decided to take advantage of the limitation the War Exchange Conservation Act had put on the import of U.S. nonessential goods and go into the graphic periodical business.
Hillborough Studio launched Triumph Adventure, 1-1 August 1942 and so became the second Toronto company to get its product on the market. It preceded Bell Features WOW, 1-1 by one month.
The core group for Triumph Adventure, included, writer H.B. Ohrt. and illustrator Léon James doing “Spanner Preston: Spies of the Airways”, writer Frank Brookwood and illustrator René Kulbach doing “Tang: The Story of the Western Range”, Adrian Dingle the mainstay, cartooned “Nelvana”, and a filler “The Mums: Maxi and Mini”. He illustrated “Clue Catchers” written by his wife Pat Dingle who based them on submissions from readers and he drew portraits of military heroes. Around this core were occasional players such René’s brother André Kulbach, the writer/illustrator team of Glen Guest and A.L. Alexander who did the short lived “Derek of Bras d’Or” and a promising cartoonist H. Caulfield who joined the team in the dying days of the company and produced “Escape” and Commando”. Writer H.B. Ohert replaced Frank Brookwood as storyteller on “Tang”. As additional creators joined the Studio Dingle’s filler features, “The Mums” and the portraits decreased in frequency.
Hillborough began a second periodical called Top Flight Comics which used mostly different artists. The features included “The Rapier, by Clayton Dexter, “The Searunners” and “Trigger Dunstan” by Hunter Barker “Happy Holden” by Jack Loudon and Caulfield, and “The Sword Of Destiny” by Adrian. The last two individuals being the only artists to appear in both periodicals.
The weak link in the team was an unnamed investor who, provided about $400 in capital and who according to Dingle in a 1973 interview by Dave Sim, “… was a worry wart and used to come in every morning and say ‘Well now, fellows, what worries me is this.’”.
Hillborough was able to publish six issues of Triumph-Adventure Comics and one issue of Top Flight Comics before it succumbed. The last issue for both periodicals was February 1942. In the same 1973 interview Dingle commented, “I remember taking all the debts and the broken partnership down to Cy Bell. To my surprise, I found the masthead for Triumph Comics was already made up and ready to roll. He was anticipating me. So he took over all the debts. And I was on salary then. And that’s how I really got started for those few years.” That issue of Triumph, as Triumph Adventure was now called, was both unnumbered and undated but probably came out in March 1942, since there is an advertisement in the magazine for Dime, 1 which is dated as Feb. 1942.
Only Adrian and the Kulbach brothers crossed over to Bell Features. Hunter Barker, H. Caulfield, Clayton Dexter, Jack Loudon, H. B. Ohert and Léon James did not make the transition. Since their material was better than what replaced it, in the new Triumph Comics it can only be assumed the choice was theirs. “Clue Catchers” written by Pat Dingle did not move to Bell Features which is not surprising since she remarked in the 1973 interview that she didn’t like writing. Top Flight Comics did not make the transfer either.
The overall quality of Triumph suffered in the transfer but for Cy Bell it was definitely a coup. He doubled his staff of accomplished artists as Dingle, René and André Kulbach joined Lou Skuce, Edward Legault and recently arrived Edmond Good on the Bell Features staff. He gained an Artistic Director who had extensive visual experience. He gained two established serials “Nelvana” and “Tang” plus an additional title. One competitor was eliminated while Bell’s position against his other major competitor Anglo-American was greatly strengthened.
It is sad that Hillborough didn’t survive. During its existence, this artist driven company had already made significant contributions to the wartime graphic heritage, and had it continued undoubtedly would have contributed a great deal more.
PRODUCT:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Top Flight Comics, 1-1, February 1942.
| Triumph-Adventure Comics. Black & white interior. | ||
| l-1, August1941.
1 -2, September 1941. |
l-3, October 1941.
l-4, November 1941. |
l-5, January1942.
l-6, Feb. 1942. |
Triumph Comics –Adventure, l-6, Feb. 1942 was the last issue published by Hillborough Studio.
Triumph Comics, no number, no date was the first issue published by Bell Features & Publishing Ltd.
SOURCE:
Article booklet:
Guardians of the North: The National Superhero in Canadian Comic-Book Art Writ., John Bell. Ottawa, National Archives of Canada, 1992. A catalogue for the exhibit of the same name.
Article periodical:
Now and Then Times,1-2, Oct. 1973: “A conversation with Adrian and Pat Dingle and Bill Thomas.” Writ., Dave Sim: 27+.
Article newspaper:
Globe and Mail, 23 Oct. 1982: “Whatever Happened to …?” Writ., Peter Harris. Fanfare 7.
GALLERY:
Triumph-Adventure Comics, l-1, August1941.
Triumph-Adventure Comics, l-5, January1942.
This advertisement appeared on the back cover of Triumph Adventure Comics, 1-5, January 1942.
HILL James
James Hill photo taken in 1952 while he was working on his first magazine cover. It was commissioned by Canadian Home Journal. <pintteres.ca/pin/Canadian illustrator-james-hill>
“James Hill (1930-2004) of Hamilton had a major influence on his field. …. Named Artist of the Year by the Guild of American Artists in 1966, he earned two gold medals from the New York based Society of Illustrators. Details. 3, March/April 2018.
Born 1930 in Hamilton Ontario.
He was active in the 1950’s and 1960s. He illustrated many magazines and book covers. His work was instrumental in successful commercial campaigns like Heinz, Imperial Oil and Chargex.
The background notes that Maclean’s included with many of Jame’s cover paintings described just how much he altered the reality to achieve the image he wanted. One such description was given in the Maclean’s 1 March 1953 issue:
“LAST FALL, we published a cover painting which showed two nuns shepherding a group of children up a lonely street in a Quebec town. A lot of people wrote to us to praise the cover and ask about the artist. Several also said they recognized the street but couldn’t place it specifically. Unfortunately we couldn’t either because the street doesn’t exist. Like most of James Hill’s paintings the subject matter was familiar yet elusive. Six months before he did the painting, Hill had seen two nuns and a group of children in Montreal. The image stayed with him and he finally put it on the canvas but, unlike many artists, he used no notes or sketches. ‘I meant to make some sketches,’ Hill tells us, ‘but it was too cold. When I came to paint it I just remembered it.’”
While illustrating for Maclean’s, he developed a new technique which replaced paint with sheets of coloured plastic. He would cut the sheets of plastic to the shape he wanted then lay them over the black and white artwork to get the effect he wanted. This method was used for content not covers.
He died 3 February 2004 in Toronto.
On 5 April 2018, Canada Post honoured this illustrator with a first day cover and a commemorative stamp.
WORK:
ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content portrait:
Gothic Tales of Haunted Love. Ed., H. Nicholson & S.M. Beiko. Bedside Press, 2018: Untitled.182. Reproduced by permission of estate.
BOOK TEXT:
Content biography & Cover dust jacket front:
True North. Writ., T. C. Fairley & Charles E. Israel. Macmillan of Canada, 1957.
PERIODICAL TEXT:
Content history:
Maclean’s, 8 November 1958: “Maclean’s Flashback: When Vancouver Turned Back The Sikhs”. Writ., Ray Gardner: 30, 31.
Content story:
Maclean’s, 1 February 1953: “A Man’s Got to Lie Once in a While”. Writ., Vera Johnson: 20-21.
Maclean’s, 1 August 1953: “STOP Don’t Put Your Heart On A Horse”. Writ., Sidney Katz: 21.
Maclean’s, 15 September 1953: “Give the Bride a kiss, George”. Writ., James McNamee: 16-17.
Maclean’s, 15 October 1953: “Enigma in Ebony”. Writ., Earle Birney: 16-17.
Maclean’s, 15 March 1954: “Brian Boru”. Writ., Sean O’Faolain”: 16-17.
Maclean’s, 15 July 1954: “The Race For The Donkerbos Diamonds”. Writ., John Karl: 12-13.
Maclean’s, 15 September 1954: “The Shipwrecked Moneybelt”. Writ., Peter Freuchen: 20, 21.
Maclean’s, 9 June 1956: “The secret of the stolen love letters”. Writ., Robin White: 30-31.
Maclean’s, 25 May 1957: “The Inter-Galaxy Beauty Contest”. Writ., Robert Zacks: 24-25.
Maclean’s, 28 September 1957: “The Dance Of The Bells”. Writ., Ann Mary Maud Henry: 29-29.
Maclean’s, 15 March 1958: “The Non-Taxable Loves Of Mrs. Ollenberger”. Writ., P. B. Hughes: 20-21.
Maclean’s, 6 December 1958: “The Testing Of Jerome Martell”. Writ., Hugh MacLennan: 16-17, 18-19. This excerpt from The Watch That Ends The Night appeared in Maclean’s before the novel was published by Macmillan of Canada.
Content essay & Cover front:
Maclean’s, 22 December 1956: “What the Dead Sea Scrolls mean to the Christian faith”. Writ., Eric Hutton: 8-9.
Content story & Cover front:
Maclean’s, 15 October 1954: “The Curse of the Mambo”. Writ., Victor Chapin: 34-35.
Content memoir & Cover front:
The City, Toronto Star Sunday Magazine, Dec. 23, 1979: “I Remember Christmas.” Writ., Thomas Allen: 6-9, 16.
Cover front:
| Maclean’s,…. | |
| …, 15 January 1954.
…, 1 March 1954.
…, 1 May 1954. “Birdwatchers”.
…, 1 August 1954.
|
…, 14 May 1955. “Young Tars & An Old Salt”.
…, 26 November 1955.
…, 23 November 1957. “Frobisher Bay”.
…, 2 August 1958: “Unloading Supplies Frobisher Bay”. |
SOURCE:
Article book:
Gothic Tales of Haunted Love. Ed., H. Nicholson & S.M. Beiko. Bedside Press, 2018: “Creators: James Hill: 214.
Article periodical:
Details. 3, March/April 2018: “Great Canadian Illustrators”: 6-7. Canada Post Corp.
Maclean’s, 1 March 1954: “In Editor’s Confidence: Hill in Oils … Hill in Plastic: 63.
Internet:
pintteres.ca/pin/Canadian illustrator-james-hill
GALLERY:
Maclean’s, 1 March 1954: 63.
The True North, 1957: Front cover.
HILKERT John
Born 1919. Worked for Bell Features & Publishing Co.
WORK:
WRITER & ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Thrilling Stories For Boys. Bell Features & Publishing, no date: “Death Casts A Vote.” “Dusty Drives A Bargain.”
HIGGINS Cherelle
This Toronto writer graduated from a three year Media Arts Program 1994-1997 at Sheridan College. She was an instructor there from 1997 to 1998, then in 1999 did post graduate work. She became a Senior Graphic Designer for IBM Canada 1999 to 2009, then in 2010 transferred to Senior Graphic Designer for Ontario Government.
WORK:
WRITER:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Epic Canadiana, v.2. Ed., B. Thomas. Cloudscape Comics Society, Oct. 2015: “Josephine The Moose Rider: Power Grab.” Co-illus., Kyle Roberts & A.L. Onfroi: 15-26.
SOURCE:
Article book:
Epic Canadiana, v. 2. October 2015: “The Creators”: 235.
HIGGINS Cherelle
This Toronto writer graduated from a three year Media Arts Program 1994-1997 at Sheridan College. She was an instructor there from 1997 to 1998, then in 1999 did post graduate work. She became a Senior Graphic Designer for IBM Canada 1999 to 2009, then in 2010 transferred to Senior Graphic Designer for Ontario Government.
WORK:
WRITER:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content:
Story:
“Cherry.” Illus., Rachael Wells. Col., Meaghan Carter. The Secret Loves Of Geek Girls. Ed., Hope Nicholson.Bedside Press, 2015: 66-75.
“Green Gold and Black.” Illus., Rina Rozsas. Gothic Tales of Haunted Love. Ed., H. Nicholson & S.M. Beiko. Bedside Press, 2018: 79-88.
HICKS Faith Erin
Born in Vancouver and now living in Halifax this cartoonist debuted with the webcomic Demonology 101 and followed it up with “The Adventures of Superhero Girl,” which appeared in True Patriot edited by J. Torres. She and Torres also partnered on a novel called Big Foot Boy. Her award winning graphic novels include The War at Ellesmere, Friends with Boys and Nothing Could Possibly Go Wrong. She has also worked on Brain Camp.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content serial:
True Patriot: All New Canadian Comic Book Adventures. Ed., J. Torres. True Patriot Comics, 2013: “Superhero Girl vs. Canadian-ness”: 46-52.
True Patriot: Heroes Of The Great White North. Ed., J. Torres. True Patriot Comics, 2014: “Superhero Girl in ‘The Death of Kevin’.” Col., Noreen Rana: 25-30.
ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK GRAPHIC:
Content novel & Cover book front:
Bigfoot Boy Book 1: Into the Woods. Writ., J. Torres. Kids Can Press, 2012.
Bigfoot Boy Book 2: The Unkindness of Ravens. Writ., J. Torres. Kids Can Press, 2013.
Bigfoot Boy Book 3: The Sound of Thunder. Writ., J. Torres. Kids Can Press, 2014.
SOURCE:
Article book:
True Patriot: All New Canadian Comic Book Adventures. Ed., J. Torres. True Patriot Comics, 2013: “About the Creators”: 104.
GALLERY:
Bigfoot Boy Book 1: Into the Woods. 2012: Front cover.
Bigfoot Boy Book 2: The Unkindness of Ravens. 2013: Front cover.
HICKEY Patrick
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content cartoon editorial:
Caricature . Cartoons Canada. Ed., Terry Mosher. Linda Leith Publishing, 2012: 77.