FUDDY & LARDETTE
This cartoon strip created by cartoonist Karl Mueller followed his strip “Rimmer” and was essentially the same strip with a different name.. It appeared in the Toronto Sun from 18 August to 28 December 1980. It was syndicated by Universal Press and probably the syndication caused the name change.
GALLERY:
Toronto Sun, 18 August, 1980.
Toronto Sun, 12 November, 1980.
Toronto Sun, 23 December, 1980.
Winnipeg Free Press, 24 August, 1980.
FREY J. M.
A voice actor and sci-fi/fantasy author who has written Triptych, and as a pop scholar explorer, she has appeared on podcasts, documentaries and television to discuss her findings.
WORK:
WRITER:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Toronto Comics v. 2. Ed., Steve Andrews et al. Toronto Comics Anthology, May 2015: “Bloodsuckers.” Illus., Ryan Cole: 36-46 & ‘Toronto The Rude.” Illus., Tim Lai: 70-72.
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content essay:
The Secret Loves Of Geek Girls. 2015: “How Fanfiction Made Me Gay”: 51-58.
SOURCE:
Article book:
The Secret Loves Of Geek Girls. Bedside Press, 2015: “Biographies”: 275.
Toronto Comics v. 2. May 2015: “J.M. Frey”: 195.
FREEMAN George
He worked as illustrator and writer with Richard Comely on the “Captain Canuck” project.
In 1991 he inked Elric published by First Comics. Subsequently he worked for DC and Marvel on characters like “Batman”, “Green Lantern”, “Aquaman”, “Jack ‘o’ Hearts” and “The Avengers”. In 2010 he was inducted into the “Canadian Comic Book Hall Of Fame”.
WORK:
ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content sketch :
Moonshot. “Strike & Bolt.” Alternate History Comics Inc., 2015: 162.
Content story:
Arctic Comics. “Blizzard House.” Writ., Nicholas Burns, Kindzierski & Lurie E. Smith. Renegade Arts Entertainment, 2016.
Moonshot. “Strike & Bolt.” Writ., Michael Sheyahshe. Alternate History Comics Inc., 2015: 79-90.
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC;
Content serial:
Badger, 1-68, Feb. 1991: “Foot Soldier.” Writ., Mike Baron. Let., Patrick Owsley. Col., Ian Therault: 1-26.
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Batman Annual, 11, 1987: “Mortal Clay.” Writ., Alan Moore. Let., John Costanza. Col., Lovern Kindzierski. DC Comics Inc.
PERIODICAL TEXT:
Content Portrait:
Borealis, 1-1, Summer 1978: 27. (Inside back cover)
Borealis 1-2, Spring 1979: 2. (Inside front cover)
ILLUSRATOR (FINISHED ART & COLOURS)
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:
Content story adaption & Cover:
| Elric, ….: Adapt. & Script., Roy Thomas. Layout & rough pencil: Michael T. Gilbert. Let., t. Orzechowski & L. Lois Buhaus. | |||
| 1-1, June 1985: …
1-2, August 1985: … |
1-3, October 1985: …
1-4, December 1985: … |
1-5, February 1986: …
1-6, April 1986: … |
1-7 June 1986: … |
| Elric, ….: Co-adapt: Roy Thomas & Michael T. Gilbert. Layout & rough pencil: Michael T. Gilbert. Let. Ken Bruzenak. | |||
| 2-1, October 1986: …
2-2, December 1986: … |
2-3, February 1987: …
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2-4, April 1987: … | 2-5, June 1987: … |
INKER:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Arctic Comics. “My Northern Summer Vacation.” Writ. & Pen., Nicholas Burns. Col., Lovern Kindzierski & Michele Buchanan. Let., Gudrunb Rohatgi & Ron Muns. . Rankin Inlet: Nick Burns, 1986: 1-13.
CO-ILLUSTRATOR /CO-WRITER:
BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
Content serial:
Beyond: The Meadan Quest. Includes the first six published episodes Captain Canuck 9-12, 14, 15 plus unpublished episode 7. Two new episodes by writer R. Comely, illustrator G. Freeman and colourist Laurie Smith complete the story. Chapter House Comics, 2015.
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:
Content serial:
Capt. Canuck,1-12, Nov./Dec. 1980: “Beyond.” Co-writ., R. Comely, J. C. St Aubin & G. Freeman. Illus., J. C. St. Aubin.
Capt.Canuck,1-14: Mar./Apr.. 1981. “Beyond.” Co-writ., G. Freeman, J. C. & Jacqueline St Aubin. Illus., J. C. St. Aubin.
Capt.Canuck,1-15: “Beyond.” Co-writ., G. Freeman, J.C. & J. St Aubin. &. Illus., J. C. St. Aubin. It was never published but appears as the fifth installment in the collected Beyond.
WORK ON CAPTAIN CANUCK 1979 – 1981:
TEAM EFFORT:
BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
Content serial & Cover book front, illus., George Freeman:
Captain Canuck, v. 1. Collects Captain Canuck material from the Calgary period.. Idea & Design Works Publishing, June 2009.
Captain Canuck, v. 2. Collects Captain Canuck material from the Calgary period.. Idea & Design Works Publishing, Dec. 2009.
Captain Canuck. Compendium 1975 – 1981. A collection of the first 14 issues of the Captain Canuck Chapter House Comics, July 2015.
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:
Content serial:
Captain Canuck, 1- 4, July-Aug.1979: “Behind the Mask.” Writ.. Richard Comely. Illus., George Freeman. Col., George Freeman & Jean Claude St Aubin: 1-18.
Captain Canuck, 1-15, Not published. Manuscript only.
Content serial & Cover front:
Captain Canuck: 1-6, Oct.-Nov. 1979: “Trap of Gold: The Search.” Writ., Pen., Col.& Let., R. Comely In. & Col., G. Freeman: 1-18.
Captain Canuck, 1-7, Dec.-Jan. 1979: “Ruse.” Writ., R. Comely. Illus., G. Freeman. 1-18.
Captain Canuck, 1-8, Feb.-Mar.1980: “Space Watch Death Watch: pt 1.” Writ. & Illus., G. Freeman. Writ. & Let., R. Comely. Col., G. Freeman & J.C. St. Aubin: 1-18.
Captain Canuck, 1-9, Apr.-May 1980: “Space Watch Death Watch: pt 2.” Writ.& Let., R. Comely. Illus., G. Freeman. Col., J.C. St. Aubin: 1-18.
Captain Canuck, 1-10, July-Aug. 1980: “Masquerade.” Writ.& Let., R. Comely. Illus., Col., G. Freeman & J.C. St. Aubin: 1-18.
Captain Canuck, 1-11, Sept.-Oct. 1980: “Chariots of Fire: ch. 1, Operation Extermination.” Writ., R. Comely. Pen., G. Freeman. In.& Col., G. Freeman & J.C. St Aubin. 1-18.
Captain Canuck, 1-12, Nov.-Dec. 1980: “Chariots of Fire: ch. 2, Time Factor.” Writ., R. Comely & G. Freeman. Illus., G. Freeman: 1-18.
Captain Canuck, 1-13, Jan.-Feb. 1981: “Chariots of Fire: ch. 3, “Exiles.” Writ., R. Comely & G. Freeman. Illus., G. Freeman. Let., & Col., J.C. St Aubin: 1-26.
Captain Canuck, 1-14, Mar.-Apr.1981: “Fire-Fight.” Car., G. Freeman. Let. & Col., J.C. St Aubin: 1- 19.
ILLUSTRATOR:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC;
Content story Captain Canuck & Cover front:
Captain Canuck, First Summer Special, July-Sept. 1980:… “Faith in Those Few.” Writ., Peter Dawes. Col., J.C. St. Aubin. Let., R. Comely: 4-9 “Blackwater.” Writ., R. Comely: 15. A preview of the Captain Canuck comic strip. “The Money Run.” Writ. & Let., R. Comely. Col., J.C. St. Aubin: 16-25.
PENCILLER:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:
Content story:
Captain Canuck, First Summer Special, July-Sept. 1980: “Nightmares.” Writ. & Let., R. Comely. In., J.C. St Aubin, Verne Andrusiek & G. Freeman. Col., J.C. St. Aubin & G. Freeman. 37-63.
WORK ON CAPTAIN CANUCK CHAPTERHOUSE YEARS:
ILLUSTRATOR:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC;
Content serial: traditional Captain Canuck as a backup feature:
Captain Canuck, 0/ Free Comic Book Day Edition, May 2015: “Captain Canuck Case File.” Writ. & Let., Ed Brisson. This short feature joins the current serial to the serial in the first 15 issues of Captain Canuck, re-establishes his conflict with aliens and places him in the 1980’s.
Content serial (traditional Captain Canuck moves to own periodical) & Cover A front:
All-New Classic Captain Canuck. Captain Canuck, 1, Mar. 2016: Time Chase pt. 1,” Writ. & Let., Ed Brisson. Col., Laurie Smith.
All-New Classic Captain Canuck. Captain Canuck, 1-2, May 2016. “Time Chase pt. 2,” Writ. & Let., Ed Brisson. Col., Laurie Smith.
Content story Captain Canuck & Cover
Captain Canuck Summer Special no. 1, Canada Day Edition, 2014. “True North.” Writ., Richard Comely. Let., George Freeman. Col., G. Freeman & Laurie Smith.
Cover front:
All-New Classic Captain Canuck, 3, Oct. 2016: Cover A.
Captain Canuck, 1, May 2015: Cover E: (Big B Comics)
INKER:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Captain Canuck Enter Crime Stopper, 1 Mac’s, Jan. 2016. Writ., Richard Comely. Pen., Tom Grummett. Col. George Freeman & Laurie Smith. In association with Ontario Crime Stoppers Association of Ontario and Mac’s Milk.
CO-ILLUSTRATOR:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:
Content serial “Captain Canuck” (traditional) :
All-New Classic Captain Canuck. Captain Canuck, 3, Oct. 2016: “Time Chase pt. 3,” Writ. & Let., Ed Brisson. Co-illus., Dave Ross. Col., Laurie Smith.
SOURCE:
Article book:
Beyond: The Meadan Quest. Writ., R. Comely. Chapter House Comics, 2015: “Forward”: 1.
Moonshot. Alternate History Comics Inc., 2015: “Biographies”: 170.
Article newspaper:
“Here’s your guide to superheroes of Canadian comics.” Toronto Star, 27 Feb.1987: D6.
GALLERY:
See CAPTAIN CANUCK
Borealis, 1-1, Summer 1978: Inside back cover.
Borealis, 1-2, Spring 1979: Inside front cover.
FREELANCE: THE MAN ON THE LANCE
“The physical shortcomings of Anglo-American comic books –the newsprint covers … – were redeemed by the presence of probably the greatest Canadian comic book hero of the 1940s – Freelance, a secret agent whose adventures constantly took him deep into Nazi-occupied Europe. Written by a Toronto Telegram editor named Ted McCall and illustrated by Ed Furness, Freelance’s book-length adventures had a breath of authenticity that lifted the character head and shoulders above the rest.” The World Encyclopedia of Comics, 1976: “Freelance (Canada). Writ., Peter Harris. 265.
Unlike “Men of the Mounted” and “Robin Hood and Company” both of which began life as cartoon strips, journalist Ted McCall created “Freelance” specifically for the comic book format.
After moving Robin Hood and Company into Anglo-American. McCall wanted to add a contemporary adventurer who would fight the Nazi. He first approached Syd Stein the illustrator of Robin Hood and Company to draw this new character but Syd had tired of cartooning and wanted to return to commercial art. He suggested that his friend Ed Furness another commercial artist might replace him on the new project. Ted approached Ed and Ed accepted.
There are two stories, both given by Ed about how the name “Freelance” was chosen. One is that Ted chose the name after reading that a mercenary knight was called a freelance. A separate check confirms that a “freelance” was a knight without a lord and so could be hired as an extra by any lord. The second is that since both Ted and Ed themselves were freelancers, at least as far as this enterprise was concerned, therefore they would name the character “Freelance”. For the “Freelance” image, Ed used a young blond haired shipping clerk at Sinnott News called Ronny Ullathorne as a model. Ullathorne later joined the Canadian Navy.
Our hero first appeared in July 1941 in a 64 page periodical devoted entirely to his adventures and containing only one advertisement on the back cover. Initially, Ed did the illustrations, but after he joined the Anglo-American staff he became involved with other characters and his work load increased to the point where he reduced his effort to doing the breakdowns. The finished art passed to a staff which although trained in the visual arts was inexperienced in cartooning. The results were crude and at one point stick-on heads were used to maintain consistency in facial features. However as the staff gained experience the illustration work improved. Eventually, the finished work for “Freelance” was entrusted entirely to June Banfield and Priscilla Hutchings.
The series opens with “Freelance” piloting a plane into a tropical valley in the Antarctic to tell his guardians he must live in the outer world in order to fight the Nazi menace. Hidden civilizations was a favourite fiction devise at this time. These guardians are a lost tribe to whom he had been brought as a child by his father. They had raised him although he had gone to the outer world for his education. The elders of the tribe cannot tell him his identity because of a promise they made to his father. Freelance then has neither a country nor for that matter a past. Thus, the McCall/Furness team followed the time honoured Canadian tradition of making the hero generic rather than Canadian, perhaps in the hope that they would be able to sell in the U.S.A. market. After this “origin” introduction the “lost” world disappears from the story line.
As he flew from his refuge “Freelance” spots a British merchant ship being attacked by a German submarine. He saves the British ship by crashing his aircraft into the U-boat. Taken aboard the merchant ship he sails to Africa where, through a series of adventures he aids the British military then vanishes always leaving a jauntily waving stick figure riding on a flying lance. He works he way into the Middle East, Greece and finally France and Holland. These last countries become his main theatre of operations. In these stories we see the same fast narrative style that characterized Ted’s “Men of the Mounted” and “Robin Hood” series.
McCall and Furness created Freelance as a solitary fighter, and he remained that way for a while; however, as Furness remembered it, Jack Calder, Anglo-American’s Managing Editor told McCall and Furness, that “Freelance” was getting “too smug”, and needed a partner to help him. “Freelance” was joined by a Long John Silver type character and so was born “Big John Collins” a modern day pirate complete with peg leg. In addition, it should not escape the reader that the “Big John Collins” / “Freelance” partnership bears a striking resemblance to the “Little John” / “Robin Hood” partnership. In order for “Freelance” to meet “Big John”, McCall and Furness have “Freelance” flying to the South Seas in Freelance no. 9, July 1942. He and “Big John Collins” in their initial encounter fight each other but soon they joined forces to fight that common enemy, the Japanese. Furness recalled that the inspiration for this sequence came from the story of the first encounter between Robin Hood and Little John which is not surprising given McCall’s research for his “Robin Hood and Company” strip.
Another addition to the Freelance team was a female Russian agent “Natasha” who was introduced in Freelance no. 11, November-December 1942. Jack Calder wanted to bring a Russian into the story because the Russians had joined the allies against the axis. Both McCall and Furness opposed the idea of introducing a third principal character but Calder insisted and so “Natasha” was born. In spite of the fact that they didn’t like the character, McCall and Furness did create an interesting heroine whose gushing hero worship for “Freelance” was more than offset by her tough self-reliance. “Natasha’s” other asset was June Banfield who was assigned to draw her. Unfortunately, as time passed McCall and Furness slowly wrote “Natasha” out of the story. After Freelance no. 31, August 1946, she disappeared altogether.
Behind the ebb and flow of character changes, the Freelance comic book was itself changing dramatically. It, like all wartime Canadian comics, appeared in black and white. In 1945, the Globe and Mail acquired a colour press and wanting to increase its use suggested to Anglo-American that they convert their comics to colour. Even though the American comics were banned from the Canadian market as a wartime measure to preserve currency, it was still ferociously competitive. Maple Leaf Comics in Vancouver produced a number of titles. Educational Projects in Montreal produced Canadian Hero Comics. While Toronto had Anglo-American and Bell Features plus a kaleidoscope of small companies battling it out. Colour would give Anglo-American an advantage hard to beat and of course it would prepare them for the entry of U.S. comics which would surely occur as the war wound down.
Freelance, Robin Hood and Company vol. 3 no. 27, July-August 1945 appeared in colour. It was also the first time that Freelance shared his magazine with other heroes. He was joined by McCall’s two other creations “Men of the Mounted” and “Robin Hood and Company” both of which had previously resided in Anglo-American titles Three Aces and Grand Slam. This change, however, lasted only four issues and by Freelance vol. 3 no. 31, April 1946, Freelance had his own comic back. The other creations banished back to their former titles which were now also produced in colour.
In Freelance vol. 3 no. 34, October-November 1946 Freelance achieved another first. He finally had an adventure in the land of his creators – Canada.
Bigger changes were in store for “Freelance”. The war in Europe was drawing to a close and so there was a need to adapt Freelance to peacetime. McCall and Furness brought Freelance through a transition from fighting Nazi to fighting escaped Nazi war criminals to combating a sinister organization dedicated to, what else but world domination. It was called the SS which stood for Super Six. Who could have guessed that in a few short years the menace would be our former ally Russia.
McCall and Furness had a vision of an even larger transformation for “Freelance”. They were attempting to convert him into a detective type character and to introduce him, minus Big John Collins into the world of the newspaper cartoon strip. Some test strips were drawn. As Furness remembered, “They [Fawcett] were impressed by the success in a relatively short time that “Freelance” had enjoyed … and they thought it might take off down there [U.S.]. The idea as I remember now was they were going to turn “Freelance” into some sort of a private eye … they did not have a private eye among their comics at the time, at least not one that was significantly popular.” Negotiations were conducted with McClure Syndication in the U.S. but never achieved success. Freelance died with Anglo-American.
Ted McCall left the comic strip/comic book field entirely. He rose in the ranks to become Managing Editor of the Toronto Telegram. Ed Furness went back into commercial art and later founded a successful company. He retired to a hobby of landscape painting.
“Freelance” was arguably the most popular hero of the 1940’s. Some estimates put comic book sales at 60,000 copies per issue. Ed Furness himself estimated (January 15, 1983) that in 1944 the print run was 48,000 copies with about 42,000 sold. George Henderson said: “Freelance was Canada’s most underrated cartoon character. He was superb.” Pete Harris has called McCall’s scripts well rounded and relatively sophisticated for the time, taking a more realistic approach to the war. This seems a reasonable assessment since McCall wrote adventure stories from a young age and we know his “Men of the Mounted” stories were firmly based on actual events. The art work was less successful because of the way Anglo American Publishing organized it, having several artists on the same story. However, by the time June Banfield and Priscilla Hutchings were drawing it, it was as good as the majority of comic books of the time.
MEDIUM:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:
All published by Anglo-American Publishing. Writer Ted McCall. Illustration Ed Furness & Team.
Content serial & Cover front:
| Freelance …: Black & white interiors. | ||
| 1-1, July/Aug. no year.
1-2 ,Sept./Oct. 1941. 1-3, Nov./Dec. 1941. 1-4, Jan. 1942. 1-5, Feb. 1942. 1-6, Mar. 1942. 1-7, Apr. 1942. 1-8, May 1942. |
1-9, July 1942.
1-10, Sept./Oct. 1942. 1-11, Nov./Dec. 1942. 1-12, Jan./Feb. 1943. 2-1, Mar./Apr. 1943. 2-2, May/June 1943. 2-3, July/Aug. 1943. 2-4, Sept./Oct. 1943. |
2-5, Nov./Dec. 1943.
2-6, Jan./Feb. 1944. 2-7, Mar./Apr. 1944. 2-8, May/June 1944. 2-9, July/Aug. 1944. 2-10, Sept./Oct. 1944. 2-11, Nov./Dec. 1944. 2-12, Jan./Feb. 1945. |
Freelance/Robin Hood, 3-1, Mar./Apr. 1945. Black & white interior. “Freelance”, “Robin Hood” & “Men of The Mounted” are combined into one title.
Freelance, 3-2, May/June. 1945. Black & white interior. This issue is composed entirely of “Freelance” stories.
“Freelance”, “Robin Hood & “Men of The Mounted” are again combined into one title.
| Freelance/Robin Hood …: Colour interiors | |||
| 3-27, July/Aug. 1945. | 3-28, Sept./Oct. 1945. | 3-29, Nov./Dec. 1945. | 3-30, Jan./Feb. 1946.. |
“Freelance” and “Robin Hood plus “Men of The Mounted”” split to separate titles again.
| Freelance, Colour interiors | |||
| 3-31, Apr. 1946.
3-32, June/July 1946. |
3-33, Aug./Sept. 1946. | 3-34, Oct./Nov. 1946. | 3-35, Dec.1946/Jan. 1947. |
SOURCE:
This is based on earlier notes written in the 1980’s from analysis of the material and interviews with Ed Furness.
Article book:
Canuck Comics. Ed., John Bell. Matrix Comics. “The War Years: Anglo-American Publishing Ltd.” Writ., Robert MacMillan. 1986: 92-101.
Guardians of the North: The National Superhero in Canadian Comic-Book Art, National Archives of Canada, 1992: “Iron Man and Freelance”, Writ., John Bell. 3 – 4. A catalogue for the exhibit of the same name.
The World Encyclopedia of Comics, Ed., Maurice Horn. Chelsea House Publishers, 1976: “Freelance (Canada).” Writ., Peter Harris: 265.
Article newspaper:
. Globe and Mail, 23 Oct.1982: “Whatever Happened to …?” Writ., Peter Harris: Fanfare 7.
Interview:
In a conversation with Ed Furness on Jan. 15, 1983, he said that Freelance had attained a print run of 48,000 copies in 1944 of which he estimated conservatively that 42,00 copies where sold. He also mentioned that Ted McCall used to come into the office and announce triumphantly that they were out selling the competition.
Telephone interview with Ed Furness June 25, 1987.
GALLERY:
Freelance’s first appearance. Freelance Comics, 1-1, July/August 1941. Front cover.
Freelance Comics, 1-2, September/October 1941. Front Cover.
Freelance meets Big John. Freelance Comics, 1-10, September/October 1942: Front cover.
Freelance/Robin Hood, 3-30, January-February 1946: Front cover.
Freelance’s final adventures. Freelance Comics, 3-5, December 1945/January 1946: Front cover.
Freelance in Canada. Freelance Comics, 3-35, December 1945/January 1946: 1.
FRAY Brian
He created “Le Grand Chef Pierre” in the 1980’s, and then became editorial cartoonist for the Guelph Tribune a biweekly newspaper in 1986. He retired from this position in December 2014. He won the Ontario Community Newspaper Association Cartoonist of the Year Award in 2011. He was a founding member of the Independent Authors & Illustrators of Canada.
SOURCE:
Article newspaper:
Guelph Tribune, 5 March 2016: “Fray hangs up the drawing board.” Writ., unidentified.
FRANKLIN
Maclean’s, 11 December 1995: Front cover. Left, Paulette Bourgeois, Right Brenda Clark.
“Franklin” began as a story “The Turtle They Called Chicken” that Paulette Bourgeois sent into Kids Can Press Ltd. At first this turtle was not only afraid of the dark but was also bullied. It was decided to narrow the problems down to one, fear of the dark. The title was changed to “Franklin in the Dark. Kids Can Press Ltd. selected Brenda Clark who had already illustrated two books for them, to illustrate the new story. The result was a success. Franklin in the Dark sold 10,000 copies in its first year and went on to be a popular book series. By 1997, the series had sold fifteen million copies in thirteen countries in ten different languages. “Franklin” is named “Benjamin” for Québec’s French language readers. There followed merchandise spin-offs like book bags, tee-shirts, puppets and an educational CD-ROM.
In late 1995, the film rights to Franklin were purchased by Nelvana, and animated by Kurt Lehner. The television series was distributed in North and Latin America and Europe. In addition, there have been two feature length movies and a stage production. In 2003, a Franklin Children’s Garden, with a place for story-telling, a tree house, a turtle pond and a snail trail was created.
The Franklin stories involve an anthropomorphized turtle dealing with childhood problems and learning social skills. It is interesting that Franklin is the only character to have a human name. The rest of the characters have species names such as bear, beaver, goose, fox etc.
On 11 May 2012, Canada Post Corp. honoured this character with a first day cover, commemorative stamps and post cards. It also created a Party Invitation Package which included invitations, envelopes, stickers and a package of stamps that children could use to mail invitations to their friends.
MEDIUM:
BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC:
Published by Kids Can Press. Writer Paulette Bourgeois. Illustrator Brenda Clark.
| Franklin Helps Out. 2000.
Franklin Is Bossy.1993. Franklin In The Dark: 25th Anniversary Edition. 2011.. Franklin’s Christmas Gift. 1998. |
Franklin’s Halloween. 1997.
Franklin’s School Play. 1996. Franklin’s Thanksgiving. 2001. Franklin’s Valentines. 1998. Finders Keepers for Franklin. 1997. |
NEWSPAPER:
The Expositor [Brantford], 2November 1993: “The Bedtime Story – Franklin In The Dark”. Paulette Bourgeoise & Brenda Clark: B6. (A synopsis of the illustrated story).
MERCHANDISE:
Canada Post Franklin/Benjamin Commemoratives & Party Invitation Pack
SOURCE:
Article book:
Franklin In The Dark: 25th Anniversary Edition. 2011: 42-47.
Maclean’s, 11 December 1995: “A million-dollar turtle”. Writ., Diane Turbide: 50-51.
GALLERY:
Franklin and his friends, Franklin Is Bossy, Front cover.
FRANKLIN Edward
Portfoolio 88, The Year In Canadian Caricature: 183.
“I like to draw and my subject is people more often political – always well-known people pompous people grown fat with privilege or floundering in disparity between promise and production.” Edward Franklin. Globe & Mail, 25 February 2006.
Born April 21, 1921 in Hireno Texas U.S.A.
He served as top turret gunner in a B-17 bomber during World War Two.
In 1947, he began working in the art department of the Press [Houston] doing occasional editorial cartoons. Several years later he moved over to the Post [Houston]. In 1953 Franklin and his wife moved to New York City where he studied illustration for a year at the Pratt Institute. By the mid 1950’s he was illustrating for such magazines as The Saturday Evening Post, Argosy and True.
In 1959, when he was 38 years old he moved his family to Toronto, thinking it would be a good place to raise his children. He did commercial and illustration work. On a whim he contacted James Reidford, editorial cartoonist for the Globe and Mail, who suggested he try cartooning. He freelanced submitting his work to the Globe and Mail. He worked for the Star [Toronto] for a while filling in for Duncan Macpherson. In 1968 he moved back to the Globe and Mail, alternating with Reidford on the editorial page. He became a daily cartoonist in 1972, when Reidford retired. In 1985 he won a National Newspaper Award.
After he retired in 1987, he did freelance work for Saturday Night magazine and the Financial Post.
He was diagnosed with skin cancer, and had an operation 15 December 2005. He died February 21, 2006 in Toronto
WORK:
CARICATURIST:
Content:
Peter Gzowski’s Book About This Country In The Morning. Ed., Peter Gzowski. Hurtig Publishers, 1974: “Peter Gzowski”: 10.
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY”
Content editorial cartoon:
Caricature . Cartoons Canada. Ed., Terry Mosher. Linda Leith Publishing, 2012: 16.
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 6: The Year in Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Charles Gordon. Macmillan of Canada, 1990.
Portfoolio 7: The Year in Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Charles Gordon. Macmillan of Canada, 1991.
ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK TEXT:
Content humour & Cover book front:
The Wit & Wisdom of Richard Needham. Writ., Richard J. Needham. Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1977.
Content humour & Cover dust jacket wraparound:
The Hypodermic Needham. Writ., Richard J. Needham. Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1970.
SOURCE:
Article book:
The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., P. Desbarates & T. Mosher. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: 183-185, 236-237.
Article periodical:
Ryerson Review of Journalism, Spring 1984: “The Creative Agonies of Ed Franklin.” Writ., M. Bonner..
Article newspaper:
Globe & Mail, 20 Nov. 1987 “New cartoonist makes his debut in today’s Globe”: A1.
Globe and Mail, 25 Feb. 2006: “Ed Franklin Cartoonist 1921-2006.” Writ., Val Ross..
GALLERY:
“And a nice cup of tea to warm the cockles.” Editorial cartoon, ink on board, no date. 31cmhX46cmw
The Wit and Wisdom of Richard Needham, Front cover.
FOWLER Tom
Born in Dryden he currently lives in Ottawa. His first professional work was for Oni Press. He has since drawn for Dark Horse, DC Comics, MAD Magazine, Marvel Comics, Valiant Entertainment etc.
WORK:
CARTOONIST & ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story & Cover book front:
True Patriot: Heroes Of The Great White North. Ed., J. Torres. True Patriot Comics, 2014: “Pat”: 91-98.
CO-CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: Published by True Patriot Comics. Editor J. Torres.
Content story:
True Patriot: All New Canadian Comic Book Adventures. 2013: “Our Story: Act !.” Co-car., J. Torres.:1-8. “Our Story: Act 2.” Co-car, J. Torres: 53-56. “Our Story: Act 3.” Co-car, J. Torres: 100-102.
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Book graphic:
True Patriot: All New Canadian Comic Book Adventures. 2013: “About the Creators”: 103.