CRAIG David:

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT:

Content biography & Cover dust jacket front :

The Ballad of D’Arcy McGee. Writ., Josephine Phelan. Macmillan of Canada, 1967.

COX Palmer

                            Another Brownie Book, 1967: Dust jacket.

Palmer Cox called “the Walt Disney of the Victorian era” (or should we say “Walt Disney was the Palmer Cox of the Modern era”) was born at Granby, Québec April 28, 1840. He trained as a carpenter. At the age of 17 he left Granby to work in railroading and contracting in Massachusetts (1857-59), Ontario (1860-63), California (1873-76). New York City (1876-1904). He had published his first caricatures in California and then went to New York in 1876 to write and illustrate for children’s magazines. It was the appearance of the Brownies, elfin characters derived from Scottish lore, in the noted American children’s magazine St. Nicholas in February 1883, that launched Cox’s highly successful career as a writer and illustrator.

Palmer retired to Granby in 1904, where he had constructed his 17 room “Brownie Castle”. He died there July 24, 1924. In February 2017, “Brownie Castle” now a triplex was up for sale for $425,000.

WORK:

WRITER & ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC:

Content stories & Cover book front:

The Brownies: Their Book, Dover Publications, 1964. Reproduced from Century Co., 1887 publication.

Content stories & Cover dust jacket front & back:

Another Brownie Book, Dover Publications/McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1967. Reproduced from Century Co., 1890

SOURCE:

Article book:

Humorous but Wholesome, A History of Palmer Cox and the Brownies Writ., R.W. Cummins. Century House, 1973.

Article periodical:

“Some Canadian Illustrators. “ Writ., St. George Burgoyne. Canadian Bookman, Apr.1919: 29.

Internet:

“The Brownies.” Wikipedia the free encyclopedia. 9 May 2017. Accessed 21 November 2017.

“Palmer Cox.” Wikipedia the free encyclopedia. 19 August 2017. Accessed 21 November 2017.

“A castle fit for a Brownie: Historical home in Granby goes up for sale.” CBC News Montreal, posted 11 February 2017. Accessed 21 November 2017.

APPENDIX:

COWAN Howard Buchanan

“Howard’s new strip, “Salty Lane”, now appearing in Commando Comics, published by Bell Features & Publishing is his first start since being discharged from the R.C.A.F. Howard was an air crew member.”

SOURCE:

Article periodical:

Joke Comics. 23, no date: “Welcome Home Gang.” 27.

COULTHART Gordon

See FARCUS

COUGHLIN William Garnet ‘Bing’

                                      Herbie & Friends, July 1990: 24

Sergeant William Garnet “Bing” Coughlin, the creator of “Herbie” was born in 1912 in Ottawa, where he attended elementary school before moving with his mother to Philadelphia in the United States after his father who was a train conductor was killed in a railway accident. He attended the Pennsylvania School of Industrial Art instead of high school and while studying there he drew sketches and cartoons for periodicals and newspapers but he did not take these efforts seriously. When he graduated he became a display advertising designer in Philadelphia. In 1940 he returned to Ottawa to work for a Canadian display company.

Bing enlisted as a trooper in the Princess Louise Dragoon Guards at Ottawa in 1941 and was later promoted to Sergeant. He took part in the invasion of Sicily and served four months in the Italian campaign all the while sketching cartoons for his own amusement and that of his fellow soldiers. Captain J. Douglas MacFarlane who was editor of The Maple Leaf, the Canadian Army newspaper, in Italy was advertising for cartoonists and Bing sent him some samples. MacFarlane liked them and had him transferred in January 1944 to the 2 Canadian Public Relations in Naples Italy where he became cartoonist for the newspaper:

Bing based “Herbie” on his own experiences in the Italian campaign and a friend. After he became a cartoonist he reinforced this experience by taking periodic trips to the front lines to visit with the troops.

When the war ended Bing returned to Ottawa. His plans to continue cartooning “Herbie” but in a civilian setting never materialized. After several years of underemployment, Bing in 1950 left for the U.S. responding to offers of stable employment. There he became an industrial designer. As Bing commented:

“I have had many promises but up to now have seen no results worthwhile.               This leaves me with no alternative but to accept employment of a substantial        nature where it is offered.  …                                                                                              I don’t like to leave Canada but … I am going to have no alternative.” [1]

He died at 85 years, 4 August 1991 in West Chester Pennsylvania.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Herbie & Friends. Ed. & Writ., Barry D. Rowland. Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc., July 1990.

The Maple Leaf Scrapbook: Souvenir Book printed in Belgium at cost price to forces

Overseas. Belgique: No. 3 Canadian P.R. Group, no date: “Bing Coughlin”: 12 -16.

Article periodical:

Maclean’s Magazine, 1 June 1945: “Battle-Front Humourist” Writ.,  Royd E. Beamish: 10+.

Legion, October 1991: “Bing: Bing Coughlin 1905 – 1991”: 33-34.

 Article newspaper:

“Cartoonist Bing Coughlin Going To U.S.” newspaper unknown.

“Herbie creator dies at age 85.” newspaper unknown

CÔTÉ

See BENGOUGH J. W.

CÔTÉ Jean-Baptiste

Jean-Baptiste Côté also drew cartoons under the pen name “Grosperin”.

Born 1834 in Québec City.

He is primarily known as a renowned wood sculpture of statues, religious scenes and the figure-heads for ships, but he was also Francophone Canada’s first cartoonist. In his youth he served as an apprentice architect and carver. However, in 1863, he founded and became editor, writer and cartoonist of a satirical weekly called La Scie [The Saw] which lasted about five years. It was relentless in its attacks on prominent Québec figures. Finally his portrayal of a Québec civil servant’s typical day resulted in his being thrown in jail. The publication of La Scie ended, and Côté returned to wood carving.

He died in Québec in 1907.

SOURCE:

Article book:

The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: 234.

CÔTÉ André-Phillip

Born 1955 in Québec.

In 1984, he created the cartoon strip “Baptiste”, and has since animated it. He worked for the humour magazine Safrir. He began as editorial cartoonist at Le Soleil in the summer of 1997. He draws le docteur Smog, an adventure cartoon for the French Publisher Casterman. His cartoons have appeared in Courrier international and Le Monde.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content editorial cartoon:

Caricature . Cartoons Canada. Ed., Terry Mosher. Linda Leith Publishing, 2012: 22, 29.

Portfoolio …. The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Jay Stone. Macmillan of Canada, …
14, 1998.	15, 1999.	16, 2000.	17, 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.	21, 2005.

Portfoolio …: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., & Writ., Warren Clements. McArthur & Co. ….
22: 2006.	23: 2009.	24: 2010.	25: 2011.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Portfoolio 14: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons.1998: “André Phillip Côté”: 144.

Portfoolio 25: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. 2011: “André Phillip Côté”: 160.

COSTAIN Aaron

                                        Self Portrait. Entropy: last page.

Born: Victoria British Columbia.

In 2002 he joined the world renowned firm, Diamond Schmitt Architects of Toronto. In 2017 he was made an Associate in the company.

Living in Toronto, with his wife, he also works on graphic novels and stories.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC:

Content novel & Cover book front & back:

Entropy. Secret Acres, 2018.

PERIODICAL TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content story graphic:

“The North Wing: Selections from the Lost Library of CanLit Graphic Novels: Episode Seven: Leon Rooke’s ‘Adolpho’s ‘Disappeared and We Haven’t a Clue Where to Find Him’ as Adapted by Aaron Costain.” Canadian Notes & Queries, 86, Winter 2012: 78-79.

SOURCE:

Article book:

“Aaron Costain.” Entropy. Secret Acres, 2018: last page.

COSSETTE Sophie

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC:

Content satire & Cover book wraparound:

Sinemania: A Satirical Exposé of the Lives of the Most Outlandish Movie Directors! Welles, Hitchcock, Tarantino, and More! ECW Press. 2013.