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BERTON Pierre
BERTON Pierre
Pierre Berton should be remembered as the patron saint of the golden age of Canadian cartooning.” Terry Mosher, editorial cartoonist and cartoon historian. (41)
An outstanding journalist, historian and editor, Berton early aspired to be a cartoonist. This aspiration he did not achieve but it led to him have great empathy for cartoonists and to become their most important champion. As editor of Maclean’s he gave George Feyer an outlet for his cartoons. As editor of the Star [Toronto] he hired Sid Barron. As editor of the Sun [Vancouver], he hired Len Norris. Through him as editor of Maclean’s a young Duncan Macpherson was hired as an illustrator. Later as editor of the Star [Toronto] Berton hired him for that paper where he became Canada’s greatest editorial cartoonist..
SOURCE:
Article book:
The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: 146, 243.
Article periodical:
Canada’s History, 95, 2, Apr./May 2015: “The Twisted Genius of George Feyer.” Writ., Brad MacKay. 40-41.
BERTIN Kris
BERTIN Kris:
This author of a book of short stories called Bad Things Happen, grew up with Alexander Forbes in Lincoln County New Brunswick. As adults the two of them got together to produce The Case Of The Missing Men, the first book in a projected series centering on a group of detective teenagers called “The Teen Detective Club.
WORK:
WRITER:
BOOK GRAPHIC:
Content novel (Hobtown Mystery Series):
The Case Of The Missing Men. Illus., Alexander Forbes. Conundrum Press, 2017.
The Cursed Hermit. Illus., Alexander Forbes. Conundrum Press, 2019.
BERTHIO
BERTHIO
BERTHIAUME Roland
BERTHIAUME Roland
faces à farces BERTHIO, 1981: 1.
“I try to make people laugh , to give them some consolation For the political events that make them suffer … It is important to make some people laugh and others groan.” The Hecklers: 229.
Berthio is the pen-name used by Roland Berthiaume.
Born 1927 in Montréal.
He worked at several newspapers including La Patrie, Le Nouveau Journal, and La Presse. In 1965 he succeeded Normand Hudon as editorial cartoonist for Le Devoir. He developed a large following for the paper. His separatist views created irreconcilable differences between him and the editor Claude Ryan whose views were federalist. As a result he moved to the separatist publication Le Jour when it was founded in the early 1970’s and took his readership with him. After the demise of Le Jour he worked for Montréal-Matin and several other newspapers and magazines. In 1973, he received the Olivar-Asselin Award for journalism presented by La Societé Saint-Jean Baptiste.
In 1979, he worked for the television program Hebdo-Samedi producing caricatures that were integrated with topical news items and features. In 1981 he was drawing cartoons for the Le Devoir, Dimanche-Matin and Croc.
His style is starkly simple and incisive in the European tradition and has much in common with cartoonists from other French-speaking cultures. . His work best expressed the growing nationalism in Quebec in the 1960’s and 1970’s. [Hecklers:229]
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content editorial cartoon:
Best Canadian Political Cartoons, 1983. Ed., N.M. Stahl. For., David Rosen. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Sept. 1983: 4, 66, 99, 158, 194.
Caricature . Cartoons Canada. Ed., Terry Mosher. Montréal: Linda Leith Publishing, 2012: 20.
BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
Content caricature & Cover book front:
Un monde fou, Les Éditions du Jour, 1961.
faces à farces BERTHIO, Ludcom Inc., 1981.
SOURCE:
Article book:
faces à farces BERTHIO, Montréal: Ludcom Inc., 1981.
The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1979: 187-188, 229.
GALLERY:
A caricature of Yoland Guérard. Un monde fou, 1961.
BERTHELOT Hector
BERTHELOT Hector
Journalist, humourist, cartoonist, he was referred to in his time as “The Prince of Canadian Humourists”.
Born in 1842 in Trois-Rivières he was educated to be a lawyer and was admitted to the bar in 1865 but a few years later entered journalism. During the 1860’s he lived in Quebec City for five years, then Ottawa and finally in Montréal in 1870.
He produced his first humour publication, Le Canard in 1877 which he sold the following year. Like Bengough who created Grip in Toronto in 1873, he was both editor and cartoonist. He followed this with Le Vrai Canard which appeared in 1879. It was followed by Le Grognard in 1881 then Le Violon in 1886. In 1893 he began again using the title from his first magazine Le Canard.
He worked at other vocations including translator, professor of French, reviewer, and photographer.
He socialized with other members of the city’s intellectual, political and artistic elites. In a parody of the five o’clock tea celebrated by some English-speaking Montréaler’s, Berthelot would invite his friends to a “ten o’clock gin” on Sunday mornings to talk about new articles and cartoons for his publications.
His satirical pieces sometimes got him in trouble. His attacks on Senator F.X. Anseline Trudel whom he christened “Le Grand Vicair” so infuriated the Senator’s two sons that they cornered him in Fortifications Lane and severely beat him. In 1887, Oscar Goyette, a former political candidate successfully sued him on the basis of an article questioning the manliness of Goyette who was a bachelor. He was given the choice of paying $427.52 or three months in jail. Berthelot organized a public lecture to raise the money. It proved so successful that it launched him on a new career.
He died in Montréal in 1895, leaving $10 in his will for his friends to have drinks at the Hotel Lumpkin in memory of him.
SOURCE
Article book:
The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1979: 229.
BERT BEAVER
BERT BEAVER
This character gave instructions on how to recycle waste material to help the war effort. After the war, like so many others, it had to find a new purpose. Was it to get out and live the “good life” by spending? Should the war effort change to efforts to stimulate the economy?
MEDIUM:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: Published by Educational Projects Inc.
Content serial information:
| Canadian Heroes…: “Bert Beaver Goes To War: Salvage.” Writ., Leison. Illus., Herschel. | |
| “No. 1, Rubber.” 1-6, Apr. 1943: 9-10.
“No. 4, Metal.” 2-6, Oct. 1943: 31-32. |
“No. 5, Glass.” 3-4, March 1944: 15-16. |
| Canadian Heroes …: “Bert Beaver In The Post War …” …. Illus., Herschel: … |
| 5-1, February 1945: “… No. 1”. Writ., Waldo. …: 12-13.
5-3, June 1945: “…No. 3”. Writ., Ele (?). …: 46-47. 5-4, July 1945: “…”. Writ., Ele (?). … 49-50. |
GALLERY:
Canadian Heroes, 3-4, March 1944: 15.
Canadian Heroes, 5-1, Feb. 1945: 12-13. Notice the promotion on how to use War Savings Bonds.
Canadian Heroes, 5-3, June 1945: 46-47. This episode more or less sums up the “Bert Beaver Goes To War.” episodes.
BERRY
BERRY
See WIJDEVEN Berry
BERNIE ON THE BEAT
BERNIE ON THE BEAT
A humourous comic strip created by Chuck Temple and syndicated by the Snyd Syndicate appeared in the Edmonton Journal from September 23, 1980 to March 28 1981.
According to Temple: “Bernie may make more mistakes than the average individual but he isn’t just average. Bernie combines his human traits and his tendency to be a loser in perfect balance. Bernie on the Beat isn’t discriminating or biased towards police, it simply relates the humourous characteristic of policemen.”
MEDIUM:
NEWSPAPER:
Content strip cartoon:
The Edmonton Journal Sept. 23 1980 to Mar.28 1981: “Bernie on the Beat.” Car., Chuck Temple.
SOURCE:
Article newspaper:
The Edmonton Journal Sept. 23 1980: “Bernie has big share of woes.”.
GALLERY:
Edmonton Journal, 30 Sept. 1980.
Edmonton Journal, 5 March 1981.
BERNECHE Jean
BERNÈCHE Jean
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CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
Content strip cartoon & Cover book front:
Rodolphe. Les Éditions Berchèche, 1978. 500 copies.
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content:
Serial:
BD,1-1, no date: “rodolphe Le policier.”
BD, 1-2, 3ième trimester 71: “rodolphe: Le policier.”.
BD, 2-2, prem. trimestre 73: “rodolphe”.
BD, 2-5, no date: “rodolphe”.