BELL FEATURES AND PUBLISHING Co.                                                                  Location: 165 York Street, Toronto, Ontario.                                                                      Owner: Cy Bell.                                                                                                              Secretary: Mrs. Bell.                                                                                                          Art Director: Adrian Dingle.

Contributor:                                                                                                                     Ed Alton, Alex Anian, Leo Bachle, Marc L. Borgatta, Harry Brunt, “CAL”, Al Cooper, Adrian Dingle, Pat Dingle (wife), Manny Easson, Fred Griffen, Murray Karn, Frank Keith, Fred Kelly, André Kulbach, René L. Kulback, Gerald Lazare, E.T. Legault, Kurly Lipas, Hy Moyer, Mickey Owen, Ross K. Saakle, Lou Skuce, Doris Slater, Theodore “Tedd” Steele, H. Thomson.

Character:                                                                                                                             Ace Bradley, Active Jim, The Brain, Captain Red Thortan, Captain Wonder, Chip Pipher, Cinder Smith, Clift Steele, Dart Daring, Dixon of the Mounted, Dizzy Don, Dr. Blue & Blackie, Drummy Young, Invisible Commando, Jeff Waring, Johnny Canuck, King Fury, Nelvana, Nitro, The Noodle, The Panthers, The Penguin, Penny, Phantom Rider, Rex Baxter, Scotty MacDonald, Sign of Freedom, Speed Savage, Spike & Mike, Super Commando, Tang, Thunderfist, Whiz Wallace.

Cy Bell’s printing company called Commercial Signs of Canada launched WOW Comics September 1941. It was the third company in Toronto, after Anglo-American Publishing and Hillborough Studio, to enter the comic book field. Later Bell spun off his graphic periodical publishing business into Bell Features & Publishing Co. Better Comics of Vancouver and Anglo-American are virtually tied as the first to get their product on market. Educational Products of Montréal the last of the major publishers launched Canadian Heroes Oct. 1942.

It attempted to publish its first title Wow in colour but this was not successful.

Approximately February or March 1942, Bell Features took over the rival Hillborough Studio when that company broke up. Cy Bell did more than simply absorb a rival. He greatly enhanced his competitive position against Anglo-American. He at least doubled his staff of accomplished artists as Dingle, René and André Kulbach and probably others joined Lou Skuce, Edward Legault and recently arrived Edmond Good on the Bell Features staff. He gained an Artistic Director, Dingle, who was an experienced artist. He gained two established serials “Nelvana” and “Tang” plus an addition title Triumph. All of this greatly strengthened Bell’s company against his real competition which was Anglo-American who had one experienced writer Ted McCall and a group of illustrators with training but very little experience in cartooning.

The absorption of Hillborough established that Bell Features would be characterized an artist centric operation. From its very beginning the art work was strong if uneven. As the decades have passed Bell has become the Toronto symbol of Canadian wartime comic book achievement. The reality is more complex. At its beginning Anglo-American had a very shaky start dominated by the rather crude attempts of inexperienced artists, its only real asset being the strong story telling of Ted McCall. Ed Furness had been made into a layout artist and was no longer a finish artist. As time passed, Anglo-American illustrators improved their craft and their illustrations reached an overall attractive if not spectacular standard. From the very beginning, Anglo-American named two of their comics after their two principal characters, Freelance and Robin Hood, establishing a mutually reinforcing recognition between comic book and the character a practice standard in the U.S. but not in Canada. As the war started to wind down, Anglo-American shed its licensed products and turned exclusively to in-house originated stories and characters, at the same time Bell was moving from in-house originated material to importing material from U.S. cartoonists. Anglo-American led the way in reintroducing full colour into Canadian comic books, a practice Bell has initiated at its beginning but had abandoned. Bell followed but the other companies never made the jump.

Bell Features never capitalized on its extremely strong initial start seemingly contented with the status quo. In contrast Anglo-American, apparently content to operate under the radar, worked at improving its product over its entire corporate lifetime. Indeed as Bell Features in its final years was regressing from its strong start Anglo-American was still strengthening it competitive position. With full in-house originated product containing 2 very recognizable characters, and full colour printing by a competent printer, Anglo-American of all the Canadian publishers had the best chance of surviving, but the conditions against the Canadian industry were just too great. For more on this subject.

Most if not all the cartoonists were freelancers. Each Monday afternoon they brought their finished work to the Bell Features offices on York Street, Toronto. There the work was checked by Adrian Dingle the Artistic Director for story content, spelling, reproductive clarity etc. He rejected any that didn’t measure up. They were given their cheques by Mrs. Bell the attractive and personable blonde wife of Cy Bell. She handled the secretarial end of the business and acted as receptionist.

As for the atmosphere around Bell Features Dingle recalled, “… we were living this stuff and were part of it. And we felt very depressed when we couldn’t get the hero out of a tight spot for next month. Bell was the same way. He was living them all himself too. He was living in a world of fantasy.”

There were a lot of kids trying to get into comic books. Dingle remembered that: “We had a lot of young kids coming down who didn’t stand a Chinaman’s chance. … and then occasionally one had a spark and we’d cultivate that spark.” “Jerry Lazare, for instance, was quite young. And he, of course, has become a first rate illustrator.”

From the beginning of its existence, Bell Features was selling merchandise through its periodicals. Active Comics ,2 , March 1942, advertised a model aircraft which could be bought through Trans Canada Mail Order Co. which was located at the same address as Bell Features. Was it a retail subsidiary of Bell?

Probably during the 1943-1944 hockey season Bell Features sponsored a hockey team, the Panthers, in the Toronto Hockey League, a forerunner of the present day Greater Toronto Hockey League. Advertisements to join, information on and a graphic story of this venture and its association with the Active Club all appeared in Active Comics 19 to 21.

According to Dingle in the final years of Bell Features, it was attempting to go to colour. Cy Bell had purchased a rotary press which cost Dingle thought about $250,000. He had to bring in and commute between Cleveland and Toronto men from Cleveland to assemble it at its new Jarvis Street location. Bell actually did manage to get a few issues out in colour before it collapsed.

Apparently also according to Dingle there was also a contract with Fawcett Publications to imprint their comics. This is a strange assertion since Fawcett had a very close relationship with Sinnott News which owned Anglo-American Publishing Ltd. which licensed Fawcett characters like Captain Marvel and Bulletman.

The end eventually came as described by Dingle: “We were all pretty well in on it, we knew how it was going. I don’t think there were any secrets held back from the artists at all. We all knew that it was pretty close. And suddenly he [Bell] came in and said, ‘No good, the bottom has dropped out of the American market and Fawcett has broken the contract.’.”

PRODUCT:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:                                                                                    Published by Bell Features & Publishing Co

Colossal Comics. Contains Triumph, 25; WOW Comics, 26; Dizzy Don, 15; Dime Comics, 23; plus parts of Joke & Commando).

Colossal Comics Giant Issue Contains Commando Comics, 15; Active Comics, 20; WOW Comics, 25; Triumph Comics, 24, plus parts of Dime, and another Commando.

BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:                                                                        Published by Bell Features & Publishing Co.

Thrilling Stories For Boys. No publishing information. Contains illustrated stories:                     “Sparks Sails The Seven Seas”, Writ., Vic Griffin. Illus., Murray Karn.                               “Hunger Trail.” Writ., Edmond Audré Good. Illus., Edmond Good.                                     “Buried In The Skies. Writ., Vic Griffin. Illus., Adrian Dingle.                                               “The Pipes of Death. Writ., Edmond & Audré Good.  Illus., Murray Karn.                           “Drums Of The Leopard Men.” Writ., Edmond Good. Illus., Murray Karn.                           “U Boat Z4.” Writ., Edmond Good. Illus., Murray Karn.                                                       “Death Casts A Vote.” Writ., John Hilkert. Illus., Uniden ., probably Murray Karn.             “Nocturnal Madness.” Writ., Edmond C. Kenny. Illus., Murray Karn.                                   “The Case Of Dr. Lazarr. Writ., E.T. Legault. Illus., Murray Karn.                                       “Dusty Drives A Bargain.” Writ., John G. Hilkert. Illus., Ross Saakel.                                 “Famous Sports Incidents.” Writ. & Illus., Murray Karn.                                                     “Unfinished Business.” Writ., Pat Hamilton [Dingle?]. Illus., Adrian Dingle.

 PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: 

Active Comics …. Commercial Signs of Canada. Colour cover, Black & white interior.
1, Feb.1942.	2, Mar. 1942.	3, no date.

 

Active Comics … no date.  Bell Features & Publishing  Co. Colour cover.  Black & white interior.
4. 5.	6. 7.	8. 9.	10. 11	12. 13.	14. 15.	16. 17.	18. 19,	20. 21.	22. 23.	24. 25.	26, 27.

Active Comics, 28, July/August 1946 (?) either reflects extensive renovations or turmoil. Dr. Blue & Blackie, Cinder Smith, Penny’s Diary, “The Brain”, The Noodle”, “Capt. Red Thortan”, and “Thunderfist” were gone. Even “Active Jim” and the “Active Club” had disappeared. None of the talent found in the earlier issues were still with Active. Ross Saakle, Leo Bachle and André Kulbach had been replaced by other artists transferred from other Bell periodicals like Gerald Lazare, Paul Dak, and Ross Mendes and new comers like Boddington and Bob Young. It appears as if Bell Features’ largest problem was a talent drain. In an interview. Leo Bachle mentioned that while in New York himself looking for opportunities, he accidently met Cy Bell looking for material to import.  

Active Comics, 29, August 1946. Colour interior. U.S. cartoonists.

Active Comics, 106, no date. Colour interior. U.S. cartoonists. 

Commando Comics … no date.  Bell Features & Publishing  Co. Colour cover. Black & white interior.
4.	5.	12.	14.	15.	16d.	17.

Dime Comics 1-1, Feb. 1942. Commercial Signs of Canada. Colour cover, Black & white interior. 

Dime Comics … no date.  Bell Features & Publishing  Co. Colour cover. Black & white interior.
1-3.	6. 9.	10. 13.	17 18.	19. 20.	21. 22.	23. 24.	25. 27.

New Dime Comics, no number, no date. Colour cover & interior.

Dizzy Don Detective: The Funny Comics, no date. Bell Features & Publishing  Co. Colour cover, Black & white interior.
no number.	3.	4.

The Funny Comics with Dizzy Don … no date. Bell Features & Publishing  Co. Colour cover, Black & white interior.
6.	8.	13.	15.	17.	19.

 Heroic Comics, 60, no date. Published either as a reprint or under license from Famous Funnies (A U.S.A. company that existed from July 1934-July 1955). 

Joke Comics … no date.  Bell Features & Publishing  Co. Colour cover, black & white interior.
5.	6.	8.	12	16.	18.	23.

Triumph Comics, No number, no date. is the first issue published by Bell Features. Previously published by Hillborough Studio. 

Triumph Comics … no date. Bell Features & Publishing Co. Colour cover, black & white interior.
8. 9.	10. l1.	12. 13.	14. 15.	16. 19.	20. 23.	24.

 

WOW Comics… Commercial Signs of Canada. Colour cover, black & white interior.
1-3, Dec. 1941.	1-5, Feb. 1942.

 

WOW Comics…   Bell Features & Publishing Co. Colour cover, black & white interior.
9, n.d. 10, n.d.	13, n.d. 19, n.d.	22, n.d. 24, n.d.	25, n.d. 26, n.d.	27, n.d. 28, n.d.	29, n.d.

MERCHANDISE:

CRESTS:                                                                                                                            Some advertisements for crests. Also see below under GALLERY.

Active Comics, 10: “Would you like to have a FREE Sweater Crest of your FAVOURITE COMMIC BOOK CHARACTER??? —“  Writ., & Illus., Adrian Dingle. 24-25, 46.

Active Comics, 11: “Would you like to have a FREE Sweater Crest of your FAVOURITE COMMIC BOOK CHARACTER??? —“  Writ., & Illus., Adrian Dingle: 24-25, Inside front cover.

SOURCE:

 Article periodical:

“A conversation with Adrian and Pat Dingle and Bill Thomas.” Writ., Dave Sim. Now and Then Times, 1-2, Oct.1973: 27+.

Canadian Review Of Comparative Literature, 41-3, March 2016: “Truth, Justice, and The Canadian Way: The War-Time Comics Of Bell Features Publications.” Writ., Ivan Kocmarek: 148-165.

Article newspaper:

Globe and Mail, 23 Oct. 1982: “Whatever Happened to …?” Writ., Peter Harris. Fanfare: 7.

Now and Then Times, l-1, Summer 1972: “World of Canadian Whites.”  Writ., Bill Thomas:  22.

 

GALLERY:

An advertisement showing sweater crests of Bell characters. from Active, 12: 9.

 

Active Comics, 11, Back cover.

Active Comics, 13, Back cover.

Advertising Bell collections. WOW Comics, 29: Back cover.

BELL Cyril (Cy) Vaughn

An article about Cy Bell written by Ivan Kocmarek:

Cyril Vaughn Bell was born in Peterborough on October 5, 1904. By the time he was six the family was in Toronto where his father worked as an Electrician for the local Streets and Railways. In 1929, along with his brother Eugene, he organized Commercial Signs of Canada mainly as a sign painting company. During the last half of 1941 and at the instigation of one of his young artists, Edmund Legault, Cy Bell’s company began putting out Canadian comic books to fill in a void caused by a parliamentary ban of the importing of American comics into the country that was put in place at the end of 1940. His first title was Wow Comics, and in the ensuing months he followed with six more titles, including Dime, Active, Joke, and Triumph Comics featuring such iconic characters as Nelvana of the North, Johnny Canuck, Speed Savage, Thunderfist, and The Penguin. In March of 1942, the company was incorporated as Bell Features and Publishing Company Ltd. and with its famous, trademark bell logo, the company’s output came to form one of the most recognizable set of books in Canadian war time production. During its peak years Bell Features produced about a hundred thousand comic books a week and employed over 60 artists. In 1947, Cy Bell wound up his company and turned the printing side of it over to his brothers leaving us one of the finest legacies in Canadian comics.

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A comment on the character of Cy Bell

In a 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.”

Adrian Dingle: “… guy was a dynamo….He was a wonderful guy to work with. He was always so enthusiastic.”

Bill Thomas: “He was, yes. And very active, always active, always going.”

Adrian: “And we always seemed to manage to get paid, didn’t we? That’s quite astounding when you look back.”

SOURCE:

Article periodical:

Now and Then Times,1-. 2, Oct.1973: “A conversation with Adrian and Pat Dingle and Bill Thomas.” Writ., Dave Sim,. 27+.

Correspondence:

Article written by Ivan Kocmarek attached to email.

BELL Charles Edward

He was born in Portage la Prairie, Saskatchewan. After serving in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War, he joined the staff of the Regina Herald in 1948 as a reporter. Always interested in cartooning, he began producing cartoons for his paper in the 1950’s and eventually became their daily editorial cartoonist. He is remembered particularly for his cartoons critical of Saskatchewan’s C.C.F. government. Several of these were collected in a booklet entitled Pie in the Sky. Eventually Bell stopped cartooning and became a senior editor at the Leader-Post.

SOURCE:

Book text:

The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1979: 228.

BELANGER Andy

This illustrator is based in Montréal. In addition to Kill Shakespeare, he illustrated Friday the 13th, Halloween, and Swamp Thing. He created “Thunderbirch” plus created and published Black Church and the webcomic, Bottle of Awesome.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:                                                                                    Published by True Patriot Comics.

Content serial:

True Patriot: All New Canadian Comic Book Adventures. Ed., J. Torres. True Patriot Comics, 2013: “Thunder Birch”: 27-31.

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK GRAPHIC:                                                                                                              Published by IDW Publishing.

Content novel:

Kill Shakespeare, Backstage Edition: v,1.: Writ., Conor McCreery & Anthony Del Col., Col., Ian Herring. Let., Chris Mowry, Robbie Robbins. Neil Uyetake, Shawn Lee. February 2015. Collects periodical issues 1 to 12 and books volumes 1 to 2.

Content serial collection & Cover book front. Illus., Kagan McLeod:

Kill Shakespeare v. 1: A Sea of Troubles. Writ., Conor McCreery, and Anthony Del Col. Col., Ian Herring. Let., Chris Mowry, Robbie Robbins, Neil Uyetake. Nov. 2010. Collects periodical issues 1 to 6.

Kill Shakespeare v. 2: The Blast of War. Writ. Conor McCreery, & Anthony Del Col. Col., Ian Herring. Let., Chris Mowry, Neil Uyetake, Shawn Lee. Oct. 2011. Collects periodical issues 7 to 12.

Content serial collection & Cover book front. Illus., Simon Davis:

Kill Shakespeare v. 3: The Tide of Blood. Writ., Conor McCreery & Anthony Del Col. Col., Shari Chankhamma. Let., Chris Mowry. Sept. 2013. Collects periodical issues 13 to 17.

Content serial collection & Cover book front. Illus., Andy.

Kill Shakespeare v. 4: The Mask of Night. Writ., Conor McCreery & Anthony Del Col. Col., Shari Chankhamma. Let., Chris Mowry. Nov. 2014. Collects periodical issues 18 to 21.

Content portraits:

Kill Shakespeare v. 1: A Sea of Troubles. Nov. 2010: Bonus Gallery: Periodical covers 1B, 2B.

Kill Shakespeare v. 2: The Blast of War. Oct. 2011: Bonus Gallery: Periodical cover 12B.

Kill Shakespeare v. 3: The Tide of Blood. Sept. 2013: Bonus Gallery: Character Sketches.

Kill Shakespeare v. 4: The Mask of Night. Nov. 2014: Bonus Gallery: Art from issues 1,3,4. Breakdowns for Kill Shakespeare, The Mask of Night, “A Most Notorious Pirate”.

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:                                                                                    Published by True Patriot Comics.

Content story:

True Patriot: Heroes Of The Great White North. Ed., J. Torres. 2014: “Thunder Birch in ‘Bear Song’.” Writ., Brenden Fletcher: 85-90.

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC                                                                                                  Published by IDW Publishing.

Content serial

Kill Shakespeare …: “…”. Writ., Conor McCreery & Anthony Del Col. Col., Ian Herring.

2. May 2010: “Something Wicked This Way Comes”. Let., Neil Uyetake. 3. July 2010: “The Fool Doth Think He Is Wise”. Let., Chris Mowry. 4. Aug. 2010: “So Wise So Young Never Do Live Long”. Let., Chris Mowry.

SOURCE:

Article book:

True Patriot: All New Canadian Comic Book Adventures. Ed., J. Torres. True Patriot Comics, 2013: “About the Creators”: 103.

THE BEGUILING                                                                                                                Locations: Harbour Street, Toronto. (1987-1992)                                                                                 Markham Street, Toronto. (1992-2017)                                                                               319 College Street, Toronto. (2017 –      )

Owners: Steve Solomos & Sean Scofield. (1987-1998)                                                                     Peter Birkemoe (!998 – .

“It [The Beguiling] is well known in the U.S., to the point where any American comics fan visiting Toronto would single it out. It is probably in the top three in Canada. Chester Brown, Seth and Joe Matt used to call it a base when they all lived in Toronto.”              Dave Darrigo, letter February 6, 2008.

The Beguiling a store for cartoon books, periodicals, art and associated material that became a centre for the Toronto cartoon community was opened by Steve Solomos and Sean Scoffield on Harbour Street in 1987. It moved to Markham Street just south of Bloor in 1992 and was bought from them in 1998 by employee Peter Birkemoe, who inspired by the European specialty shops he visited in Europe expanded the scope of the store. With the destruction of Mirvish Village, The Beguiling moved to 319 College Street in January 2017.

The retail outlet Little Island Comics was opened by the Beguiling in the fall of 2011. It was the first comic book store for children in North America, stocking a full range of comic books and a curetted selection of picture books. It did not survive the move to 319 College Street.

Both the Beguiling and the Little Island Comics presented more than 50 literary and art events with graphic creators each year and sponsored the Toronto Comic Arts Festival which drew 20,000 attendees annually.

SOURCE:

Article newspaper:

Globe & Mail, 21 Jan. 2017:                                                                                                         “New chapter for a beloved comic hideout.” Writ., Mark Medley. M5.                                 “In Praise Of The ‘Holy Church Of The Graphic Novel.” Writ., Gregory Gallant                  (Seth): M5.

Bulk Email Release

The Beguiling, 27 August 2012. Bulk email. 27 August 2012: “About Little Island Comics and the Beguiling.” [The Beguiling] Tomi Ungerer: Legendary Children’s Author & Erotic Artist @ TIFF/The Beguiling.

Correspondence:

6 February 2008 letter from Dave Darrigo (Manager of the Dragon Lady and creator of “Wordsmith”)

The Beguiling at Markham Street

Photographer: Fred Lum, Globe & Mail, 21 Jan. 2017: M5.

Peter Birkemoe: Photographer Fred Lum, Globe & Mail, 21 Jan. 2017: M5.

 

BEDSIDE PRESS                                                                                                    Location: Various.                                                                                                Owner/Publisher: Hope Nicholson.

PRODUCT:

BOOK GRAPHIC:

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie King. Story, Concept, Layout, Ann Marie Fleming. Illus., Kevin Langdale. Ed., Hope Nicholson & Nyala Ali. 2017. Based on the feature length animated film co-produced by Stickgirl Productions and the National Film Board.

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Enough space for everyone: a comic anthology. Ed., J. N. Monk & Lee Black. 2017.

Gothic Tales of Haunted Love. Ed., Hope Nicholson & S.M. Beiko. 2018.

The Secret Loves Of Geek Girls. Ed., Hope Nicholson. 2015.

BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

King Of Pies. Car., Ryan & Laura Harby/ Street Style Samurai. Car., Jamie Isfeld. 2018.

POST CARD:

No Title. Illus., Jen Bartel. 2015. [Advertisement for The Secret Loves Of Geek Girls.]

BÉDÉIS CAUSA

See FESTIVAL DE LA BANDE DESSINÉE FRANCOPHONE DE QUÉBEC

BEAVERS

These characters were created by Dave Sim. They appeared in both the Kitchener Record and various publications.

MEDIUM:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:                                                                          Published by Now & Then Publications

Content story:

Oktoberfest, 1-1, Fall 1976: “…” Car., Dave Sim: …                                                                   “The Beavers in October”: Inside front cover.                                                                     “The Beavers in the Trophy”: 23-31.                                                                                   “The Beavers in the Ticket”: Inside back cover.

PERIODICAL TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:                                                        Published by Northern Star Press

Content story:

Borealis, 2, Spring 1979: “The Space Beavers.” Car., Dave Sim: 5.

GALLERY:

Oktoberfest, 1-1, Fall 1976: Inside front cover.

Oktoberfest, 1-1, Fall 1976: Inside back cover.

Borealis, 2, Spring 1979: 3.

BEAVER Moses

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC:

Content song text & Cover book & dust jacket front:

An Aboriginal Carol. Adap., David Bouchard. Music & reading in English & Inuktituk Susan Aglukark. Red Deer Press Ltd. 2008. Includes CD.

BEAULIEU Jimmy

Born 1974 on Île d’Orléans, Québec, and has lived in Montréal since 1998.

He is founder of the publishing house Mécanique génèrale. His book Le Moral des Troupes won the 2005 Prix de l’Espoir Québécois.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC:

Content:

Novel:

My neighbour’s bikini. Trans., Kerry Ann Cochrane. BDANG /Conundrum Press, 2014. First published as Ma voisine en maillot. by Mécanique générale (Les 400 coups), 2006.

Suddenly Something Happened. Trans., Kerry Ann Cochrane. BDANG 7/Conundrum Press, 2010. First published as Le moral des troupes/Quelques pelures (parts of). By Mécanique générale (Les 400 coups), 1974.

SOURCE:

Book graphic:

Suddenly Something Happened. Trans., Kerry Ann Cochrane. BDANG 7/Conundrum Press, 2010: 255, Back cover.