BATCHELOR L. R

Born 1887. Died 1961

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC

Content history:

A Picture History of Canada. Writ., Jessie McEwen & Kathleen Moore. Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd. no date: 32: “A Visit Of The Intendant”.

BASTIEN Gabriel

The front cover of Maclean’s 5 July 1958 was the first done by Gabriel for the magazine. At the time, he was making drawings to accompany the songs on the CBC’s children’s program Quelles Nouvelles.

He again appeared as part of the team of artists, Franklin Arbuckle, Robert Bruce, Alex Colville, Gordon Smith, William Winter who illustrated Hugh MacLennan’s series Rivers of Canada in Maclean’s. The series reappeared as a book but unfortunately the illustrations were not included.

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

PERIODICAL TEXT:

Content essay:

Maclean’s, 9 May 1959: “The incomparable St. Lawrence”. Writ., Hugh MacLennan: 24, 25, 26, 27.

Content humour:

Maclean’s, 9 November 1957: “How to be a doctor on TV”. Writ., Parke Cummings: 95.

Cover front:

Maclean’s ….
… 5 July 1958.	… 2 Jan. 1960.	… 7 May 1960.

SOURCE:

Maclean’s, 5 July 1958: a note: 6.

Maclean’s, 9 May 1959: “In The Editor’s Confidence: One author, six artists and Canada’s rivers”: 95.

GALLERY:

Maclean’s, 9 May 1959: 24.

BASSETT Neda L.

This name appears on several features in Canadian Heroes published by Educational Projects Inc. This individual worked as both a cartoonist and an illustrator for a variety of writers.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:                                                                          Canadian Heroes published by Educational Projects Inc. Colour cover. Black & white content.

Content:

Biography:

4-2, July 1944: “Earl Grey”: 17- 21.

5-3, June 1945: “Aberdeen: 45^th Governor-General of Canada”: 36-40.

Collection panel humour:

2-6, October 1943: “Fun”: 12.

Information:

4-1, June 1944: “Milk”: “62- 64 .

5-4, July 1945: “New Zealand”: 2-8.

ILLUSTRATOR:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:                                                                          Canadian Heroes published by Educational Projects Inc. Colour cover. Black & white content.

Content:

Biography:

3-3, Feb. 1944: “Sir Robert Laird Borden.” Writ., R. Winters: 19-22.

3-4, March 1944: “Angel of Mercy Saves Indians. [Nurse Clark] ” Writ., D.S. Daniels: 7-8.

5-4, July 1945: “Elizabeth McDougall.” Writ., Magdalena Egglestone: 46-48.

Information:

1-6, Apr.1943: “China”, Writ., A. Tepher: 33-38.

2-3, July 1943: “The Story of Argentina.” Writ., R. Winters: 17-21.

3-1, Nov./Dec. 1943: “Holland A United Nation.” Writ., R. Winters: 33-37.

3-3, Feb. 1944: “Cuba” Writ., Morton: 47-50.

3-6, May 1944: “Cape Breton.” Writ., A.K.: 33-37.

Journalism:

5-3, June 1945: “The Canadian Red Cross Marches On.” Writ., B. Warshaw: 14-16.

Poetry text:

5-5, September 1945: “Five Little School Girls.” Writ., D. Cook: 37-38.

Serial career descriptions:

5-5, Sept. 1945: “Judge Goodwin Discusses “School Teaching.” Writ., Helen Jacobs. 17-21.

WRITER and/or ILLUSTRATOR:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Canadian Heroes published by Educational Projects Inc. Colour cover. Black & white content.

Poetry text and graphic:

3-1, Nov./Dec. 1943: “The Harvest.” Writ., or Illus., Daisy Cook: 18-19.

GALLERY:

“Angel of Mercy Saves Indians.” Writ., D.S. Daniels. Canadian Heroes, 3-4, March 1944: 7.

“Milk.” “4-1, Canadian Heroes, June 1944: 63.

BASSETT N. L.

Work:

Illustrator:

History graphic:

“The Story of Argentina.” Writ., R. Winters. Canadian Heroes, 2-3, July 1943:17-21. Print.

“China”, Writ., A. Tepher. Canadian Heroes, 1-6, Apr.1943: 33-38. Print.

BASE Barry

Born 4 December 1941 in Halifax.

He was principally a writer working for a number of agencies beginning with Goodis Goldberg Soren before founding Kaleidoscope and finally settling as a columnist for 13 years in Strategy a business magazine about marketing, advertising and media.

He was also a cartoonist creating his own strip early in his career. A collection of his cartoons called Off Base was published in 1963 and his work as a cartoonist appeared in Maclean’s and Toronto Life.

He died from a brain tumor 27 February 2008.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

PERIODICAL TEXT:

Content strip cartoon:

Toronto Life, 67 January 1967: ‘Cartoonist Barry Base tackles Toronto Life”: 35.

Content story:

Maclean’s, 15 May 1978: “Heroes of our time”: 30-44.

SOURCE:

Internet:

legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/barry-base

strategyonline.ca/2008/04/01/

GALLERY:

Toronto Life, January 1967: 35.

BARRON Sid

Barron’s Toronto, no date: Front cover.

“Cartooning is just too much goddamn work.”                                                              Sid Barron. The Hecklers, 228.

Little did I know then that this was future creator of Dawn Mills, [Don Mills]. The man who was to coin that electrifying phrase “Mild Isn’t It?” And to father the most famous cat since felix.”                                                                                        Pierre Berton reminisced about taking art lessons with Sid Barron in Allan Edwards Class. Barron’s Toronto, 1965:1

A humourist who favoured gentle wit over biting satire, his richly drawn works were always worth a second look.”                                                                              Tom Hawthorn. The Globe and Mail, May 15, 2006.

Born 13 June 1917, in Toronto to an unwed mother who had become pregnant in England and came to Canada to join her older sister Florence who lived in the city. Florence and her husband adopted him and he grew up knowing his biological mother as Auntie Daisy. He was an adult before he learned the truth. The family moved to Victoria when Sid was two years old.

He was a shy, skinny boy, with a severe stammer. It was so pronounced that in 1938 when he was 21 years old his father sent him to the National Hospital for Speech Disorders in New York. Tom Hawthorn reported that in later years, he liked to tell the story that on his return home, he announced, “I’m c-c-c-c-cured!”

Also at age 21, he took his first formal art lessons from Allan Edwards, a precocious talent who was two years younger than him and had followed him through South Park Elementary and Victoria High School, but who already had a studio on Broad Street. Pierre Berton also took lessons here.

He began his career by painting schedule cards for the Union Steamships in Vancouver, illustrating window cards for Victoria shops, and designing boxes and neon signs. He moved to Toronto where he painted billboards and did war illustrations for the Toronto Star.

The “War Exchange Conservation Act” halted among other things the importation of U.S. periodicals including comic books. A Canadian industry was born, and Sid found work as one of the freelancers in the stable of Educational Projects Inc., a Montreal-based company which brought out a single periodical Canadian Heroes. He drew cartoons of real wartime events some of which were told through the characters “Ace Deacon” and “Bos’n Bill” and he drew a number of the fictional “Canada Jack” stories.

At the end of the war, The Star Weekly magazine hired him as a freelance illustrator, but this employment ended when the publisher went the cheap route and began purchasing syndicated works from American artists. He spent much of the 1950s seeking work on the coast and in Ontario.

Peter Desbarats, in The Hecklers, noted that: “During this period, it became apparent, he developed a caustic assessment of the manners and moral values of his compatriots who populated the newer suburbs of Canada’s expanding cities.” The suburbs of Toronto were fertile ground for his humour especially “Don Mills” which in his cartoons became “Dawn Mills’.

In 1958, he was hired as a cartoonist by Victoria Times publisher Stuart Keate. Three years later he. began selling cartoons to the Toronto Daily Star, In 1962, he moved to Calgary to work for The Albertan, but continued freelancing for the Star a practice which lasted thirty years. He left The Albertan just before Vance Rodewalt arrived in 1970.

The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria held an exhibition of his works in 1973. His cartoons focused on social rather than political comment and came to carry two standard features. The “puddy tat,” a cynical Cheshire Cat with ridiculous stripes, appeared in a lower corner holding a sardonic sign and the biplane often towing banners like “Mild Isn’t It.” And “Aren’t the mountains pretty today?” In 1983, editorial cartoonists met at convention in Toronto, gathering one evening in the CN Tower restaurant high above the city. Roy Peterson, of the Vancouver Sun, hired an airplane to fly past towing a banner reading, “Mild, isn’t it?”

He quit drawing cartoons in 1989, retiring to Coombs on Vancouver Island where he was able to indulge in his passion for watercolour seascapes.

He died on April 29, 2006 at Mount St. Mary Hospital in Victoria. He was 88 years.

The largest collection, 1,344 of his originals is held in the Library and Archives Canada, in Ottawa. The Glenbow Museum in Calgary owns 70 originals that were published in The Albertan.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content editorial cartoon:

Best Canadian Political Cartoons, 1984. Ed., N.M. Stahl. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Sept. 1984: 71, 160, 194, 197, 198.

Portfoolio, The Year 85 In Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux & Alan King. Ludcom Inc. 1985.

Portfoolio, The Year 86 In Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux. 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 . Eden Press. 1988.

Portfoolio: 1989 in Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Macmillan of Canada, 1989.

BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

Content editorial cartoon & Cover book front:

Barron’s Toronto, Toronto Star Reader Service, 1965.

Barron Book. Toronto Star Reader Service, 1972.

Content editorial cartoon & Cover book wraparound:

The Best of Barron, Lester Orpen Dennys Ltd., 1985.

BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC:

Content sport:

Brian McFarlane’s Hockey Annual. Ed., Brian McFarlane. Clarke Irwin & Co. Ltd., 1973: 22, 39, 80, 116, 128. These cartoons originally published in the Toronto Star.

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:                                                                          Published by Educational Projects Inc. Coloured covers. Black & white contents.

Content:

History:

Canadian Heroes 3-1, Nov./Dec. 1943: “R.C. M.P. Arctic Adventure.” 6-11.

Information:

Canadian Heroes …: “Ace Deacon’s Scrapbook: …. Black & white.

3-3, Feb. 1944: “…Handley-Page Hampden.” 63 3-4, March 1944: “…Here’s a few notes about Air-Sea Rescue Service”: 64. 3-5, April 1944: “…The Bristol Beaufighter.” 31. 3-6, May 1944: “…The Flat-Tops”: 22. 4-2, July 1944: Various aircraft. 31. 5-1, February 1945: “Ships For Your Scrapbook”: 46-47.

Journalism:

Canadian Heroes..: “…”: …

1-1, Oct. 1942: “Commando Raid on Dieppe”: 7-11.                                                                                                 “The C.W.A.C. Canadian Women Army Corps: To Serve Overseas”: 29-32. 1-2, Nov. 1942: “Veterans Guard of Canada”: 17-19.                                                                                                  “H.M.C.S. Assiniboine Sinks A Sub”: 3-5. 2-6, Oct. 1943: “The WRENS: Women’s Royal Naval Service”: 9-11.                                                                       “Courage On The Job”: 13-15. 3-1, Nov./Dec. 1943: “We Build Catalinas”: 57-61. 3-4, March 1944: “The Sinking of the Scharnhorst”: 46-48.

 

Serial journalism:

Canadian Heroes …: “Ace Deacon …”: …

2-3, July 1943: “… Bombers to Germany”: 43-48. 2-6, Oct. 1943: “… Wings over the Sea”: 22-26. 3-1, Nov./Dec. 1943: “… Brave Bomber”: 38-43. 3-4, March 1944: “The Turtle: D.F.C”: 59-63. 3-5, April 1944: “… Atlantic Battle.”: 26-30. 3-6, May 1944: “… The Wildcat Crew”: 17-21. 4-1, June 1944: “… Daylight ‘Do’”: 52-57. 4-2, July 1944: “… Rescue at 50 Below”: 26-30. 4-6, January 1945: “… Escape From Belgium”: 1-5. 5-1, Feb. 1945: “… Battling The Buzz-Bombs”: 21-25

Canadian Heroes …: “Bos’n Bill …”: …

1-1, Oct. 1942: “… Sea Fighters.”: 33-38. 1-2, Nov. 1942: “… Atlantic Convoy.”: 59-64. 1-6, Apr. 1943: “… H.M.C.S. Oakville – Gallant Corvette”: 27-32. 2-3, July 1943: “… Convoys to North Africa”: 25-32. 2-6, Oct. 1943: “… Navy Courage”: 33-37. 3-3, Feb. 1944: “… Beat The Mines.”: 24-28. 3-4, March 1944: “… Mediterranean Adventures”: 9-13. 3-5, April 1944: “… The M.T.B’s.” [Motor Torpedo Boats]: 47-48. 3-5, April 1944: “… The M.G.B’s.” [Motor Gun Boats]: 49-51. 3-6, May 1944: “… H.M.C.S. Saguenay, Veteran!”: 27-30. 4-1, June 1944: “… H.M.C.S. Prince Robert In Action”: 34-37. 4-2, July 1944: “… Convoys To Russia”: 9-11. 4-6, January 1945: “… Atlantic Escort”: 58-62. 5-1, February 1945: “… Invasion Escort”: 41-45.

PERIODICAL TEXT ANTHOLOGY:

Content story:

Maclean’s, 1 June 1963: “Home Is … Where? … Oh Yes, Where The Heart Is”: 28. From Maclean’s  “Sweet and Sour” series.

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT:

Content memoir & Cover dust jacket front:

A Scar Is Born, Writ., Eric Nicol. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1968.

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:                                                                          Canadian Heroes published by Educational Projects Inc.

Content:

Biography:

1-1, Oct. 1942: “Governors General of Canada: The Earl of Athlone.” Writ., Joan Cassidy:1-5.

History:

2-3, July 1943: “Hudson’s Bay Company.” Writ., Arnold Tepner: 1-5.

4-1, June 1944: “The Y.M.C.A.: A Century of Progress.” Writ., H.J.H. (Harry Halperin): 6- 11.

Information:

1-1, Oct. 1942: “A Safety Code For Bicyclists”: 51-53.Probably adapted from pamphlet by Barron:

1-2, Nov. 1942: “United Nations: Australia.” Writ., Betty Warsaw: 20-26.

Journalism:

Canadian Heroes 1-6, Apr.1943. “Paratroops” Writ., D.M.H.: 1-4.

Canadian Heroes 3-1, Nov./Dec. 1943: “Badge of Courage: The story behind the badge of the C.W.A.C.” Adapted by Ray Winters from a radio script of the same name: 20-23.

Canadian Heroes 3-4, March 1944: “Royal Canadian Air Force.” Writ., unidentified: 51-53.

4-2, July 1944: “Canada Builds Ships.” Writ., Effigy: 59-64.

Serial, career descriptions:

1-6, Apr.1943: “Judge Goodwin Talks about Jobs.” Writ., Zangy: 17-20.

2-3, July.1943: “Judge Goodwin Talks about Engineering.” Writ., I. B. Kay: 56-59.

3-3, Feb. 1944: “Judge Goodwin Looks At Nursing.” Writ., D.H.: 42-46.

3-5, April 1944: “(No. 8) Judge Goodwin Looks at Librarianship.” Writ., D.H.: 55-58.

3-6, May 1944: “(No. 9) Judge Goodwin Looks at Law.’ Writ., unidentified: 10-13.

4-1, June 1944: “(No. 10) Judge Goodwin Looks at Agriculture.” Writ., D.H.: 28-31.

4-2, July 1944: “No. 11) Judge Goodwin Goodwin Looks at Social Service….” Writ., Unidentified: 49-54.

MERCHANDISE:                                                                                                                Published by Educational Projects Inc.

Colouring Books:

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Adapted by Rose Halperin. 1944.

Treasure Island Paint Book. Adapted by Rose Halperin. no date.

SOURCE:

Article book:

The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1979: 178-179, 228.

Article newspaper:

Calgary Herald, 28 May 2006, Final edition: “Sidney Arnold Barron: Cartoonist focused on absurdities of everyday life.” Writ., Kerry Williamson: B5.

Edmonton Journal, Feb. 9, 1977: “Cartoonist’s works featured”.

The Globe and Mail, May 15, 2006 “Sid Barron: 1917 – 2005 A humourist … ”, Writ., Tom Hawthorn.

Times Colonist, May 2, 2006: “Sid Barron: 1917 – 2005.” Writ., Robert Amos.

Correspondence:

Between Robert MacMillan and Sid Barron Feb. 25, 1987 to June 23, 1987.

GALLERY:

Canadian Heroes, 3-1, Nov./Dec. 1943: “We Build Catalinas: The Inside Story of How Consolidated ‘Catalina’ Flying Boats Are Constructed.”  61.

One of the colouring books illustrated by Sid Barron for Educational Projects Inc.

Barron’s Toronto, 1965.

Barron’s Toronto, 1965.

The Best Of Barron, 1985: Front cover.

BARRÉ Raoul

Born 20 January 1874, in Montréal.

He attended l’Ecole des Beaux Arts (Montréal), then in 1895 went to Academie Julian in Paris France. Back in Montréal in 1901, He developed a series of cartoons entitled “En Roulant Ma Boule” based on the character Père Ladébauche, created in 1879 by journalist and cartoonist Hector Berthelot.

His interest in cartoon strips took him to New York in 1903 where he changed his name to Raoul Barry. There he worked with Pat Sullivan, creator of “Felix The Cat”. Even though he lived in New York, Raoul continued contribute to Québec newspapers. On 26 June 1906, “Le Contes du père Rheault” appeared in La Patrie, alternating with “ Les aventures de Timothée“. It ended by 1909.

With Charles Bowers he opened one of the earliest animation studios, and worked on many of the “Mutt & Jeff” features. He was responsible for a major technical innovation in animation: the peg system whereby drawing paper is mechanically perforated and held in place registering the position of the successive drawings and eliminating jiggling images. He also introduced “flights of fancy” the technique of comically morphing cartoon characters.

André Martin an animator historian has called the infinite transformations of Barrés’ characters “logically structured nonsense.”

He died 22 May 1932.

SOURCE:

Article book:

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

Article periodical:

Inks: Cartoon & Comic Arts Studies, 4-2, May 1997: “An Introduction to the Canadian Newspaper Comic.” Writ., Kenneth Barker: 18-25.

Shift, July 1997: “The Great Animation Conspiracy”: 42.

 

Internet:

Archived Newspaper Strips of the 20^th Century – Québecois.” Library & Archives Canada/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada. www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/comics. Accessed 3 October 2017.

BARNACLE BILL

See BRUNT Harry

BAR-ELAN Remy

ILLUSTRATOR:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Cover wraparound:

Andromeda, 2-4, Dec. 1978.

BARDAL Eric

Born 26 February 1946 in Winnipeg.

Before becoming a freelance cartoonist he worked as a police officer in Winnipeg. In 1971 moved to Thunder Bay to work in television graphics. In 1974, he moved to Vancouver where he drew 70 cartoons a week for the network game show “What’s the Good Word”. In 1976, he became a freelance designer, cartoonist and illustrator, principally as a court room sketch artist for television news.

In 1989 he began working as an editorial cartoonist for weekly newspapers in the Vancouver area. He became nationally syndicated. His work appeared in daily newspapers including the Globe and Mail, the Toronto and Winnipeg Suns and the Hamilton Spectator.

He died June 14, 2000.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content editorial cartoon:

Portfoolio 11: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Macmillan of Canada, 1995.

Portfoolio 12: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Macmillan of Canada, 1996.

Portfoolio 13: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Macmillan of Canada, 1997.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Portfoolio 11: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux.  Macmillan of Canada, 1995: “Eric Bardal”: 143.

Article Newspaper:

Globe and Mail, 15 June 2000: “Artist found his niche as cartoonist.” Writ., Donn  Downey: R10. .

GALLERY:

Portfoolio, 11: 91.