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KURUNERU Shawn

KURUNERU Shawn

Born 1984 in Toronto.

In 2006 graduated from Concordia with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

He has exhibited in New York (2014), Los Angeles (2014), Milan (2015), New York (2016), Montréal (2017), Geneva (2017), Tokyo (2019), Toronto (2020).

He currently (circa 2019) lives in Brooklyn U.S.A.

He has so far authored one novel Burn Man.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC:

Content novel &Cover Front & back:

Burn Man. Self published, September 2018.

GALLERY:

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\K\KURUNERU Shawn, Burn Man, 2018, fc.jpg Burn Man, 2018: From front cover.

 

SIMMERS Kyle

SIMMERS Kyle

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE OF PERSON\S\SIMMERS Kyle, Pass Me By, 2019, bc.jpg                                              Self portrait. Pass Me By, 2019: Back cover.

Born and raised in Bradshaw Alberta.

He has freelanced on theatrical productions, product design, murals and editorials. He co-wrote Pass Me By Gone Fishing with Ryan Denny Owen.

WORK:

CO-WRITER & ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK GRAPHIC:

Content novel & Cover book front & back:

Pass Me By Gone Fishing. Co-writ., & Let., Ryan Danny Owen. Renegade Arts Entertainment, 2019.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Pass Me By Gone Fishing. Renegade Arts Entertainment, 2019:  “ Kyle Simmers.”.

 

OWEN Ryan

OWEN Ryan Danny

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE OF PERSON\O\OWENS Ryan Owen, Pass Me By, 2019, bc.jpg

Pass Me By, 2019: Back cover: Illus., Kyle Simmers.

This illustrator, writer and homosexual historian is based in Calgary Alberta. He co-wrote Pass Me By Gone Fishing with illustrator Kyle Simmers.

WORK:

CO-WRITER & LETTERER:

BOOK GRAPHIC:

Content novel :

Pass Me By Gone Fishing. Co-writ. & illus., Kyle Simmers. Renegade Arts Entertainment, 2019.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Pass Me By Gone Fishing. Renegade Arts Entertainment, 2019: “Ryan Danny Owen”.

EHORE

EHORE

Created by Edward Hore, EHORE was a daily cartoon strip, that appeared in the Globe & Mail in the early 1980’s.

Ed was born 12 February 1959 in Toronto. He attended Queen’s University from 1977 to 1980 where he received a Bachelor of Arts. He then attended Osgoode Hall Law School 1980 to 1981 then 1982 to 1984 and became a lawyer in 1986.

At both Queen’s and Osgoode, this self-taught cartoonist drew strips for the student newspapers. While in his first year of law school he expanded his efforts and began submitting his work to the Globe and Mail which after a while hired him to do a daily strip. EHORE ran from 13 October 1981 to, 30 July 1983. It also ran for a while in the Whig-Standard [Kingston]. It became a means by which Ed supported his studies while attending Osgood Hall

As suggested by the strips in the GALLERY below and apparent when perusing a more complete set, EHORE began as a more general humor strip directed at the ideas and attitudes circulating in the 1980’s but as time passed the focus shifted to comments on political issues and personalities. As a result the strip was eventually dropped by the Globe & Mail for becoming too politically controversial, a characteristic well illustrated by the 17 March 1983 strip shown below. However, Ed continued to cartoon. He was published in the Lawyers Weekly and other publications even after he began practicing as a litigation lawyer mainly in the intellectual property area. He still cartoons the occasional comment on current incidents and for many years drew an annual Christmas card for his firm Hazzard & Hore.

MEDIUM:

NEWSPAPER:

Content:

“EHORE”, Car., Ed Hore. Globe & Mail, 13 October 1981 to 30 July 1983.

SOURCE:

Emails:

Warren Clements to Robert MacMillan 9 Feb., 13 Feb, 16 Feb. 2020.

Ed Hore to Robert MacMillan 14 Feb., 16 Feb, 8 March. 2020.

My thanks go to Scott Simster whose enquiry about EHORE and its cartoonist started me on this background investigation of the strip, to Warren Clements former Globe & Mail editor and now owner of Nestlings Press who gave me the contact for Ed Hore and to Ed Hore who generously answered my questions.

GALLERY:

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON E\EHORE, Globe & Mail, 13 Oct. 1981.jpg The first EHORE strip. Globe & Mail, 13 October 1981.

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON E\EHORE, Globe & Mail 17 Aug 1982.jpg Globe & Mail, 17 April. 1982.

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON E\EHORE, Globe & Mail, 17 Mar. 1983.jpg A rather prophetic strip. Globe & Mail, 17 March 1983.

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON E\EHORE, Globe & Mail, 30 July 1983.jpg The last strip. Globe & Mail, 30 July 1983.

Occasional cartoons by Ed Hore after EHORE

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\H\HORE Ed, 2.jpg A comment about the mistaken warning of an emergency at the Pickering Nuclear Power Station near Toronto, 12 January 2020.

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\H\HORE Ed, Email 14 Feb, 2020.jpg A Christmas card drawn by Ed Hore for Hazzard & Hore, taken from email 14 Feb., 2020.

 

McGILVRAY Jade

McGILVRAY Jade

Residing in Vancouver (circa 2015-2020), She has exhibited at the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival and has been secretary of the Cloudscape Comics Society circa 2019 – 2020.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOKLET GRAPHIC:

Cover story & Content front:

The Ambassador. Self-published, 2015.

SOURCE:

Internet:

Cloudscape Comics Your Source for B.C. Comics, Accessed 4 March 2020 “: Artists”

GALLERY:

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\M\McGILVRAY Jade, The Ambassador, 2015, fc.jpgThe Ambassador, 2015. Front cover.

GUERRA Pia

GUERRA Pia Jasmin

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE OF PERSON\G\GUERRA Pia, Me The People, 2018.jpg                                    Me The People: The Editorial Cartoons of Pia Guerra. 2018.

Born 2 December 1971 in Hoboken U.S.A. Now resides in Vancouver.

Although originally intending other careers she finally focused on cartooning. While getting started she worked on video games and annuals. She began to become established in 1998 when she did story boards for the Boeing Employee’s Credit Union and for Microsoft.

Her breakthrough occurred when she became co-creator with writer Brian K. Vaughan and penciller with inker José Marzan Jr. on the serial, later collected into books Y: The Last Man. The team won the 2003 Harvey Award for Best Series. Pia won the 2006 Joe Shuster Outstanding Artist Award and Pia and José Marzan Jr. won the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Artist. She followed this up by working on the “Spiderman”, “Doctor Who”, and “Simpsons” franchises among others.

Following the 2016 Trump election, she began drawing editorial cartoons. Her cartoon “Big Boy” resonated with Americans and appeared on several news networks including CNN, and ABC’s “Good Morning America”. Since then she has become a regular on the website Hib and in the magazine New Yorker.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

Cover & Content:

Editorial:

Me The People: The Editorial Cartoons of Pia Guerra. Image Comics Inc., Oct. 2018.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Me The People: The Editorial Cartoons of Pia Guerra. Image Comics Inc., Oct. 2018.

Internet:

“Pia Guerra.” Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia, 14 Feb. 2020. Accessed 3 March 2020.

GALLERY:

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\G\GUERRA Pia, Me The People, 2018, fc.jpg “Liar Liar, 16 Jan. 2016.” Me The People. 2018: From front cover.

 

YAHGULANAAS Michael

YAHGULANAAS Michael Nicoll

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE OF PERSON\Y\YAHGULANAAS Michael, Carpe Fin, 2019, bc_0001.jpg                                    Carpe Fin. 2019. Dust jacket.

Born on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia.

This artist, storyteller and public speaker is the creator of “Haida Manga” a fusion of pop culture, indigenous iconography and Japanese manga. His books also include: A Tale of Two Shamans (2001) written in English and three indigenous dialects; Hachidori (2005), a best seller in Japan; The Flight of the Hummingbird (2008), which has been commissioned as an opera, Red: A Haida Manga (2009).

The page illustrations in each of these books are sections of stories told in mural form. For example the first image below is War Of The Blink in its mural form. The page image below is a section from the lower right hand corner of the mural.

He is also a sculpture and fine artist. His work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Museum of Anthropology, and the Seattle Art Museum. The Seriousness of Play is a book about Yahgulanaas by Nicola Levell.

WORK:

 CARTOONIST:

 BOOK GRAPHIC:

 Content story & Cover book front & back:

Red A Haida Manga. Douglas McIntyre Ltd. 2014.

A  Tale of Two Shamans. Aka, Ga Sgáagaa Sdáng / Ga Sgaaga Sding. Locarno Press, 2018.

War Of The Blink. Locarno Press, 2018.

 Content story & Cover dust jacket front & back + inside:

Carpe Fin. Douglas McIntyre (2013) Ltd. 2019. (Prequel to Red A Haida Manga.)

 GALLERY:

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\Y\YAHGULANAAS Michael, War Of The Blink,_0002.jpg This image of the mural (168 cm X 183 cm, watercolour on paper) is shown on the last page of the book The War of Blink

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\Y\YAHGULANAAS Michael, War Of The Blink,_0001.jpg                     This image from a page of the book shows the image from the bottom right hand corner of the mural.

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\Y\YAHGULANAAS Michael, Carpe Fin, 2019, dj_0001.jpgOne of six mural images inside the dust jacket covering the story of Carpe Fin.2019.

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\Y\YAHGULANAAS Michael, Carpe Fin, 2019, dj_0002.jpg One of six mural images inside the dust jacket covering the story of Carpe Fin.2019.

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\Y\YAHGULANAAS Michael, Carpe Fin, 2018.jpg                           Part of a page image taken from one of the murals. Carpe Fin.2019.

DALTON Jonathon

DALTON Jonathon

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\D\DALTON Jonathon, A Mad Tea Party, 2014, bc flap.jpg A self portrait. A Mad Tea Party: Back cover flap.

“Almost as soon as I started reading comic books I decided that making them was what I wanted to do for a living. The trouble was, I was determined to draw my own strange stories in my own style rather than learn the style preferred by the Big Two. Periodic rejection letters over the years failed to convince me to change my ways. When web comics started to multiply on the internet I threw myself wholeheartedly into that world.”

Born 16 September 1977 in Calgary.

He went to the University of Victoria in British Columbia and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. then returned to study Education. He spent a year at Sheridan College studying illustration. He now teaches at an elementary school.

He is a co-founder of the Cloudscape Comics Society, and has been a Treasurer, and Vice-president. He is currently President circa 2019 – 2020.

His first graphic novel Lords of Life & Death, began as a serial on the internet and ran from 2006 to 2008. It was then collected and printed as a hand assembled accordion fold mini comic. In 2010 he was awarded a self publishing grant from the Xeric Foundation of Massachusetts U.S. and it was printed as a standard book.

A Mad Tea Party was first serialized online.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC:

Cover & Content novel:

Lords of Death and Life. Publisher, Jonathon Dalton, October 2010.

A Mad Tea Party. Publisher, Jonathon Dalton, 2014.

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:                                                                                    Published by Cloudscape Comics

Content story:

21 Journeys. June 2011: “Other Side Of The World”: 109- 116.

Exploded View. March 2010: “Uncanny Likeness”: 35-49.

Giants of Main Street. March 2012: “The Unconquerable City. 31-42.

Historyonics: Stories Drawn From The Past. Nov. 2008:                                                                          “The Secret Origin Of Chop Suey”: 101.                                                                            “Yellow Scarves.” 9-16.

Mega Fauna. Oct. 2014: “Back To The Stone Age”: 91- 96.

Waterlogged: Tales From The Seventh Sea. June 2013: “In The Hall Of The Octopus”: 103 – 112.

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content pin up:

21 Journeys. Cloudscape Comics, June 2011: No title: 250.

Exploded View, Cloudscape Comics, March 2010: “Umbrella Girl vs the Machines” 236.

POSTER:

“Snowmen Presents”: 19.5cm X 23.3 cm.

“Future Vancouver” : 23cm X 30.6cm.

“Bones of the Coast”: 28cm. X 30.7cm.

CO-CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content story:

Swan Song. Cloudscape Comics, March 2018: “Going Solo.” Co-Car., Angela Melick: 87-92.

Waterlogged: Tales From The Seventh Sea. Cloudscape Comics, June 2013: “No You Teach A Man To Fish.” Co-Car., Brinny Langlois, Kevin Wilson: 181-186.

SOURCE:

Article book:

A Mad Tea Party. Publisher, Jonathon Dalton, 2014: Back cover flap.

Correspondence:

Email Jonathon Dalton to Robert MacMillan, 8 March 2020.

GALLERY:

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\D\DALTON Jonathon, Lords of Death & Life, 2010, bc.jpg This gives some indication of the page design inside the book. Lords of Death and Life, 2010: Back cover.

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\D\DALTON Jonathon, A Mad Tea Party, 2014, fc_0001.jpg A Mad Tea Party. Publ., Jonathon Dalton, 2014: From front cover.

SMITS Peter

SMITS Peter

Born in the vicinity of Toronto.

Presently (2018) working in a print shop in Mississauga, he has written, illustrated and published the graphic novel listed below.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC:

Content novel & Cover book front:

Dave The Devil. Peter Smits. 2018.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Dave The Devil. Writ., Peter Smits. Peter Smits, 2018: “About the Author/Illustrator.”.

SIRIS

SIRIS

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\S\SIRIS, The Vagabond Valise, 2018, bc flap.jpg                                          Self caricature. The Vagabond Valise. BDang/Conundrum Press, 2018: From back cover flap.

A resident of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (2015)

His cartoons were published in Krypton while he was going to the Cégep du Vieux Montréal, a College of General and Vocational Education. In 1991 he went to France with group from Rectangle a Québec fanzine, where they made important contacts with French cartoonists.

In 1995 published his first comic Baloney. After ten years of working on it he published Vogue la valise in 2017. In 2018 it was awarded le Prix de la critique ACBD, L’association des critiques de band dessinée. In 2018 it was published as Vagabond Valise.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC:

Content novel & Cover book front & back:

 The Vagabond Valise. Trans., Rupert Bottenburg. BDang/Conundrum Press, 2018: 1-343. Previously published as Vogue la Valise by Les Éditions de la Pastèque.

 SOURCE:

Interview:

BDQ: Essays and Interviews On Quebec Comics. BDang/Conundrum Press, 2017: “The Old Codger’s Corner: A Round Table on 1990’s Quebec Comics.” Moderator: Marc Tessier. Trans., Helger Dascher: 92,100. Originally appeared in Trip #9, 2016.

GALLERY:

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\S\SIRIS, The Vagabond Valise, 2018, fc.jpg Black border is background to set off cover. The Vagabond Valise. BDang/Conundrum Press, 2018: Front cover.

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\S\SIRIS, The Vagabond Valise, 2018, bc.jpg                                    The Vagabond Valise. BDang/Conundrum Press, 2018: From back cover.