MOON MAGAZINE

This weekly magazine was begun in 1902 by writer Knox McGee and newspaper sketch artist Charles W. Jefferys. Magee wrote the text and Jefferys drew a double page cartoon satirizing political issues and social events. It was an incubator for many of Canada’s mid twentieth century editorial cartoonists: Racey, McConnell, Kyle and Hunter. It endured for two years.

SOURCE,

Article book:

Encyclopedia Canadiana, 2.: The Canadiana Co. Ltd./Grolier Society of Canada Ltd., 1965: “Cartoons.” Writ., William Colgate: 270- 271.

 

MONTY AND JOHNNY

Created by Les Callan this series appeared in the Canadian Army’s newspaper The Maple Leaf Northwest Europe Edition 1944-1945. He drew events from the D-Day invasion through France Belgium and Holland to VE-Day, recording both what he saw and humourous stories related to him by soldiers along the way.

“Typical conditions and scenes in the Europe of World War II are portrayed in these sketches. Many of the incidents actually occurred – they are the experiences    and stories of individuals and patrols, picked up here and there throughout the campaign from the boys concerned while I shared their rations and ‘liberated’ champagne. As examples I might mention the night patrol returning with ‘Jerry’ prisoners, chickens and ‘pork chops on the leash’ or the hurried dive from ‘moaning minnies’ into a supposed cellar entrance which turned out to be a cesspool.”                  Normandy and on. Oct. 1945:Intro. Writ., Les Callan.

“Johnny” was the average soldier serving in the Canadian Army which was part of Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery’s (“Monty”) group of liberation armies in Europe. The name “Johnny” was probably inspired by “Johnny Canuck”: a popular editorial cartoon figure (See JOHNNY CANUCK, JACK CANUCK  & CANADA JACK) in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Les Callan an editorial cartoonist and a contemporary of Lou Skuce and C.W. Jefferys in the latter part of their careers would undoubtedly have been familiar with him.

A selection of these cartoons were collected into a book Normandy and on, Les signed over his royalties from the book to the Canadian Paraplegic Association to help disabled soldiers.

MEDIUM:

BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

Content panels & Cover book front:

Normandy and on- : Car., Les Callan. Longmans Green and Co., Oct. 1945.

SOURCE:

Article book:

The Maple Leaf Forever: The Story Of Canada’s Foremost Armed Forces Newspaper. Writ. & Ed., Barry D. Rowland & J. Douglas MacFarlane. Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc. 1987.

Normandy and on –: Longmans, Green & Co., Oct. 1945.

Article newspaper:

Toronto Star, 3 November 1945: “Les Callan cartoons Troops In Normandy.”

GALLERY:

Les Callan. Normandy and on -. Longmans Green and Co., Oct. 1945: Front cover.

  Normandy and on. Longmans Green and Co., Oct. 1945.

 The Maple Leaf Forever, 1987: 91.

MONO THE AIR COBRA

MEDIUM:

PERIODICAL ANTHOLOGY:

Content serial:

Rocket Comics, 5-4, 1945: “Mono The Air Cobra”. Writ., Ted Ross. Illus., Ley Fortune..

Cover front:

Rocket Comics, 5-4, 1945: Illus., Ley Fortune.

GALLERY:

 Rocket Comics, 5-4, May/June 1945: Front cover.

 “Mono The Air Cobra: Death Is A Stowaway.” Rocket Comics, 5-5, July/Aug.1945: 25

 

MONKS Robert “Bob”

Born 1927, in Michigan U.S.A., he initially worked as an illustrator in New York and Detroit. He came to Canada in 1955 and taught art for nine years before becoming an editorial cartoonist for the Star [Windsor]. “Monks uses a simple linear style that is reminiscent of George Feyer and the European school of cartooning.” 245.

SOURCE:

Article book:

The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: 245.

 

MONKMAN William Kent

This book illustrator is also a film maker and visual artist has been exhibited in galleries across North America. He has designed sets for theatre and dance. His ancestry is English, Irish and Swampy Cree.

In 2002 he was living in Toronto.

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC:

Content story & Cover book, front & back & dust jacket front & back:

A Coyote Columbus Story. Writ. Thomas King. Groundwood Books/Douglas McIntyre, 1992.

SOURCE:

Article book:

A Coyote Columbus Story. Groundwood Books/Douglas McIntyre, 1992: Dust jacket.

MODERN PULP

See SPECIAL STUDIO

 

MIYAZAWA Takeshi

Born April 19, 1978 in Canada. He attended Queen’s University.

Illustrated Sidekicks by writer J.Torres.

 

MITSCHKA Willi

He was part of a group of Canadian illustrators Jamie Bennett, David Chestnutt, Julius Ciss, Heather Cooper, Ken Dallison, Blair Drawson, Gail Geltner, Roger Hill, Tina Holdcraft, Jeff Jackson, Douglas Johnson, Anita Kunz, Doug Martin, Denis Noble, William Russell, Joseph Salina, Mark Summers, Maurice Vellekoop and Rene Zamic, who gained an international reputation in the 1970’s and 80’s.

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT:

Cover book front:

Riel. Writ., Writ., Janet Rosenstock & Dennis Adair. PaperJacks Ltd., Mar. 1979.

DISC AUDIO 33RPM:

Art work:

Riel: Original Sounndtrack Album. Composed & Conducted, William McCauley. GRT of Canada Ltd., 1979. 9230-1080.

 

MITCHELL Thomas Wiberforce

This member of the Ontario Society of Artists was born 1879 in Clarksburg Ontario and died 1958 in Barrie Ontario. He was an illustrator, painter, draftsman, and commercial artist.

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC:

Content history: 

A Picture History of Canada. Writ., Jessie McEwen & Kathleen Moore. Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd. No date:
16:  Cartier At Stadacona.	62: Landing Of The Selkirk Settlers At York Factory.

MIRIAD

See MARKS William