MAURICE AND EARL
A daily cartoon strip created and produced by Peter Plant exclusively for the Globe and Mail from May 1, 2004 to June 1, 2006. It first appeared May 3, 2004.
Globe and Mail, 15 May 2004.
SOURCE:
Correspondence:
Email from Peter Plant, Monday July 23, 2012.
MAURI Angeline
She created the webcomic “Devil’s Cake” in 2008.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Toronto Comics, v. 3, Ed., Steve Andrews ,et al. Toronto Comics Anthology, May 2016: “Bells”: 132-138.
SOURCE:
Article book:
Toronto Comics, v. 3. Toronto Comics Anthology, May 2016: 131.
MATT Joe
Taddle Creek, VI-1, 9, Christmas 2002: 10.
“I’m not as bad as I appear in these books. People forget that I write this stuff down and I choose to tell them [only] some things.” Globe & Mail, 11 Sept. 1993: C1
U.S. born and raised, in 1993 he was a Toronto based cartoonist creating a cartoon story based on his life for the past six years and publishing it in Peepshow. Along the Gregory Gallant (Seth) and Chester Brown two other cartoonists and close friends he formed a group who dedicated themselves to creating autobiographical cartoon stories.
Although the comic books of these three sold in small quantities per issue (3000 – 7000) They attracted mail from across North America, Europe and Asia.
Oliveros owner of Drawn and Quarterly worked on developing a roster of high quality cartoonists. He signed on Joe Matt’s Peepshow. Matt became one of the core artists at Drawn and Quarterly.
While the three friends Gallant, Brown and Matt have all exploited the autobiographical vein of cartoon stories to the maximum both Gallant, Brown in 1993 were wanting to move away from it into fiction and history.
In 1996 Oliveros and the Drawn and Quarterly artists were featured guests at the Haarlem Comics Festival in the Netherlands in Europe.
Joe moved back to the U.S.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
Content story & Cover book front & back:
Peep Show. Kitchen Sink Press, 1991.
BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content cartoon jam:
Drawn and Quarterly: Twenty-Five Years …. Drawn & Quarterly, May 2015: “The Lucky Bastard”: 635. A jam session: Panels 1, 4, 7, by Joe Matt; panels 2, 5, 8, by Chester Brown; panels 3, 6, 9, by Gregory Gallant (Seth). “50 Years down the road”: 750. Previously appeared in Comics Journal, 162, October 1993: 53. Self portraits by Joe Matt, Chester Brown, Gregory Gallant (Seth). See below.
ILLUSTRATOR:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:
Content portrait:
The Jam Urban Adventure: Super Cool Color-injected Turbo Adventure From Hell.1, May 1988: “The Jam”: :38.
SOURCE:
Article periodical:
Comics Journal, 162, October 1993: “Seth, Brown, Matt.” Interv., Mark Daly & Rich Kreiner:
51-56.
Taddle Creek, VI-1, 9, Christmas 2002: “What’s The Frequency, Joe?” Interv, Conan Tobias: 10-13.
Article newspaper:
Globe and Mail, 11 Sept.1993: “Drawing on painful experience.” Writ., Alan Echenberg: C1.
Globe and Mail, 9 Oct.1999: “Comic actor.” Writ., Cathal Kelly: C20.
GALLERY:
The Jam Urban Adventure: Super Cool Color-injected Turbo Adventure From Hell.1, May 1988: 38. Joe Matt draws a portrait of Bernie Mireault’s “The Jammer”
Comics Journal, 162, October 1993: 53. Left to right: Joe Matt, Chester Brown, Gregory Gallant (Seth) A jam cartoon in which each artist did a self portrait as he expected to be at “50 years down the road”.
Joe Matt (left), Chester Brown, Greogory Gallant (Seth). Comics Journal, 162, October 1993: 52.
MATRIX GRAPHIC SERIES/MATRIX BOOKS P.O. Box 1141, Snowdon Station, Montréal. Owner/Publisher: Mark Shainblum.
This was the company Mark Shainblum and Gabriel Morrissette organized to publish New Triumph featuring Northguard. Mark Shainblum was the editor –in-chief and Gabriel Morrissette was the art director. Later Matrix Graphic Series included books among its publications under the imprint Matrix Books.
PRODUCT:
BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
The Jam Special, 1-1, 1987. Car., Bernie Mireault.
BOOK TEXT:
Canuck Comics. Ed., John Bell. 1986.
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:
Cybercom. 1-1, Winter 1987. Car., Monique Renée.
| Dragon’s Star, Writ., Mary Ann Bramstrup. Illus., Ian Carr. | ||
| 1-1, December/January 1987. | 1-2, February.1987. | 1-3, Winter 1987(last issue) |
| Mackenzie Queen. Car., Bernie Mireault | |||||
| 1-1, 1985. | 1-2, 1985. | 1-3: 1985. | 1-4, 1986. | 1-5, 1986. | Complete. |
| New Triumph featuring Northguard. Writ., Mark Shainblum. Illus., Gabriel Morrissette. | ||||
| 1-1, 1985. | 1-2, 1985. | 1-3, 1985. | 1-4, 1986. | 1-5, Summer 1986. (last issue) |
SOURCE:
Article periodical:
Amazing Heroes, 107, November 15, 1986: “Matrix Rising.” Writ., Moshe Dov: 49-53.
GALLERY:
A jam, the gang at Matrix get together.
Northguard 3, 1990: Mark Shainblum, Gabriel Morrissette, Ernie Mireault,.
MASSICOTTE Edmond-Joseph
Copied from a Dictionary of Canadian Biography photo taken from Bibliothèque at Archives Nationales du Québec.
Born 1 Decmeber 1875 in Sainte Cunégonde (Montréal)
He studied drawing and painting at college des Frères des écoles chrétiennes in Sainte Cunégonde. From 1892, to about 1895 he studied at the Conseil des arts et manufacture de la province de Québec and at the school of l’Association des arts de Montréal.
On 15 October 1892, his first published illustration appeared in the periodical Le Monde illustré. It illustrated “Le glaneur” a poem by his brother Édouard-Zotique. This was the start of a close collaboration between the two. Edmond-Joseph was illustrator for Le Monde illustré. From 1892 to 1902 while his brother was its editor.
His early work was influenced by the art nouveau movement. However, it appears the artists he most admired were not part of the art nouveau movement but rather were the fashionable graphic artists of his time: Americans Charles Dana Gibson, Charles Stanley Reinhart; Frenchmen, Gustave-Henri Marchetti, Jean-André Castaigne, Alfons Mucha, and fellow Montréaler Henri Julien. . The art nouveau phase of his illustrative work reached a climax in 1901 to 1902 in a series of title pages for Le Monde illustré. After this time, he appears to have attempted, in his illustration, a blend of art nouveau and the technical virtuosity and elegant subjects of the illustrators he admired. In this period he also showed an interest in traditional rural Québec.
He was a prolific illustrator. By 1900, it is estimated he had produced 1000 illustration and compositions for Montréal publications.
In 1909 he succeeded at Almanache du people, Henri Julien, who had died, he turned away from the art nouveau style and toward Julien’s style of traditional realism. For this magazine, he drew over 150 illustration by 1929 and had become the leading illustrator of traditional Québec life. The research for the illustrations was done by his brother Édouard-Zotique who was also a historian and folklorist. In 1923, twelve works mostly collected from Almanache du people, appeared in a series called Canadiens d’autrefois. Commentary was provided by such famous writers as Albert Ferland, poet; Lionel Groulx, historian, and Marius Barbeau the founder of Canadian anthropology..
Died 1 March 1929 in Montréal at age 53 years.
Twenty-four traditional scenes by Massicotte were reproduced by Librairie Beauchemin Ltée of Montréal in “Canada Français” a set of 25 post cards published circa 1950.
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ILLUSTRATOR:
POST CARD:
Series:
| “Canada Français.” | |||
| La confirmation | La grand demand | La Sainte-Catherine | La visite du jour de l’An |
SOURCE:
Web:
“Edmond-Joseph Massicotte.” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 14 March 2018. Accessed 27 May 2018.
“Index of Canadian Illustrators.” www.canadianillustraotrs.wikidot.com/b . Accessed 27 May 2018.
“Massicotte, Edmond-Joseph.” Writ., David Karel. Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 15.
University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003. Accessed 27 May 2018.
MARTZ John
The works of this Toronto cartoonist and illustrator have appeared in Canadian Notes and Queries, The Globe and Mail, MAD Magazine, Maisonneuve. He won the 2013 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Story for his graphic story Gold Star. He has illustrated several picture books including an adaption of Abbott and Costello’s Who’s On First. He has created a wordless online cartoon strip called “Machine Gun”. He is author of Destination X (Nobrow Press 2013).
For the 2016 International Festival of Authors, he and Jon McNaught did graphic versions of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 12 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC:
Content story & Cover book front:
Destination X. Nobrow Press, 2013.
Burt’s Way Home. Koyama Press, September 2016.
BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
Content story & Cover book front & back:
A Cat Named Tim and Other Stories. Koyama Press, September 2014.
PERIODICAL TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story graphic:
Descant, 164, Spring 2014: “Untitled.” 84-91.
Canadian Notes & Queries, 84, Winter/Spring 2012: “The North Wing: Selections from the Lost Library of CanLit Graphic Novels: Episode Five: Robertson Davies’ Fifth Business as Adapted by John Martz”:70-71.
NEWSPAPER:
Content comment cartoon:
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… 9 June 2012: F2. … 23 June 2012: F2. … 7 July 2012: F2. …21 July 2012: F2. … 18 August 2012: F2. … 8 September 2012: F2. |
… 20 September 2012: F2.
… 27 September 2012: F2. … 3 November 2012: F2. … 17 November 2012: F2. … 1 December 2012: F2. … 15 December 2012: F2. … 29 December 2012: F2. … 12 January 2013: F2. |
ILLUSTRATOR:
PERIODICAL TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content history text:
Kayak, 34, v.4, 2010: “Goofy Gadgets and Crazy Contraptions”: 16-17.
Cover front:
chickaDEE, 36-1, Jan./Feb. 2014.
SOURCE:
Article periodical:
Descant, 164, Spring 2014: 253.
Article newspaper:
Toronto Star, 29 Oct. 2016: “Shakespeare’s Sonnet 12 as a graphic novel.” Writ., Nick Patch..
GALLERY:
Globe & Mail, 6 August 2011: F2.
Globe & Mail, 17 September 2011: F2.
Canadian Notes & Queries, 84, Winter/Spring 2012: 70.
Canadian Notes & Queries, 84, Winter/Spring 2012: 71.
chickaDEE, 36-1, Jan./Feb. 2014: Front cover.
MARTIN Ted
Photo taken from Pavlov’s Pad.
“Cartoonists are a unique breed when you consider that there are less of them around than there are brain surgeons.” The Hecklers: 244.
Born 1938 in Blackpool, England.
He attended the Doncaster School of Art in Yorkshire, then joined the army in 1956 at the age of eighteen. After a brief visit to Canada in 1956, he returned in 1962 and joined the Telegram [Toronto], doing promotional art plus some occasional illustrating and cartooning. When the Telegram collapsed to joined the Sun [Toronto] drawing a daily socio-political cartoon called “Pavlov”. This panel evolved into a humorous cartoon panel about a dog that was given the same name. When Donato was on holidays he did the editorial cartoon.
In 1975, he and his wife Dawn opened the Ted Martin Cartoon Gallery on Avenue Road in Toronto, the first of its kind in Toronto. He was also a founding member of the Toronto Cartoonists Society.
In 1978, “Pavlov” was syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate. Martin also did “And this just in ____” a cartoon in the City Life pages of the Sunday Magazine, circa 1995.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
Content cartoon panel & Cover book front & back:
Pavlov. Dell Publishing Co. Ltd., Jan. 1984..
Pavlov dog pounds. Andrews and McMeel Inc. 1983.
Pavlov’s Pad. Andrews and McMeel Inc. 1982.
Pavlov’s Pad. Dell Publishing Co. Ltd., Aug. 1984.
BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC:
Content humour & Cover book front & back:
The Incomplete Runner. Writ., Bruce Lansky. Musson Book Co./General Publishing Co. Ltd., 1978.
Lansky wrote about running. Martin drew cartoons about running. The two were separate.
ILLUSTRATOR:
PERIODICAL TEXT & GRAPHIC:
Cover front:
Canadian Cartoonist, v. 1, October 1989.
SOURCE:
Article book:
The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: 244.
Article periodical:
Canadian Cartoonist, v. 1, October 1989: “Ted Martin.” Writ., unidentified: 2-6.
Article newspaper:
Toronto Sun, 8 Jan. 1995: “Funny Business.” Writ., Ian Harvey: 11.
MARTIN M.
His work appeared in Canadian Heroes.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: All published by Educational Projects. Black & white interiors & coloured covers.
Content biography:
| Canadian Heroes…:. “Sports Stars”:… | ||
| 5-3, June 1945: 12-13. | 5-4, July 1945: 24-25. | 5-5, Sept. 1945: 32-33. |
ILLUSTRATOR:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: All published by Educational Projects. Black & white interiors & coloured covers.
Content:
Biography:
Canadian Heroes, 5-3, June 1945: “Caroline Schubert.” Writ., unidentified: 29-32.
Canadian Heroes, 5-4, September 1945: “Major John Keefer Mahoney.” Writ., S. R. Taviss:11-15.
Canadian Heroes, 5-3, June 1945: “Private Ernest Alvia ‘Smokey’ Smith Canada’s 8th Victoria Cross.” Writ., S.R. Taviss: 1-4.
Canadian Heroes, 4-1, June 1944: “Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen.” Writ., Morton: 47-50.
Journalism:
Canadian Heroes, 4-6, Jan. 1945: “War Exploits of Dutch Tugs.” Writ., Morton: 47-50.
GALLERY:
“Rt. Honourable Arthur Meighan.” Writ., Morton. Canadian Heroes, 4-1, June 1944: 47.
MARTIN Jeff
While studying at the University of Alberta, Martin immersed himself in research about the War of 1812. His research lay dormant until a few years later he met Alexander Finbow at the 2012 Edmonton Expo. Finbow was launching The Loxleys and the War of 1812, and asked Martin to come up with an idea related to that project. Martin conceived a story about the fumbling’s of two incompetent Canadian militiamen, George and John. This series first appeared weekly on Renegade Arts Entertainment’s website, and then was compiled into the book Redcoats-ish.
Martin has also self-published a graphic story “Rent-A-Thug, and a series “Heat”. In 2009 in partnership with Jay Bardyla he produced a story for the anthology Mercy Seat: Children Are Cruel. He has also produced the Hockeypocalypse series, the webcomic HEAT: The Space Age of Pro-Wrestling and the online graphic novel Wrestleman: Where Is Zog. As of 2018, he was working on the webcomic Hell Inc.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC:
Content serial & Cover book front & back:
Redcoats-ish. Renegade Arts Entertainment, Aug. 2014.
Redcoats-ish, vol. 2. Renegade Arts Entertainment, 2018.
SOURCE:
Article book:
Redcoats-ish. Renegade Arts Entertainment, Aug. 2014: “ A note from the frontline”: 3. “Forward March!” Writ., Jay Bardyla. 4-5.
Redcoats-ish, vol. 2. Renegade Arts Entertainment, 2018: “Jeff Martin”:116.
GALLERY:
Redcoats-ish. 2014: Front cover.
MARTIN Doug
facebook.com/people/Douglas-Martin/100010816713853/
Born 1948 in Toronto.
He studied graphic design and fine art at the Ontario College of Art from 1967 to 1971, graduating with honours. After graduation in 1971 he travelled in Europe then developed a career in Fine Art, showing in group and solo exhibitions and receiving public and private commissions including the University of Toronto (a portrait of Northrop Frye in 1972) and the Harbour Light Centre. In the summer of 1974 he was an artist in residence at the Cité internationalle des arts in Paris.
Returning to Canada he moved into freelance graphic art working for CFTO TV and Global TV. In the spring of 1975, he added illustration. His first major assignment was a full-page illustration for Macleans. At the same time he did a front cover for James Waley’s graphic magazine Orb. Other clients have been, Toronto Life, Homemakers Magazine, The Toronto Star, The Financial Post, Atlantic Monthly, and various book publishers. He has illustrated three series of stamps for Canada Post featuring endangered species. His interest in the environment has led him to assignments for the Toronto Zoo, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Ontario Science Centre. He has donated his time to the World Wildlife Foundation, the Evergreen Foundation and the Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals.
From October 1 to October 12, 2008 the Papermill Gallery on Pottery Road in Toronto mounted Doug Martin Illustration: A Retrospective 1975-2008, a show of his work.
WORK:
ILLUSTRATOR:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Cover front:
Orb Magazine 1-4, Nov./Dec. 1975.
PERIODICAL TEXT:
Content essay:
| The Canadian, …. |
| … 11 February 1978: “Counselling The Dying”.
… 4 March 1978: “Above It All”. … 11 March 1978: “City Span”. … 18 March 1978: “Father Oracle”. Writ., Jack Batten: 18d. … 25 March 1978: “Dicing With Death”. Writ., John Martin. “ Hot diggedy: the best dogs in town”. Writ., unidentified. … 01 April 1978: City Span: Fasten Your Seat Belts Please” Writ., unidentified. … 13 May 1978: “City Span: How to Be Your Own Lawyer”: Writ., unidentified. … 7, October 1978: “City Span: To Browse, Perchance to Buy”. Writ., unidentified. |
The Graduate, November/December 1980: “Short Comings”. Writ., John Atkin: 5.
Maclean’s, August 1975: “Putting On The Dog”. Writ., Robert Thomas Allen: 44.
Maclean’s, 7 January 1980: “Beyond the dark decades – a golden age of technology”. Writ., W. Lowther: 12.
Content program preview:
Radio Guide, 5-4, April 1985: “Celebration”. Writ., unidentified: 29.
Cover front:
The Financial Post: Moneywise, January 1990.
Harrowsmith, 89, January/February, 1990.
Radio Guide, 7-7, July 1987.
SOURCE:
“Doug Martin.” midlandparkontario.com/uploads/3/4/1/7/34170717/doug_martin_biography.pdf Accessed 4 March 2021.
facebook.com/people/Douglas-Martin/100010816713853/ Accessed 4 February 2023.
GALLERY:
Orb, 1-4, Nov./Dec. 1975: Front cover.
The Canadian, 25 March 1978: “Dicing With Death”.
The Canadian, 7, October 1978.
Radio Guide, 7-7, July 1987: Front cover.
The Financial Post: Moneywise, January 1990.
Harrowsmith, 89, January/February, 1990.