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MACPHERSON Dwight

This Ottawa cartoonist created the humorous cartoon strip “Zero Gravity” which began appearing in each Saturday edition of The Ottawa Citizen in 1993. It ended in 1999.

MACPHERSON Duncan

MACPHERSON Duncan Ian

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“Canada as clumsy as she is, means well.” Duncan Macpherson, Macpherson’s Canada: 1.

“Bengough lacked the artistic skill of Julien, Julien did not possess Bengough’s genius for humorous invention. If the abilities of these two men had been combined in one person, he would have been the Duncan Macpherson of his time.” Peter Desbarates/Terry Mosher, The Hecklers, 156.

Edmond Wilson the great U.S. critic said of Macpherson in a New Yorker article in 1964 that he created “ a phantasmagoria for which the mediocre subjects themselves seemed hardly adequate.” The Hecklers, 146.

Comments by his peers.

“Personally I’ve always felt he is the best in North America.” Andy Donato, Toronto Sun (24 Apr. 1973).

“head and shoulders above anyone else in North American.” Len Norris, Vancouver Sun (146)

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\M\MacDONALD Blaine, Portfoolio 9, 6.jpg$ A Tribute by Blaine, Portfoolio 9: 6.

Born 20 Sept. 1924 in Toronto.

Macpherson from a very young age was interested in visual art but was discouraged by his parents who wanted him to enter the family textile business. In 1941 at seventeen years he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and was shipped overseas to England where he packed bombs. In his spare time he took art courses and studied British political cartooning. As a result, before the war ended, he won a prize for his RCAF poster showing a stick of bombs coming out of the bomb bay.

Immediately after the war Duncan using his veteran’s pension began to study graphic arts at the Boston Museum of Fine Art. However, in 1947 his father died, and bowing to family wishes, Duncan attempted to run the family business. He soon abandoned this effort and entered the Ontario College of Art from which he graduated in 1951. Dick Hersey art director at the Standard (later the Weekend Magazine) saw some of Duncan’s drawings in a collection in Ottawa and persuaded the publisher J.W. McConnell to give Duncan a contract to replace Jimmy Frise illustrating Greg Clark’s stories. Jimmy had died of a heart attack 13 March 1948.

Pierre Berton Managing Editor of Maclean’s also liked Duncan’s work and hired him to illustrate journalist Robert Thomas Allen’s stories. He illustrated both Clark’s and Allen’s essays for at least two years probably longer. In addition to illustrating the works of these two journalists he also illustrated other features in these two periodicals into the late 1950’s. He appears to have been a favourite of writers W. O Mitchell and Vernon Hockley. As can be seen below he did illustrations for Weekend Magazine the successor to The Standard at least into 1955.

When in 1958, Pierre Berton left Maclean’s to join the Star [Toronto], he talked Macpherson into joining that paper as well. At first Macpherson was hesitant. He had studied the great British editorial cartoonists James Gillray and David Low and had become, to put it in his words, “… quite convinced I didn’t think that way. They had something to say. Anything I had to say was just a personal beef. I had no great social conscience then and I don’t now.” [1973] (4). Macpherson was non-partisan. “I’m simply against wrongness in public life.” (243).

He accepted the job as editorial cartoonist at the Star at a starting salary of $11,000 per year which made him probably the highest paid cartoonist working in Canada at the time – an amazing introduction for someone who was till then first and foremost an illustrator. It was a wage well spent. Macpherson’s popularity soared although at the start readers didn’t quite know how to take him. According to Beland Honderich the Star’s publisher, “The first reaction to Macpherson’s cartoons was that they were cruel. People had never seen this type of cartooning in Canada. They weren’t prepared for it.” (148)

Although initially unsure about his qualifications as an editorial cartoonist, Macpherson’s independent personality was never in doubt. Before Macpherson, most cartoonists were part of the editorial team, often illustrating other’s ideas. Macpherson succeeded in making himself an independent contributor to the editorial page, at times producing cartoons that were in opposition to the editorial stance of the Star. This stance was adopted by many editorial cartoonists that followed. An example of his independence, occurred after about a year in the job, when he asked the Star to reduce his workload from five cartoons a week to three so that he could travel to Cuba to draw sketches for the newspaper. He was refused and so he quit and returned to Maclean’s. His popularity helped Berton to override Honderich’s decision and entice Macpherson back from Maclean’s.

He retired from the Star 25 April 1993 and died 3 May 1993 at the age of 68 years. He had been diagnosed three months earlier with pancreatic cancer.

For his work he was awarded six National Newspaper Awards, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1970, and 1972. In 1966, he was awarded the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts medal. In 1970 he received the Molson Prize ($15,000) from the Canada Council. In 1976, he was elected to the News Hall of Fame. In 1987, he was awarded the order of Canada. On 8 October 2021, Canada Post Corp. honoured him with a first day cover and a commemorative stamp.

While remembering him as Canada’s preeminent editorial cartoonists we should not forget that Duncan Macpherson was also one of our foremost illustrators.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content cartoon editorial:

The Art of Political Cartooning in Canada/1980. Ed., Steve Bradley. For., Robert LaPalme. Virgo Press, Oct. 1980: 22, 26, 33, 36, 164, 210.

Best Canadian Political Cartoons, 1983. Ed., N.M. Stahl. For., David Rosen. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Sept. 1983: 11, 13, 18, 61, 62, 64, 68, 105, 112, 155, 192.

Best Canadian Political Cartoons, 1984. Ed., N.M. Stahl. For., Robert LaPalme. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Sept. 1984: 30, 53, 58, 60, 85, 113, 114, 154.

Caricature . Cartoons Canada. Ed., Terry Mosher. Montréal: Linda Leith Publishing, 2012: 11.

Portfoolio, The Year 85 In Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux & Alan King. Writ., Charles Gordon. Montréal: Ludcom Inc. 1985.

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

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

Portfoolio 6: The Year in Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Charles Gordon. Macmillan of Canada, 1990.

Portfoolio 7: The Year in Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Charles Gordon. Macmillan of Canada, 1991.

BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

Content editorial cartoon & Cover:

A Collection of the Cartoons of Duncan Macpherson. Toronto Star Ltd., no date. [1961]

Cartoons By Duncan Macpherson. Toronto Star Ltd., no date. [1962]

Cartoons by Macpherson, vol. 3. Toronto Star Ltd., no date. [1963]

Cartoons by Macpherson, vol. 4. Toronto Star Ltd., no date. [1964]

Cartoons by Macpherson, vol. 5. Toronto Star Ltd., no date [1965]

Macpherson: World Events, Reportage Drawings, The Editorial Cartoon, 1966 Cartoons. Toronto Star Ltd., 1966.

1967 Editorial Cartoons Macpherson, vol. 7. Toronto Star Ltd., 1967.

1970 Editorial Cartoons Macpherson, vol. 8. Toronto Star Ltd., 1970.

1971 Macpherson Cartoons. Toronto: Star Reader Service, Oct. 1971.

Macpherson Editorial Cartoons 1972. Star Reader Service, Oct. 1972.

Macpherson Editorial Cartoons 1973. Star Reader Service, Oct. 1973..

Macpherson Editorial Cartoons 1974. Star Reader Service, Oct. 1974.

Macpherson Editorial Cartoons 1975. Star Reader Service, Oct. 1975.

Macpherson Editorial Cartoons 1976. Star Reader Service, Sept. 1976.

Macpherson Editorial Cartoons 1977. Star Reader Service, Sept. 1977.

Macpherson Editorial Cartoons 1978. Macmillan Co. Of Canada, 1978.

Macpherson Editorial Cartoons 1979. Macmillan Co. Of Canada, 1979.

Daily Smile: A Travelling Exhibition of Original Duncan Macpherson Cartoons Donated to the Public Archives of Canada by the Toronto Star. The Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Supply & Services, 1980.

How Pierre and I Saved the Civilized World. Writ., Gary Lautens. Methuen Publications, 1984. A collection of Lautens columns and a collection of Macpherson’s editorial cartoons.

BOOK TEXT:

Content commentary political:

Hoods On The Hill. Writ., Senator Royce Firth. Coach House Press, 1991: 82.

COMMEMORATIVE PROGRAM:

Walter Gordon’s Seventieth Birthday Party. 27 January 1976.

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT:

Content history & Cover dust jacket front:

The Golden Trail. Writ., Pierre Berton. Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1954.

Rumours of War. Writ., Ron Haggart & Aubrey E. Golden. New Press, 1971.

Content humour & Cover dust jacket front:

Needham’s Inferno. Writ., Richard J. Needham. Macmillan Co. of Canada, Nov. 1966.

Content humour & Cover dust jacket wrap around:

Letters from Lilac. Writ., George Bain. Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1978.

Cover dust jacket front:

The Struggle For The Border, Writ., Bruce Hutchison. Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd., 1955. This image originally appeared on the front cover of Maclean’s 5 March 1955.

Cover dust jacket wrap around:

My Childhood and Yours. Writ., Robert Thomas Allen. Macmillan of Canada, 1977.

PERIODICAL TEXT:

Content essay:

Maclean’s, …: “…”. Writ., Robert Thomas Allan: (unless otherwise stated)….

…, 15 September 1950: “The Great Women’s Hair Mystery”. …: 24, 25.

…, 16 November 1950: “Ever Try to Teach Your Wife to Drive?”. …: 18, 19.

…, 15 March 1951: “You Too Can Be A Perfect Parent”. …: 10, 11.

…, 15 April 1951: “The Traffic Jam Is Here To Stay”. …:14, 15. 18, 19.

…, 1 June 1951: “Women Have No Sense Of Humour “…: 18. “But They Don’t Know It”. Writ., James Thurber: 19.

…, 1 September 1951: “How To Slay Them With Small Talk”. …: 20, 21.

…, 1 October 1951: “Shopping’s A Game Women Play But Men Don’t Know The Score”. …: 24,25.

…, 15 February 1952: “Wild Animals I Have Known … Slightly”. …: 18-19.

…, 1 May 1952: “Never Bet With Tour Wife”. …: 24.

… 15 May 1952: “What’s It’s Like To Be Forty”. …: 11.

… 15 June 1952: “! Was A Bird Dog”. …: 21.

… 1 December 1952: “You can’t stop a woman crying”. …: 26.

…, 15 January 1953: “When Ignorance Is Bliss”. …: 22

…, 1 April 1953: “you, Too can try to write short stories”. …: 77.

…, 15 April 1953: “How to Live With a Woman”. …: 18, 19.

…, 15 May 1953: “The Day I Ran Away”. …: 22, 23.

…, 15 June 1953: “Never Tell A Woman Anything”. …: 26, 27.

…, 1 July 1953: “How To Sell A House”. …: 14, 15.

…, 1 October 1953: “My 12 Hours as a madman”. Writ., Sidney Katz: 10, 11, 12, 13.

…, 15 October 1953: “Let’s not squabble about the snail”. …:

…, 1 November 1953: “How to write a letter”. …:20, 21.

…, 15 January 1954: “My first seven days of TV”. …: 7.

…, 1 February 1954: “How to win an argument”. …: 24.

…, 1 April 1954: “Deduct The Lesser Of Two”. …: 30.

…, 1 August 1954: “Children are monsters”. …: 14-15.

…, 1 September 1954: “How To Manhandle A Child’s Allowance”. …: 16. See “Content story” as well.

…, 15 September 1954: “Clinic for Marriage Counselors”. …: 22.

…, 9 June 1956: “I cry at the movies”. …: 32.

…, 15 October 1954: “How to get along with your neighbours”. …: 30-31.

…, 1 December 1954: “Never ask a woman the way”. …: 33.

…, 15 February 1955: “Women Just Have No Imagination”. …: 26-27.

…, 14 May 1955: “Should husbands and wives take separate holidays”. …: 24-25.

…, 6 August 1955: “How Children Remodel Their Parents”. …: 14-15.

…, 1 October 1955: “Will a machine ever take your job”. Writ., Norman DePoe: 21, 22.

…, 3 September 1955: “Uncle Bob Comics: Uncle Bob Sez A Lot of Kid’s Humour Is Aimed At Making Us Adults Disappear”. …: 18. This illustration is in the form of a cartoon strip.

…, 29 October 1955: “I don’t Want to play”. …: 14-15.

…, 10 December 1955: “How to drive an author crazy”. …: 48.

…, 7 July 1956: “How to handle your kids in holidays”. … 22-23.

… 29 September 1956: “I’ve got enough insurance, thanks”. …: 27.

…, 2 March 1957: “I’m sick of being a good listener”. …: 12-13.

…, 6 July 1957: “There’s nothing phonier than a grateful author”. …:18.

…, 17 August 1957: “Women Are Crooks”. …: 20-21.

…, 31 August 1957: “How to live with a teen-age daughter”. … 12, 13.

…, 28 September 1957: “Hangover at the OK corral”. …: 24-25.

…, 12 October 1957: “What happened to the suburb they called Crestwood Heights”. Writ., Robert Olson: 24-25.

…, 9 November 1957: “We’ve taken the fun out of motoring”. …: 24-25.

…, 23 November 1957: “I Don’t Want the new leisure”. …: 26-27.

…, 1 March 1958: “Why I don’t like speeches”. … 18-19.

…, 26 April 1958: “Why The Traffic Jams Keep Getting Worse”. Writ, Herbert Manning: 16-17. “I’m swearing off bargains”. …: 28.

…, 7 June 1958: “Robert Thomas Allen’s answer to Peyton Place – Grassi Place”. …: 24-25.

…, 27 September 1958: “What I remember most about school”. …:22-23.

…, 11 October 1958: “The Cloak And Dagger Struggle To Keep New Cars Secret”. Writ., Eric Hutton: 16-17.

…, 11 October 1958: “Dear Social Register”. …: 22.

…, 20 December 1958: “Robert T. Allen pleads Give Christmas Back To The Kids”. …: 14, 15, 42.

…, 17 January 1959: “The cruel conspiracy of public speaking”. Writ., Bruce Hutchison: 22.

…, 31 January 1959: “How to endure a father”. Writ., Jane and Mary Allen: 18, 19.

… 28 March 1959: “A day in the life of a spaceman”. Writ., Thomas Walsh: 28.

… 20 August 1966: “How To Cock A Snoot”. Writ., Nicholas Steed: 18, a caricature of Richard Needham.

The Standard, …: “…”. Writ., Gregory Clark: ….

…, 1949: “Here’s Mud”. …: 18.

…, 8 October 1949: “Huntin’”. …:16.

…, 12 November 1949: “Harmony”. …:18.

…, 18 March 1950: “Whee”. … 12.

…, 8 April 1950: “Pssst! Sshhh!”. …: 15.

…, 28 April 1950: “Wrong Number”. …: 15.

…, 6 May 1950: “Hair-do”. …: 13.

…., 1950: “Samaritan”. …: 12.

…, 14 April 1951: “Take It Off”. …: 14.

The Toronto Star, 5, February 1953: “The long road to topple Joe Clark”. Writ., Val Sears: B4.

Content essay & Cover front (not related):

Maclean’s, …: “…”. Writ., Robert Thomas Allen: …

…, 15 April 1954: “I Hate Dogs”. …: 27-27.

…, 1 October 1954: “The Surest Way To Get A Job”. …: 20, 21.

…, 7 January 1956: “Why I hate my kid’s teacher”. …: 16-17.

…, 6 February 1956: “How to survive a children’s birthday party”. …: 22, 23.

…, “I’m tired of filling out forms”. …: 22, 23.

…, “How Scrooge might spend Christmas 1957”. …: 26, 27.

Content history:

Maclean’s, …: “…”. …: ….

…, 15 December 1953: “An Excursion Into Canada With Charles Dickens”. Writ., James Bannerman: 28, 29, Duncan drew the illustrations in the Phiz tradition.

…, 26 November 1955: “Maclean’s Flashback: Niagara Falls Was A Hell Raising Town”. Writ., Duncan McLeod: 23.

… 25 May 1957: “Maclean’s Flashback: When voting was a high adventure”. Writ., Fergus Cronin: 28, 29, 36.

Content history:

Maclean’s …: “The Struggle For The Border …”. Writ., Bruce Hutchison: …

…, 15 February 1955: Advertisement: 79.

…, 5 March 1955: “… The Escape that saved the Nation”. …: 11, 12, 13, 14-15 and the cover front.

…, 19 March 1955: “… The Day They Carved Up Canada”. …: 16, 17.

…, 2 April 1955: “… The Epic Race to the Sea”. …: 16-17, 18, 19.

…, 16 April 1955: “… How Brock founded the Canadian myth”. …: 26-27.

… 30 April 1955: “… When a Canadian ruled Oregon”. …: 24, 25.

… 14 May 1955: “… The Two Peers Who Launched the Commonwealth”. …: 28-29.

… 28 May 1955: “… They saved the Pacific coast for Canada”. …:22-23. Conclusion.

Content novelette:

Maclean’s, 15 May 1954: “The Last of the Curlews”. Writ., Fred Bodsworth: 22-23, 24, 25, 57

Maclean’s, 8 June 1957: ‘Look now horseman …” Writ., Edmund Gillan: 21, 22-23, 24, 25, 36, 58.

Content story:

Maclean’s, …: “…” …: ….

…, 1 January 1952: “The Land of Might-Have-Been”. Writ., Lorenzo Semple Jr.: 14-15.

…, 15 March 1952: “The Princess and the Wild Ones”. Writ., W. O. Mitchell: 12=13.

…, 25 June 1955: “Jake & The Kid: The Golden Jubilee Citizen”. Writ., W. O. Mitchell: 32-33.

…, 18 May 1958: “The truth about the Sasquatch.” Writ., Vernon Hockley: 34-35, 67-72.

…, 1 March 1953: “When the Redskins took over Twiggeville”. Writ., James Alverton: 14-15.

…, 1 June 1953: : “Jake & The Kid: Crocus At The Coronation”. Writ., W.O. Mitchell: 18-19.

…, 1 March 1954: “Are People Monkeys”. Writ., James McNamee: 22, 23.

…, 1 April 1954: “The Sherriff Of Fractured Jaw”. Writ., Jacob Hay: 22, 23.

…, 1 September 1954: “Solution: rob a bank”. Writ., Michael Sheldon: 12, 13.

…, 25 June 1955: “Jake & The Kid: The Golden Jubilee Citizen”. Writ., W.O. Mitchell: 35-36.

…, 20 August 1955: “The Burning Crusade of Andrew McNorran”. Writ., Doris French: 16-17.

…, 12 November 1955: “Uncle Charley’s secret treasure”. Writ., Illingworth H. Kerr: 22-23.

…, 26 May 1956: “The Magic Brain Of Sigismund Gantzoff”. Writ., Michael Sheldon: 18-19.

…, 21 July 1956: “The strange case of Little Jack Horner”. Writ., Barry Mather: 26.

…, 1 September 1956: “What would Carry Nation do?”. Writ., Vernon Hockley: 24-25.

…, 13 Oct. 1956: “The spectacular farewell of Wellington Axminister”. Writ., M. H. Horowitz: 32-33.

…, 17 April 1957: “How Bamford-Gordon abolished the income tax”. Writ., John Gray: 22-23.

…, 10 April 1958: “The truth about the Sasquatch”. Writ., Vernon Hockley: 34, 35.

The Standard, 19 May 1951: “Batting Average In The Stars”. Writ., Brian Ellis: 12,13.

Sunday Star [Toronto], 23 Dec. 1979: “A Christmas Carol.” Writ., Val Sears: A16.

Toronto Star, 1 July, 1978: “A woman waiting at a window.” Writ., Morley Callaghan: C1-C2.

Weekend Magazine, 5-17, 1955: “Sawket Mullet collects a Debt.” Writ., Barbara Grantmyre: 6.

Content story & Cover front (not related):

Maclean’s, 23 June 1956: “the race for the love of Mizpah Jenkins”. Writ., Vernon Hockley: 26-27. Cover: Trucker sits down to lunch at side of the road.

Maclean’s, 20 July 1957: “ I, Red Wind my friend Running Hawk his intrepid dog Lucy and Constable Kilroy were on the track of a desperate criminal … who could be expected to do anything except what he did.” Writ., Vernon Hockley: 24-25. Cover: Rocket firing at Fort Churchill

Cover front:

Maclean’s ….

…, 15 February 1954, Ice fishing.

…, 1 June 1954, Government Icebreaker D’Iberville near Craig Harbour in the Arctic.

…, 21 Dec. 1957, Montreal at night.

…, 15 March 1958, Counting Caribou from the air.

…, 10 August 1958, Score board at Maple Leaf Gardens.

…, 14 February 1959, The emotions of fourteen people crowded in an elevator whose limit is ten.

Star Weekly, …: “…”.

…, 14 August I965: “Greed For The Yankee Dollar Will Destroy Us”.

…, 6 November 1965: “Will Old Age Force Them To Quit”. (Caricatures of Pearson and Diefenbaker)

…, 8 January 1966: “Tommy Douglas: Strong Man In The Middle” (Caricature of Douglas)

SW Magazine, 2 September 1967: “The Diefenbaker Story”. (Caricature of Diefenbaker hand on bust of Macdonald who looks at him with a quizzical gaze).

CARTOONIST & ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT AND GRAPHIC:

Content biography cartoon and illustration & Cover dust jacket front & back:

Professional Heckler: The Life and Art of Duncan Macpherson. Writ., Terry Mosher. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2020.

WRITER & ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC:

Content travel & Cover slipcase:

Macpherson’s Canada. Toronto Star Ltd., 1969.

MERCHANDISE:

Placemat, bag and china:

Barberian’s Steak house, 7 Elm Street, Toronto.

SOURCE:

Book:

Professional Heckler: The Life and Art of Duncan Macpherson. Writ., Terry Mosher. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2020.

Article book:

The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: 146-156, 243-244.

Article periodical:

Canadian Notes & Queries, 90, Summer 2014: “The Landscape: Duncan Macpherson.” By Seth.

Maclean’s 18 January 1958: “In The Editor’s Confidence: Some cannibalism among our caricaturists” 55. Lewis Parker and Duncan Macpherson draw caricatures of each other. See PARKER Lewis as well.

Article newspaper:

Sunday Star [Toronto], 25 April 1993: “Celebrating Macpherson: Award-winning Star cartoonist retires after 35 years.” Writ., Jack Brehl., “The Making of a Master.” Writ., Jack Brehl., “The wicked wit and wisdom of devilish Duncan Macpherson.” a folio., “Tributes to a great cartoonist., writers, Pierre Berton, Edmund Wilson, anonymous, “As others see him.”, Cartoonists, Roy Peterson, Donato, John Larter, Terry Mosher. H1-H8.

Brantford Expositor, 24 Apr. 1973: “Impulsive cartoonist draws with a scalpel”: 4.

Globe and Mail, 6 July 1993: Obituary: A16.

GALLERY:

A cartoon of a person and a horse AI-generated content may be incorrect. The Standard, 8 October 1949: “Huntin’”:16.

A cartoon of two people standing on a stool Description automatically generated The Standard, 28 April 1950: “Wrong Number”. Writ., Greg Clark:15.

Maclean’s 1 February 1954: 24.

A book cover with text and a building and fire Description automatically generated Maclean’s, 5 March 1955: Front cover.

A book cover of a book Description automatically generated The Struggle For The Border, 1955: Dust jacket front.

A person sitting on a pile of trash Description automatically generated Maclean’s,26 April 1958: 28.

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CANADIAN CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION and ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST OR ILLUS. M\MACPHERSON DUNCAN, Toronto Star, 22 Nov 1979, A8.jpg$ On Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s 1^st resignation as leader of the Liberal Party, Toronto Star, 22 Nov. 1979: A8

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\M\MACPHERSON Duncan_0002.jpg$ Taken from program for Walter Gordon’s Seventieth Birthday Party, 1976. This cartoon which originally appeared in the Toronto Star, portrays the passage of the “Bank Act” by economic nationalist Walter Gordon of the Lester B. Pearson government. The act was passed to protect Canada’s financial independence from the U.S.A.

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\M\MACPHERSON Duncan_0001.jpg$ MacPherson Editorial Cartoons 1978: Front cover. This cartoon is an example of his sympathy for the average Canadian. This character appears in many of Macpherson’s editorial cartoons.

MacMILLAN Douglas

MacMILLAN Douglas

ILLUSTRATOR:

DISC AUDIO 33 RPM:

Art work:

Q107, Homegrown, vol.3. Various artists. Toronto: Attic Records Ltd., 1981. ATT1225.

MacMELLON Jack

MacMELLON Jack

Born 1911, in Yarmouth Nova Scotia.

At seventeen he ran away from school and went to Philadelphia where he became friends with and apprenticed to Charles Bell a sports and editorial cartoonist for the Inquirer [Philadelphia].

He returned to Yarmouth and opened a commercial art studio. He joined the army during World War Two and worked for several armed forces publications. After the war he worked briefly as a sports cartoonist for the Chronicle- Star [Halifax]. In 1955 he joined the Times-Transcript [Moncton] as a staff cartoonist.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content editorial cartoon:

The Art of Political Cartooning in Canada/1980. Ed., Steve Bradley. For., Robert LaPalme. Virgo Press, Oct. 1980: 61, 96

SOURCE:

Article book:

The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: 243.

MacLEOD John

MacLEOD John

A picture containing person, indoor, posing Description automatically generated John MacLeod, 1987. Photo from John MacLeod.

“I never expected Dishman to be my most poplar work.”

“Dishman changed the course of my life. Thereafter, I didn’t think about what would sell because I had no clue about that. Instead, I thought about what tickled my fancy, and what I wanted to see, and I did that. My creations never earned me a living, but I was (and am) happy making them, and I guess that counts for something too.

From The Mundane Adventures of Dishman. January 2022: Introduction: 5.

Born in 1957 in Brantford, Ontario and grew up there going to Pauline Johnson Collegiate & Vocational School.

From the young age of 11 years he was already drawing comics copying the superhero genre. His pop culture influences came principally from television, the live action series Batman, the two animated series Jetsons, and Johnny Quest, early anime like Astro Boy, Marine Boy, and Speed Racer. He also followed the Gerry Anderson supermarionation series Stingray and Thunderbirds.

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History in 1978 and a Master of Arts in Sociology in 1985 both from Guelph university. It was while he was working on his MA that his work which included both cartoons and illustrations, appeared regularly in the Canadian Children’s Annual (see below). He was also the major contributor to the book Canada’s Monsters, producing full page drawings coloured with water colour. In Potlatch presents: The 1980 Comics Annual, he cartooned “Blarg The Swordsman” a humorous tale in the barbarian genre and “The Gauntlet of the Gods” a sword and sorcery story. He has commented that during this time he was working on a sword and sorcery graphic novel. This project has not been published.

He is best known for his creation “Dishman”. About the time he received his MA and began his doctoral work at York University, the idea came from a dream he had about a superhero who could clean dishes. He was inspired to attempt the mini-comic format by a series of articles that appeared in the Comics Journal in the 1980’s and by Chester Brown’s artistic success in the genre. He has further credited Chester as extremely helpful in answering his many questions. Ten “Dishman” minicomics appeared from August 1985 to December 1990. Its popularity caused Eclipse in 1988 to collect and publish the stories from issues 1-6. “I came I Saw I Did The Dishes” appeared in Ultra Klutz 28 April 1990. This was followed by guest appearances in The Cheese Heads (1992) and Topps Comics Satan Six (1992). Finally it has been published in a definitive volume by Black Eye Books.

Over the time he was working on “Dishman” John contributed three or four unrelated stories to other mini comics. He did “Secret Torment” a two-page story from one of Mark Burbey’s scripts which appeared in Street Music, 2, 1988. Shortly after the “Dishman series ended, he did a one-page story “Cereal” for Reactor Girl 5, October 1992.

In March 1987, he released a mini minicomic called science cruise. It was the first in an intended series which would publish random individual stories. Only one issue was published but it contains an interesting variation on the “Dishman” theme called “Pressman”. In this version when “Pressman” was born, “His hands and feet were flat and shiny like steel.” When he reached puberty, he could iron clothing. Like “Dishman” he decided to fight crime, but he never did. He was too busy ironing clothes. However, unlike “Dishman” “Pressman” is a contained story. It deals with “Pressman’s rise and fall as a celebrity. In some ways when one reads “Pressman” one is reminded of the “Mr. Canoehead” or “Captain Canada” (3) stories but there is a fundamental difference. “Pressman” expresses a sympathy for the character and has sense of poignancy in the story lacking in the stories of these other characters.

There was a hiatus. Then he did the artwork for a short story by Jason Marcy in Marcy Musings November 30, 2007. In 2010 he launched the webcomic “Space Kid” who was accompanied by “Stella” “Doc” and “Pizmo” the robot. It ran to 2018. During this interval, he did the Lilith Dark 5 June 24, 2014, cover, for Charles Dowd’s 2014 mini-series. About two years after he completed “Space Kid”, John launched “Not That Magic: Tales of Vernor Magus in April 2020. The characters include Vernor, his wife “Nellie” the apprentice “Chip” “Russ” the barbarian and a familiar “Garson” the owl. It continues to the present (2023). Again while continuing this project he has produced a one-page story as a tribute to Manny Easson in Trailblazers (2021).

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content story:

Potlatch presents The 1980 Comics Annual. Ed., Ian Carr. Potlatch Publications, 1979: “Blarg The Swordsman”: 15-17. “The Gauntlet Of The Gods.” Assist., Steve LeBlanc.”: 83-90.

Trailblazers. Ed., Ivan Kocmarek. North End Books, Nov. 2021: “Alter Ego”: 21. A tribute to Manny Easson.

BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

Content story & Cover book front:

The Mundane Adventures of Dishman. 1, September 1988. Eclipse Comics.

The Mundane Adventures of Dishman. Black Eye Books, 2022.

BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: All published by Potlatch Publications, Editor, Robert F. Neilson. Art Dir., Mary Tach.

Content story graphic:

Canadian Children’s Annual 1976. 1975: “A Visit To The Science Centre.”: 38-40. “The Magic Tale of Wog the Dragon Slater”: 159-163.

Canadian Children’s Annual, 1977.1976: “The Spell Stone Of Darian.” 21-28. “A Visit To The Beach”: 91-94.

Canadian Children’s Annual, 1978,1977: “A Visit To The Museum”: 53.

Canadian Children’s Annual, 1979. 1978. “A Visit to the Mall”: 119-122.

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC MINICOMIC: All self-published by John MacLeod. Contents and cover black & white.

Content story & Cover front & back:

The Mundane Adventures Of Dishman, ….

1, August 1985.

2, April 1986.

3, Sept. 1986.

4, March 1987.

5, July 1987.

6, Dec. 1987.

7, Nov. 1988.

8, Dec. 1989.

9, March 1990.

10, Dec. 1990

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC MINI MINICOMIC: Self-published by John MacLeod. Contents and cover black & white.

Content story & Cover front & back:

Science cruise, 1, March 1987: “Pressman”. Car., John MacLeod. Assist., Sharon Beach: 1-7. Print run 500 copies.

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: Published by Tragedy Strikes Press. Colour cover. Black & white content.

Content story:

Reactor Girl, 5, October 1992: “Cereal”: 30.

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: All published by Potlatch Publications, Editor, Robert F. Neilson. Art Dir., Mary Tach.

Content:

Information text:

Canadian Children’s Annual, 1979. 1978: “Money Matters.” Writ., Barbara Greenwood: 83.

Story text:

Canadian Children’s Annual, 1976. 1975: “Killer Sharks and Sunken Gold.” Writ., Peter Nagai: 119-124. “Just Desserts.” Writ., William Ettridge. : 130-133

Canadian Children’s Annual, 1978. 1977: “Lost!”: Writ., William Ettridge: 71-72.

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC: Published by Tragedy Strikes Press. Colour cover. Black & white content

Content story & Cover wraparound:

The Cheese Heads. 5, October 1992. “The Second Coming of Officer Jerry, pt. 3”: 1-29.

CO-ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC: Published by Potlatch Publications, Editor, Robert F. Neilson. Art Dir., Mary Tach.

Canada’s Monsters, 1976. Writ., Betty Sanders Garner. James Simpkins also did some of the illustrations in this book.

SOURCE:

Correspondence:

Email, James Waley to Robert MacMillan, 7 January 2023.

Emails, John MacLeod to Robert MacMillan, 24 January 2023 to 11 March 2023.

Interview:

A telephone interview by Mel Taylor (not published) 31 March 2018.

GALLERY:

Canada’s Monsters, 1976: 21.

A picture containing text Description automatically generated Canada’s Monsters, 1976: 46.

The 1980 Comics Annual, 1979: 17.

A picture containing text Description automatically generated The 1980 Comics Annual, 1979: 90.

Diagram Description automatically generated

A picture containing diagram Description automatically generated

A picture containing text Description automatically generated science cruise 1, March 1987: “Pressman”: 1-7 & Front cover.

Reactor Girl, 5, October 1992: “Cereal”: 30.

A picture containing text Description automatically generated “Space Kid”, “Stella”, “Doc”’ & Pizmo”. “Space Kid” webcomic, circa 2010-2018.

Text Description automatically generated “Space Kid” webcomic 21 January2018.

A picture containing text, book Description automatically generated Lilith Dark, 5, 24 June 2014: Front cover.

A black and white drawing of a person with a mustache Description automatically generated with medium confidence Front “Nellie”, & “Vernor Magus”. Back “Chip” & “Russ”. “Not That Magic” webcomic, 11 October 2021.

Diagram Description automatically generated Left to right, “Vernor, “Nellie”, “Russ” & “Chip”. Above, “Garson”. “Not That Magic”, 21 March 2022

“Not That Magic” webcomic circa April 2020 -2023.

John MacLeod self portrait, 2022.

MacLEOD Cinders

MacLEOD Cinders

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content cartoon editorial:

Caricature . Cartoons Canada. Ed., Terry Mosher. Linda Leith Publishing, 2012: 52.

MacLELLAN John

MacLELLAN John

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT:

Content history & Cover dust jacket front:

Raiders of the Mohawk. Writ., Orlo Miller. Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1954.

MacLEAN David

MacLEAN David

Born 1952 in Oshawa.

About 1982 began as an editorial cartoonist at the Vancouver Sun. He won the B.C. Newspaper Award for best cartoonist twice. About 1996, he became a self syndicated cartoonist and illustrator, and the art director of the Internet News. His cartoons appeared in newspapers throughout Canada and the U.S. He worked in the film industry as illustrator and story board artist and published his own monthly tabloid ComicINK. He edited a book of cartoons called Vancouver Ink.

He was also a published poet and his play The Sound of Whales was published by Anvil Press.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content cartoon editorial:

Portfoolio…: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Ken MacQueen Macmillan of Canada, ….
10: 1994.	11: 1995.	12: 1996.

Portfoolio …. The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Jay Stone Macmillan of Canada, …
13, 1997.	14, 1998.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Portfoolio 10: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons.1994: “D. MacLean”: 153.

Portfoolio 12: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons.1996: “D. MacLean”: 151.

Portfoolio 14: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons.1998: “D. MacLean”: 152.

GALLERY:

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\M\MacLEAN David, Portfoolio 10, 153.jpg$ Portfoolio 10: 153.

MacLEAN Gordon

MacLEAN Gordon:

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC:

Content & Cover book front:

Brian McFarlane’s Hockey Annual. Ed., Brian McFarlane. Clarke Irwin & Co. Ltd., 1973: Front piece: 1. Story: “The Kid From Frobisher.” Writ., Leslie McFarlane*: 13-21, 40-47, 56-58. “Goalie Keep Your Cool.” Writ., Leslie McFarlane: 70-75, 96-101.

*Leslie McFarlane wrote the first “Hardy Boy” mysteries under the pen name “Franklin W. Dixon”.

GALLERY:

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\M\MacLEAN Gordon, Brian McFarlane's Hockey Annual, 1973, fc.jpg$ Brian McFarlane’s Hockey Annual, 1973: Front cover.

MacKINNON Bruce

MacKINNON Bruce

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE OF PERSON\M\MacKINNON, Bruce, Inklings, bc_0001.jpg$ Inklings: Back cover. Clarke Photographic.

Born 1961 in Toronto. Grew up in Antigonish.

Studied fine arts at Mount Allison University, and was a member of the Graphic Design program at the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design.

In 1985 he began a weekly editorial cartoon for the Chronicle –Herald Halifax]. About a year later n August 1986, he became full-time editorial cartoonist at the paper. In 1991, he was named “Journalist of the Year.” He won four National Newspaper Awards for editorial cartooning for the years 1992, 1993, 2013, 2014 and 2015. In 2014 he was named Journalist of the Year. In 2005, he won second prize in the World Press Cartoon competition in Portugal. On 8 October 2021, Canada Post Corp. honoured him with a first day cover and a commemorative stamp.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content editorial cartoon::

Caricature . Cartoons Canada. Ed., Terry Mosher. Linda Leith Publishing, 2012: 23, 27.

Drawing Opinions: MacKinnon de Adder & More: Cartoons and Stories that inspired them. The Chronicle Herald, 2013.

Portfoolio, The Year 87 In Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Ludcom Inc. 1987.

1988 Portfoolio, The Year In Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Charles Gordon. Eden Press. 1988.

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

Portfoolio …: The Year in Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Charles Gordon. Macmillan of Canada, ….
6: 1990.	7: 1991.	8: 1992.	9: 1993.

Portfoolio…: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Ken MacQueen Macmillan of Canada, ….
10: 1994.	11: 1995.	12: 1996.

Portfoolio …. The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Jay Stone Macmillan of Canada, …
13, 1997.	14, 1998.	15, 1999.	16, 2000.	17, 2001.

Portfoolio 18: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux. Writ., Scott Feschuk.McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 2002.

Portfoolio …. The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed. & Writ., Guy Badeaux . McArthur & Co. …
19, 2003.	20, 2004.	21, 2005.

Portfoolio …: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., & Writ., Warren Clements. McArthur & Co. ….
22: 2006.	23: 2009.	24: 2010.	25: 2011.

BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

Content cartoon editorial & Cover book:

Inklings. Halifax: Nimbus Publishing Ltd., 1990.

Inklings II. Halifax: Nimbus Publishing Ltd., 1994.

BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content cartoon panel:

2000 Reasons To Hate The Millennium: A 21^st Century Survival Guide. Ed., Josh Freed & Terry Mosher. Doubleday Canada Ltd., 1999.

PERIODICAL TEXT:

Content Caricatures:

The Canadian Forum, November 1996: 4 panels of caricatures:15.

Cover front:

The Canadian Forum, LXXIV-842, September 1995.

NEWSPAPER:

Content editorial cartoon:

Expositor [Brantford], 6 March 1999.

ILLUSTRATOR:

PERIODICAL TEXT ANTHOLOGY:

Content essay:

Maclean’s, Dec. 29.1997/Jan. 5, 1998: “‘Plan B’ Hits A …”. Writ., A. W. Smith: 20-21. “Looking Ahead”. Writ., B. Branswell: 38.

Cover front:

Maclean’s, 17 February 1997.

NEWSPAPER:

Content essay:

Toronto Star, 21 June 1995: “There’s plenty ‘left’ for a post-Rae NDP”. Writ., V. Cross & S. Langdon: A23.

Toronto Star, 20 April 1996”. Writ., Letter of the Week: C3.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Inklings. Nimbus Publishing Ltd., 1990: Back cover.

Portfoolio, The Year 87 In Canadian Caricature. 1987: “Bruce MacKinnon.” 206.

Portfoolio 9: The Year in Canadian Caricature. Ed., 1993: “Bruce MacKinnon.” 153.

Portfoolio 25: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons.2011: “B. MacKinnon.” 168.

Article periodical:

Canadian Cartoonist, v. 1, October 1989: “Bruce MacKinnon.” Interviewer, Chuck Walker: 7-10.

Article newspaper:

Toronto Star, 2 Oct. 2018: “Cartoonist’s response to Kavanaugh hearing is breathtaking” Writ., Alex Cooke: L6.

GALLERY:

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\M\MacKINNON Bruce, Inklings, fc.jpg$ Inklings, 12: 1990: Front cover.

A magazine cover with a cartoon of a person Description automatically generated The Canadian Forum, September 1995: Front cover.

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\M\MACKINNON Bruce, Portfoolio 12, front cover.jpg$ Portfoolio 12, 12: 1996: front cover.

A magazine cover with cartoon characters Description automatically generated Maclean’s, 17 September 1997: Front cover.

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\M\MacKINNON Bruce, Maclean's 30 Dec. 2002, 20.jpg$ Maclean’s Magazine, 30 Dec. 2002: 20.

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\M\MacKINNON Bruce, Expositor [Btfd], 26 Jan 2008, A9.jpg$ The Expositor [Brantford.], 26 Jan. 2008: A9.

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\M\MacKINNON Bruce, Toronto Star, 2 Oct. 2018, L6.jpg$ “This cartoon depicting the assault of Lady Justice is an explicit reference to how California professor Christine Blasey Ford described an alleged sexual assault.” Caption under cartoon.

This editorial cartoon was taken from the Toronto Star, 2 October 2018: L6. It originally appeared in The Halifax Chronicle Herald and was distributed by Canadian Press.

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