ROSS Jason

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content story:

Andromeda, 2-1, Sept.1977: “A Day at YGSRD”S.”.

ROSS Ian

A Winnipeg based playwright, that has written for theatre, film television and radio. His plays include “Heart of a Distant Tribe”, “Bereav’d of Light”, and “An Illustrated History of the Anishinabe”.

In 1996, he was awarded the “John Hirsch Award For Most Promising Manitoba Writer”. He created FareWel, a play for which he received the 1997 “Governor General’s Award For English Drama” and the 1999 “James Buller Award for Playwright”.

WORK:

CO-WRITER:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content story:

Moonshot. Alternate History Comics Inc., 2015: “Home.” Co-writ., Lovern Kindzierski. Illus., Adam Gorham. Col., Peter Dawes: 111-121.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Moonshot. Alternate History Comics Inc., 2015: “Biographies”: 170.

ROSS David

                              Dave Ross at Dragon Lady Comics, Queen St. West, Toronto (1986).                              Taken during interview for Comic Interview Magazine 39.

While at Sheridan College, this graduate created a futuristic world called “Avalone” which started as an animation project. Thse concept became a cartoon story in Vanity.  Ross was planning a career in animation and worked at Nelvana for a short time before he decided he’d be happier doing comic books.

In 1987 he worked as illustrator on Alpha Flight for Marvel Comics and has become a regular artist for both DC and Marvel comics.

According to Dave Darrigo Aliens Xenogenesis was Dave’s best work done in U.S. comics while Powerline was his worst. (Darrigo thought Ross would agree.) For Aliens, Dave got to pick his own inker and he liked the colouring job. He was very critical of colouring.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:

 Content story:

 Vortex, 1-2, March 1983: “Delirium”: 4-10.

 Vortex, 1-6, 1984: Two Can Play”: 13-24.

CREATOR, PENCILLER &, COLOURIST:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content:

Story:

Vanity, 2, Aug. 1984: “Avalone, Survival.” Writ., David Campiti. In., Dan Adkins. Let., Cody: 21-32.

ILLUSTRATOR:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:

Cover:

Front:

Alpha Flight….. Marvel Comics Group
1-37, Aug. 1986.	1-38, Sept. 1986.

Wrap around:

Thrax, 1, Nov. 1996.

PENCILLER:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:

Cover front:

Captain Canuck – Unholy War, 2, Nov.2004: In., Drue Langlois..

Content serial:

Alpha Flight….: “…” Writ., Bill Mantlo. In., Whilce Potacio unless otherwise noted. Let., Jim Novak unless otherwise noted. Col., Bob Sharen. Marvel Comics Group.

1-35, June 1986: “The Child Is Father To The Man”: 1-30. In., Gerry Talaco. 1-36, July 1986: Labour Pains”: 1-30. . In., Gerry Talaco. Let. Jim Rosen. 1-31. 1-37, Aug. 1986: “Death Birth”: 1-30. In., Gerry Talaco. 1-38, Sept., 1986: “Pestilence”: 1-30. In., Gerry Talaco. 1-39, Oct., 1986: “The Invasion Of Atlantis”: 1-30. 1-40, Nov. 1986: “Love”: 1-31. 1-41, Dec. 1986: “It’s Not Easy Being Purple”: 1-30. 1-42, Jan. 1987: “Auction”: 1-31. 1-43, Feb., 1987: “ Strike Across The Border”: 1-31. Let., Ken Bruzenak. 1-44, Mar. 1987: “Plague”: 1-30.

 

Aliens, Xenogenesis…. Writ., Tom & Mary Bieabaum. In., Andrew Pepoy. Col., Dan Jackson. Let., Sean Konot.
1, Aug. 1999.	2, Sept. 1999.	3, Oct. 1999	4, Nov. 1999.

Avengers West Coast…. Writ., Roy & Dann Thomas. In., Tim Dzon. Let., Bill Oakley. Col., Bob Sharen.

2-76, Nov. 1991: “Make Way for the Night Shift”: 1 – 30. 2-77, Jan. 1991: “Hurray for Hollywood Weird”: 1 – 30. 2-78, Jan. 1992: ‘There’s No Business Like…”: 1 – 30.

Avengers West Coast….Writ., R. & D. Thomas. In., T. Dzon. Let., Joe Rosen. Col., Bob Sharen.

2-79, Feb. 1992: “Fade Out”: 1 – 30. 2-80, Mar. 1992: “Turn of the Sentry”: 1 – 30. 2-81, Apr. 1992: “They Also Serve”: 1 – 30. 2-82, May 1992: “Shi’ar Hatred”: 1 – 30.

Avengers West Coast … Writ., R. & D. Thomas. In., T. Dzon. Let., Steve Dutro. Col., B. Sharen.

2-84, July 1992: “Along Came a Spider”: 1-30. 2-85, Aug. 1992: “Death Has Eight Legs”: 1-30. 2-86, Sep. 1992: “Webs of Fear and Sorrow”: 1-30. 2-87, Oct.1982: “Peace Divided”: 1-30. 2-88, Nov. 1992: “The Second Cold War”: 1-30. 2-89, Dec. 1992: “Ultron Unbound”: 1-30. 2-90, Jan. 1993: “Death Valley Daze”: 1-30. 2-91, Feb. 1993: “War Toy”: 1-30. 2-92, Mar. 1993: “When Goliaths Clash”: 1-30.

Avengers West Coast, 2-93, Apr. 1993: “Demonica Calling.” Writ., R. & D. Thomas. In., T. Dzon & Aaron McClellan. Let., S. Dutro. Col., B. Sharen. 1-30.

Avengers West Coast, 2-94, May 1993: “Personal Demons.” Writ., R. & D. Thomas. In., T. Dzon. Let., S. Dutro. Col., B. Sharen. 1 – 30.

Iron Man, 258-2, July 2013: “Entity Mine.” Writ., D. Michelinie. In., Bob Layton. Col., Chris Sotomayor. Let., Dave Lanphear..

Iron Man, 258-3, July 2013: “Entity Hammered.” Writ., D. Michelinie. In., Bob Layton. Col., Chris Sotomayor. Let., Dave Lanphear..

Power Line, 1-1, May 1988: “A Shadow Saga, Nexus.” Con., Archie Goodwin. Writ., D.C. Chichester

& Margaret Clark. In., Bob McLeod. Let., Phil Felix. Col., John Wellington: 1-28.

Power Line, 1-2, July 1988: “A Shadow Saga, Across this Great Nation.” Con., A. Goodwin. Writ., D.C. Chichester & M. Clark. In., Al Williamson. Let., P. Felix. Col., J. Wellington: 1-28.

Power Line, 1-3, Sept.1988 “A Shadow Saga, Every Purpose Under Heaven.” Con.., A. Goodwin. Writ., D.C. Chichester & M. Clark. In., Terry Austin. Let., P. Felix. Col., Petra Scotese: 1-28.

The Punisher, II-6, Feb.1968: “Garbage.” Writ., Mike Baron. In., Kevin Nolan. Col., John Wellington: 3 – 22.

WRITER/PENCILLER:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:

Content serial:

Thrax, 1, Nov. 1996: “In the Dead of the Night.” In., Tom Wegryzn. Let., Steve LeBlanc & George P. Gatsis. Col. David Chapman, John Lai, Jim Molos & Dave Ross..

CO-ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK GRAPHIC:

 Content novel & Cover book front, co-illus., Chris. Chuckry:

Necromantic. Writ., Lovern Kundzierski. Co-illus., Geof Isherwood. Col., Christopher Chuckry. Let., Taylor Esposito. Renegade Arts Entertainment, 2020.

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:

Content serial:

All-New Classic Captain Canuck. Captain Canuck, 3, Oct. 2016. “Time Chase pt. 3,” Writ. & Let., Ed

Brisson. Co-illus., George Freeman. Col., Laurie Smith.

The Outsiders, 23, Sept. 1987: “…And The Rocket’s Red Glare”: Writ., Mike Barr. Co-illus., Bob Smith. Let., Albert DeGuzman: 1-27.

Cover front:

Aliens: Xenogenesis, … Co-illus., Andrew Pepoy. Col., Dan Jackson.
1, Aug. 1999.	2, Sept. 1999.	3, Oct.. 1999	4, Nov. 1999.

Iron Man,….Co-illus., Tom Palmer & Chris Sotomayor.
258-2, July 2013.	258-2, July 2013.

SOURCE:

Article periodical:

Comics Interview, 39, 1986: “Dave Darrigo & Dave Ross, Part 1.” Interviewer, Paul Power. 20-27.

Comics Interview, 40, 1986: “Dave Darrigo & Dave Ross, Part 2.” Interviewer, Paul Power. 43-49.

Article newspaper:

“Here’s your guide to superheroes of Canadian comics.” Toronto Star, 27 February 1987: D6.

GALLERY:

Alpha Flight, 1-37, August 1986: Front cover.

Alpha Flight, 1-38, September 1986: Front cover.

ROSENTHAL Joseph

                                                                  Askart.com/artist/Joe_Rosenthal

This illustrator, graphic artist, painter, printmaker and sculptor was born 1921 in Kishinev Romania (present day Moldova). In 1927, he migrated with his family to Toronto.

In his teens he studied art at Central Technical School, then served in the Canadian Army from 1942 to 1945. About the time he was joining the Army he won a national poster competition organized by the Art Gallery of Toronto, now the Art Gallery of Ontario. After the war, from 1946 to 1947, he studied printmaking, drawing, painting and sculpture at the Ontario College of Art. Following his studies, he travelled extensively throughout Canada, Mexico, Europe and the Middle East. He returned to Toronto and began his career as a freelance illustrator.

In 1969, he was awarded a grant for a three month drawing tour of First Nations communities. The result was six hundred drawings which received critical praise.

His national and international reputation came to rest on his sculptures. In 1983 he was awarded first prize in the National Open Sculpture Competition for the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Monument erected in Toronto. He completed the monument in 1985. He was awarded the Rabin International Presentation Sculpture in 1996 in Los Angles.

He died 1 July 2018.

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK TEXT:

Content biography & Cover dust jacket front:

Queen’s Cowboy. Writ., Kerry Wood. Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1960.

Content novel & Cover dust jacket front:

The Mystery Of The Muffled Man. Writ., Max Braithwaite. Little Brown & Co (Canada) Ltd., 1962.

PERIODICAL TEXT:

Content memoir:

Star Weekly Magazine,….: “A Loyalist Soldier Returns to Spain,…. “Writ., Hugh Garner.

9 April 1960: “Pt. 1”: 3, 4, 6, 25-27. 16 April 1960: “Pt 2: The Last Crusade”: 12-14, 35. 23 April 1960: “Pt 3: Was the Crusade Worth The Cost?”: 14, 15, 17.

SOURCE:

Internet:

Askart.com/artist/Joe Rosenthal Accessed 18 February 2024.

GALLERY:

Star Weekly Magazine, 9 April 1960: 3

Queen’s Cowboy, 1960.: Dust jacket front.

The Mystery Of The Muffled Man., 1962: Illustration from dust jacket front.

ROSEN Joshua

This Toronto cartoonist/illustrator graduated from the Center for Cartoon Studies in Hartford U.S.A. with an MFA. His clients have included Slate.com, the University of Iowa and Dartmouth College.

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content story:

Toronto Comics, v. 3, Ed., Steve Andrews, et al. Toronto Comics Anthology, May 2016: “The Dark.” Writ., Aaron Feldman: 66-74.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Toronto Comics, v. 3, Toronto Comics Anthology, May 2016: “Joshua Rosen”: 65.

ROSEN David

                                A photo sent to Robert MacMillan by David Rosen.

Born 1955 in Montréal.

At 15 years old Dave began cartooning for the short-lived Montréal underground newspaper Logos, famous for mocking Mayor Jean Drapeau. Drapeau finally got his revenge when using the FLQ crisis as an excuse he had the paper closed down.  Dave’s cartoons, however, continued to appear in The Georgia Strait (Vancouver) and Berkley Barb (Berkley California), as well as the student newspaper McGill Daily from 1974 to 1977.

In the early 1980’s he freelanced his cartoons to alternative magazines in Montréal like, Blow Up (1982) and Open City (1984), in Saskatoon The Briarpatch (1983/4) and in Ottawa, Goodwin (1985). He also branched out into small circulation socially conscious magazines like This Magazine, and The Canadian Forum and the syndicate Union Art Service.

He was the Canadian editor and columnist for Target, a U.S. quarterly devoted to the art of political cartooning, from issue 6, Winter 1983 to issue 24 Summer 1987 when publication of the magazine ended.  Steve Bradley was Canadian editor for issues 1 to 4. There was no Canadian editor for issue 5.  Here Dave wrote a column called “Canadian Drawing Board” on political cartooning in Canada plus  interviews with Terry Mosher and Robert LaPalme. These efforts have been a valuable source of information for this encyclopedia.  It was at this time he edited an anthology Megatoons: Cartoonists Against Nuclear War.

In 1984 he became editorial cartoonist, for the Sunday Express, a Quebecor newspaper located in Montréal. The Express ceased operations in 1985, and he moved to the Sherbrooke Record in Sherbrook Québec. During 1986, he was on the jury of  le Salon International de la Caricature /The International Salon of Cartoons

He left free-lance cartooning in 1987, to pursue a career with C.B.C. radio. Beginning as an associate producer, he moved on to writer-broadcaster and freelance producer. While working with CBC Dave became involved in stand-up comedy from 1990 to 1995. It began as an idea he presented to the Gazette [Montréal]. He would write a feature on the subject for their entertainment section after taking a workshop on standup comedy offered by a local club. The Gazette accepted the idea and the inadvertent result was that Dave became a standup comic. He especially enjoyed the writing side of comedy which was a natural extension of the writing side of his editorial cartooning. The cartoon below reflects when he realized that if he wanted to keep the attention of his audiences he had to switch from satire to jokes.

In 1993, while still employed by the CBC, he returned to cartooning, drawing for Hour a Montréal alternative weekly until 2002.

Still on the CBC front Dave settled in as an on-air traffic reporter on the morning show Daybreak from 1995 to 2005. Having left standup comedy he wrote and produced What Happened (1996 -2001) a three minute syndicated radio spot, and followed this up with a comedy spot called That’s Showbiz 2001 to 2002. These were heard on CBC stations across Canada. Still involved in the print media, he created  The Quebec Neverendum Colouring and Activity Book in 1996 and in 1998 his cartoons plus jokes from What Happened  were collected together in a book with the same name.

Over 2000 to 2001, he returned to the stage and hosted a series of monthly experimental comedy shows called One Night Stand for which he was also producer/promoter.

To further his cartooning career, in the early 2000’s, Dave joined Artizans a cartoon syndicate operated by Malcolm Mayes with the result that his editorial cartoons began appearing in mainstream dailies like Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen and Globe & Mail.  In 2002 he transferred from Hour to The Mirror, another Anglophone alternative weekly founded in 1985, and later purchased by Quebecor. He remained there till it was closed in 2012 as the pressures on print media from electronic media increased. This was effectively his retirement year as a decline in demand for editorial cartoonists accompanied the decline in print media. However, his cartoons continue to be used as illustrations in books like Marian Botsford Fraser’s Acting For Freedom.

Epilogue:

Probably because of his own intimate connections with alternative publications, Dave in 1984 began research for a projected book on cartoonists whose main outlets were fringe publications that is publications speaking to farmers, trade unionists, socialists, and during the 1960’s and 1970’s counterculture readers. He put together a sample chapter featuring socialist cartoonists from the 1930’s. No publisher was interested. Fast forward to 1993. He revived the idea in a new form and presented it to Library and Archives Canada. It was to be an exhibit presented by their subdivision the Museum of Caricature. Called Drawing in the Margins, it focused on the 1960’s and 1970’s featuring cartoonists like Avrom Yanovsk, Rand Holmes and Terry Mosher. It was accepted and Dave was hired as a guest curator. He collected the original artwork and wrote a catalogue for the show. A few weeks before the show’s premier Library and Archives Canada closed the Museum of Caricature. The stories of these cartoonists still seek their audience.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC:

Content & Cover:

The Quebec Neverendum Colouring & Activity Book. Véhicule Press, 1996.

The Stephen Harper Colouring & Activity Book. PopBoomBang Books, 2011.

 BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

 Content editorial cartoon:

Best Canadian Political Cartoons, 1984. Ed., N.M. Stahl. For., Robert LaPalme. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Sept. 1984: 61, 106, 124, 187.

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

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

Portfoolio, The Year 86 In Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux. Writ., Charles Gordon. Ludcom Inc. 1986.

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

 Cover & Content:

 What Happened? Véhicule Press. 1998.

PERIODICAL TEXT ANTHOLOGY:

 Cover advertisement for Morningside:

 Radio Guide, 4-1, January 1984: Inside front cover. Caricature of Peter Gzowski.

WRITER:

Essay unpublished:

“Drawing The Line: Radical Cartoonists of the Thirties.” This was a sample chapter for a proposed book on cartoonists who worked partially or completely for alternative publications.

PERIODICAL TEXT & GRAPHIC:

Content columns:

Target, 6, Summer 1983 to 24, Summer 1987. “The Canadian Drawing Board”.

 Content essays:

Target, Summer 1983: “Outrage On Tap: The Art of Aislin.”.

Target, Spring 1985: “Political Geometry: The Art of Robert LaPalme.”. This article first appeared in Open City, sometime earlier.

EDITOR:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Cover & content:

 Megatoons: Cartoonists Against Nuclear War. Eden Press, 1984.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Portfoolio, The Year 85 In Canadian Caricature. 1985: “David Rosen”: 214

Portfoolio 10: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. 1994: “David Rosen”: 157.

Portfoolio 14: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. 1998: “David Rosen”: 156.

Correspondence:

Emails between David Rosen & Robert MacMillan:
10 July 2019. 22 July 2019.	28 July 2019	5 August 2019.	11 September 2019. 24 December 2023	13-17, January 2024. 25-26 January 2024.

GALLERY:

Radio Guide, 4-1, January 1984: Inside front cover.

Dave Rosen’s realization that standup comedy is about jokes. (See above). Portfoolio 10, 1994: 157.

The Quebec Neverendum Colouring & Activity Book, 1996.

Portfoolio 23, 2009: Back cover.

Portfoolio 25, 2011: 175.

The Stephen Harper Colouring & Activity Book., 2011.

ROSCHKOV Victor

                                      Roschkov Editorial Cartoons: Back cover.

“Editorial meetings are necessary for the editorial writers, but seem to inhibit most cartoonists. Most of us feel that our time could be better spent alone at the drawing board where we belong.”                                                                              Victor Roschkov, The Hecklers: 249.

Born 1941 in Kiev Ukraine.

After the war his family immigrated to Canada settling in Windsor Ontario. He dropped out of high school to play billiards and drifted until he found a job at a silk screen company in London, Ontario. He began drawing caricatures and assembled a portfolio which he took around to newspapers. Time Magazine printed one of his drawings. In 1972, the Star [Windsor] hired him as an editorial cartoonist. He drew four cartoons a week and experimented with various techniques including colour.

In 1976, he moved to The Toronto Star, where he worked as an illustrator and an editorial cartoonist, filling in for Duncan Macpherson. He won a National Newspaper Award in 1980. He left the Toronto Star in 1982 and freelanced till 1984 when he joined the Edmonton Sun as editorial cartoonist.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content editorial cartoons:

The Art of Political Cartooning in Canada/1980. Ed., Steve Bradley. For., Robert LaPalme. Virgo Press, Oct. 1980: 11, 47, 50, 73, 111, 168.

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

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

BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

Content cartoon editorial & Cover book front:

Roschkov Editorial Cartoons. Prentice-Hall of Canada Ltd., 1979.

SOURCE:

Article book:

The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: 249.

Portfoolio, The Year 85 In Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux & Alan King. Writ., Charles Gordon. Ludcom Inc. 1985: “ Vic Roschkov”: 214.

GALLERY:

Roschkov Editorial Cartoons: Front cover.

 Roschkov Editorial Cartoons

Toronto Star, 16 Nov. 1976: B4

RORY O’MORE

See: THOMAS Bill

 

ROOTH Mike

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC;

Cover front:

All-New Classic Captain Canuck. 1, March 2016: Cover B:

Captain Canuck, 1, May 2015. Cover F: “EH!1”.

 

ROMITO Tony

This designer and storyteller lives in Iqualuit in Nunavut. In 2003, he with two others launched the Nunavut Bilingual Education Society which produces educational materials for schools throughout the territory. He wrote “Siku” for his children.

WORK:

WRITER:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content story:

Moonshot. Alternate History Comics Inc., 2015: “Siku.” Illus., Jeremy D. Mohler: 91-110.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Moonshot. Alternate History Comics Inc., 2015: “Biographies”: 173.