STARK William Reover
(He often signed his work WRS.
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BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC:
Content picture book & Cover book front:
A Book of Cats: Canada Toy Book C2 Series. Canada Games Co.,1921.
Cinderella: Canada Toy Book, Series 10. Canada Games Co., no date.
Cock Robin: Canada Toy Books, A3 Series. Canada Games Co., no date.
My Own Painting Book:.Canada Toy Book, C-51 Series. Canada Games Co., 1923.
The Pleasant Painting Book: For Crayon or Water Colour: Canada Toy Books, Series 10. Canada Games Co., no date.
Three Little Kittens: Canada Toy Books, A3 Series. Canada Games Co., no date.
STAR RIDER PRODUCTIONS LTD. Location: 5707 Burleigh Crescent S.E. Calgary Alberta. Owner/Publisher: Richard Comely.
Contributor: Richard Comely, Ric Estrada, Royston Evans, Tom Grummett.
Character: Komputor Keene (J.C. Keene), The Peace Machine (Jordan Powers) Star Rider ((Ryan Haney) Steel Chameleon.
Richard Comely created this company after the collapse of “Captain Canuck” and CKR Productions about March – April 1981. It was a vehicle to publish Star Rider and The Peace Machine which appeared on the stands July 1982, and ended with issue October 1982.
Comely cartooned “Star Rider and The Peace Machine, and wrote “The Raft” which Tom Grummett illustrated, and “Steel Chameleon” which Royston Evans illustrated. Ric Estrada cartooned “Komputor Keene”. The periodical was directed at the U.S. market as all of the characters were American. “The Raft” was a story of eastern Canadians fleeing to the U.S. to escape a communist takeover. Lasting only two issues, none of the stories develop. One final note, Comely writes a conspiracy essay “The Great Conspiracy: The Communist-Super Capitalist alliance; The most dangerous phenomena of our time.” Which is based on books by other authors. The graphic stories in Star Rider and The Peace Machine, all appear to be based on this theory.
PRODUCT:
PERIODICAL TEXT & GRAPHIC:
Star Rider and The Peace Machine, 1-1, July 1982.
Star Rider and The Peace Machine, 1-2, October 1982.
SOURCE:
Article periodical:
Orion, 1-2, 1982: “Comely’s Conspiracy, OR, Power Makes Strange Bedfellows.” Writ., Christopher Broadbent: 8-9.
STAR RIDER AND THE PEACE MACHINE
See STAR RIDER PRODUCTIONS LTD.
STAPLETON Archibald Bruce
This illustrator and war poster artist was born 19 July 1910 in Stratford Ontario. Died 1981.
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BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC:
Cover dust jacket:
A Picture History of Canada. Writ., Jessie McEwen & Kathleen Moore. Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd. No date.
GALLERY:
Illustration from wrap around dust jacket, front and part of back. A Picture History of Canada. No date.
STAPLES Owen
This cartoonist who used the pen name “Rostap” was born 1866 in Somerset England, but moved as a child with his family to Hamilton Ontario.
He studied art in Toronto and Philadelphia under Thomas Eskins, then worked for the Evening Telegram [Toronto] from 1885 to 1947. He was principally a landscape painter but drew editorial cartoons circa 1885 to 1908. His cartoons were known for their ferocious attacks on Laurier and on the railway scandals of the day.
He died in 1949.
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Content history:
A Picture History of Canada. Writ., Jessie McEwen & Kathleen Moore. Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd. No date: 64: “Burlington Races”.
SOURCE:
Article book:
The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: 80, 249.
STAPLES Fiona
Born in Calgary. She attended the Alberta College of Art and Design.
She has received numerous awards for her work on Saga published by Image Comics. These include Harvey Awards in 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016 for Best Artist, in 2013 for Best Colourist and in 2014, 2015 & 2016 for Best Cover Artist. She won Eisner Awards in 2014 for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)) and in 2017 for Best Penciller/Inker and for Best Cover Artist.
She has received Joe Shuster Awards in 2011 for Outstanding Comic Book Cover Artist and in 2014 for Best Artist, and received Ringo Awards in 2017 for Best Artist or Penciller and in 2019 for Best Cover Artist. In addition she has won multiple awards in partnership in Brain K. Vaughan.
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Cover front:
Captain Canuck, 4, Sept. 2015: Cover C:
SOURCE:
Article periodical:
Canadian Review Of Comparative Literature, 43-1, March 2016: “Fiona Staples and the Long Horizon.” Writ., Matilda Roche: 180-193.
STANLEIGH Andy
Cartoonist, illustrator, publisher and owner of Alternative History Comics.
WORK:
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BOOK GRAPHIC:
Content story & Cover book front & back:
Hobson’s Gate. Toronto: Alternate History Comics, 2013.
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Content novel & Cover book front & back:
Titan: An Alternate History. Writ., Michael Tymczyszyn. Alternate History Comics, 2011.
CARTOONIST & ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK & DISC AUDIO CD:
Art work & graphic story:
Delta. Lyrics & Music by The River Pilots. Alternate History Comics, 2013.
SOURCE:
Article book:
Moonshot. Alternate History Comics Inc., 2015: “Biographies.”.
STAMPART Location: P.O. Box 48385 Bentall Station, Vancouver British Columbia.
It was the publisher of Fog City Comics.
PRODUCT:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:
| Fog City Comics. |
| 1, Sept. 1977. |
2, Oct.1978. |
3, June 1979. |
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