STAMP CORNER
This text feature began appearing in Canadian Heroes during its final issues. It was written by “Old Timer”.
MEDIUM:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content information:
Canadian Heroes, 5-3, June 1945: “Stamp Corner.” Writ., “Old Timer”: 64.
ST AUBIN Claude
Born 1951, in Matheson Ontario.
He spent his teen and young adult years in Montréal. He graduated from college as a graphic designer. His first work in the cartooning field appeared in the magazine Captain Canuck. This was confined to co-colouring, co-inking and some lettering. He was the driving force behind “Beyond” the backup serial in Captain Canuck.
He has worked as a freelance penciller and occasionally as an inker for the major U.S. companies on such titles as the Green Lantern, X-files, Superman and Green Arrow. He was inducted into the Shuster Hall of Fame in 2010.
WORK:
TEAM EFFORT:
BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
Content serial:
Captain Canuck, vol. 1. Captain Canuck, vol. 1. Other creators see below. Idea & Design Works Publishing, June 2009. Collects Captain Canuck material from the Calgary period.
Captain Canuck, vol. 2. Other creators see below. Idea & Design Works Publishing, Dec. 2009. Collects Captain Canuck material from the Calgary period.
Captain Canuck: Compendium 1975 – 1981. Chapter House Comics, July 2015. A collection of the first 14 issues of the Captain Canuck serial.
Beyond: The Meadan Quest. Includes first six published episodes Captain Canuck 9-12, 14, 15 plus unpublished episode 7. Two new episodes by writer R. Comely, illustrator G. Freeman and colourist Laurie Smith complete the story. Chapter House Comics, 2015.
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:
Content serial:
Capt. Canuck, 1-9, Apr./May 1980: “Beyond.” Writ. & Let., Richard Comely. Illus. & Col., Jean Claude St. Aubin. Ed., George Freeman.
Capt. Canuck, 1-10, July/Aug. 1980: “Beyond.” Writ., R. Comely. Illus., Col.& Let., J-C St. Aubin. Ed., G. Freeman.
Capt. Canuck,1-11, Sept./Oct 1980: “Beyond.” Writ., R. Comely. Illus., Col. & Let., J-C St. Aubin. Ed. G. Freeman.
Capt. Canuck, 1-12, Nov./Dec. 1980 “Beyond.” Co-writ., R. Comely, J-C St Aubin & G. Freeman. Illus., J-C St Aubin
Capt.Canuck,1-14, Mar./Apr.. 1981: “Beyond.” Co-writ., G. Freeman, J-C & Jacqueline St Aubin. Illus. & Let., J-C St Aubin. Ed., G. Freeman.
Capt. Canuck,1-15. “Beyond.” Co-writ., George Freeman, J-C & J. St Aubin &. Illus. & Let., J-C St Aubin. Was never published but story appears as the fifth installment in the collected Beyond.
CARTOONIST:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Orion, 1-1, Summer 1981: “Captain Chinook”: 26-29.
ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK GRAPHIC: All published by Renegade Arts Entertainment.
Content diary illustrated text:
The Loxleys and Confederation. May 2015: “From The Diary Of Lillian Stock 1867”: 87-99.
Content history illustrated text:
The Loxleys and Confederation. May 2015: “Afterword: Looking For Kanata.” Writ., Niigaanwewidam J. Sinclair:100-102.
The Loxleys and the War of 1812. April 2012: “War of 1812 Summary.” Writ., Mark Zuehlke.
Content novel graphic & Cover book front & back:
The Loxleys and Confederation. Writ., Mark Zuehlke, Alex Finbow & Niigaanwewidam J. Sinclair. Col., Christopher Chuckry. Let., Todd Klein. May 2015.
Content novel graphic & portraits & Cover dust jacket front & back:
The Loxleys and the War of 1812. Writ., Alan Grant. Colo., Lovern Kindzierski. Let., Todd Klein. War of 1812 Summary, Mark Zuehlke. April 2012.
Content story illustrated text & Cover book front:
Jacqueline The Singing Crow. Writ., Mandi Kujawa. Let., Annie Parkhouse. 2015.
ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: All published by Alternate History Comics.
Content story & sketches:
Moonshot. 2015: “Copper Heart.” Writ., Elizabeth LaPensée. Col., A. Stanleigh: 146-154 & 165.
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
Content story:
Captain Canuck Summer Special #1 Canada Day Edition, 2014: “Aziz & Captain Canuck in Happy Canada Day.” Writ., Paul Gardiner & Dean Henry. Col., G. Freeman & Laurie Smith. Let., G. Freeman. “Monster Mentality.” Writ., R. Comely: 11-14.
ILLUSTRATOR & CO-WRITER:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
Content story:
Captain Canuck, First Summer Special, July-Sept. 1980 “The Filler”: Co-writ., Comely: 27-31.
SOURCE:
Article book:
The Loxleys and the War of 1812. Renegade Arts, April 2012: 168.
Moonshot. Alternate History Comics Inc., 2015: “Biographies”: 169.
Beyond: The Meadan Quest. Writ., R. Comely. Chapter House Comics, 2015: “Forward”: 1.
GALLERY:
See THE LOXLEYS
SPRINGETT Martin
Who, 1993: Dust jacket, photographer David Shelton.
Born 1947 in Crayford Kent England.
He studied guitar at Brassey Scholl of Art in Hastings. Migrated to Vancouver in 1965 but returned to England in 1973 where he played with various bands, playing in Germany and touring Europe.
While in London England he began illustrating and designing audio recording covers for Columbia Music. He returned to Vancouver then moved to Toronto in 1978. Here in 1983 he released his first audio album The Garden Club. He was involved as a consultant as well as artist for the Heads In The Sky album.
He branched out into doing dust jacket covers for fantasy books when he was commissioned for Guy Gavriel Kay’s trilogy The Fionavar Tapestry. In 1990 he diversified into children’s books illustrating Mel Ming & The Dragons Daughter.
He has received an Aurora Award For Excellence in Fantasy Art from the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association, two Silver Awards from the Art Directors Club of Toronto and Best Classical Record Cover of the Year Award in the United Kingdom.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Potlatch presents The 1980 Comics Annual. Ed., Ian Carr. Potlatch Publications, 1979: “The Hunter.” 60-63.
BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: Published by Potlatch Publications, Ed., Robert F. Neilson. Art Dir., Mary Tach.
Content story graphic:
Canadian Children’s Annual, 1978. 1977: “The Mirror of Angelus.” 102-109.
Canadian Children’s Annual, 1979. 1978: “The Eye Of Lorca”: 72-80.
ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK TEXT:
Cover book front:
The First Tale of Nedao: To The Haunted Mountains. Writ., Ru Emmerson. Ace Fantasy Books/Berkley Publishing Group, February. 1987.
The Second Tale of Nedao: In The Caves Of Exile. Writ., Ru Emmerson. Ace Fantasy Books/Berkley Publishing Group, January 1988.
The Third Tale of Nedao: On The Seas of Destiny. Writ., Ru Emmerson. Ace FantasyBooks/Berkley Publishing Group, February. 1989.
Cover dust jacket:
Fionavar Tapestry: Summer Tree. Writ., Guy Gavriel Kay. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1984.
Fionavar Tapestry: The Wandering Fire. Writ., G. Gavriel Kay. Collins Publishers, 1986.
Fionavar Tapestry: The Darkest Road. Writ., G. Gavriel Kay. Collins Publishers, 1986.
The Third Magic. Writ., Welwyn Wilton Katz. Groundwood/Douglas & McIntyre Publishers, 1988.
BOOK TEXT COLLECTION:
Content story & Cover book front:
The Compleat Traveller In Black. Writ., John Brunner. Bluejay Books, August 1986. “Imprint of Chaos”: 7, 27, 44. “Break The Door Of Hell”: 70, 85, 98. “Wager Lost By Winning”: 127, 141, 144. “The Things That Are God’s”: 161, 170, 190. “Dread Empire”: 222, 236, 247, 251.
BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC:
Content story & Cover book front & back; dust jacket front & back:
Who, Writ., Richard Thompson. Orca Book Publishers, 1993.
BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: Published by Potlatch Publications, Ed., Robert F. Neilson. Art Dir., Mary Tach-Holadyk.
Content poetry:
Canadian Children’s Annual 1983, 1982: “I’m From The Planet Aquamar.” Writ., Dorothy C. Smith: 150.
Content information:
Canadian Children’s Annual 1983, 1982: “Wizard of Fantasy.” Writ., Robert F. Neilson: 151-152. (About J.R.R. Tolkien and Lord Of The Rings)
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Cover back:
Heavy Metal, III-4, Aug. 1979.
PERIODICAL TEXT:
Content review:
Radio Guide, 7-8 August 1987: 21.
POSTER:
Canadian Children’s Annual 1979 Potlatch Publications, 1978: “Merlin’s Dream”.
Canadian Children’s Annual 1982 Potlatch Publications, 1981: “Fact or Fancy”.
COLOURIST:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content song:
“Sympathy for the Devil.” Lyrics, Mick Jagger & Keith Richards. Co-adapter, Gene Day. Pen., Gene Day. In. & Let., Bill Payne. Heavy Metal, III-4, Aug. 1979: 81-88.
DISC AUDIO 33RPM:
Artwork:
The Garden Club. Performer, Martin Springett. Lake Wilcox Ontario. Illuminated Records, IR5002.
Heads In The Sky. Band, Heads In The Sky. Lake Wilcox Ontario. Illuminated Records, IR001.
COMPOSER:
DISC AUDIO 33RPM:
Composition:
The Garden Club. Performer, Martin Springett. Lake Wilcox Ontario. Illuminated Records, IR5002.
SOURCE:
fitzhenry.ca/martin-springett. Accessed March 3, 2024.
Martinspringett.com/biography. Accessed March 3, 2024.
GALLERY:
Heavy Metal, III-4, August 1979: Back cover.
The Fionavar Tapestry Book 2; The Wandering Fire, 1986: Front cover.
The Compleat Traveller In Black. Bluejay Books, August 1986: Front cover.
Who, 1993: Cover book front.
SPRAGETT
Spragett took over the writing chores for: “Dr. Blue and Blackie”. Marc Borgatta was originally the writer and illustrator. André Kulbach took over the illustrating chores.
SOURCE:
Article periodical:
Joke Comics. 23, no date: “Welcome Home Gang”: 26.
SPINNERETTE
An interesting character created by Janet Heatherington and Ron Sutton, Spinnerette was a “spider-vampire” whose inspiration appears to have been “Vampirella”. In the first sketches of the character she is a dangerous woman but one who appears to confine her predatory actives to villains, extracting her nourishment from them. In the preliminary story Ariadne” which is her name in her human form turns into a giant spider generating other smaller spiders when threatened. There was also an insipient love interest with Roger Landis who is the narrator.
Unfortunately, the character was never developed beyond the preliminary stages and the many questions created in the initial story remain unanswered. . However, in Song of the Sirens there is an announcement for a future “Spinnerette series that suggests a serial was in the planning, but not realized.
MEDIUM:
BOOK GRAPHIC:
Content folio:
Eternal Romance . Labour Of Love Sketch Book. Co- writ. & Co-illus., Janet Hetherington & Ron Sutton. Hetherington/Sutton Studio, Summer 1998: 12-13. Edition limited to 250 copies.
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Armageddon Rising, no date. “Spinnerette: Truce Or Consequences.” Writ., Janet Hetherington. Illus., Ron Sutton. Millenium Publications.
Song of the Sirens, Book 2, Earth, no date. “Spinnerette: Survival Instinct.” Writ., Janet Hetherington. Illus., Ron Sutton. Millennium Publications.
GALLERY:
Eternal Romance . Labour Of Love Sketch Book. Summer 1998: 12
Eternal Romance . Labour Of Love Sketch Book. Summer 1998: 13
SPIKE AND MIKE
Two hobo type characters created by Ross Saakel for Bell Features & Publishing Ltd.
MEDIUM:
BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
Content collection story & Cover:
Mike And Mike, no number, no date: A collection of Spike and Mike stories by Ross Saakel from Joke Comics, including “Box Car Tourists” and “Trip To The Moon”.
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content:
Merchandise:
Active Comics, 21, no date: A “Spike and Mike” cut-out face mask. Illus., Ross Saakel. Inside front and back cover.
Serial:
Commando Comics,?, no date. “Spike ‘n’ Mike.” Car., Ross Saakel.
| Joke Comics, … no date: “Spike ‘n’ Mike”. Car., Ross Saakel: …. Bell Features. Black & white. | ||
| 6: 35-40. | 8: 1-8. | 23: 34-38. |
Cover front:
Joke Comics, 6. No date: Illus., Adrian Dingle.
GALLERY:
Illus., Adrian Dingle. Joke Comics, 6: Front cover.
Car., Ross Saakel. Joke Comics, 23: 36.
SPHINX PRODUCTIONS Location: 24 Mercer Street, Toronto. President: Ron Mann
Established in 1992, this film and CD-ROM production company was responsible for the film Comic Book Confidential which was produced and directed by Ron Mann; edited by Ronn Mann & Robert Kennedy; art direction, Gerlinde Scharinger; photography, Robert Fresco & Joan Churchill; sound recording, David Joliet, Tod A. Maitland & Brenda Ray; sound editor Steve Munroe. The graphic consultants were bp Nicol and Mark Askwith. The music was by Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet, Keith Elliot. Dr. Jiohn and Gerard Leckey & Nicholas Striling of Strange Nursery.
A promotional booklet of the same name was published.
PRODUCT:
BOOK GRAPHIC:
Comic Book Confidential. 1988. Design: Mark Askwith & bp Nichol. Lettering, Ron Kasman. Front cover & Page 1 illustrations, Chester Brown. Story, “Addicted.” Rick Taylor.
SOURCE:
Book graphic:
Comic Book Confidential. 1988: Inside front & back covers.