LEE Carol
WORK:
ILLUSTRATOR:
DISC AUDIO 33 RPM:
Art work:
Clichés. Poetry, lyrics & music, Jack Berger. Arranger & conductor, Victor Davies. Nar., Robin Ward. Singers, Brent Carver & Hena Greenberg. Clichés Records Ltd., 1978. RJB 178.
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LEE Brian
LEE Brian
WORK:
CO-CARTOONIST:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Andromeda, 2-4, Dec. 1978: “For Tomorrow We Die.” Co-car., Marc Griffiths.
LEDUC Robert
LEDUC Robert
Born in the early 1930’s in Montréal.
He took night courses at l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts and other small schools. He produced cartoons for Le Patrie for seventeen years till the paper ceased operations. Later he drew occasional cartoons for La Presse, Montreal-Martin and Perspectives. Principally, however, he has been a commercial artist.
SOURCE:
Article book:
The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: 242.
LEDUC Paul
LEDUC Paul
This Montréal caricaturist worked for La Patrie in the 1930’s. He was noted for his caricatures which usually dealt with the difficulties of daily life.
SOURCE:
Article book:
The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: 242.
LECOUILLIARD Steve
LECOUILLIARD Steve
Una The Blade. 2016: Cover back.
This Coquitlam British Columbia resident is primarily known for the series of books based on his character “Much The Millar’s Son”. He works as an artist and supervisor in the animation industry. He has worked on projects like Ed, Edd, ‘n’ Eddy and My Little Pony. He is a member of Cloudscape Comics Society.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC: All self published.
Content serial & Cover book front:
Much the Miller’s Son, v. 1: the good, the bad, and much. 2007.
Much the Miller’s Son, v. 2: The Archery Contest. 2009.
Much the Miller’s Son, v. 3: Robin’s Seven or “Nobody’s Vault but Mine. 2011.
Much the Miller’s Son, the Doomsday Book. 2020. This book collects vols. 1-3 and adds vols. 4 & 5 plus a Guest Gallery.
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Historyonics: Stories Drawn From The Past. Cloudscape Comics, November 2008: “Much Miller’s Son”: 4-8
ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content pin up:
Exploded View, March 2010: No title: 187.
Content pin up & Cover book front & back:
Giants of Main Street. Cloudscape Comics, March 2012: No title: 148.
WRITER:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content Serial:
| Una The Blade, Writ., Steve LeCouilliard. Cloudscape Comics, 2016. |
|
“Child’s Play” Illus., Sloane Leong: 2-6. “The Price of Loyalty. Illus., Steve LeCouilliard: 7-18. “Alpha Male.” Illus., Simon Roy. Col., Steve LeCouilliard: 19-23. “Spore.” Illus., Chris Johnston: 24-28. “Choices.” Illus., Steve LeCouilliard: 29-35. “Seed of Evil.” Illus., Claudia Aguirre: 36-40. “The Dreaming Tree.” Illus., Renee Nault: 41-45. “Fates.” Illus., Steve LeCouilliard: 46-50. “Bedtime Story.” Illus., Katie Shananhan: 51-55. “A Deadly Gamble.” Illus., Tess Fowler. Col., Steve LeCouilliard: 56-60. “Nothing To Be Afraid Of.” Illus., Michael Stearns. Col., S. LeCouilliard: 61-65. |
SOURCE:
Article book:
Much the Miller’s Son, the Doomsday Book. 2020: 263.
Una The Blade. Cloudscape Comics, 2016: “Steve Couilliard”: Cover back.
GALLERY: 
From back cover Giants of Main Street. March 2012.
LECLAIR Jeanna
LECLAIR Jeanna
WORK:
ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Toronto Comics, v. 3, Ed., Steve Andrews et al. Toronto Comics Anthology, May 2016: “One Night On The TTC.” Writ., Ryan Clement: 120-129.
LEBLANC Steven
LEBLANC Steve
Photo of Steve LeBlanc taken about the time he was drawing Tony Bravado.
A portrait of Steve drawn by R.G. Taylor about the time they were collaborating on “167”.
I came to comics late for most young boys….I was unable to pursue this medium for economic reasons. Instead I turned to the local library … it was there I first encountered the prose of Robert Louis Stevenson. With the added bonus of the books being illustrated by N.C. Wyeth my heroes became people like Jim Hawkins from Treasure Island and Dick Shelton in The Black Arrow. …
These stories [and others like them] profoundly influenced my thoughts about justice and right and wrong and is at odds with the current culture of flawed heroes and nebulous motives.” The Lost Island of Dreams, 2013: Inside front cover.
Steve LeBlanc was born January 30, 1956 in Berwick Nova Scotia and at the age of six years moved to Toronto where he still lives with his wife and two children.
After High School he studied in the cartooning program in Sheridan College in Oakville from 1975 to 1977 and then studied painting from 1980 to 1989 with Michael John Angel who was one of North America’s foremost figure painters in the classical tradition. He was also Director of the National Portrait Gallery in Toronto 1982 to 1988, then Assistant Director of the Florence Academy of Art in Italy 1992 to 1995. During this time Steve established a career in graphic arts with some commercial illustration. He has also done a number of portrait and landscape commissions.
It was in the 1980’s that, he branched out into graphic stories, creating adventure cartoons with Dave Darrigo and James Waley. Steve was introduced to Dave, “a writer looking to work with some artists”, through Nick Poliwko a Sheridan College friend of Steve’s. Both Poliwko and LeBlanc were working at the Auto Trader newspaper. LeBlanc had been cartooning his own stories but he liked the idea of working with a writer “and Dave seemed like a nice guy.” What Dave liked about Steve was that in an industry dominated by artists wanting to do superheroes Steve preferred un-costumed un-mutated humans.
They formed a partnership and in 1985 and worked on two graphic stories, “The Reformed Five” about and group of ex-cons fighting crime and “The Nazi Streets”: the story of a Jewish vigilante in prewar Nazi Germany,. The latter was to appear in Tour de Force but the backers for Tour de Force faded away and “Nazi Streets” faded away with them. However, the Darrigo/LeBlanc team produced one story “Blitzbusters” which appeared in Gideon Steinberg’s Canadian Cavalcade. In addition Steve drew pulp pinups for Dave and these appeared in Wordsmith numbers 2 (October 1985 and 3 (December 1985).
In 1986 Dave asked Steve if he would be interested in a character “Tony Bravado that Dave had created. Steve was very interested and created a “Tony Bravado” that was an amalgam of different Italians that he knew. He did a couple of poster pieces “that didn’t thrill Deni Loubert too much and in retrospect she was probably right.” After a long and frustrating search for an illustrator Darrigo and Loubert finally settled on a team composed of Steve doing pencils and a Québec artist Louis Paradis inking. In the process of getting to know each other, Steve and Louis did a story “The Falling of the Sun”, Steve writing and doing pencils, Louis inking. It appeared in 1987 in Mark Innes’ mini comic Wavemakers no. 4.
The publishing history of this character was one of starts and hesitations as Renegade Press and later Special Studio ran into difficulties with the collapse of the black and white market. Suffice here to say that over issues 1 and 2 Steve became increasingly dissatisfied with Lois’ inking and wanted another inker. However, on reflection Steve later (2010) had this to say, “Looking back at the book, I realize Louis wasn’t the problem, it was more me trying to find my way.” As it worked out Tony Bravado was delayed so many times that Steve wound up inking issues 3 and 4 himself before the periodical was cancelled.
The year 1991 was a busy one for Steve. He and Dave ( using the pseudonym George Stryker) teamed up to do “Knight of Justice” for Black Scorpion no. 1 a Special Studio publication. About this time Steve also became involved in a team that produced “Ali-Baba: Scourge of the Desert”. This involved Jim Waley, another Sheridan College graduate and founder of Orb, Dave Darrigo, Steve LeBlanc and Ron Kasman fleshing out a story originated by Dave Sim creator of “Cerebus the Aardvark”. It later appeared under the title Ali-Baba Scourge of the Desert published by Gauntlet Comics a division of Caliber Press in the U.S. Two issues were published but issue 3 which would have completed the story never appeared. LeBlanc also began a story about a barnstorming pilot in the 1920’s called “Johnny Tempest”. He finished eight pages but by this time Special Studio had ceased operations. One last project was to ink an eight page story for Nick Poliwko for Good Girl Comics no. 18 published by AC Comics out of Florida.
The many still born projects left Steve disillusioned with the comic book business he spent the next ten years painting and making frequent trips to Italy to see the best of Renaissance art. During these visits he would at times drop in on Angel in Florence.
In 2004 he returned to graphic storytelling realizing that he missed the genre. He produced a graphic story in four parts called Hogtown Jaz: The Perfect Fall Guy which was edited by his former associate Dave Darrigo. It is about an ex-Montreal cop and what happens to him when he moves to Toronto. The story has appeared both in print and online. This story was followed by Turista Menu a book of short stories set in Italy. The first story “Code Name: Pearl – A-Riva-Derci” introduces us to a female agent who returns in “Red Star Conspiracy” in Drama Drama, a periodical. The second story is about a woman movie star called “Honey” which is also the name of the story. He founded his own company Via Di Malcontenti to publish these works..
After “ “Pearl: What’s All The Hullabaoo” Drama Drama 7, in 2016, Steven detoured into contract work. He pencilled 24 pages of Larry Blamire’s digital comic Steam Wars, 2 which was inked and coloured by Nick Poliwko. He illustrated a 15 page story written by Antonio Solinas for the anthology Stazione 31 published by Passenger Press in Italy. “Jack e Rodolfo” is a surrealistic story about a passing meeting between Jack Kirby and Santos a Mexican wrestler at a train station. He picked up on the vampire novel called Bloodlust written by Roger Slifer & Bryan Sullivan after Will Meugniot did the first thirty pages. Steven did the next 142. As of January 2019 it had not been published.
In 2018, Steven returned to finish “Pearl: What’s All The Hullabaoo” in Drama Drama 7. In addition he illustrated an 8 page science fiction story written by Mark Shainblum. This story may be part 1 of a new serial.
The ongoing adventures of “Pearl” and “Honey” can be seen on Steve’s Website www.steveleblanc.ca.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC:
Content novella colour & Cover book front colour:
The Island of Lost Dreams. Via di Malcontenti, 2013.
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Potlatch presents The 1980 Comics Annual. Ed., Ian Carr. Potlatch Publications, 1979: “Haab the Luckless”: 41-43. Colour
The Comic Eye, Ed., Mark Innes. Blind Bat Press, December 2007: “Telling Stories”: 112. Black & white.
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story black & white:
Quadrant,7, 1986: “The Girl Who Could See Tomorrow”. Let., Cindy Holmes.
Romantic Eye, 1, June 2007: “Lauren’s Dream”: 21-25.
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
Content:
Serial:
| Drama Drama,….: “Honey.” Via di Malcontenti, Black & white. | ||
| 1, 2008: … | 2, October 2009: … | 3, April 2011: … |
| Drama Drama,…. :“Pearl: Red Star Conspiracy.” Via di Malcontenti, Colour | |||
| 1, 2008: … | 2, Oct. 2009: … | 3, April 2011: … | 4, Feb. 2012: … |
| Drama Drama…:. “Pearl: What’s All The Hullabaloo.” Via di Malcontenti, Colour. | ||
| 5, Sept. 2014: … | 6, Oct. 2015: … | 7, Jan. 2019: … |
Story:
| Drama Drama …. Via di Malcontenti, Black & white. | |
| 4, Feb. 2012: “Meltdown.” | 5, Sept. 2014: “The Fly”: 21-24. |
| Drama Drama , 8, October 2020: “….”: … Via di Malcontenti, |
|
“The Fool On The Hill”: 1-8. Colour. “The Garden Of Earthly Frights”: 11-18. Black & white. “Oblivion”: 17-18. Black & white. “Dead Man’s Hand”: 19-24. “Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes)”: 25-28. This story was inspired by “Les Feuilles Mortes” sung by Yves Montand |
| Turista Menu,1, January 2007: …. Via di Malcontenti, Black & white. | |
| “Code Name: Pearl – A-Riva-Derci.”
“Dante e Beatrice.” |
“Giacomo.”
“Whispered Thought’s on a Spring Day.” |
ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Drawing the Line Again, Apr. 2006: “Breathe.” Writ., Reay, Jespersen. 97-100. A story without words.
The Comic Eye, Dec. Ed., Mark Innes. Blind Bat Press, 2007: “Feast or Famine.” Writer, James Waley . Black & white.
BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content:
Poetry:
Canadian Children’s Annual, 1982. Ed., Robert F. Neilson. Art Dir., Mary Tach. Potlatch Publications, 1981: “The Witch’s Curse.” Writ., Nancy Prasad: 90.
Story:
Canadian Children’s Annual,1980. Ed., Robert F. Neilson. Art Dir., Mary Tach. Potlatch Publications 1979: “Ginko Biloba – The Oldest Tree On Earth.” Writ., Eileen Cade-Edwards. 170-172.
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:
Cover:
Front colour:
| Tony Bravado Trouble Shooter, …. Special Studio. | |||
| 1, August 1988 | 2, n.d. | 3, December 1989. | 4, March 1990 |
Back colour:
Ali-Baba: Scourge of the Desert, 1-1, 1992. Caliber Press.
Content:
Portrait:
Drama Drama , 8, October 2020: “Rendezvous”. Via di Malcontenti, Colour.
Tony Bravado Trouble Shooter, 3, Dec. 1989: “Tony Bravado.” Advertisement: 26.
| Wordsmith,….: “Pulp Pinup.” Renegade Press. Black & white. | ||
| 2, October1985.: 23.
3, December1985.: 23. |
5, May 1986.: 28.
7, November1986.: 24. |
8, February 1987.: 28. |
Serial:
| Tony Bravado Trouble Shooter,…. “ ….” Writ., Dave Darrigo. Special Studio. Black & white. |
| 3, December 1989: “Point of No Return Part 2”: 1-25. “
4, March 1990: “The All American Nightmare”: 1-30. |
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content:
Serial:
Black Scorpion, 1, Apr. 1991: “Knight of Justice.”. Writer, George Stryker (Dave Darrigo). 1-16. Special Studio. Black & white.
Story:
Canadian Comics Cavalcade, 1-1, Summer 1986: “Blitzbuster vs the Earth-Cracker.” Writer, Dave Darrigo. 8-13. Black & white.
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
Cover:
Front colour:
| Drama Drama’…. Via di Malcontenti. | |||
| 1, 2008.
2, October 2009. |
3, April 2011.
4, February 2012. |
5, September 2014
6, October 2015 |
7, 2019 |
Wraparound colour: Turista Menu, January 2007. Via di Malcontent.
Content:
Serial:
Drama Drama, 7, January 2019: “Ares Unbound, Pt. 1, Deicide”. Writ., Mark Shainblum. Via di Malcontenti. Colour. No further episodes.
Sketch landscape:
Turista Menu, January 2007: “Engagement in Sirmione”: 10. Via di Malcontent. Black & white.
PENCILLER:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Drawing the Line May 2004: “Above and Beyond.” Writ., James Waley. In. & Let., Ron Kasman. 50-51.
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:
Content:
Drawing:
Tony Bravado Trouble Shooter, 2, no date: Adver. In., Louis Paradis: 32. Special Studio. Black & white.
Serial:
| Ali-Baba: Scourge of the Desert, 1-1, 1992: “ …”…. In. & Let., Ron Kasman Caliber Press. Black & white. |
|
“Prologue.” Writ., James Waley: 1-8. “The Blood Temple Beckons.” Writ., Lay., D. Sim. Writ., D. Darrigo: 10-17. “Warriors Beyond the Veil.” Writ., Dave Darrigo & J. Waley: 18-25. “Dark Goddess Rising.” Writ., James Waley: 26-38. |
Ali-Baba: Scourge of the Desert, 1-2, 1993: “ Aladdin Rules!” Writ., J. Waley. In., Terry Pallot. Let., R. Kasman: 1-24.”. Caliber Press. Black & white.
| Tony Bravado Trouble Shooter:… “….” Writ., Dave Darrigo, In., Louis Paradis., Black & white. |
| 1, Aug. 1988: “Dirty Jobs: 1-28. Renegade Press.
2, no date: “The Point of No Return Part 1”. Let., Cindy Holmes: 1-23. Special Studio. |
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Wavemakers ,4, February 1989: “The Falling of the Sun.” Writ., Steve LeBlanc. In. Louis Paradis. Let., Cindy Holmes: 25-27. Black & white.
INKER:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Good Girl Comics, 18, 1995: “No title”. Writ., and Pen. Nick Poliwko.
WRITER:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Growing Up With Comics. 2008: “167.” Illus. R. G. Taylor. 27- 31. Desperado Publishing, Black & white.
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Negative Burn, 21, June 2008: “167” Illus. R. G. Taylor. Black & white.
Wavemakers, 4, Feb.1989: “The Falling of the Sun”. Pen., Steve LeBlanc. In., Louis Paradis. Let., Cindy Holmes: 25-27. Black & white. Also appeared in colour in Drama Drama 6 see below.
WRITER & ILLUSTRATOR:
Content story & Cover book front:
| Hogtown Jaz, …: “The Perfect Fall Guy.” Via di Malcontenti. Colour. | |||
| 1 of 4, May 2005. | 2 of 4, Jan. 2006: | 3 of 4, Feb. 2006. | 4 of 4, March 2006. |
WRITER & PENCILLER:
PERIODICAL MINI GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Wavemakers, 4, February 1989: “The Falling of the Sun.” In. Louis Paradis. Let., Cindy Holmes: 25-27. Black & white.
WRITER , PENCILLER & COLOURIST:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC COLLECTION:
Content story:
Drama Drama, 6, October 2015: “The Falling of the Sun.” In., Louis Paradis. Let., Cindy Holmes: 22-24. Colour. Also appeared in black & white in Wavewakers see above.
PUBLISHER:
SOURCE:
Article book:
Growing Up With Comics. Ed.& Illus., R.G. Taylor. Desperado Publishing. 2008: “Creator Biographies.”
Article periodical:
Ali-Baba,1-2, 1993: “Sands of Time.” Writ., James Waley…
Tony Bravado Trouble Shooter,1, Aug.1988: “A Bit of Background to Bravado.” Writ., Dave Darrigo.
Correspondence:
Dave Darrigo to Robert MacMillan.
Steve Leblanc to Robert MacMillan.
GALLERY:
Hogtown Jaz, 2 0f 4: 16.
Drama Drama, 5: Front cover.
Turista Menu, 1 Jan. 2007: Wraparound cover.
The Lost Island of Dreams, June 2013: 9.
“Jack e Rodolfo” Stazione 31: 4-5.
Drama Drama, 8, April 2020: 1.
“Rendezvous”. Drama Drama 8, April 2020: 10
Drama Drama, 8, April 2020: 11.
LEAVITT Sarah
LEAVITT Sarah
Leavitt, with an MFA from University of British Columbia, writes both prose and comics. Her work has appeared in Geist, The Globe and Mail, Vancouver Review, The Georgia Straight, and Xtra West. She has written short documentaries for Definitely Not The Opera on CBC Radio. Her non-fiction has appeared in anthologies, Nobody’s Mother, and Beyond Forgetting: Poetry and Prose About Alzheimer’s Disease.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC:
Content memoir & Cover book front & back:
Tangles: A story about Alzheimer’s, my mother and me. Freehand Books. 2010.
Content story & Cover book front & back :
Agnes Murderess, Freehand Books. 2019.
SOURCE:
Article book:
Tangles: A story about Alzheimer’s, my mother and me. Freehand Books. 2010: “Biography”: 131.
LEAKE M.
LEAKE M.
Work appeared in Anglo-American comics.
LEAF Caroline
LEAF Caroline
Born 1946 in Seattle.
She has created her films under the umbrella of the National Film Board. Her films included The Owl Who Married A Goose (1974), The Street (1976), based on an episode in Mordecai Richler’s book of the same name, The Metamorphosis of Mr Samsa (1977), based on Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”, Kate & Anna McGarricle (1981), and Two Sisters (1993). She won Ottawa International Animation Awards for Two Sisters and The Street which was also nominated for an Academy Award.
Her technique was a very exacting process involving sand, silhouettes and drawings etched directly onto the film.
SOURCE:
Article book:
Take One’s Essential Guide to Canadian Film. Ed., Wyndham Wise. University of
Toronto Press 2001: “Leaf Caroline”: 124.