WILSON Catherine P.

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BOOK TEXT:

Cover book front:

Three Women: A Trilogy of one-act plays. Writ., Hugh Garner. Simon & Pierre Publishing Co. Ltd., 1974.

 

WILLUMSEN Connor

This self publishing cartoonist originates from Calgary.

He has worked commercially for The Bloomberg View, Criterion Collection, The New York Times, Pop Montréal. He has completed (circa 2014) a fellowship at the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont U.S.A.

His graphic story Treasure Island was published by Breakdown Press (U.K.) in November 2013.

He won the 2015 Doug Wright Pigskin Peters Award for “Swinespritzen”.

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BOOK GRAPHIC:

Content story & Cover book front:

Badley of Him. Koyama Press, Nov. 2019.

PERIODICAL TEXT:

Content story graphic:

Descant, 164, Spring 2014: “Mooncalf”: 223-229.

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 NEWSPAPER:

 Content:

Globe & Mail, 26 December, 2020: “We The North.” Writ., N. Englander: O1, O4-O5.

SOURCE:

Article periodical:

Descant, 164, Spring 2014: 256.

WILLSON Fredrick J.

This Toronto painter drew illustrations and cartoons for l’Opinion Publique and The Canadian Illustrated News in the 1880’s.

SOURCE:

Book text:

The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland & Stewart Ltd.,1979: 254.

 

WILLIAMS Steve

Graduate of Sheridan College, he is Chief Animator for Industrial Light & Magic. In Los Angeles U.S.A. He created the dinosaurs for Jurassic Park (1993), the T1000 killing machine for Terminator 2 (1991), the sea monster for Abyss (1989).

SOURCE:

Periodical text:

Shift, July 1997: “The Great American Animation Conspiracy”: 39.

 

 

WILLIAMS Eric Kostiuk

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BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

Content cartoon & Cover book:

Hungry Bottom Comics/ Wow You Are a Hungry Bottom. no. 1. a collection of single page comics created between No. 2011 and Apr. 2012. Jesjit Gill/Colour Code Printing, no date.

 

WILL Elaine M.

Grew up in Saskatchewan, this freelance cartoonist and illustrator is now based in Saskatoon.

She graduated from Bournemouth University in England with a Bachelor of Arts in illustration.

Her first graphic novel Look Straight Ahead was released in 2013. In 2012 she had received a Xeric grant award. This self-publishing grant is given to creators by the Xeric Foundation. It was a novel about metal sickness.

Dust-Ship Glory was adapted from a novel by Andreas Schroeder which is based on the real-life story of Tom Sukanen a Finnish immigrant to Saskatchewan who during the 1930’s Depression attempted to build a steam ship to sail back to his native Finland. One can see the ship at the Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village & Museum south of Moose Jaw Saskatchewan.

Her cartoon strip “On The Bus” appears in Verb Magazine of Saskatoon.

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BOOK GRAPHIC:

Content novel & Cover book front & back:

 Dust-Ship Glory. Renegade Arts Entertainment, February 2018.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Dust-Ship Glory. Renegade Arts Entertainment, February 2018: “ Biography.’.

 

WILKINS Jason

This freelance writer lives in Winnipeg Manitoba. He has written articles for CBC Manitoba. Starting in 2010 he was for several years an editor and staff writer for Broken Frontier an independent cartoon arts site.

He and Jayleen Weaver are the creators of “Nite-Flyer” and “Nitro Girl” who appeared in Epic Canadiana.

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Content:

Serial:

Epic Canadiana, v.1. Ed., Bevan Thomas. Cloudscape Comics Society, 2013: “First Flight.” Illus., Jayleen Weaver: 70-82. Dedicated to Jerry Lazare

Epic Canadiana, v.2. Ed., Bevan Thomas. Cloudscape Comics Society, October 2015: “One Flew Over.” Illus., Jayleen Weaver. Let., Jeri Weaver: 145-158. Dedicated to to Jon Stables & Bush Pilot Tom Lamb.

Story:

Swan Song. Cloudscape Comics, Mar. 2018: “Aerial Escape.” Illus., Jeri Weaver. 81-86.

SOURCE:

Article Book:

Epic Canadiana, v.2. Cloudscape Comics Society, Oct. 2015: “The Creators.” 238.

Swan Song. Cloudscape Comics, March 2018: “Jason Wilkins.” 179.

WILD BILL

A character created by Leo Bachle for Bell Features, Dime Comics. A law enforcer in the old west, “Wild Bill” was inspired by Bachle’s friend Bill Wildman.

MEDIUM:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content serial:

“Wild Bill.” Car. Leo Bachle. Dime Comics, 10, no date: 19-24.

SOURCE:

Periodical graphic:

Dime Comics, 10, no date: “Pen Portraits”: 33.

 Article newspaper:

Globe and Mail, 23 Oct.1982: “Whatever Happened to …?” Writ., Peter Harris: Fanfare 7.

 

 

WILBUR AND THE COLONEL

A short-lived comic strip created by James Winslow Mortimer  which appeared in the Toronto Daily Star in 1941.

SOURCE:

Newspaper:

Brantford Expositor, 10 Nov.1960: “Adventurer ‘Larry Brannon’ Is Brainchild of Hamiltonian.”.

 

WIJDEVEN Berry

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CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content cartoon editorial :

Caricature . Cartoons Canada. Ed., Terry Mosher. Linda Leith Publishing, 2012: 70.