WHALLEY Peter
Some Of It Was Fun. Dust jacket.
“What is really amazing is that he was able to make a living freelancing at a time when there weren’t any freelance cartoonists in the country.” Roy Peterson
He was a freelance a cartoonist who appeared in magazines like The Star Weekly, Weekend and Maclean’s and produced the books listed below. In 1965 at the Second International Salon of Cartoons in Montréal he shared the top prize in the editorial cartoons division with Victor Weiz. He was awarded The Toronto Art Director’s Medal For Achievement for his illustration in Maclean’s, 1 July 1952 for “Home – The Last Sweat Shop”.
He did film strips for the National Film Board. In his later years he turned to sculpture, building his own foundry.
He was born about 1921 in Brockville Ontario. He lived in Halifax and spent four years travelling the world as a ship’s wireless operator. He went to Montréal in 1945 studied painting for two years and began selling cartoons. From the late 1940’s to his death, he and his family resided in Morin Heights, Québec in a rebuilt homesteader’s house known locally as Whalley’s Folly. His chief hobby was playing the oboe. He died September 18, 2007 in a hospital in St Jérôme Quebec at the age of 86 years.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC:
Content humour & Cover book front & back:
Great Moments In Canadian History, Captions by John Robert Colombo. Hounslow Press, 1984.
Man on the Wire, Mussen Book Co. Ltd., 1963.
Content humour & Cover dust jacket front & back + endpapers
Broom Brush & Bucket, The Good Old Days of Mrs. Beeton’s Housewifery, Ryerson Press, 1965.
Whalley produced cartoons spoofing various instructions in a 19th century housekeeping book
BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC:
Content humour & Cover book front:
Northern Blights. Cart., Peter Whalley. Writ., Mary Geggie. Upbank Press, 1972. Geggie wrote about poets. Whalley caricatured the painters.
PERIODICAL TEXT:
Content feature cartoon:
Maclean’s, 15 Dec. 1954: “Peter Whalley’s Old Fashion Christmas Cards”: 21-24.
Weekend, 10-41, 1960: “The Golden Age of Noise”: 60-61.
Content panel cartoon:
| Maclean’s, …: “Canadian History Revisited: ….: … |
| …, 18 January 1958: “… Madeline de Verchères defends her Father’s fort”: 30.
…, 22 November 1958: “… Frontenac on his way to Cataraqui”: 56 …, 24 May 1958: “… Champlain on Georgian Bay – 1615”: 30. …, 7 June 1958: “… The trading post about 1780”: 28. …, 30 August 1958: “… Champlain violates Iroquois Sovereignty – 1609”: 26. … 3 January 1959: “… The Americans invade York – 1813”: 29. …, 31 January 1959: “… Federal election – 1873”: 26. …, 25 April 1959: “… Homesteader planting first crop – 1800s. …, 23 May 1959: “…American invaders at Fort Henry”: 28. …, 28 February 1959: “… The Royal Mail – 1830”: 28. |
Maclean’s, 16 Apr. 1965: “I Remember School Days: No. 10, Report Card”: 38.
ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK TEXT:
Content memoir Cover dust jacket:
Some Of It Was Fun, Writ., Wallace Reyburn. Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., 1949. Dust jacket
Content humour & Cover dust jacket:
There’s a lot of it going around. Writ., Eric Nicol. Doubleday Canada Ltd., 1975.
BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC:
Content collections & Cover book front & back:
Colombo’s 101 Canadian Places, Col., John Robert Colombo. Hounslow Press, 1983.
Content collections & Cover book front :
Colombo’s Last Words: The Dying Words of Eminent Canadians. Col., John Robert Colombo. Highway Book Shop, 1982.
Content collections & Cover dust jacket front:
Colombo’s Little Book Of Canadian Proverbs, Graffiti Limericks & Other Vital Matters. Col., John Robert Colombo. Hurtig Publishers, 1975.
Content humour & Cover book front:
An Uninhibited History Of Canada, Writ., Eric Nicol. David Hackett, 1959.
Canadian Politics Unplugged. Writ., Eric Nicol. Houndslow Book/Dundurn Press, 2003.
Content humour & Cover dust jacket :
Canada Cancelled Because Of Lack Of Interest. Writ., Eric Nicol. Hurtig Publishers, 1977.
Russia, Anyone?: A Completely Uncalled For – History of the U.S.S.R., Writ., Eric Nicol. Harper & Row Publishers, 1963.
Say, Uncle: A Completely Uncalled For History of the U.S., Writ., Eric Nicol. Harper & Row Brothers, 1961.
PERIODICAL TEXT:
Cover front:
| Maclean’s,…: | ||
| 27, Sept. 1958 | 8, Nov. 1958. | |
Content essay:
Maclean’s, 5 July 1958: “Why I hate doctors.” Writ., Hugh Garner.: 27.
Weekend, 9-22, 30 May 1959: “What Do You Know About Poisons.” Writ., Harriet Crittenden. 12-13.
SOURCE:
Article book:
The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: 253.
Some Of It Was Fun, Writ., Wallace Reyburn. Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., 1949: Dust jacket.
Article periodical:
Maclean’s, 1 August 1953: “Maclean’s congratulates its contributors and editors on winning the following awards”: 47.
GALLERY:
Maclean’s, 22 November 1958: 56.
From Man On The Wire, 1963: back and front cover.
From There’s a lot of it going around.1975. Front cover.
Canadian Prime Ministers: The First Hundred Years. 1967: Front cover.
Canadian Prime Ministers: The First Hundred Years. 1967: 7-8.
Canadian Explorers: They Found a Continent. 1967: Front cover.
Canadian Explorers: They Found a Continent. 1967: 11-12. Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean.
Weltschmerz: Attack Of The Same-Sex Sleeper Cells, inside front cover.
Weltschmerz: Attack Of The Same-Sex Sleeper Cells: 25.
Weltschmerz: Attack Of The Same-Sex Sleeper Cells: 48.