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PERKINS Alexander

PERKINS Alexander

A Toronto commercial, storyboard and comic artist for clients like Cineplex, Global and Macy’s.. He won the Kill Shakespeare cover contest in 2012.

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK GRAPHIC:

Content portrait:

Kill Shakespeare: The Blast of War. Creator and writ., Conor & Anthony Del Col. Illus. Andy Belanger. Col., Ian Herring. Let., Chris Mowry, Neil Uyetake & Shawn Lee. IDW Publishing, Oct. 2011: “Bonus Gallery, cover 11B”.

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:

Cover front B:

Agents Of P.A.C.T. 1-4, Apr. 2017: Illus. Alex Perkins. Chapterhouse Comics.

CO-CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content story:

True Patriot: Heroes Of The Great White North. Ed., J. Torres. True Patriot Comix, 2014: “On Guard For Thee, Acts 1, 2 & 3.” Co-car., J. Torres. Let., Howard Wong: 5-7; 66-68; 123-126.

SOURCE:

Article book:

True Patriot: Heroes Of The Great White North. Ed., J. Torres. True Patriot Comix, 2014: “Biography”: 128.

PÉREZ Ramón

PÉREZ Ramón

Creator of the delightful hero “Particle Man” this Toronto based, award winning cartoonist is best known for the graphic novel adaption of Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand. His art work can be seen in John Carter of Mars, Star Wars, and Wolverine and the X-Men. He is creator of the webcomics ButterNut Squash and Kukuburi.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content serial :

True Patriot: All New Canadian Comic Book Adventures. Ed., J. Torres. True Patriot Comics, 2013: “Particle Man”: 91-98.

True Patriot: Heroes Of The Great White North. Ed., J. Torres. True Patriot Comix, 2014: “Particle Man in ‘Trash Talk’, Acts 1 & 2”: 12-17; 61-65.

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BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content story & Cover front:

Alpha Flight: Civil War II: Choosing Sides, 5, Oct. 2016. “ Alpha Flight”. Writ., Chip Zdarsky. 3-11. Marvel Worldwide Inc.

Cover front:

Alpha Flight: True North, 1, Nov. 2019. Variant Edition. Marvel Worldwide Incorp.

SOURCE:

Article book:

True Patriot: All New Canadian Comic Book Adventures. Ed., J. Torres. True Patriot Comics, 2013: “ About the Creators”: 104.

GALLERY:

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE BY CARTOONIST\P\PEREZ Ramon, Civil War II, Choosing Sides, 5, Oct. 20116, fc.jpgCivil War II: Choosing Sides, 5, Oct. 2016. Front cover.

PÈRE LADÉBAUCHE

LE PÈRE LADÉBAUCHE

Le Père Ladébauche was created in 1879 by journalist and cartoonist Hector Berthelot. Then in 1901, Raoul Barré developed a series of cartoons entitled “En Roulant Ma Boule” that featured this character. Still later, on March 5, 1904 it was adapted to the La Presse Sunday comic page by J. Charlebois, and appeared as “Les Aventures de Ladébauche for 43 episodes. But it was only when Albéric Bourgeois took over the feature on February 11, 1905 that it gained great popularity.

A bald, bewiskered rogue, “Père Ladébauche” had a fondness for liquor, gambling and women. His adventures took place at first in Québec, but he was soon travelling around the globe which he circled several times, always coming back to Montréal to brag about his experiences.

According to Maurice Horn, “Le Père Ladébauche” is indisputably the most important Canadian comic strip in the French language.

“When he took over Le Père Ladébauche, Bourgeois was already in control of his drawing style: his line was elegant and humourous, his characters portrayed          with a deft hand. Although he owed some of his techniques to the early American cartoonists (notably Richard Outcault and Charles Schultz from whom he borrowed    his graphic treatment of children) Bourgeois was much his own man, and his style    was highly individual. Thanks to his talent, “Le Père Ladébauche” became the best known Canadian feature of the time and it fended off the assaults of more famous    (and cheaper) American imports for over 50 years. The only survivor of the entire   comic strip line of La Presse in 1910, this feature was to pursue its long career        until 1957, when Bourgeois retired from active life.” [Horn]

MEDIUM:

BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

Content essay & cartoon & Cover book wraparound:

Albéric Bourgeois caricaturiste. Car., Albéric Bourgeois. Writ., Léon-A Robidoux. VLB Éditeur & Médiabec Inc. 1978.

Les voyages de Ladébauche autour du monde Car., Albéric Bourgeois. Préface, Léon-A. Robidoux et Victor-Lévy Beaulieu. VLB Éditeur, 1982.

SOURCE:

Article book:

Albéric Bourgeois caricaturiste. VLB Éditeur & Médiabec Inc. 1978: “ Ah, cet insécrable Ladébauche!”: Writ., Léon-A Robidoux: 214-237.

The World Encyclopedia of Comics, Ed., Maurice Horn. Chelsea House Publishers, 1976: “Père Ladébauche (Canada)”. Writ., Horn, Maurice: 547.

Article periodical:

“An Introduction to the Canadian Newspaper Comic.” Writ., Kenneth Barker. Inks: Cartoon & Comic Arts Studies, 4-2, May 1997: 18-25.

Internet:

Archived Newspaper Strips of the 20th Century – Québecois.” Library & Archives Canada/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada. www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/comics. Accessed 3 Oct. 2017.

GALLERY:

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON L\PERE LADEBAUCHE, Les Voyages de Ladebauche, 97.jpg“Le Pere Ladébauche.” Car., Albéric Bourgeois. Les voyages de Ladébauche autour du monde. VLB Éditeur, 1982: 97.

PENNY’S DIARY

PENNY’S DIARY

“She’s typical teenage. She’s 16, and has crushes and adores movie stars,        and has great ambitions and builds everything up.” She’s enthusiastic and  imaginative,”                                                                                                                    Doris Slater’s description of “Penny” given to Radio columnist Frank Chamberlain, Globe & Mail, 4 Nov. 1944. Print.

“Penny’s Diary” began as a radio series on CFRB (1941-1945) written by Pat Joudry, who later became a well established playwright for radio, television and stage. From the credits, it would appear that Joudry and Slater partnered to use the radio serial to create a cartoon series of the same name except that in a reply to my query, Joudry did not want to talk about it and suggested she had little involvement in the project. A thesis by Aviva Ravel says that Slater was inspired by Joudry’s radio series and that a copy of part of Slater’s adaption is to be found in Joudry’s collection. Therefore, was Slater adapting the radio scripts for a cartoon presentation or was the radio series simply an inspiration for Slater who wrote her own stories?

If the dates in the cartoon diary are any indication, this series began in Active Comics about December 1944. “Pat the Air Cadet” ended in the Grand Slam Comics issue November 1944 which appears to confirm December as the month the “Penny” series began in Active. It seems most likely that Slater stopped working for Anglo-American and unable to use any of her Anglo-American characters, cast around for a new character, found it in Joudry’s “Penny” and with Joudry’s permission or help adapted it to the cartoon format and submitted it to Bell Features who began publishing it in Active Comics 19. However, Bell Features was itself on the ropes and “Penny’s Diary” ended with Active Comics 26. Active Comics 27 or 28, were the last to use Canadian content. Active Comics 29 was filled with American imports.

The series revolves around a young woman probably a teenager, her close friend Jeannie and the group she hangs out with. The stories are humorous and episodic, that is there is no real continuity from one story to the next. They usually involve the trials and tribulations of relationships with young men. The stories tend to be prosaic but the transformation in Slater’s illustration work is astounding. It is hard to believe that “Martin Blake The Animal King” and “Penny’s Diary” were drawn by the same person. In “Penny’s Diary” Slater’s illustrations simply soar. The increased experience in the art form does not adequately explain the transformation. Rather it would appear, Anglo-American did not give her the scope for a self expression that matched her abilities. In contrast, it seems Adrian Dingle the Art Director of Bell Features, who had an extensive “fine art” background did give Slater the freedom and perhaps the encouragement she needed to put on the page what she was capable of achieving. “Penny’s Diary” without a doubt is Slater’s finest work and is among the best visuals to come out of the war time cartoon industry.

Another interesting innovation, in “Penny’s Diary” is the cross media advertising where we see the cartoon story advertising the radio series. It would be interesting to know if the radio series advertised the cartoons story.

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PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content serial graphic:

Active Comics,… no date :“Penny’s Diary.” Adapted from Pat Joudry’s radio series by Doris Slater:…
19: 25-30.

20: 25-30.

 21: 49-53.

22: 30-35.

 23: 40-45.

24: 20-25.

 25: 28-33.

26: 23-28.

Cover front:

Active Comics, 21, no date: Illus., Doris Slater.

GALLERY:

Penny's Diary Active Comics 21 cover  Active Comics, 21. Front cover. PENNY'S DIARY Active Comics 19,27_0001Active Comics,19:27

PENNY'S DIARY Active Comics 20, 28Active Comics, 20:28

PENNYS DIARY, Active Comics 21, 52_0002Active Comics, 21: 52

PENNYS DIARY Active Comics 24, 25Active Comics, 24:25

PENGUIN

THE PENGUIN

A Canadian crime fighter and counterspy created by Adrian Dingle after going to Bell Features. The Penguin debuted in WOW issue 15 in 1943. He was a debonair crime fighter who worn a bird-like mask, white tie and tails. One of Dingle’s devises was to conceal the Penguin’s real identity from the reader. In another break from tradition Dingle had the Penguin unmasked by a criminal master spy Kugar (WOW issue 16).

When Bell Features converted to colour, Dingle changed the Penguin’s name to Blue Raven.

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PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content serial:

WOW Comics,… no date: “The Penguin…” Car., Adrian Dingle: …
19: “Holy Smokes That’s The Penguin — That Was.” 1-8.

22: “Mystery of the Piano Playing Corpse: Pt. 1.” 1-7.

24: “Case of High Grade Murder.” 1-7.

27: “The Penguin’s Double Trouble: Pt. 2.” 1-8.

 28: “The Penguin: Pt. 1.” 1-7.

29: “The Penguin: Pt. 2.” 6-12.

Cover front:

WOW Comics, 19, no date: Illus., Adrian Dingle.

SOURCE:

Article book:

“The Penguin (Canada).” Peter Harris. The World Encyclopedia of Comic., Ed., Maurice Horn. Chelsea House Publishers, 1976: 546.

Article newspaper:

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

GALLERY:

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON P\PENGUIN, Active Comics, 11, 28.jpgIntroduction to Penguin. Car., Adrian Dingle. Active Comics, 11: 27.

PENGUIN, WOW Comics 24, 7“The Penguin and a Case of High Grade Murder.” Car., A. Dingle. WOW Comics, 24: 7.

PEE-WEE & HIS PALS

PEE-WEE AND HIS PALS

Bill Reid appears to be the creator of this cartoon strip which originally appeared in Scotiabank Hockey News. The strips tell stories of the humorous hockey related experiences of a youngster and his friends.

MEDIUM:

BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC:

Content strip cartoon:

Brian McFarlane’s Hockey Annual. Writ., & Ed., Brian McFarlane. Clarke Irwin & Co. Ltd., 1973: “Pee-Wee And His Pals.” Car., Bill Reid:  39, 58, 86, 90, 123, 146, 155, 159. Originally published in Scotiabank Hockey News.

GALLERY:

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON P\PEEWEE & HIS PALS, Brian McFarlane's Hockey Annual, 1973, 58.jpgCar., Bill Reid. Brian McFarlane’s Hockey Annual, 1973: 58.

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON P\PEEWEE & HIS PALS, Brian McFarlane's Hockey Annual, 1973, 86.jpgCar., Bill Reid. Brian McFarlane’s Hockey Annual, 1973: 86.

PECKHAM Tim

PECKHAM Tim

This former Newfoundlander was a computer graphics artist and newspaper designer working in the Toronto Sun’s art department when in 1992 he created “TIM WITS”. Producing 30 panels a month and sending them to various syndicates, he worked on this feature through 1992 and into 1997. It would appear that his illustrating the columns of various journalists increased to the point where he didn’t have time for this feature. In 1999, he added illustrating Steven Smith’s (aka Red Green) comment column to his other duties.

In 2010, he selected 212 of the “TIM WIT” panels and posted them over time on Apple’s App Store. At that time, he was still working in the Toronto Sun art department.

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Content editorial cartoon:

Toronto Sun, ….
1 February 1992: 12.

8 February 1992: 11.

4 April 1992: 11

23 May 1992: 12.

20 June 1992: 11.

4 July 1992: 12.

12 September 1992: 12.

24 October 1992: 12.

2 January 1993: 12.

6 February 1993: 12.

 22 June 1993: 12.

24 July 1993: 11.

31 July 1993: 11.

26 October 1993: 11.

22 April 1994: 11.

6 May 1994: 11.

11 May 1994: 11.

14 June 1995:11.

6 December 1994: 11.

20 February 1995: 11.

 8 May 1995:11.

19 May 1995: 11.

26 May 1995: 11.

1 June 1995: 11.

20 June 1995: 11.

21 June 1995: 11.

22 June 1995: 11.

28 June 1995: 11.

5 July 1995: 11.

 1 August 1995: 11.

6 November 1995: 11.

21 November 1995: 11.

30 November 1995: 11.

8 May 1996: 11.

6 June 1996: 11.

16 August 1996: 11.

19 February 1997: 11.

3 June 1997: 11.

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NEWSPAPER:

Content comment: 

Toronto Sun, …: “…” ….: …
…, 20 February 1994: “Rust”. Writ., Carlo Gold: 6.

…, 27 July 1996: “Phonies target seniors”. Writ., Linda Williams: 32.

…, 17 May 1997: “Money gripes growing”. Writ., Writ., Maryanna Lewyckyj: 41.

…, 6 July 1997: “Dawn of the super carrier era”. Writ., Stuart McCarthy: 48.

…, 14 August 1997: “Who’s Got The Times?”. Writ., Micki Moore: 52, 53.

…, 28 September 1997: “Workplace Woes”. Writ., Micki Moore: 52.

…, 2 November 1997: “Where the old buzzards get down”. Wit., Liz Langley: 12.

…, 7 December 1997: “Embarrassment of riches”. Writ., Ivan Harvey: 79.

…, 18 January 1998: “Get money smarts”. Writ., Ian Harvey: 45.

…, 1 March 1998: “Develop a retirement living plan”.  Writ., Ian Harvey: 50.

…, 22 March 1998: “Bank customers fit to be tied”. Writ., Linda Leatherdale: 65.

…, 17 May 1998: “Overtaxed and underground”. Writ., Linda Leatherdale: 56.

…, 5 July 1998: “The Amish connection”. Writ., Liz Langley: 12.

…, 18 July 1998: “Legal Complications”. Writ., Ian Harvey: 45.

…, 26 December 1998: Offbeat requests for help”. Writ., Maryanna Lewyckyj: 132.

…, 3 January 1999: “The envelope, please”. Writ., Jerry Gladman: 38, 39.

…, 6 March 1999: “Don’t get tripped up”. Writ., Maryanna Lewyckyj: 33.

…, “17 April 1999: “They take that as ‘yes’”. Writ., Maryanna Lewyckyj: 29.

…, 24 April 1999: “Exercise your rights”. Writ., Maryanna Lewyckyj: 36.

…, 15 May 1999: “Paving can get sticky”. Writ., Maryanna Lewyckyj: 41.

…, 26 June 1999: “Are they worth anything?”. Writ., Maryanna Lewyckyj: 30.

…, 3 July 1999: “Co-sign at your own risk”. Writ., Maryanna Lewyckyj: 26.

…, 7 August 1999: “Pyramid schemes half-baked”. Writ., Christine Diemert: 24.

…, 14 August 1999: “You may be eligible, too”. Writ., Maryanna Lewyckyj: 39.

…, 15 August 1999: “How to make grads feel great”. Writ., Liz Langley: 12.

…, 21 August 1999: “It’s time to dejunk”. Writ., Maryanna Lewyckyj: 38.

…, 28 August 1999: “Don’t get taken for a ride”. Writ., Maryanna Lewyckyj: 38.

…, 12 September 1999: “Investor beware”. Linda Leatherdale: 42.

…, 25 September 1999: “Insert coin, lose $50,000”. Writ., Maryanna Lewyckyj: 37.

…, 9 October 1999: “Protect your good name”. Writ., Maryanna Lewyckyj: 23.

…, 23 October 1999: “Rental agency beefs”. Writ., Maryanna Lewyckyj: 30.

…, 13 November 1999: “Home is where heat is”. Writ., Maryanna Lewyckyj: 46.

…, 20 November 1999: “Watts up with hydro”. Writ., Maryanna Lewyckyj: 31.

…, 21 November 1999: “Corruption continues”. Linda Leatherdale: 55.

…, 8 December 1999: ‘profit? You can bank on it”. Linda Leatherdale: 69.

 

Toronto Sun, …: “Red Green …” . Writ., Steven Smith: 12.
…, 31 October 1999: “… Speak out? Well I wouldn’t if …”.

…, 7 November 1999: “… It’s your birthday, so go for it!”.

…, 14 November 1999: “Anybody can impress a young thing”.

…, 21 November 1999: “I don’t want choices”.

…, 28 November 1999: “Dances with disaster”.

…, 19 December 1999: “The gender gap explained”.

…, 26 December 1999: “What would your ‘Best Before’ be?”.

The Expositor, 7 January 2010: “Invasion of the body scanners”. Writ., Mike Strobel: A5.

Cover subsection:

Toronto Sun: Dinosaur, The Greatest Show Unearthed, 15 August 1993: 1.

SOURCE:

Article newspaper:

Toronto Sun, 8 Jan. 1995: “Funny Business.” Writ., Ian Harvey: 11.

Toronto Sun, 23 July 2010: “Fruit of his labour”. Writ., Brian Gray: 10.

GALLERY:

A cartoon of two fish Description automatically generated with medium confidence                        Toronto Sun, 1 February 1992: 12.

A cartoon of a person sleeping in a bed Description automatically generated                                                          Toronto Sun, 3 June 1997: 11.

A newspaper with a cartoon Description automatically generatedSunday Sun, 31 October 1999: 12.

PEARSON Vim

PEARSON Vim

He created “Tiger Tex: The Cowboy Detective and His Talking Parrot “ for Maple Leaf Publishing Co. It appeared in Better Comics.

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PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content story:

Better Comics, 2-1, April/May 1942: “Tiger Tex”: 15.