STEIN Syd | Canadian Animation, Cartooning and Illustration

STEIN Syd

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE OF PERSON\S\STEIN Syd, Family photo .jpg$ Family photo taken in the 1940’s.

Born : 2 November 1910 in Ottawa. Came to Toronto at 13 or 14 years old and lived there from then on.

He illustrated “Robin Hood & Company.” from February 5, 1940 until the end of the newspaper run August 10, 1940, after Charles Snelgrove left the strip for health reasons.

McCall convinced Sinnott News to create Anglo-American Publishing Ltd. to publish reprints of the “Robin Hood & Company.” as a graphic periodical. McCall then wanted to create a contemporary adventurer who would fight the Nazi. He first approached Syd to draw this new character but Stein had tired of cartooning and wanted to return to commercial art. He suggested that his friend Ed Furness another commercial artist might replace him on the new project which Furness did, and “Freelance” was born.

WORK :

CARTOONIST:

Newspaper strip cartoon:

Toronto Evening Telegram, February 5, 1940 – August 10, 1940: “Robin Hood & Company.” Writ., Ted McCall.

SOURCE:

Interview:

Syd Stein at his home, 243 St. Marks Road, Toronto, 8, December 1982 by Robert MacMillan

Photo:

Given to Robert MacMillan by Syd Stein.

GALLERY:

These images come from a scrap book assembled by Robert MacMillan of photo copies of Syd Stein’s scrap book of his strips.

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON R\ROBIN HOOD & Co.. Telegram, A390.jpg$ Robin Hood and Company.” Writ., Ted, McCall. Illus Syd Stein: A390.

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON R\ROBIN HOOD & Co.. Telegram, A391.jpg$ Robin Hood and Company.” Writ., Ted, McCall. Illus Syd Stein: A391.

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON R\ROBIN HOOD & Co.. Telegram, A392.jpg$ Robin Hood and Company.” Writ., Ted, McCall. Illus Syd Stein: A392

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON R\ROBIN HOOD & Co.. Telegram, A420.jpg$ Robin Hood and Company.” Writ., Ted, McCall. Illus Syd Stein: A420.

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON R\ROBIN HOOD & Co.. Telegram, A457.jpg$ Robin Hood and Company.” Writ., Ted, McCall. Illus Syd Stein: A457.

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON R\ROBIN HOOD & Co.. Telegram, A485.jpg$ Robin Hood and Company.” Writ., Ted, McCall. Illus Syd Stein: A485.

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