TOTH Steven
Hamilton Spectator, 5 February 1992: C1.
Born 1950 in Hamilton Ontario.
He was a self-taught artist working in drawing, painting, photography and silkscreen. His works have appeared in books, magazines and galleries. His signature creation was “The Weasels. He also did a weekly cartoon strip in The Hamilton Spectator called the “Herkimers”.
He developed a career drawing cartoons that illustrated the stories that orchestras played. With this talent he has illustrated music played by the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and other orchestras throughout North America and was invited by the Raffles Symphony Orchestra in Singapore at least twice to illustrate their music. The second time he illustrated traditional Chinese music.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC:
Content panel cartoon & Cover book wraparound:
The Weasel Symphony, Potlach Publications Ltd., 1980.
BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: All published by Potlatch Publications Ltd. Edi. Robert F. Neilson. Art Dir. Mary Tach.
Content activity:
Canadian Children’s Annual, 1979., 1978: “Wally Weasel: Help him get to the other side of town” (Labyrinth): 64.
Canadian Children’s Annual, 1981., 1980: “Games & Puzzles with Inspector Wally Weasel”. 97-112.
ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: All published by Potlatch Publications Ltd. Ed. Robert F. Neilson. Art Dir. Mary Tach.
Content various:
Canadian Children’s Annual, 1979., 1978: “FlyFoot Flannigan.” Writ., John V. Hicks: 14-16. (story) “Magic Stones.” Writ., Ray Hill: 99-104. (Information)
Canadian Children’s Annual, 1981, 1980: “The Blue Bear Rug.” Writ., Frank R. Collins: 113-115. (Story)
Canadian Children’s Annual, 1982, 1981: “Quotes For Keeps.” Writ., Margaret Kribs. 102-104. (Information) “Three Cool Pigs.” Writ., Lorraine Meyer: 42-48. (Story) “What’s Mean, Green, And Eats Princes.” Writ., Lorraine Meyer: 49. (Poem)
PERIODICAL TEXT:
Content various essay:
| This Magazine, …: “The Culture Vulture …”. Writ., Rick Salutin unless otherwise noted: 22. |
| …, December 1982/Jan. 1983: “… Everest Downside”….
…, March 1983: “… What Applebert Said”. Writ., Susan Crean: …. …, June 1983: “… Depression Culture”…. …, October 1983: “… The Failure of C Channel and the Failure of Imagination” …. …, December 1983: “… Who are the True Barbarians?” …. …, January 1984: “… Dryden’s Hockey Players, Weisbord’s Communists and …” …. …, April 1984: “… “Robert Fulford and the Gatekeepers”…. …, June 1984: “… From the Margins” …. …, August 1984: “… A Transformation, A Testimonial and A Historic Document” …. …, December 1984: “… Journey to the Periphery: an essay on marginality” …: 22, 24. …, February 1985: “… The Kay McIver Memorial Column” . Writ., Susan Crean: …. …, April 1985: “… Systemworking” …. …, August 1985: “… Stan Rogers, Now That We Need Him”….: 24, 28. …, September 1985: “… ” …. …, December 1985: “… The Canadian Artists Meet” …. …, February 1986: “… Journalists – the New Class? Notes on a Social Disease”…. |
Toronto Life, January 1979: 16, 20, 23, 28, 74, 78, 80, 86.
NEWSPAPER:
Content report:
The Spectator [Hamilton], 16 August 1986: “Standing Room Only”. Writ., Hugh Fraser: C1.
The Spectator [Hamilton], 30 August 1986: “The Fine Art of Fund Raising” Writ., Unknown: C1.
The Spectator [Hamilton], 5 May 1989: D1.
SOURCE:
Article book:
The Weasel Symphony in Concert. Potlatch Publications Ltd., 1980: 195.
Article newspaper:
Hamilton Spectator, 5 February 1992: “Have weasel, will travel”. Writ., Hugh Fraser: C1.
GALLERY:
The Weasel Symphony 1980: Front & back cover.
This Magazine, August 1985: 24. Singer/Songwriter Stan Rogers.
This Magazine, September 1985: 23.