Spring as per Lou Skuce

Lou Skuce cartoon on Spring season as Mr. Fan begins his run in the Toronto World newspaper.

An very good look at Lou and his art appear in issue of Taddlecreek magazine.

www.taddlecreekmag.com/canadas-greatest-cartoonist

Lou would go on to work on some of the Canadian whites comics in Toronto's Bell Features comic books.

Mr. Fan is on his way

Watch for Mr. Fan, he's on his way to the newspapers.

Notorious Boodlers, apparently a political grafter. Hmm, maybe this phrase should be revived?

Mr. Fan is coming

Mr. Fan is coming, soon to be a feature at the Toronto World newspaper.

Watch this space for more.

Look Out For Yetis on the slopes

These images from the Department of Yetiology and the Canadian Ski Patrol System were warning back in the 1960s. The various cartoon images showed typical Yetis to look out for.

The Official Yetiologist's Gude by Alan Beaney, illustrations by Wicks.

If you spot one of these characters, it's best to report to your local Ski Patroller, don't approach by yourself.

More Christmas cartoons

Here are some more holiday cartoons from various artists around Canada

Christmas greetings from Jasper the Bear, by Simpkins

The Man in the Red Flannel suit by George Feyer.

 I had to add another Barron cartoon just for the humorous signs as various decorations on the X-mas tree.

Santa doesn't seem to be too happy with one of his reindeer that snacked a bit instead of eating healthy in this vintage Dewar cartoon.

Holiday illustrations by cartoonmen

This one is by Barron from the Star.

And a seasonal Pavlov one from Ted Martin, from his book Pavlov's Pad.

A colour page by Doug Wright, below.

And we end off with Wicks from the Second Treasury.

Jimmy Frise cartoons

Pictured here is a colourful Christmas scene by Jimmy Frise from the TTC's own in house magazine, The Coupler. More about Frise and Greg Clark can be read at www.gregandjim.ca. It's concerned with  reproductions of the Greg-Jim stories that were published between 1932 and 1948. These were stories by Greg with a main illustration by Jim.

"But it just goes to show how much adventure there is in the simplest places, and how like another world it is the minute you step off the beaten path"
From Greg and Jim’s first story in 1932

Here is another wonderful Christmas image from a holiday card.

Cartoonist Halloween mask

Happy Halloween everyone.

Here are a couple of masks from the past guaranteed to shock and terrify cartoon fans, Jimmy Frise and Gregory Clark from a series of seven from the Star Weekly.

The Canadian cartoonist James Llewellyn "Jimmy" Frise (16 October 1891 – 13 June 1948) is best known for his work on the comic strip Birdseye Center and his illustrations of humorous prose pieces by Greg Clark. He was inducted into The Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame in 2009.

Comic book festivals are coast to coast in Canada

What began in Toronto as TCAF has since seen other festivals spring up in major cities across the country where you can meet comic book artists and other fan and join in on the fun with these free festivals.

Still to come this year is Dcaf in August.

The Dartmouth Comics Art Fest (DCAF) is a 2-day, FREE, all-ages event celebrating comics and cartooning. The following Panels and Presentations will be held at Alderney Gate Public Library on Saturday, August 17, 2019.

dcaf.strangeadventures.com/

Later on in the year will be a festival in November for the Whitby, Ontario area at whitcaf.

For more information
www.whitbylibrary.ca/whitcaf