Professional Heckler: The Life and Art of Duncan Macpherson

Duncan Macpherson (1924-1993) was one of the greatest of Canadian cartoonists. He began his career as an illustrator for the Montreal Standard and Weekend Magazine, then joined the ranks of Maclean's and finally the Toronto Star. He won six National Newspaper Awards and a Molson Prize, among other honours. A formidable and groundbreaking artist, he was also an alcoholic who struggled with many personal demons. Professional Heckler is the first biography of Macpherson. Written by Terry Mosher, well known under the pen name Aislin for his decades of cartoons in the Montreal Gazette, the book is lavishly illustrated with hundreds of examples of Macpherson's drawings, paintings, and cartoons, as well as archival photographs. Both an admirer of Macpherson's work and a longtime student of the art, craft, and business of cartooning, Mosher brings a professional expertise and encyclopedic knowledge of the history of cartooning that allow him to comment on facets of Macpherson's work from a practical standpoint. With humour and affection, he provides remarkable insights into the artist's character, style, influences, personal foibles, and way of working. A delight to read, Professional Heckler is a pioneering work on an influential and controversial cartoonist that makes an essential contribution to the history of visual arts in Canada.

Biographies & Memoirs

Mosher, Terry

Professionals & Academics

McGill-Queen's University Press

TOP 5 REASONS TO HATE THE MILLENNIUM 5. No one knows how to spell it 4. There will be a Rolling Stones Millennium Tour 3. Your new computer program may be Curtains 2000 2. As a kid you figured out how ancient you'd be in the year 2000. Now you are. 1. There are only 999 years left till Y3K Have you had it with Millennium hype? Would you like to exterminate all talk of the Y2K bug? Here's the antidote! 2000 Reasons to Hate the Millennium is your guide to surviving the marketing madness surrounding the year you-know-what. Here is advice on such millennial topics as: <ul><li>
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 2000 Reasons to Hate the Millennium -- Don't Leave This Millennium Without It!

2000 Reasons to Hate the Millennium: A 21st-Century Survival Guide

Comics & Graphic Novels

Comic Strips

Atria

Lawn Jockey and Other Cartoons

Humor & Entertainment

Aislin

Humor

MCCLELLAND STEWART

Did the Earth Move

The idea for this collection came from a conversation I had with the great Russian cartoonist Oleg Dergachov, who now lives in Montreal. Oleg told me of a Moscow cartoonist who, on his deathbed, asked that onea of his favourite cartoons be engraved on his headstone. rather than the usual text. Apparently a group of colleagues now gather annually and toast their former friend over his unique gravestone with a glass of vodka or two.The anecdote poses a question of any cartoonist: What cartoon have you drawn to date that you would most like to be remembered for? So I asked all the political cartoonists now working right across Canada that very question - and then to send me their favourites for this book. This book then is a snapshot of contemporary Canadian concerns and attitudes - some quite controversial - as illustrated through the wit and wisdom of our cartoonists. Given the variety of styles and points of view, this collection is proof that Canadian cartoonists working right across the land are very, very good at what they do. -- Terry Mosher

Caricature Cartoon Canada

Linda Leith Publishing

Aislin's Shenanigans... and Other Recent Cartoons

Reference

McArthur & Co Pub Ltd

The Wrecking Ball is a collection of Aislin's recent favourite cartoons. All of the choice political material is here: Pauline Marois as Miley Cyrus, the Parti Québécois's Charter of Quebec Values, student demonstrators wandering through Montreal's deteriorating streets, corruption inquires and Montreal's succession of mayors, the Harper Tories and the Canadian Senate debacle, the coronation of Justin Trudeau, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, the Habs and the Sochi Olympics. Whew!

Wrecking Ball, The

Chaque fois qu''un Expo s''illustrait dans un match, je lui faisais l''honneur de placer sa carte bien en vue à la maison, au chalet ou au travail. Parfois même, je m''en confesse, je parlais à mes cartes. Ce n''est pas pour me vanter, mais je dois avoir été responsable d''une demi-douzaine de victoires par année entre 1975 et 1980. ― Alain de RepentignyUne balle et un gant de baseball, entre un père et un fils, sont des instruments de communication. Quand un père dit à son fils: «Viens, on va aller se lancer», il lui dit: «Viens, on va aller se dire qu on s aime. ― Christian TétreaultMa femme et ma fille ne comprennent toujours pas quand elles me surprennent dans un demi-sommeil, certains dimanches d''été, à écouter la voix si rassurante de Jacques Doucet répéter : «... et il fend l''air pour une troisième prise. »―Fend l''air?―Oui, fend l''air. Et fend l''âme, aussi, de savoir que cela va disparaître. ― Pierre CayouetteOn a demandé à une vingtaine d''écrivains, journalistes ou personnalités en vue de raconter combien le baseball fait partie de leur vie. Tous observateurs à distance, des estrades du champ gauche, là où la vue d''ensemble est meilleure.Une vue du champ gauche n''est pas très précis dans ses statistiques. Il ne relate pas l''histoire officielle des Expos, ni celle du baseball à Montréal. Mais il raconte vingt fois ― en mots et en images ― une histoire que les amateurs de balle d''ici reconnaîtront tout de suite dans ses petits détails: l''histoire d''une passion, intense, intérieure, éternelle.

Une vue du champ gauche

Brown, William

Homel, David

BOUCHARD, Serge

King, Ronald

Tétreault, Christian

Robitaille, Marc

Pellerin, Gilles

Sabourin, Marcel

Jean Marcel

Auger C., Michel

Cayouette, Pierre

Girard, Marie-Claire

Jean, Mario

Plan, Raymond

Pratt, Alexandre

Primeau, Jacques

Répentigny, Alain de

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