12 articles in this issue
Chris Reyns-Chikuma, Gail de Vos
"In this introduction, we will rst give a brief overview of the scholarship on Canadian comics, and then look at the individual essays, mainly focused around issues of Canadian identities."
Sarah Henzi
"through an examination of Gord Hill’s The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book, David Alexander Robertson’s The Life of Helen Betty Osborne, and Richard Van Camp’s Kiss Me Deadly, this article considers the current value of popular culture in its ability t... see more
Debra Dudek
"David Alexander Robertson’s graphic novel 7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga, illustrated by Scott B. Henderson, moves backwards and forwards through and overlaps time in order to connect remembered stories and current experiences to Indigenous identities... see more
Richard Harrison
"there is not a single set of terms by which to define Canadian graphic novels any more than there is a single set of terms by which to define Canada. At least some art, if not some part of all art, is a critique of conventions, including the conventions ... see more
Dale Jacobs
"While the whole of Essex County reflects life in one corner of Southwestern Ontario and is filled with references that would be recognizable to many Canadians (such as Captain Canada, Canadian beer, and Canadian settlement history), it is the mythos of h... see more
Sylvie Dardaillon, Christophe Meunier
"Depuis biento^t quinze ans, le dessinateur québécois Michel Rabagliati fait de sa 87 propre vie le terreau des aventures de Paul, son alter-ego. Paul est un « héros ordinaire ». Sa vie est celle de tout-un-chacun, avec ses joies, ses peines. En 2009, l’a... see more
Lindsay Thistle
"In this article, I hope to build important connections between Johnny Canuck’s role as a national superhero in the World War II comic book series and Ken Gass’s later depiction of both the Johnny Canuck figure and the World War II comic books on stage in... see more
Alyson E. King
"Using the first four years of Kayak as a case study, I explore the ways in which Kayak uses comic-style artistic and story-telling techniques to portray Canadian history in general, with a focus on how children and teenagers are represented as active his... see more
Michelle Bauldic
"The comic was envisioned as an educational text, yet recycles stereotypes about the Arctic before fully transforming it into a modern, northern city. Although “Ookpik” takes place in an exotic setting, it more often educates its readers about southern Ca... see more
Ivan Kocmarek
"For a brief six-year window, and for the first time, we had comics that we could call our own. These Bell Features books, along with the other WECA books (from Anglo-American Publications, Maple Leaf Publishers, and Educational Projects) were as Canadian... see more
Daniel Marrone
"The most apt description of Seth’s work may be “historiographic metafiction,” a term coined by Linda Hutcheon. She explains that historiographic metafiction “questions the nature and validity of the entire human process of writing—of both history and fic... see more
Matilda Roche
"In 2014 Fiona Staples won the Eisner Award for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art), the Harvey Award for Best Artist, the Harvey Award for Best Cover Artist and the Joe Shuster Award for Artist for her work on Saga, as well as sharing the 2014 ... see more