It Happened in Canada
It Happened in Canada | |
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Author(s) | |
Current status/schedule | defunct |
Launch date | 1967 |
Genre(s) | non-fiction, history |
It Happened in Canada was a syndicated Canadian cartoon feature by that presented Canadian facts and achievements in a manner similar to Ripley's Believe It or Not!. As many as 65 newspapers in Canada carried the comic during its run from 1967[1] to the 1980s.[2][3] Some episodes featured relatively obscure details about Prime Ministers such as R. B. Bennett and John Diefenbaker.[4]
Works[]
Several collections of the comic were published as books:[5]
- Johnston, Gordon; Al Oliver (1967). It Happened in Canada. London, Ontario: Algor Features.
- Johnston, Gordon (1971). Johnston's It Happened in Canada. Toronto Star Reader Service.
- Johnston, Gordon (c. 1976). More It Happened in Canada. Scholastic-TAB.
- Johnston, Gordon (c. 1976). Still More It Happened in Canada. Scholastic-TAB.
- Johnston, Gordon (1983). It Happened in Canada. Methuen.
- Johnston, Gordon (c. 1983). It Happened in Western Canada. Western Producer.
- Johnston, Gordon (1991). It Happened in Canada. Toronto: Scholastic Canada. ISBN 0590740695.
References[]
- ^ "Western News - Canadian cartoonist inspired by history". 31 January 2013.
- ^ The Canadian Press (4 August 1983). "Gordon Johnston". The Globe and Mail. p. 9.
- ^ Layng, Craig; Monet, Don. "Cartoons and Comic Strips". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ "Gordon Johnston fonds". Canadian Archival Information Network. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ Library and Archives Canada, catalogue
Categories:
- Canadian comic strips
- 1967 comics debuts
- Non-fiction comic strips
- Comics set in Canada
- Canadian comics stubs
- Comic strip stubs