The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists
by Seth
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THE COMPANION GRAPHIC NOVEL TOWIMBLEDON GREEN Whenever you're in Dominion, on Milverton Street you will stumble across an arresting array of handsome old buildings. The one with the pink stone façade and the familiar Canadian cartoon characters over the doorway is the Dominion branch of the Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists, erected in 1935 and the last standing building of the once prestigious members-only organization. For years, this building, filled with art deco lamps, show more simple handcrafted wood furniture, and hallsand halls of black-and-white portraits of Canada's best cartoonists, was where the professionals of the Great White North's active comics community met--so active that there were outposts in Montreal and Winnipeg, with headquarters in Toronto. Everyone from all branches of the industry--newspaper strips, gag cartoons, nickel-backs, comic books, political art, accordion books, graphic novels--gathered in their dark green blazers to drink cocktails, eat, dance, and discuss all things cartooning. Seth opens up his sketchbook to an unseen world of Canadian comics, sometimes fictional and sometimes not, sometimes humorous and sometimes bittersweet, but always fascinating in its creative exploration of Canadian comics history. WhereasWimbledon Greencelebrated the comics collectors,The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonistscelebrates the cartoonists the comic collectors love. show lessTags
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A short graphic novel style tour through a cartoonists society main branch in Ontario. A great description/list of some early Canadian cartoons. Not the happiest book (Many of them are dead, the society is in decline, etc) but a great intro to anyone looking for a light place to get started in a who's-who of Canadian cartooning.
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49+ Works 2,310 Members
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists
- Original title
- The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists
- Alternate titles
- The G.N.B. Double C
- Original publication date
- 2011-10-11
- Important places
- Dominion, Ontario, Canada; Ontario, Canada; Canada
Classifications
- Genres
- Graphic Novels & Comics, Literature Studies and Criticism
- DDC/MDS
- 741.5 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips
- LCC
- PN6733 .S48 .G74 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Comic books, strips, etc.
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 95
- Popularity
- 338,951
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (4.00)
- Languages
- English, French, German
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 1
