The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (935 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1770460535 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 136 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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B. Martin said Genius. I'll be honest: I had no idea who Seth was when I bought this book. I bought it because I thought it would provide inspiration for my own sketchbooks. But then I actually started to read it. As a fellow Canadian I was surprised to discover I wasn't familiar with any of the characters or cartoonists he wa. Crazy Canuck Cartoonists Sam Quixote This is the book Seth was working on before inspiration struck and he abandoned the book unfinished to set off and create "Wimbledon Green" in its entirety. This book could be seen as a prequel to "Wimbledon" which celebrated comics collectors while "The Great Northern Brotherhood" celebrates the comics . "Great book!" according to Chris Francz. I absolutely loved every single page in this beautiful book! Even though this all fiction, it felt like I was reading a history book about Canadian cartoonists. The artwork is amazing and has a nostalgic feel. I highly recommend this book.
THE COMPANION GRAPHIC NOVEL TO WIMBLEDON GREEN Whenever you're in Dominion, on Milverton Street you will stumble across an arresting array of handsome old buildings. Everyone from all branches of the industrynewspaper strips, gag cartoons, nickel-backs, comic books, political art, accordion books, graphic novelsgathered 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. Whereas Wimbledon Green celebrated the comics collectors, The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists celebrates the cartoonists the comic collectors love.. 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. F
He lives in Guelph, Ontario.. SETH is the cartoonist of Clyde Fans; It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken; Wimbledon Green; George Sprott; Bannock, Beans, and Black Tea; and Vernacular Drawings; the designer of the New York Times bestselling Peanuts collections; and a New Yorker illustrator
The work’s deceptive modesty—Seth’s drawings are uncharacteristically casual, and he limits himself to an unvarying grid of nine uniformly sized panels—belies its impressive accomplishment, creating a fully realized world in which cartoonists receive the respect they’re denied in ours. of the book’s title. B. Seth treats his profession with the same mix of affection and inventiveness that marked Guy Maddin’s wry mockumentary film about his Canadian hometown, My Winnipeg. A largely unseen narrator leads a tour of the league’s expansive headquarters, now in disrepair but once the scene of clubby meetings of the nation’s cartoonists—a few g