General note:
A collection of 84 original cartoons, by Paul Gilligan, all of which have been published in the "Ottawa Citizen". The collection, covering both National and International issues and/or events, includes works of political, social and cultural content. Some of the prominent Canadian and foreign personages and issues or events represented in the collection are as follows: (Canadian personages) Kim Campbell; Jean Campeau; Jean Charest; Peter Clark; Bruce Coburn; Andrew Hayden; Jackie Holtzman; Otto Jelinek; Brian Kilrea; Audrey McLaughlin; Brian Mulroney; Jacques Parizeau; David Peterson; Jean Pigot; Joanne Pollak; Bob Rae; Douglas Small; Pierre Trudeau; Kurt Vonnegut; Tom Wappel; Mike Wilson; James Shaver Woodsworth; Steve Yzerman.
(Canadian Issues/Events) Access to the European Common market; aggressive children; assistance for teenagers; the average family income and the increased work week; Canadian business interests and the European economic union; the Canadian Football League's expansion to the United States; the Canadian Judicial Council's actions to fight sexism on "The Bench"; the changing face of women in today's society; elderly victims of violence; Ethnobotany - How Shamans use plants to treat disease among native people; fear of school in children and teenage youth; the G.S.T. and the tourism industry; the handicapped child; high school violence; how to survive the recession; inequality of the sexes; judicial terminology and tobacco advertising; justice "muzzling" the media; Mike Wilson, the G.S.T., and the underground economy; Brian Mulroney, the first leader of a major NATO power to meet Mikhail Gorbachev after the fall of the Berlin Wall; the Ontario Municipal Board in the role of public champion; Jacques Parizeau versus Brian Mulroney; pay equity; public apathy to world catastrophes; religion in the courtroom; Revenue Minister Otto Jelinek and the G.S.T.; St. Joseph's Training School for Boys; school bus safety; the Senate and the Liberal G.S.T. filibuster; sex stereotypes; socialism's future, only in Canada?; the hidden support for Brian Mulroney; teenage drinking; Pierre Trudeau versus Brian Mulroney and the Meech Lake Accord; writing books for kids.
(Foreign personages) Jim Bakker; Chuck Berry; Jon Bon Jovi; Johnny Carson; Julia Child; Judy Collins; Taylor Dayne; Fats Domino; Mikhail Gorbachev; Saddam Hussein; Meat Loaf; Diana Ross; Joseph Stalin; Terry Waite; Johnny Winter; Warren Zevon. - (Foreign Issues/Events) America versus Japan; George Bush versus Saddam Hussein - The Gulf War; international computer crime; the legacy of Stalinism; the media coverage of the Gulf War; the Mexico-U.S. Free Trade negotiations; Pop performers on the road; South African death squads; the Soviet Science "sell-off"; superior Western military technology in the Gulf War; the U.S. invasion of Panama - America seizes Manuel Noriega; Terry Waite in the hands of Hezbollah terrorists.
Physical description note:
Graphic (art): Several media and techniques are represented in this collection including: acrylic wash, applied tone laminate, collage of printed material, coloured inks, coloured markers, coloured pencils, gouache, lead pencil, Liquitex varnish, opaque white, pastel, pen and brush with blackmink, watercolour, white acrylic primer (textured & untextured)., Graphic (art): Several physical supports have been used, including: card, commercial board, construction paper, opaque acetate paper, tracing paper, wove paper.
Language note:
Language of accompanying material: english.
