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Editorial cartoons and ephemera. Works by Dow, Gibson and one work by Edwin McNally which won the 1964 Canadian National Newspaper Award for Political Cartooning; ephemera includes a two-sided puzzle by Lou Skuce and a Trudeau dress-up cut-out book.
Negatives and positives from the Bell Comic Book Features. Production artwork used in the publication of the Bell features by various staff artists..
Newspaper supplements from various publishers. Comic book supplements from the Edmonton-Journal, the Gazette and the Calgary Herald as well as weekend comic supplements from newspapers across Canada.
publications Books relating to either the comic book field or to political cartoons. Works illustrated by Peter Kuch, A.G. Racey, Gene Day and others.
The 9 drawings are cartoons.

Graphic (art):comic books newsprint, Graphic (art):cartoons commercial board and wove paper, Graphic (art):negatives acetate, Graphic (art):publications wove paper, Graphic (art):comic supplements newsprint

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Language of accompanying material: english.

The accession originally included 208 comic book publications which were transferred to the Special Collections area of the National Library. The comic books document a variety of styles and the development of the industry in Canada. Issues date from the mid-1940s to the autobiographical works of the 1990s. Early editions include such titles as Freelance, Dizzy Don and Scooter Comics; later publications include the long-running Cerebus series, Elflord, Yummy Fir and "normalman".