johnny canuck Archives • Comic Book Daily

Johnny Canuck

by Ivan Kocmarek | Jul 29, 2015 | Whites Tsunami, WECA Splashes | 4 |

Rachel Richey’s new collection of Johnny Canuck pages from the 28 issues of Bell Feature’s Dime...

Canadian Comics Corner

by Ivan Kocmarek | Jun 10, 2015 | Whites Tsunami, WECA Splashes | 11 |

After last Saturday at Niagara Con, which seems to have found a more than viable venue in our...

Saakel’s Satire

by Ivan Kocmarek | Aug 6, 2014 | Whites Tsunami, WECA Splashes | 10 |

The Whites were not only about the cliffhanger dramatics of superheroes, spies, and soldiers taking on the Axis. Satirical strips like Steele’s Private Stuff and Saakel’s Spike and Mike, both in Joke Comics, were just plain tongue-in-cheek fun.

Johnny Canuck Kickstarter Campaign

by Anthony Falcone | Aug 4, 2014 | Whosoever Holds This Hammer | 1 |

Longtime readers know that we love us some Golden Age Canadian comics at CBD, and over the weekend I got a chance to sit down with Comics Historian and Publisher Rachel Richey to talk about her latest project, bringing back Canadian Hero and icon Johnny Canuck!

Jodhpur Jockeys

by Ivan Kocmarek | Jun 25, 2014 | Whites Tsunami, WECA Splashes | 7 |

The WECA period had its share of capes, masks, and tights, but the most common heroic habit for the super-styled Canadian crime-fighter of the period was far more reserved fashion statement. This was the simple combination of jodhpurs and riding boots with a variety of top halfs.

From the Archives

by Ivan Kocmarek | Apr 30, 2014 | Whites Tsunami, WECA Splashes | 12 |

Last week I had the opportunity to spend a couple of days at the Library and National Archives of...

The Canuck Corps.

by Ivan Kocmarek | Oct 23, 2013 | Whites Tsunami, WECA Splashes | 3 |

“Johnny (Jack) Canuck.” He was a personification of our national identity much in the same way that America had “Uncle Sam” and Britain “John Bull,” who started to be depicted in political cartoons just a couple of years (1869) after Confederation. Like all national personifications he is an hyperbole, let’s say like a lumberjack riding a Timmie’s donut inner tube down the rapids a river of maple syrup and using a hockey stick for a rudder.

Casting Call

by Ivan Kocmarek | Sep 5, 2013 | Whites Tsunami, WECA Splashes | 3 |

The brief seventies awakening to and appreciation of the Canadian war-time comic industry began with Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loubert’s November, 1971 publication of the compendium of Bell Features material they called The Great Canadian Comic Books (Peter Martin).