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4 unusual facts about Canadian comics


Glamourpuss

glamourpuss was a Canadian independent comic book written and illustrated by Dave Sim which was published from April 2008 until July 2012 and ran for 26 issues.

Hillborough Studios

Their flagship title was called Triumph-Adventure Comics, and featured the most famous character of what has been called the Golden Age of Canadian comics—Dingle's Nelvana of the Northern Lights, the first Canadian female superhero, who debuted several months before Wonder Woman.

Ian Orenstein

For many years, Orenstein has been involved in creating left-wing comic book series, including Comic Book Socialism and General Strike Comics.

The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists

Seth takes readers on a tour of the "The G.N.B. Double C" building in the fictional town of Dominion, Ontario, and gives an overview of Canadian comics history along the way.



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Sandy Carruthers

Carruthers is aided in chronicling Canadiana's adventures by penciller Jeff Alward and scripter Mark Shainblum, the latter of whom is known in Canadian comics as a practitioner of superhero genre deconstruction via Northguard and parody via Angloman.