Canada Post has issued a new set of stamps that highlight the works of five of Canada’s most renowned editorial cartoonists.
The five cartoonists are Serge Chapleau, Brian Gable, Terry (Aislin) Mosher, Duncan Macpherson and Bruce MacKinnon.
He earned degrees in fine art and in education and penned his first published editorial cartoon for a student newspaper while in university.
In 1977, he began freelancing editorial cartoons once a week for the Brockville Recorder and Times while teaching high school art in Brockville, Ontario.
In 1980, he became an editorial cartoonist for the Regina Leader-Post, where he worked for seven years before joining The Globe and Mail in 1987.
Gable captures the voices of average citizens in his cartoons and how they see decisions made by the powers that be.
Gable captures the voices of average citizens in his cartoons and how they see decisions made by the powers that be.
He regularly uses satire and sarcasm to highlight important issues facing our country and the world.
He has won seven National Newspaper Awards for editorial cartooning and, in 2018, was invested as a Member of the Order of Canada.
His citation said he’s “a legend within the editorial cartooning community” and that his work “embodies our national sense of humour, namely our ability to laugh at ourselves and our institutions.”
aMore information about Gable here.
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