History Canadian comics
1 history 1.1 english canada 1.1.1 history (1759–1910s) 1.1.2 age of comic strips (1920s–1930s) 1.1.3 golden age: canadian whites (1940s) 1.1.4 post-war (late 1940s–early 1970s) 1.1.5 new wave (mid-1970s–1980s) 1.1.6 1990s 1.1.7 21st century 1.2 french canada 1.2.1 history (1790s–1960s) 1.2.2 springtime of bdq (1970s–present) history english canada prime minister john a. macdonald favourite target of john bengough s popular caricatures. early history (1759–1910s) brigadier-general george townshend s cartoons lampooning general james wolfe in 1759 recognized first examples of political cartooning in canadian history. cartoons did not have regular forum in canada until john henry walker s short-lived weekly punch in canada débuted in montreal in 1849. magazine canadian version of britain s humorous punch , featured cartoons walker. paved way number of similar short-lived publications, until success of more straight-laced canadian illustrated news, published george-Édouard desbarats b...