Post-war .28late 1940s.E2.80.93early 1970s.29 Canadian comics
doug wright s nipper mainstay in canadian newspapers in post-war years the crackdown not aimed @ comic strips, however, , several notable new ones appeared, lew saw s one-up, winslow mortimer s larry brannon , al beaton s ookpik. after jimmy frise s death in 1948, juniper junction taken on doug wright, 1 of canada s best post-war comic-strip artists . continue strip until 1968, while working on own nipper 1949. in 1967, nipper became doug wright s family when wright moved montreal ontario, , popular strip continued until 1980. doug wright awards inaugurated in honour in 2005. 1948 1972, james simpkins cartoon jasper bear appeared continuously in maclean s magazine. jasper hugely popular across canada , used, , still today, symbol jasper national park. to express anger @ military s nuclear tests in bikini atoll in 1946 english-born artist laurence hyde produced wordless novel in 1951 called southern cross. in 118 silent pages, book depicts atomic testing military , effects polynesian ...