It Happened in Canada

It Happened in Canada
Author(s)Gordon Johnston
Current status/scheduledefunct
Launch date1967
Genre(s)non-fiction, history

It Happened in Canada was a syndicated Canadian cartoon feature by Gordon Johnston that presented Canadian facts and achievements in a manner similar to Ripley's Believe It or Not!. As many as 65 newspapers in Canada carried the comic during its run from 1967[1] to the 1980s.[2][3] Some episodes featured relatively obscure details about Prime Ministers such as R. B. Bennett and John Diefenbaker.[4]

Works

Several collections of the comic were published as books:[5]

  • Johnston, Gordon; Al Oliver (1967). It Happened in Canada. London, Ontario: Algor Features.
  • Johnston, Gordon (1971). Johnston's It Happened in Canada. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  • Johnston, Gordon (c. 1976). More It Happened in Canada. Scholastic-TAB.
  • Johnston, Gordon (c. 1976). Still More It Happened in Canada. Scholastic-TAB.
  • Johnston, Gordon (1983). It Happened in Canada. Methuen.
  • Johnston, Gordon (c. 1983). It Happened in Western Canada. Western Producer.
  • Johnston, Gordon (1991). It Happened in Canada. Toronto: Scholastic Canada. ISBN 0590740695.

References

  1. ^ "Western News - Canadian cartoonist inspired by history". 31 January 2013.
  2. ^ The Canadian Press (4 August 1983). "Gordon Johnston". The Globe and Mail. p. 9.
  3. ^ Layng, Craig; Monet, Don. "Cartoons and Comic Strips". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Gordon Johnston fonds". Canadian Archival Information Network. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  5. ^ Library and Archives Canada, catalogue


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