| It Happened in Canada | |
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| Author(s) | Gordon Johnston |
| Current status/schedule | defunct |
| Launch date | 1967 |
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Western News - Canadian cartoonist inspired by history". 31 January 2013.
- ^ The Canadian Press (4 August 1983). "Gordon Johnston". The Globe and Mail. p. 9.
- ^ Layng, Craig; Monet, Don. "Cartoons and Comic Strips". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ "Gordon Johnston fonds". Canadian Archival Information Network. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ Library and Archives Canada, catalogue
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