Blaine (cartoonist)
Blaine (July 7, 1937 – February 5, 2012) was the name used by Canadian political cartoonist Blaine MacDonald.
Blaine was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, and later relocated to Hamilton, Ontario. His work was published in The Hamilton Spectator.[1] He received the National Cartoonist Society Editorial Cartoon Award for 1969.[2] In 1963 Blaine became the first cartoonist to win what became the internationally famous Salon of Cartoons, in Montreal.[3] He once presented a pencil sketch of President Lyndon B. Johnson to him at the White House.
Blaine died in Hamilton on February 5, 2012.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ MacDonald, Blaine (1967). "The Hamilton Spectator Presents Editorial Cartoons by Blaine". The Hamilton Spectator.
- ^ "Editorial Cartoon". National Cartoonist Society. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- ^ "Hamilton's Firsts". Archived from the original on 2005-12-15. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ McNeil, Mark (February 7, 2012). "Longtime Spec cartoonist Blaine dead at 74". The Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
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