25-695: Jay Stephens (born March 22, 1971) is a Canadian cartoonist and animator currently living in Guelph , Ontario . He is best known as the creator of Discovery Kids 's animated television series Tutenstein , Cartoon Network 's The Secret Saturdays , and the JetCat animated shorts for Nickelodeon 's anthology series, KaBlam! . Aside from his work in animation, Jay is known for several comic book projects, including "SIN", "The Land of Nod", "Atomic City Tales", and "Jetcat Clubhouse", and has written and drawn for licensed properties such as 'Alien', 'Star Wars', 'Felix
50-574: A View Drawn on the Spot of the Six Dutch Line of Battle Ships Captured and Brought into Yarmouth" (1797). Rowlandson also painted early scenes of Brighton where Michell's sister, Lady Anne Onslow, lived after the death of her husband Sir Richard Onslow, 1st Baronet . Rowlandson's painting "Mr Michell's Picture Gallery at Grove House, Enfild" was sold by Sotheby's, London, on 4 July 2002. Rowlandson died at his lodgings at 1 James Street, Adelphi, London, after
75-517: A drawing of Dalilah Payeth Sampson a Visit while in Prison at Gaza at the Royal Academy and two years later received a silver medal for a bas-relief figure. He was spoken of as a promising student. On the death of his aunt, he inherited £7,000 with which he plunged into the dissipations of the town and was known to sit at the gaming-table for 36 hours at a stretch. In time poverty overtook him; and
100-423: A large number of illustrations for novels, humorous books, and topographical works. Like other caricaturists of his age such as James Gillray , his caricatures are often robust or bawdy. Rowlandson also produced highly explicit erotica for a private clientele; this was never published publicly at the time and is now only found in a small number of collections. His caricatures included those of people in power such as
125-466: A weaver, but had moved into trading supplies for the textile industry and after overextending himself was declared bankrupt in 1759. Life became difficult for William in London and, in late 1759, he moved his family to Richmond, North Yorkshire . Thomas's uncle James died in 1764, and his widow Jane probably provided both the funds and accommodation which allowed Thomas to attend school in London. Rowlandson
150-532: Is to be found among the more careful drawings of his earlier period; but even among the exaggerated caricature of his later time we find hints that this master of the humorous might have attained to the beautiful had he so willed. His work included a personification of the United Kingdom named John Bull who was developed from about 1790 in conjunction with other British satirical artists such as Gillray and George Cruikshank . He also produced many works depicting
175-623: The Duchess of Devonshire , William Pitt the Younger and Napoleon Bonaparte . Rowlandson was born in Old Jewry , in the City of London . He was baptised on 23 July 1757 at St Mary Colechurch , London to William and Mary Rowlandson. The baptismal record for St Mary, now in the London archives, clearly gives his birth-date as 13 July 1757, not 1756 as given in most earlier biographies. His father, William, had been
200-624: The English Dance of Death , issued in 1814–16 and in the Dance of Life, 1817. Rowlandson also illustrated Smollett , Goldsmith and Sterne , and his designs will be found in The Spirit of the Public Journals (1825), The English Spy (1825), and The Humorist (1831). Rowlandson's designs were usually done in outline with the reed-pen, and delicately washed with colour. They were then etched by
225-648: The Republican elephant . Comic strips received widespread distribution to mainstream newspapers by syndicates . Calum MacKenzie, in his preface to the exhibition catalog, The Scottish Cartoonists (Glasgow Print Studio Gallery, 1979) defined the selection criteria: Many strips were the work of two people although only one signature was displayed. Shortly after Frank Willard began Moon Mullins in 1923, he hired Ferd Johnson as his assistant. For decades, Johnson received no credit. Willard and Johnson traveled about Florida , Maine, Los Angeles , and Mexico, drawing
250-495: The 18th century, poked fun at contemporary politics and customs; illustrations in such style are often referred to as "Hogarthian". Following the work of Hogarth, editorial/political cartoons began to develop in England in the latter part of the 18th century under the direction of its great exponents, James Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson , both from London. Gillray explored the use of the medium for lampooning and caricature , calling
275-513: The Cat', and 'Teen Titans'. He is the author of several drawing books for kids, including "Monsters!: Draw Your Own Mutants, Freaks & Creeps", "Heroes!: Draw Your Own Superheroes, Gadget Geeks & Other Do-Gooders", "Robots!: Draw Your Own Androids, Cyborgs & Fighting Bots", and "Freaky Fun Activities". Jay Stephens is the creator of the comic strips, "Oddville!", "Chick & Dee" (for Chickadee magazine ), "Xtra-curricular" (for OWL magazine ), and
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#1732875950233300-690: The Soho Academy. There is no documentary evidence that Rowlandson took drawing classes at the mainly business-oriented school, but it seems likely, as on leaving school in 1772, he became a student at the Royal Academy . According to his obituary of 22 April 1827 in The Gentleman's Magazine, Rowlandson was sent to Paris at the age of 16 (1772), and spent two years studying in a "drawing academy." there. In Paris he studied drawing "the human figure" and continued developing his youthful skill in caricature . It
325-422: The artist on the copper, and afterwards aquatinted —usually by a professional engraver , the impressions being finally coloured by hand. As a designer he was characterised by his facility and ease of draughtsmanship . He dealt less frequently with politics than his fierce contemporary, Gillray, but commonly touching, in a rather gentle spirit, the various aspects and incidents of social life. His most artistic work
350-837: The characters involved in election campaigns and race meetings. However, his satirical works of London's street life such as the "pleasure gardens at Vauxhall, jostling with soldiers, students, tarts and society beauties", which exhibit acute social observation and commentary are amongst his finest. Rowlandson's caricatures include those on the medical profession which developed through his friendship with John Wolcot around 1778. He also earned money illustrating books of physicians and quacks. Later in life, he also produced caricatures on medical themes. His patron and friend Matthew Michell collected hundreds of his paintings which Michell displayed at his country residence, Grove House in Enfield, Middlesex. After Michell's death his nephew, Sir Henry Onslow, sold
375-586: The contents of Grove House at an eight-day sale in November 1818. One of the best-known of Rowlandson's paintings is "Hengar House the seat of Matthw [ sic ] Mitchell Esqr., Cornwall" (1812) which was sold at the Sir Richard Onslow sale, Sotheby's, 15 July 1959. Another of Rowlandson's paintings is "Glorious Defeat of the Dutch Navy Octr 10 1797, by Admirals Lord Duncan and Sir Richard Onslow, with
400-500: The friendship and examples of James Gillray and Henry William Bunbury seem to have suggested caricature as a means of earning a living. His drawing of Vauxhall , shown in the Royal Academy exhibition of 1784, had been engraved by Pollard, and the print was a success. Rowlandson was largely employed by Rudolph Ackermann , the art publisher, who in 1809—issued in his Poetical Magazine The Schoolmaster's Tour —a series of plates with illustrative verses by Dr. William Combe . They were
425-751: The king ( George III ), prime ministers and generals to account, and has been referred to as the father of the political cartoon. While never a professional cartoonist, Benjamin Franklin is credited with the first cartoon published in The Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9, 1754: Join, or Die , depicting the American colonies as segments of a snake. In the 19th century, professional cartoonists such as Thomas Nast , whose work appeared in Harper's Weekly , introduced other familiar American political symbols, such as
450-585: The literary and graphic components of the work as part of their practice. Cartoonists may work in a variety of formats, including booklets , comic strips , comic books , editorial cartoons , graphic novels , manuals , gag cartoons , storyboards , posters , shirts , books , advertisements , greeting cards , magazines , newspapers , webcomics , and video game packaging . A cartoonist's discipline encompasses both authorial and drafting disciplines (see interdisciplinary arts ). The terms "comics illustrator", "comics artist", or "comic book artist" refer to
475-674: The most popular of the artist's works. Again engraved by Rowlandson himself in 1812, and issued under the title of the Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of the Picturesque, they had attained a fifth edition by 1813, and were followed in 1820 by Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation, and in 1821 by the Third Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of a Wife . He also produced a body of erotic prints and woodcuts. The same collaboration of designer, author and publisher appeared in
500-475: The picture-making portion of the discipline of cartooning (see illustrator ). While every "cartoonist" might be considered a "comics illustrator", "comics artist", or a "comic book artist", not every "comics illustrator", "comics artist", or a "comic book artist" is a "cartoonist". Ambiguity might arise when illustrators and writers share each other's duties in authoring a work. The English satirist and editorial cartoonist William Hogarth , who emerged in
525-604: The short-lived daily newspaper strip " Oh, Brother! " with Slylock Fox creator Bob Weber, Jr. This profile of a Canadian comics creator, writer, or artist is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article relating to a Canadian animator is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators / artists in that they produce both
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#1732875950233550-478: The strip while living in hotels, apartments and farmhouses. At its peak of popularity during the 1940s and 1950s, the strip ran in 350 newspapers. According to Johnson, he had been doing the strip solo for at least a decade before Willard's death in 1958: "They put my name on it then. I had been doing it about 10 years before that because Willard had heart attacks and strokes and all that stuff. The minute my name went on that thing and his name went off, 25 papers dropped
575-576: The strip. That shows you that, although I had been doing it ten years, the name means a lot." Societies and organizations Societies and organizations Thomas Rowlandson Thomas Rowlandson ( / ˈ r oʊ l ən d s ən / ; 13 July 1757 – 21 April 1827) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era , noted for his political satire and social observation. A prolific artist and printmaker, Rowlandson produced both individual social and political satires, as well as
600-404: Was educated at the school of Dr Cuthbert Barwis at 8 Soho Square , then "an academy of some celebrity," where one of his classmates was Richard Burke, son of the politician Edmund Burke . As a schoolboy, Rowlandson "drew humourous characters of his master and many of his scholars before he was ten years old," covering the margins of his schoolbooks with his artwork. In 1765 or 1766 he started at
625-515: Was on his return to London that he took classes at the Royal Academy , then based at Somerset House . Rowlandson spent six years studying at the Royal Academy, but about a third of this time was spent in Paris where he may have studied under Jean-Baptiste Pigalle . He later made frequent tours to the Continent, enriching his portfolios with numerous sketches of life and character. In 1775 he exhibited
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