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The Great Canadian Comic Books! (1971)

Directed by Patrick Loubert, Michael Hirsh

Overview

Film accompanying the book of the same name by Nelvana Enterprises founders Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loubert, with partner Clive Smith as designer and illustrator. It looks at the “Canadian Whites” series of comic books made during World War II, with some focus on Nelvana of the Northern Lights, the genre’s first superheroine, and Johnny Canuck. It was accompanied by a two-year travelling tour of the art, the National Gallery of Canada’s “Comic Art Traditions in Canada, 1941–45”.  This is Nelvana Enterprises’ first film.

Length 24 minutes

Actors

Martin Lavut | Adrian Dingle | Cy Bell | Les Barker | Suki Falkner