It Happened in Canada

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]

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

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. Toronto Star Reader Service.
  • 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. http://news.westernu.ca/2013/01/canadian-cartoonist-inspired-by-history/
  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. 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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