Doug Wright
(1917-1983)
Doug Wright created the long-running
comic strip Doug Wright's Family.
Born in England, Doug Wright
came to Canada in 1938. His cartooning career really began when he
landed a job as editorial cartoonist for the Montreal Standard. In
1948 he took over the reins of Jimmy Frise's Birdseye
Center, retitled Juniper Junction. Signing the strip "DAW",
he continued with it until its end in September, 1968. Wright created Nipper, a
mostly silent comic strip, for the Standard in 1949. Wright excelled
at the depiction of childhood and the daily charms and frustrations of
late-20th Century domestic life. A skilled draftsman, his fluid cartoon
figures whirled through meticulously-rendered backgrounds and suburban
landscapes.
Nipper was rechristened Doug
Wright's Family in 1967 when Wright moved from Montreal to Ontario.
The strip enjoyed a long run, entertaining a generation of Canadians on
a weekly basis until Wright ended it in 1980. Wright created a number
of other strips and attempted to syndicate them, with some limited success,
in addition to regular work in illustration and drawing syndicated editorial
cartoons for the Montreal Standard and later the Hamilton Spectator.
2005 saw the inauguration
of the Wright Awards, honouring
special achievements in Canadian cartooning.
Cartoons
Final Juniper Junction,
1968
Doug Wright's Family Feb.18/1967
Doug Wright's Family Oct.5/1968
Doug
Wright's Family Christmas
Doug
Wright's Family "Popcan"
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