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No, I’m not talking about Canada’s majority demographic, but a series of comic books produced during World War Two when American comic books were banned from importation into Canada. They got their name from the fact they were printed in black and white, although the covers were in colo(u)r. “Nelvana of the North” may be the most famous title, since the superheroine’s name was later used for an animation company. Canadian Golden Age
Thanks for that. I've never heard the term, "Canadian Whites," but I knew that Canadian artists, writers, and so on, produced comic books for Canadian kids during WWII in black-and-white (and also that the importation of full-colour American comics was somehow prohibited), but I never knew why. Your link explained a lot; thanks again.
My father must have read them during WWII, because he'd often speak to me when I was a child about "What would Nelvana of the North do about this? Or Johnny Canuck?" Me, being totally unfamiliar with these characters, would be left saying, "Uh ... I dunno."
The last time we had a real Canadian comic book hero was Captain Canuck, in 1975.
Canadians have a lot of talent in comic books, but as so often happens, they're lured by the big publishers in the US, and go there. At least, those publishers/producers allow Canadian characters into their universes occasionally; Wolverine (originally from Cold Lake, Alberta) is probably the best known in the Marvel universe. Cerberus, by Canadian Dave Sim, is lesser-known, and published independently, but is still known to comics fans.
A friend is a very talented comic artist, who does not want to go to the US, though he's been invited. No, rather like Alan Moore, he prefers to let his stories and the art done under his approval, stand on their own. If an American publisher chooses to pick them up, great; but if not, well, meh. Their loss.
Are any of these characters francophones, or not white Anglo people?
The main characters are Canadians of various different cultures, races and shadings of black and white colours since the pictures in the comics were not in colours, they were drawn in only black and white.
Yes there are even some Quebecois featured. Here is a Wiki article about the Nelvana of the Northern Lights series, Nelvana was Canada's first female superhero and she had many super powers:
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