2025-Nov-20
The second in a two-part series, this set of six stamps pays tribute to some of Canada’s most talented and influential graphic novelists: Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas. Each graphic novelist worked with Canada Post to create original drawings, exclusively for this stamp issue, featuring the main characters from one of their most celebrated works.
Kate Beaton is the creator of the autobiographical Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, which depicts her experience of working in the Northern Alberta oil sands and in 2023 became the first graphic novel to win CBC’s prestigious Canada Reads
Jimmy Beaulieu is a prominent figure in the francophone comic book community and with a number of titles to his name, including 2013’s Non-aventures : planches à la première personne, a collection of anecdotes and reflections of the ordinary “non adventures” of his everyday life in Montréal.
Guy Delisle uses a simplistic drawing style and sparse, candid storytelling to chronicle his extensive travels in places like North Korea, Burma, as well as parts of Palestine, the West Bank, and Israel, which became the basis of the award-winning Chroniques de Jérusalem.
Julie Doucet is included in the Joe Shuster Awards’ Canadian Comic Book Hall of Fame and is a recipient of the Grand Prix for lifetime achievement at the Angoulême International Comics Festival – the most prestigious award in the comics industry. Her autobiographical works include Journal (365 Days).
Bryan Lee O’Malley is the writer and illustrator behind the popular Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series, which found a cult audience and spawned a popular major motion picture, video game, and animated series.
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas is a multimedia visual artist who created his own illustrative style by blending Asian brush techniques with North Pacific Indigenous iconography, which can be seen in his 2009 graphic novel, Red: A Haida Manga.
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