Doug & Bob McKenzie - Canada

Beauty, eh!

If only this was real. Take off you Hosers

If I knew who created this I would definitely give them credit.

Superheroes : 1995 Canada

1995-Oct-02

The first comic books evolved around the 1930s from newspaper strips. The early comics were American but, with the disruptions of the second world war, a Canadian comic industry flourished. The appearance of Superman in April 1938 marked a major event in comic book history. The character created by Toronto-born Joe Shuster and American writer Jerry Siegel, was the mould from which all other comic book super heroes were cast.

Canada's first national super hero, Nelvana of the Northern Lights was conceived in 1941 by Adrian Dingle to battle wartime super-villains. She was a powerful heroine who symbolized the Canadian North. Canada's second super hero, Air Force Captain an secret agent Johnny Canuck, was Canada's answer to Nazi oppression. Created in 1941 by Leo Bachle, a 16-yer old Toronto student.

Three decades after the Golden Age of wartime super heroes, a new breed of nationalistic heroes appeared. Shunning violence and costumed in Canada's flag, Captain Canuck, a secret agent with double speed and strength was the 1975 brainchild of Richard Comley and Ron Leishman. A decade later, Fleur de Lys and the Anglophone hero Northguard (illustrated in the cachet) joined forces to protect Canada. Their incredible adventures were set in real Montreal area locations by writer Mark Shainblum an artist Gabriel Morrissette - Canada Post

Captain Canuck stamp postmarked with Marvel Comic stamp first day postmark. It was intended that a Marvel Stamp would accompany the Captain Canuck stamp

Graphic Novels : 2025 Canada

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.

Graphic Novelists : 2024 Canada

2024-May-10

Graphic novelists tell rich stories by deftly interweaving words and images. Since emerging nearly a half-century ago, this narrative form – which can include anthologies, memoirs and other non-fiction works – has steadily grown in popularity and captivated readers around the globe. Canada Post is pleased to celebrate some of the most talented and influential authors of the genre in a set of stamps that includes Chester Brown, Michel Rabagliati, Seth and cousins Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki. Individually, these five graphic novelists have inspired readers at home and abroad and elevated the graphic novel form. Collectively, they have helped establish Canada’s reputation in the comic arts world – Canada Post Magazine