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Graeme Patrick MacKay
Born (1968-09-23) September 23, 1968 (age 56)
Dundas, Ontario & Hamilton, Ontario Canada
NationalityCanadian
Area(s)Cartoonist
www.mackaycartoons.net

Graeme MacKay (born 23 September 1968) is the Hamilton Spectator's resident editorial cartoonist. Born in 1968, grew up in Dundas, Ontario. A graduate from Parkside High School in Dundas, Graeme attended the University of Ottawa majoring in History and Political Science. There he submitted cartoons to the student newspaper, The Fulcrum, and became the graphics editor. Between 1989 and 1991 he illustrated and, along with writer Paul Nichols, co-wrote a weekly comic strip, entitled "Alas & Alack", a satire of current day public figures framed in a medieval setting.[1]

After a 2 year working tour through Europe and North Africa he returned to Canada in 1994 and submitted cartoons to various newspapers. His work caught the eye of The Hamilton Spectator and in 1997, he was hired as a full-time editorial cartoonist[2]

Besides creating five editorial cartoons per week for the Spectator, Graeme's work is nationally syndicated through Artizans. Through distribution his cartoons appear across the Internet and in newspapers, big and small, throughout Canada, and occasionally in the United States.

Between 1999 and 2003, Graeme illustrated a comic strip exclusively for the Hamilton Spectator called Gridlock featuring 5 characters working at a fictitious local taxi company called Hammercab. Gridlock’s creation came about through a partnership with Wade Hemsworth, a columnist at the Hamilton Spectator, who wrote the scripts.[3]

Between 2008 and 2010 Graeme was President of the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists, and hosted its biennial gathering in Hamilton[4] in September, 2010.

Graeme has lived in Hamilton, Ottawa, Toronto and London UK, for 18 months (1994) as a counter clerk in the food halls of Harrods in Knightsbridge. He now resides in Hamilton, with his wife Wendi, and their daughters, Gillian and Jacqueline.

Citations

  • The Duncan MacPherson Award, 1996
  • The United Nations/Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards, 2006[5]
  • The United Nations/Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards, 2013[6]
  • The George Townsend Award, 2014[7]

Controversy

On August 22 2017, an editorial cartoon[8] by MacKay was published in the Hamilton Spectator depicting a person wearing a Nazi uniform and holding a tiki torch being beaten and hit by four hippies holding peace-themed signs. BentQ, Hamilton's LGBTQ2SI+ Media and Community Hub, responded to this cartoon in an article[9] that identified the cartoon's Nazi sympathizing nature and its similarities, however unintentional, with Neo-Nazi propaganda. The cartoon was met with discord on MacKay's Facebook page, which lead to MacKay taking the cartoon down.[10]

On March 22 2018, an editorial cartoon[11] by MacKay was published in the Hamilton Spectator which depicted a person presenting as female being asked by a clerk at a Service Canada desk how they would like to be addressed. The individual answers that they are "the serene highness and extraordinary companion of the illustrious order" and continues in this vein, ending with “In Ms. Chatsworth’s Gifted Class I went by Phil”. The cartoon was referencing Service Canada's recent directive instructing its employees who interact with the public to stay away from terms such as Mr., Mrs., father and mother, and to "use gender-neutral language or gender-inclusive language."[12] MacKay's cartoon was met with backlash regarding it's transphobic message[13].

Exhibitions

  • Participant, "Bye Bye Jean”, 2003, La Galerie Rouge, 228 rue Saint-Joseph, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada[14]
  • Participant, "Halifax Pub Scrawl”, 2005, Economy Shoe Shop, 1663 Argyle St, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada[15]
  • Participant, "Bush Leaguers: Cartoonists Take on the White House", 2007, Washington D.C., USA[16] exhibited in Pittsburgh PA., and Columbus, OH.
  • Participant, "Doodles to Digital: Editorial Cartooning in the 21st Century", 2010, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada[17]
  • Participant, "Polar Lines”, 2011, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada[18]
  • Participant, “World Press Cartoon 2012", Sintra, Portugal[19]
  • Participant, "Cartoonist Amigos", 2014, Havana, Cuba[20]
  • Participant, “The Auld Acquaintance” travelling exhibit on Scotland independence, 2014;[21] St.Just-le-Martel, France; London, UK; Glasgow, UK, Lleida, Spain; Limoges, France; Edinburgh, UK

Publications

  • You Might Be From Hamilton If... published by MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc., 2017[22]
  • "Mennonite Cobbler: Balancing Faith and Tradition in a Turbulent World" (Illustrations), published by AuthorHouse, 2016
  • "Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year", Pelican Publishing Company; 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012[23]
  • "Portfoolio: The Year's Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons", editions 16 - 25 (2000-2013); published by McClelland & Stewart[24]

References

  1. ^ "Alas & Alack - mackaycartoons.net".
  2. ^ "Hamilton Spectator".
  3. ^ "Gridlock - mackaycartoons.net".
  4. ^ "Hamilton Spectator".
  5. ^ "Citation for Excellence, 2006".
  6. ^ "Citation for Excellence, 2013".
  7. ^ "Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists". (Townsie), 2014
  8. ^ "Opinion | Editorial cartoon Aug 22". The Hamilton Spectator. 2017-08-22. ISSN 1189-9417. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  9. ^ The Bent Q Media Team (August 23 2017). "ON YESTERDAY'S EDITORIAL CARTOON IN THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR". BentQ. Retrieved March 23 2018. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. ^ "MacKay Cartoon Stirs Controversy". bado-badosblog.blogspot.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  11. ^ MacKay, Graeme (2018-03-22). "Opinion | Editorial cartoon March 22". The Hamilton Spectator. ISSN 1189-9417. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  12. ^ "Service Canada's gender neutral directive is 'confusing' and 'will be corrected' says minister | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  13. ^ "Lyla Miklos". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  14. ^ "La Galerie Rouge, Quebec City, QC, Canada". June 26–28, 2003
  15. ^ "Economy Shoe Shop Facebook Page". July, 2005
  16. ^ "Bush Leaguers". The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, July 2007, Katzen Center, American University, Washington D.C., USA
  17. ^ "Doodles to Digital: Editorial Cartooning in the 21st Century".The Jean and Ross Fischer Gallery, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Sept 4 to Dec 12, 2010
  18. ^ "40th anniversary of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami". November, 2011
  19. ^ "World Press Cartoon 2012". April 21 to July 30, 2012, Sintra Museu de Art Moderno, Sintra, Portugal
  20. ^ "World Press Cartoon 2012". May–June, 2014, Vitrina de Valonia Gallery, Havana, Cuba
  21. ^ "Scottish Cartoon Art Studio".
  22. ^ "MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc Catalogue (978-1-77276-078-1)".
  23. ^ "Amazon.com listing".
  24. ^ "Bado's Blog by Guy Badeaux".
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