Jon St. Ables
Jon St. Ables, born Jon Stables, (December 23, 1912 – 1999) was a Canadian cartoonist.
Life and career
St. Ables was born in Ulverston in England and emigrated to Winnipeg in Canada when he was 13, preceded by his father and older brother. During World War II, he worked as a painter and sign writer for the shipbuilding industry in Victoria, British Columbia.[1] Shortly after his marriage in 1942 he was hired by Maple Leaf Publishing, where worked as the artist for the Piltdown Pete, Brok Windsor, and Bill Speed cartoon strips, which he signed with the pen name "St. Ables". He eventually took over as art editor from Vernon Miller and became one of the company's top cover artists.[2]
When Maple Leaf folded in 1946, he opened a studio and for a while produced a line of
In 2006 was St. Ables was inducted into the Joe Shuster Awards Hall of Fame for his contributions to Canadian comics.[1]
References
- ^ a b Pincombe, Robert. St. Ables, Jon (1912–1999). joeshusterawards.com
- ^ Library and Archives Canada. Canadian Golden Age of Comics, 1941–1946
- Issaquah Press (February 16, 2009). "Obituary: Esther Anne Stables" Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Biography of Jon St. Ables on Lambiek's Comiclopedia