Seth (cartoonist)
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| Born | Gregory Gallant September 16, 1962 Clinton, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Artist |
| Pseudonym(s) | Seth |
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Notable works
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Seth is the pen name of Gregory Gallant (born September 16, 1962), a Canadian cartoonist best known for his series Palookaville and his mock-autobiographical graphic novel It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken (1996).
Seth's cartoons in a style influenced by the classic cartoonists of The New Yorker. His work is highly nostalgic, especially for the early-to-mid-20th Century period, and of Southern Ontario. His work also shows a great depth and breadth of knowledge of the history of comics and cartooning.
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Personal life
Seth was born Gregory Gallant in Clinton, Ontario, Canada.[1] He attended the Ontario College of Art in Toronto.[2] As of 2004, he lives in Guelph, Ontario, with his wife Tania.[1]
Career
Seth, then living in Toronto, first drew attention to his work in 1985 when he took over art duties from the Hernandez brothers for Mister X from Toronto publisher Vortex Comics. In April 1991 he launched his own comic book, Palookaville, with Montreal publisher Drawn and Quarterly. By this time, Seth's artwork had evolved to a style inspired by The New Yorker cartoons of the 1930s and 1940s.[3]
He is also a magazine illustrator and book designer, perhaps best known for his work designing the complete collection of Charles M. Schulz's classic comic strip Peanuts. The books, released by Fantagraphics Books in 25 separate volumes (so far) combine Seth's signature aesthetic with Schulz's minimalistic comic creation. Similarly, he is designing the Collected Doug Wright, and the John Stanley Library.
Seth's illustration work includes the cover artwork for Aimee Mann's album Lost in Space (2001) and the jacket and French flaps for the Penguin Classics Portable Dorothy Parker (2006).[4]
Clyde Fans, the story of two brothers whose trade in electric fans suffers and eventually goes out of business from the failure to adapt to the rise of air conditioning, was serialized in Palooka-ville. Seth's short graphic novel Wimbledon Green, about an eccentric comic-book collector, was published in November 2005.
Graphic novels
From September 2006 to March 25, 2007, Seth serialized a graphic novel titled George Sprott (1894–1975), for the Funny Pages section of the New York Times Magazine.[5] Selections from George Sprott were featured in Best American Comics 2009. In the liner notes of that publication, Seth announced he was expanding Sprott into a book, filling in gaps that were cut to meet the restraints given by NYTM. The book was published by Drawn & Quarterly in May 2009.[6]
Seth's affection for early- and mid-20th century popular culture and his relative disdain for pop culture since then is a recurrent theme in his work, both in terms of the characters (who are often nostalgic for the period) and his artistic style.[7] Although, as a teenager, he was a vocal fan of mainstream superhero comics; he even had a couple of fan letters published.[citation needed]
Seth's artwork has landed on the cover of The New Yorker three times, which he said was a professional milestone he was happy to achieve.[8]
Seth will be collaborating with children's novelist Lemony Snicket in his ongoing series The Wrong Questions, starting with Book One: Who Could That Be At This Hour? released October 23, 2012.[9]
Model buildings
A selection of Seth's original models (studies for his fictional city, Dominion) was included in an exhibition at the Phoenix Art Museum in Phoenix, AZ from April 21 through August 19, 2007.[10]
In a collaboration between the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Seth, and RENDER, one of the buildings from Seth's Dominion City project has been re-built as a walk-in theatre in KW|AG’s Eastman Gallery
Seth is the subject of the 2014 documentary film Seth's Dominion, which received the grand prize for best animated feature at the Ottawa International Animation Film Festival.[11]
Awards
Seth has won a number of industry awards throughout is career, and in 2011 was honoured by being the first cartoonist to win the literary Harbourfront Festival Prize.[12]
| Year | Organization | Award for | Award |
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| 1997 | Ignatz Awards | Outstanding Artist[13] | Seth |
| Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection[13] | It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken | ||
| 2005 | Eisner Awards | The Complete Peanuts | Best Publication Design[14] |
| Harvey Awards | Special Award for Excellence in Presentation[15] | ||
| 2011 | Authors at Harbourfront Centre | Harbourfront Festival Prize[16][17] | Seth |
Bibliography
Books and collections
| Year | Title | Publisher | ISBN | Notes |
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| 1996 | It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken | Drawn and Quarterly | 1-896597-70-X | originally serialized in Palookaville #4–9 |
| 2000 | Clyde Fans: Part One | 978-1-894937-09-2 | ||
| 2001 | Vernacular Drawings | 1-896597-41-6 | Sketchbook | |
| 2003 | Clyde Fans: Part Two | 978-1894937603 | ||
| 2004 | Clyde Fans: Book One | 1-896597-84-X | Collects the same contents as Clyde Fans parts one and two | |
| 2005 | Wimbledon Green | 1-896597-93-9 | ||
| 2009 | George Sprott | 978-1-897299-51-7 | ||
| 2011 | The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists | 978-1770460539 | ||
| 2012 | Who Could That Be At This Hour? | Little, Brown | 978-0316123082 | Written by Lemony Snicket |
| 2013 | When Did You See Her Last? | 978-1405256223 | ||
| 2014 | File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents | 978-0316284035 | ||
| Shouldn't You Be In School? | 978-0316123068 | |||
| 2015 | Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? | 978-0316123044 |
Other
- (2002) Inner Drawings and Cover Art for the Record Lost In Space by Aimee Mann, Super Ego Records.
- (2004) Editing, Illustrations and cover art for "Bannock, Beans & Black Tea" by J. H. Gallant - Montreal: Drawn and Quarterly, ISBN 1-896597-78-5
- (2005) Design and Inner drawings for "Christmas Days", by Derek McCormack, Anansi, 2005, ISBN 978-0-88784-193-4.
- (2006) Forty Books of Interest: A Supplement to Comic Art No. 8
- (2007) Design and Inner drawings for "Cocktail Culture", by Mark Kingwell, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84627-114-4
- (2008) Design and Inner drawings for "The Idler's Glossary," by Joshua Glenn and Mark Kingwell, Biblioasis, 2008, ISBN 978-1-897231-46-3.
- (2009) Cover of the Criterion Collection's DVD release of Leo McCarey's Make Way for Tomorrow (spine #505).
- (2011) Design and Inner drawings for "The Wage Slave's Glossary," by Joshua Glenn and Mark Kingwell, Biblioasis, 2011, ISBN 978-1-926845-17-3.
- (2013) Cover of the Criterion Collection's Blu-ray/DVD release of Charlie Chaplin's City Lights (spine #680).
References
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Works cited
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