Comics & Graphic Novels General
BackBench Collection, The
- Publisher
- Ronsdale Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2007
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781553800538
- Publish Date
- Oct 2007
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
"BackBench" has appeared daily for almost twenty years in The Globe & Mail, both as a comic strip and as a panel cartoon. With his witty, irreverent humour, Graham Harrop has satirized most of Canada's major political figures. He has commented on government scandals, the cosy connection of politicians and pop idols, and the continuing battles between the feds and the provinces. He is noted for his humorous take on Leonard Cohen in his much publicized retreat to a California monastery aswell as Margaret Atwood and her "remote pen" for signing books.
About the author
Graham Harrop was born in Liverpool and has always had a love of cartooning. He has worked as a copyrunner, millworker, taxi driver and dining car waiter. He now draws a daily comic panel (BackBench) for the Globe and Mail and is an editorial cartoonist for the Vancouver Sun. He lives in North Vancouver.