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Steve Nease

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Steve Nease
Steve Nease
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OccupationEditorial cartoonist

Steve Nease is a Canadian editorial and comic strip cartoonist based in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. He was born and raised in Woodbridge, Ontario.

Career

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His career has spanned over 30 years, many of which were spent as Art Director of the Oakville Beaver. Since 2008 he has worked independently.[1] He is most noted for his award-winning political and editorial cartoons,[2] and his family comic strip, "Pud", based on the lives of the artist and his family.[3][4]

He has also found success as a freelance illustrator, most notably Real Stories from the Rink by Brian MacFarlane.[5]

In July 2016 Nease reestablished his long-time relationship with the Oakville Beaver and other Halton community newspapers, which have resumed publishing his editorial cartoons and comic strips after a hiatus of 8 years.[6]

In 2022, Hiawatha First Nation Chief Laurie Carr criticized a Nease cartoon depicting Indigenous leaders demanding a payout from Pope Francis after his apology for Canadian Indian residential schools. Nease and Metroland Media managing editor Adam Martin-Robbins subsequently issued apologies.[7]

Awards and recognition

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Nease received recognition for the best editorial cartoon of 2006 from the Suburban Newspaper Association (SNA) of North America in 2006 for his cartoon "Don't Forget the Sunblock".[8]

Another important recognition Nease has received on eight occasions is Ontario Community Newspaper Association Cartoonist of the year, most recently for 2011.[9]

Nease has also been recognized as the Canadian Community Newspapers Association Cartoonist of the year 10 times, most recently in 2009.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "ACEC - Nease". Canadiancartoonists.com. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  2. ^ "Nease is cartoonist of the year". InsideHalton Article. 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  3. ^ MacBride, Craig (Dec 11, 2004). "Just kidding around; Award-winning cartoonist Steve Nease has been finding humour in family life for two decades". Oakville Beaver. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012.
  4. ^ "Steve Nease – Visual Arts Brampton". Visualartsbrampton.com. 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  5. ^ "Real Stories from the Rink by Brian McFarlane; illustrated by Steve Nease". Tundrabooks.com. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  6. ^ "Nease cartoons make a comeback in the Oakville Beaver".
  7. ^ Monkman, Lenard. "Newspaper apologizes for cartoon depicting Indigenous people seeking payout from Pope". CBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  8. ^ "SNA 2006 Editorial Contest Winners" (PDF). Suburban-news.org. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  9. ^ "Nease is cartoonist of the year". InsideHalton Article. 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  10. ^ "2009 Winners Book". Betternewspapers.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
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