It Happened in Canada

It Happened in Canada
Author(s)	Gordon Johnston
Current status / schedule	defunct
Genre(s)	non-fiction, history

It Happened in Canada was a syndicated Canadian cartoon feature by Gordon Johnston that presented Canadian facts and achievements in a manner similar to Ripley's Believe It or Not!. As many as 65 newspapers in Canada carried the comic during its run from 1967 ^[1] to 1980s.^[2][3] Some episodes featured relatively obscure details about Prime Ministers such as R. B. Bennett and John Diefenbaker.^[4]

Works

Several collections of the comic were published as books:^[5]

• Johnston, Gordon; Al Oliver (1967). It Happened in Canada. London, Ontario: Algor Features.
• Johnston, Gordon (1971). Johnston's It Happened in Canada. Toronto Star Reader Service.
• Johnston, Gordon (c. 1976). More It Happened in Canada. Scholastic-TAB.
• Johnston, Gordon (c. 1976). Still More It Happened in Canada. Scholastic-TAB.
• Johnston, Gordon (1983). It Happened in Canada. Methuen.
• Johnston, Gordon (c. 1983). It Happened in Western Canada. Western Producer.
• Johnston, Gordon (1991). It Happened in Canada. Toronto: Scholastic Canada. ISBN 0590740695.

References

1. http://news.westernu.ca/2013/01/canadian-cartoonist-inspired-by-history/
2. The Canadian Press (4 August 1983). "Gordon Johnston". The Globe and Mail. p. 9.
3. Layng, Craig; Monet, Don. "Cartoons and Comic Strips". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
4. "Gordon Johnston fonds". Canadian Archival Information Network. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
5. Library and Archives Canada, catalogue