A comic by Stuart Morris from the cover of New Directions magazine, Vol 1 No 5 from April-May of 1986. I thought this comic would be suitably fun for Friday the 13th! I was tipped off about New Directions magazine by Bonnie Beckwoman, one of the original contributors of the Georgia Straight who later also contributed comics to New Directions. The lead story of this issue from 1986 was titled The Bad BCers’ Guide to Expo, and it was written by Larry Kuehn. While most of my Expo86 posts have been rosy nostalgic, not everyone was as enthusiastic about the event. You can read the article at the VPL’s periodicals reference desk. Or tweet me!
Tintin Expo 86 poster, from the Belgian pavilion. I am offering this poster for sale to any of my followers. Thanks to all those who expressed interest; a new home has been found for the poster!
Selected panels of Vancouver from the 13 page comic book, Archie at Expo 86 in “the Archies in Motion” penciled by Daniel S. DeCarlo, inked by Dan’s son Jim DeCarlo, lettering by Bill Yoshida, and coloring/production by Barry Grossman. There is a forthcoming documentary in the works on Dan DeCarlo, so watch for that! Dan also has a great Wikipedia page to help you get acquainted with his life story. More about the comic, from bobbea’s Expo 86 site:
In this rare “The World of Archie” comic book, Archie and his friends leave the confines Riverdale to visit Expo 86. In another issue around the same time, the gang visited Victoria’s famed Empress Hotel for high tea. It has been said that throughout the latter half of the 20th century, Vancouver and Victoria had the largest Archie comic book readerships (per capita) than any other city in North America.
Archie’s biggest fans in Vancouver and Victoria? Who knew!?
Thanks, Darren!
Illustrations by Bob McIlhargey and Lori Brown, pre-Expo 86. This particular rendering shows BC Place and Northeast False Creek, speculating on redevelopment of the land after Expo, before it had even been built. As I mentioned previously on Illustrated Vancouver, architectural illustrator Bob McIlhargey, along with his wife and associate Lori Brown were largely responsible for much of the concept rendering work commissioned for Expo 86 from 1982-86.
Cross-posted with additional text to VancouverIsAwesome.com.
View under Cambie Bridge, Vancouver, a watercolour from September 14, 2011 by Jeckenzibbel via flickr. I have always appreciated this location, and evidently she does too:
I have been meaning to draw this view under the bridge, which I love. There is a playground/skateboarding rink on the other side from me under the bridge. Great idea with the tendency to rain in Vancouver, plus it makes this bridge pleasant to hang out under, which you can’t say of all bridges.
The H.R. MacMillan Planetarium, Vancouver, a watercolour painting by Edward Goodall. Image from a printed note card. “The H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, founded 1968…was designed in the 1960s by architect Gerald Hamilton to house what was then called The Centennial Museum. The planetarium was added as part of a pre-construction re-design.” [wikipedia]
As mentioned previously, Edward (Ted) Goodall “…began drawing pen and ink and pencil postcards of Vancouver Island and started the successful “Goodall’s Pencil Postcard Series.” …In the early fifties he produced a British Columbia calendar of scenes from the west coast first in pencil drawing but over the years eventually replaced them with paintings. source
This watercolour is perhaps a good example of his later work, and those who can recognize which towers grace the skyline will be able to accurately date this view’s vintage. Edward Goodall passed away in September of 1982.
In honour of I Love Transit week, this week’s posts will be transit related!
Tea Pirates of False Creek, by legendary lowbrow comic artist Colin Upton, 2009. From the 6th Annual Lowbrow on the High Seas Pirates show, September 2009 at the Tart Gallery.
Once again, a reminder Colin will be appearing in the panel below at the Emily Carr University event Emily Con, a one-of-a-kind comic book convention this Saturday, July 16, 2011 from 11:00am - 4:00pm. This one day event is free and open to the public. Details of Colin’s panel below:
Make Your Own Damn Comic! 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Panel by Ed Brisson, Kevin Leeson, Todd Ireland, Colin Upton, independent comic book publishers
“the flood after the storm” 2009 from later, post-apocalyptic comics by Darcie Frederick
City of Vancouver : British Columbia : Civic Centre - Proposed Development of the Burrard Street Site, created for the City of Vancouver Town Planning Commission in 1928 by John F. D. Tanqueray; Harland Bartholomew and Associates, consultants, St. Louis, Missouri. Further description from flickr: “Shows a concept for a civic centre near Beach Avenue and Burrard Street, and for a bridge across False Creek at Burrard Street.” From the Vancouver City Archives, Item Number: 79-10. Posted in honour of the Bartholomew plan documents, recently posted to archive.org, digitized with funding by Bing Thom Architects as a gift to the City of Vancouver for its 125th birthday.
Vancouver, 1792, a painting by Jim McKenzie, with Native Place Names overlaid, as seen in Donald E. Waite’s book, Vancouver Exposed, a History in Photographs. This is a remarkable reinterpretation of the map by City Archivist, Major J.S. Matthews, Indian Names for Familiar Places. The book Vancouver Exposed is available at Don’s website and at Black Bond Books, and prints of the painting on paper or canvas by Jim McKenzie (without the text) are also available here.
Update: And as seen on a street mural near 265 25 Street, West Vancouver! (via Google Street View) Thanks, Robert!
Low Tide on False Creek, by James Jervis Blomfield (1872-1951). I guess it was probably painted some time between 1898-1907, when much of the rest of his Vancouver work was created, although it is not actually dated. (72-437 #1) From the City Archives.
The View from Southeast False Creek, ink illustration by Peter R. Bach, between 1982-1984.
![The H.R. MacMillan Planetarium, Vancouver, a watercolour painting by Edward Goodall. Image from a printed note card. “The H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, founded 1968…was designed in the 1960s by architect Gerald Hamilton to house what was then called The Centennial Museum. The planetarium was added as part of a pre-construction re-design.” [wikipedia]
As mentioned previously, Edward (Ted) Goodall “…began drawing pen and ink and pencil postcards of Vancouver Island and started the successful “Goodall’s Pencil Postcard Series.” …In the early fifties he produced a British Columbia calendar of scenes from the west coast first in pencil drawing but over the years eventually replaced them with paintings. source
This watercolour is perhaps a good example of his later work, and those who can recognize which towers grace the skyline will be able to accurately date this view’s vintage. Edward Goodall passed away in September of 1982.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq0bv1s4dY1qc7pjjo1_1280.jpg)
