The Great Canadian Comic Books

Film accompanying the book of the same name by Nelvana Enterprises founders Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loubert with partner Clive Smith as designer and illustrator It looks at the Canadian Whites series of comic books made during World War II with some focus on Nelvana of the Northern Lights the genres first superheroine and Johnny Canuck It was accompanied by a twoyear travelling tour of the art the National Gallery of Canadas Comic Art Traditions in Canada 194145 This is Nelvana Enterprises first film