Bado is the
pen name of Guy Badeaux (born 21 May 1949), who has been the
editorial cartoonist
An editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws editorial cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary. Their cartoons are used to convey and question an aspect of daily news or curren ...
at the French-language daily ''
Le Droit
''Le Droit'' is a Canadian French-language daily newspaper, published in Gatineau, Quebec. Initially established and owned by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, the paper was published by Martin Cauchon and his company, Capitales Médias ...
'' in
Ottawa, Ontario
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, Canada since 1981.
Recipient of the
National Newspaper Award The National Newspaper Awards (french: link=no, Concours canadien de journalisme) are prizes awarded annually for the best work in Canadian newspapers.
Synopsis
The awards were first given in 1949 by the Toronto Press Club, which ran the awards un ...
for editorial cartooning in 1991, he is currently treasurer of the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists. He was editor, for 23 years, of ''Portfoolio: The Year's Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons'', published by
McArthur & Company Publishing, and, for two years, edited by Warren Clements, then with ''
The Globe and Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...
''.
Archives
There is a Guy Badeaux fonds at
Library and Archives Canada. The archival reference number is R5791. The material in the fonds dates from 1981 to 1996. The fonds contains 2,516 drawings and 83 photomechanical reproductions.
References
Canadian editorial cartoonists
1949 births
Living people
Artists from Montreal
Pseudonymous artists
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