Brother Sebastian was an American

pantomime Pantomime (; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment. It was developed in England and is performed throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland and (to a lesser extent) in other English-speaking ...

gag cartoon A gag cartoon (also panel cartoon, single-panel cartoon, or gag panel) is most often a single-panel cartoon, usually including a caption beneath the drawing. A pantomime cartoon carries no caption. In some cases, dialogue may appear in speech b ...

series, created by

Chon Day Chauncey Addison Day, better known as Chon Day, (April 6, 1907 – Jan 1, 2000) was an American cartoonist whose cartoons appeared in ''The New Yorker'' and other magazines. Born in Chatham, New Jersey, Day attended Lehigh University in 1926, whe ...

. It ran from 1954 until 1971 in '' Look''. The cartoons center on a spectacled Roman Catholic monk. All cartoons are one-panel and although occasionally signs are used there is no use of dialogue, making it a classic example of a pantomime comic.

Books

These cartoons were collected in several Doubleday books, ''Brother Sebastian'', ''Brother Sebastian Carries On'' and ''Brother Sebastian at Large'' (1961), reprinted in paperback by

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. Day received the

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's Special Features Award for 1969 for his work on ''Brother Sebastian'' cartoons.

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National Cartoonists Society Awards
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