Serge Chapleau (; born December 5, 1945) is a Canadian

political 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 curre ...

from the province of Quebec.

Biography

Born in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, the youngest in a family of seven children, Serge Chapleau grew up in a blue collar neighbourhood in Montréal, where his childhood kingdom was the back alley of rue Drolet. After studying painting and graphic art at the School of Fine Arts in Montreal, Chapleau created in 1971 a caricature of the songbook

Gilles Vigneault Gilles Vigneault (; born 27 October 1928) is a Canadian poet, publisher, singer-songwriter, and Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist. Two of his songs are considered by many to be Quebec's unofficial anthems: " Mon pays" and " Gens du pays", ...

for ''Perspectives'', a weekly paper distributed with the Saturday Editions of several Quebec dailys. During the following years, Chapleau collaborated in several other publications, such as ''

Montréal-Matin ''Montréal-Matin'' ("Montreal-Morning") was a Quebec daily newspaper based in Montreal. It was published from 1930 to 1978. It was politically associated to the Conservative Party of Quebec and, afterwards, its successor the Union Nationale. ...

'', ''Week-End'', ''Actualité'' and ''Nous''. Following ''

Le Devoir ''Le Devoir'' (, "Duty") is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and throughout Canada. It was founded by journalist and politician Henri Bourassa in 1910. ''Le Devoir'' is one of few independent large-c ...

'' in 1985, he worked at ''Le Matin'' in 1987, and 7 Jours from 1989 to 1992. After a return to ''Le Devoir'' in 1991, he became in 1996 a cartoonist at '' La Presse'', a post that he continues to occupy. From 2004 to 2019, his puppet character Gérard D. Laflaque, returned to television in CGI form on '' Et Dieu créa Laflaque''. He and fellow Montreal cartoonist

Terry Mosher Christopher Terry Mosher, (born 11 November 1942) is a Canadian political cartoonist for the ''Montreal Gazette''. He draws under the name Aislin, a rendition of the name of his eldest daughter Aislinn (without the second 'n'). Aislin's drawing ...

were the subject of a 2003 documentary film, ''Nothing Scared'', directed by Garry Beitel. Chapleau suffers from

Dupuytren's contracture Dupuytren's contracture (also called Dupuytren's disease, Morbus Dupuytren, Viking disease, palmar fibromatosis and Celtic hand) is a condition in which one or more fingers become progressively bent in a flexed position. It is named after Guill ...

, a hand disease in which the formation of scar tissue under the skin of the palm causes fingers to curl inward and lose the motion of the tendons' ability to grip.

Honours and publications

For more than two decades Serge Chapleau has been a finalist at the

National Newspaper Awards 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 u ...

of the Canadian Association of Newspapers in the Editorial Cartooning category; to date he has won the award on seven separate occasions. Since 1993, Éditions du Boréal has published an annual collection of his best caricatures, ''L'année Chapleau''. From May 22, 1997, to September 20, 1998, the Musée McCord presented an exhibit on the works of Chapleau

Aislin Christopher Terry Mosher, (born 11 November 1942) is a Canadian political cartoonist for the ''Montreal Gazette''. He draws under the name Aislin, a rendition of the name of his eldest daughter Aislinn (without the second 'n'). Aislin's drawing ...

, ''Aislin & Chapleau Caricatures''. He was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2015."Four Nova Scotians among Order of Canada honourees"
''

The Chronicle-Herald ''The Chronicle Herald'' is a broadsheet newspaper published in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada owned by SaltWire Network of Halifax. The paper's newsroom staff were locked out of work from January 2016 until August 2017. ''Herald'' management cont ...

'', July 1, 2015.

References

External links

McCord Museum — Aislin & Chapleau Caricatures
1945 births Artists from Montreal Canadian editorial cartoonists Canadian caricaturists French Quebecers Living people Members of the Order of Canada {{Canadian-comics-creator-stub