Terry Mosher
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Christopher Terry Mosher (born 11 November 1942) is a 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').
Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Mosher attended fourteen different schools in Montreal, Toronto and Quebec City, graduating from the Ecole des Beaux-arts in 1967. He famously won entrance to this fine arts college (now part of UQAM) by forging his high-school graduation certificate, which he called his most successful work. He then began working for The Montreal Star, moving to the Montreal Gazette[1] in 1972. He also serves as cartoon editor for Maclean's, Canada's largest newsmagazine.
Aislin's drawings have also appeared in numerous international publications, such as Punch, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, National Lampoon, Time, The Washington Star and The New York Times. He has produced forty-two books "[2]" .
Terry Mosher has had a long association with The Old Brewery Mission, Montreal's largest shelter for the homeless, and in 2001, was appointed to the institution's Board of Directors.
[edit] Awards
He is the recipient of two National Newspaper Awards and five individual prizes from the international Salon of Caricature. In 1985, Mosher became the youngest person ever to be inducted into the Canadian News Hall of Fame.
In 2002 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
[edit] Controversy
In 1993 Mosher became the first artist to have his work denounced by a Member of Parliament (Robert Layton) in the House of Commons as "a crime against fundamental Canadian values of decency and mutual respect."[3]
[edit] External links
- Official site
- See Aislin's caricatures from the McCord Museum's digital collection
- Funny and Moody: The Best of Aislin's Cartoons
- Terry Mosher at The Canadian Encyclopedia
