Sunday, September 23, 2012
Celebrating 11 Years in our Community!
Scott Chantler
Scott Chantler is the Shuster Award-winning cartoonist of the graphic novels Two Generals, Northwest Passage, and the Three Thieves series. An acclaimed graphic novelist and illustrator he has been nominated for numerous awards, including the Doug Wright Awards for Canadian cartooning excellence. He is the author of Northwest Passage, a multi-volume graphic narrative set in 1755 colonial Canada, and the artist of graphic novels including Days Like This, Scandalous, and Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen. He is also a popular commercial illustrator whose clients include McDonald's, Reebok, Macy's, the Toronto Star, the National Post, and Maclean's. When he's not doing either of those things, he teaches Writing for Graphic Novels at Max the Mutt Animation School in Toronto.
Books
Two Generals
A beautifully illustrated and poignant graphic memoir, Two Generals, tells the story of World War II from an Everyman’s perspective.
In March of 1943, Scott Chantler’s grandfather, Law Chantler, shipped out across the Atlantic for active service with the Highland Light Infantry of Canada, along with his best friend, Jack, a fellow officer. Not long afterward, they would find themselves making a rocky crossing of the English Channel, about to take part in one of the most pivotal and treacherous military operations of World War II: the Allied invasion of Normandy. Two Generals tells the story of what happened there through the eyes of these two young men -- not the celebrated military commanders or politicians we often hear about, but everyday heroes who risked their lives for the Allied cause. Meticulously researched and gorgeously illustrated, Two Generals is a harrowing story of battle and a touching story of friendship --and a vital and vibrant record of unsung heroism.
