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Wicks Cartoon Trial, Day 3 ![]() The trial to decide ownership of a cache of cartoons by the late Ben Wicks continued Wednesday in Toronto. The fight is over two garbage bags full of drawings that Wicks' son left behind when he moved and that were then appropriated by Richard Harnett, a teacher for the Peel Region School Board. Harnett's approach has been basically "finders, keepers" but his attitude clashed with the estate of Ben Wicks when he contacted Wicks' agent about profiting from the drawings. The Wicks family launched the suit to have the drawings returned. Ben Wicks was probably one of the most successful Canadian cartoonists ever. He was a popular literacy activist, tv host, syndicated cartoonist and restaurant owner (the Ben Wicks pub in Toronto is still a popular watering hole), with a ton a published cartoon collections, children's books and memoirs to his credit. As the Toronto Star notes, " While I certainly have a great fondness for Wicks' art and persona (one of the first cartoons I remember reading as a child was a daily panel by Wicks about the Begin-Sadat peace talks), I will be the first to admit that he was not the most technically gifted artist. His alternately blocky and lumpy characters are barely more than sketches --but they are just drawn funny. Wicks was a great communicator and all of his work is characterized by a wry, self-assured humour. The sketchiness of his art is the only factor that I can imagine contributing to several bags of his drawings being left for garbage. It is easy to imagine Wicks' son Vincent Wicks, who worked with his father as a cartoonist, making a judgement call about the value of the art in question and deciding to leave it behind, but the family says that is not what happened. And even if it wasn't an accident, I can understand the family not wanting a stranger to profit from this windfall, no matter how second-rate the work may or may not be (I haven't seen any examples, but there are said to be caricatures of several politicians, which are interesting to some people). I can even understand Harnett wanting to hold on to this work by his "hero" --no matter how garbage-y it was. Some of the comics in my own collection are positively revolting in terms of condition, smell, and art. And Harnett held on to the cartoons for many years before trying to publish them (and sought the estate's permission to do so, although a cynic would note that he waited until Wicks died before he made his move). Final submissions are scheduled to begin today. Coverage Roundup -Toronto Sun has Harnett testimony -Editor & Publisher -The Comics Reporter's Tom Spurgeon responds to several correspondents about the legal issues involved and the perceived demand for more Wicks material -Bob Tarantino on Canadian copyright Labels: legal news, Ontario, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Archive by Region Alberta - British Columbia - Calgary - Gatineau - Halifax - Moncton - Montreal - New Brunswick - Newfoundland - Nova Scotia - Ontario - PEI - Quebec - Saskatchewan - Saskatoon - Toronto - Vancouver - Victoria - Winnipeg - Archive by Month August 2002 - September 2002 - October 2002 - November 2002 - December 2002 - January 2003 - February 2003 - March 2003 - April 2003 - May 2003 - June 2003 - July 2003 - August 2003 - September 2003 - October 2003 - November 2003 - December 2003 - January 2004 - February 2004 - March 2004 - April 2004 - May 2004 - June 2004 - July 2004 - August 2004 - September 2004 - October 2004 - November 2004 - December 2004 - January 2005 - February 2005 - March 2005 - April 2005 - May 2005 - June 2005 - July 2005 - August 2005 - September 2005 - October 2005 - November 2005 - December 2005 - January 2006 - February 2006 - March 2006 - April 2006 - May 2006 - June 2006 - July 2006 - August 2006 - September 2006 - October 2006 - November 2006 - December 2006 - January 2007 - February 2007 - March 2007 - April 2007 - May 2007 - June 2007 - July 2007 - August 2007 - September 2007 - October 2007 - November 2007 - December 2007 - January 2008 - February 2008 - March 2008 - April 2008 - May 2008 - June 2008 - July 2008 - August 2008 - September 2008 - October 2008 - November 2008 - December 2008 - January 2009 - February 2009 - March 2009 - April 2009 - May 2009 - June 2009 - July 2009 - August 2009 - September 2009 - October 2009 - November 2009 - December 2009 - January 2010 - February 2010 - March 2010 - |
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