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James Llewellyn Frise

One of Ontario’s leading cartoonists, Jimmy Frise was born near here about 1891 and educated at Myrtle, Seagrave and Port Perry. Wounded at Vimy Ridge in the First World War, he went to Toronto to resume his career in illustrations, a field in which he was entirely self-taught. For the Star Weekly Frise collaborated with the noted humorous writer Gregory Clark in a weekly series. In 1921 he created a half page cartoon, first entitled “Life’s Little Comedies” and later “Birdseye Center”. It was featured for a quarter of a century in what was Canada’s biggest weekend newspaper. The popularity of Birdseye Center arose from Frise’s gentle and humorous interpretation of the relationship between rural and urban life. He died in 1948.

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James Llewellyn Frise

Grand dessinateur ontarien autodidacte, James Llewellyn Frise naît près d’ici vers 1891 et étudie à Myrtle, Seagrave et Port Perry. Blessé à la bataille de la crête de Vimy lors de la Première Guerre mondiale, il s’installe à Toronto pour reprendre sa carrière d’illustrateur. Là, Jimmy Frise collabore avec l’illustre écrivain humoriste Gregory Clark pour une série hebdomadaire publiée dans le Star Weekly. En 1921, il crée une bande dessinée d’une demi-page d’abord intitulée Life’s Little Comedies, puis rebaptisée Birdseye Center. Elle paraîtra pendant 25 ans dans le plus important journal de fin de semaine du Canada. C’est l’interprétation tendre et humoristique de la relation entre vie rurale et vie citadine qui fera la popularité de Birdseye Center. Jimmy Frise décède en 1948.

Location: On the grounds of Scugog Shores Historical Museum, at the corner of Portview and Island roads, on the northwest side, Scugog Island
Emplacement : Au Scugog Shores Historical Museum, route régionale 7, Scugog lsland
Coordinates · Coordonnées: 44.112100, -78.920200
Source: Ontario Heritage Trust – Provincial Plaque Program
Licence · Permission: © King’s Printer for Ontario / Ontario Heritage Trust – plaque text reproduced unchanged for non-commercial purposes
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