This Sunday is a time for dads — it’s Father’s Day on June 15, 2025, which happens on the third Sunday of June each year in dozens of countries around the world. It’s not a stat holiday, but it is a day that many people mark by thanking fathers for all that they do. It’s also a day that has long given rise to cartoons and comics marking the occasion. Here’s a look at some of the Father’s Day funnies that have been published in the Calgary Herald over the years. Read More
This Sunday is a time for dads — it’s Father’s Day on June 15, 2025, which happens on the third Sunday of June each year in dozens of countries around the world. It’s not a stat holiday, but it is a day that many people mark by thanking fathers for all that they do. It’s
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This Sunday is a time for dads — it’s Father’s Day on June 15, 2025, which happens on the third Sunday of June each year in dozens of countries around the world. It’s not a stat holiday, but it is a day that many people mark by thanking fathers for all that they do. It’s also a day that has long given rise to cartoons and comics marking the occasion. Here’s a look at some of the Father’s Day funnies that have been published in the Calgary Herald over the years.
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In 2021 and 2022, regular contributor and editorial cartoonist Patrick LaMontagne had these offerings published on the Herald’s Opinion pages.
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It’s not only editorial cartoonists who find the humour in Father’s Day. The creators of daily comic strips have long used the day to inspire story lines. Here are some samples from years past. The following two Adam and Foxtrot cartoons were published in 1995.
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One of Canada’s most successful cartoonists is Lynn Johnston, whose For Better or For Worse originally was published from 1979 to 2008. It’s now in its 17th year of reruns. Here’s Johnston’s Father’s Day offering from 1990 and another from 1987.
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With a strong family focus, it’s no surprise that the comic strip Adam visited the Father’s Day theme each year. Started in 1984, the strip was originally drawn by Brian Basset until another artist, Rob Harrell, took over.
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Another Father’s Day-focused comic in the Herald in 1985 was Marvin, a daily comic strip that started in 1982.
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A lovable Great Dane named Marmaduke took centre stage in a comic drawn by Brad Anderson from 1954 until his death at a remarkable 91 years of age in 2015. In the final panel of his weekend strip, Anderson would feature a dog anecdote sent to him by fans of the comic.
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Not all Father’s Day sentiments on the comic pages were sweet and sappy, as these B.C. strips from 1975 and 1980 demonstrate.
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The comic strip known as Tiger focused on a group of school-aged kids; its lifespan went from 1965 to 2004.
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One of the most popular family-themed comics of its time was The Family Circus, published in 1,500 newspapers at its height of popularity. Cartoonist Bill Keane started the strip in 1960 and since his death in 2011, his son Jeff Keane has taken it over. The subject of a son taking over his father’s comic strip was one Bill often used on Father’s Day, as this 1971 example from the Calgary Herald shows.