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Bruce McCall


Born
in Simcoe, Ontario , Canada
May 10, 1935

Died
May 05, 2023

Genre
Humor and Comedy


Bruce McCall was a Canadian author and illustrator, best known for his frequent contributions to The New Yorker.

Born and raised in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, he was fascinated by comic books and showed an early aptitude for drawing fantastical flying machines, blimps, bulbous-nosed muscle cars and futuristic dioramas.

In his memoir, Thin Ice Coming of Age in Canada, McCall admitted that he was never good at physical activity as a boy, but could count on his mother to encourage his creativity. Bruce's father T.C. was imperious and unemotional, and left his alcoholic wife Peg without the attention she needed. Peg and the children tried to strike an attachment to him, but his stormy moods frequently pushed them aside.

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Average rating: 3.52 · 697 ratings · 142 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors
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Bruce McCall's Zany Afternoons
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How Did I Get Here?: A Memoir
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50 Things to Do with a Book...
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All Meat Looks Like South A...
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The Last Dream-O-Rama - The...
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Sit!: Ancestral Dog Portraits
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