Brian Gable

Brian Gable was born in 1949 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and studied fine art at the University of Saskatchewan. He subsequently studied education at the University of Toronto, and proceeded to teach art at Brockville, Ontario.

Initially freelancing as a cartoonist for The Recorder and Times in Brockville in 1977, he subsequently became full-time editorial cartoonist for the Regina Leader-Post in 1980, and then became the editorial cartoonist for The Globe and Mail in 1987. He has won National Newspaper Awards in 1986, 1995, 2001 and 2005 for his work.

He is also the illustrator for the children's book series, "Words are Categorical," published by Lerner Publishing Group.