20 Facts About Terry Mosher

Christopher Terry Mosher, was born on 11 November 1942 and is a Canadian political cartoonist for the Montreal Gazette.

Terry Mosher famously won entrance to this fine arts college by forging his high-school graduation certificate, which he called his most successful work.

Terry Mosher has admitted that he knew little about his chosen trade, and the lack of historical books about Canadian political cartooning made the transition a challenge.

Terry Mosher began his career during a period of political change in Canadian and Quebec history.

Terry Mosher published his first ever cartoon in September 1967, a drawing of Charles de Gaulle in the Saturday Night magazine.

Terry Mosher's cartoons have evolved over time and, with the evolution of the internet, he has been concentrating on the appearance of drawings in the virtual format rather than print: "I draw cartoons now, not how it will look in the newspaper, but how it will look on the screen".

Terry Mosher has partnerships not only with newspapers but with a board game and bookstore as well.

Terry Mosher famously turned down shares in the board game Trivial Pursuit for which he provided the original artwork.

Terry Mosher provided a cartoon for the logo of a Montreal bookstore, Paragraphe Bookstore.

In 1997, Terry Mosher's work was presented in the McCord Museum of Montreal alongside fellow cartoonist Serge Chapleau's work.

In late 2017, Terry Mosher had another exhibition at the Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery where his cartoons were presented.

Terry Mosher has two daughters, Aislinn and Jessica, who are both McGill University graduates.

Terry Mosher has had a long association with the Old Brewery Mission, Montreal's largest shelter for the homeless, and in 2001, was appointed to the institution's board of directors.

Terry Mosher is the recipient of two National Newspaper Awards and five individual prizes from the international Salon of Caricature.

Terry Mosher was awarded President Emeritus by the Association of Canadian Cartoonists.

In 1985, Terry Mosher became the youngest person ever to be inducted into the Canadian News Hall of Fame.

Terry Mosher received the Canadian Version of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002.

In June 2018, Terry Mosher was awarded an honorary doctorate from Concordia University.

On 12 March 2010, Terry Mosher drew a cartoon depicting a woman in a niqab with prison bars and a lock in place of her eyes.

On 8 April 2020, Terry Mosher posted a cartoon of Donald Trump with a swastika as his coat of arms.