ACEC -- Cummings

Born in 1948 in St. Thomas, Ontario, Dale Cummings studied animation and illustration at Sheridan College in Oakville. During a brief stay in New York he did some cartoons for The New York Times. He returned to Toronto in 1976, where he freelanced for The Last Post, Canadian Forum, Maclean's, The Toronto Star, Canadian Magazine and This Magazine. Full-time editorial cartoonist with The Winnipeg Free Press since 1981, he won the National Newspaper Award in 1983.