Terry Mosher

Christopher Terry Mosher (born 11 November 1942) is an political cartoonist for the Montreal Gazette. He draws under the name "Aislin", a rendition of the name of his elder daughter Aislinn (without the second 'n').

Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Mosher attended fourteen different schools in Montreal, Toronto and Quebec City. He famously won entrance to the École des Beaux Arts (now part of UQAM) by forging his high-school graduation certificate, which he called his most successful work. He then began working for The Montreal Star, moving to the Gazette in 1972.

Mosher has produced forty-two books.

Awards

He is the recipient of two National Newspaper Awards and five individual prizes from The international Salon of Caricature. In 1985, Mosher became the youngest person ever to be inducted into The Canadian News Hall of Fame.

In 2002 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

External links

* Official site
* See Aislin's caricatures from the McCord Museum's digital collection
* Funny and Moody: The Best of Aislin's Cartoons
* Terry Mosher at The Canadian Encyclopedia