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Vance Rodwalt, 1946- , was born near Edmonton, Alberta. After completing high school he began drawing cartoons for the Roughneck magazine. He worked for Marvel comics for five years (drawing for Crazy Magazine) and magazines Mad and Cracked. He travelled to Europe and on his return he began drawing political cartoons for the Calgary Albertan. After the Calgary Sun took over the Albertan in 1980 Rodewalt stayed for three years, then moved over to the Calgary Herald. He retired from that paper in 2010. In 1988 he won the National Newspaper Award for cartooning and he also drew the internationally syndicated Chubb & Chauncey comic strip as well as The Byrds comic strip. A selection of Rodwalt's cartoons appeared in A Brush with Irreverence / Vance Rodewalt. -- Calgary : Calgary Herald, 1988 and With Weapons Drawn / Vance Rodewalt. -- Calgary : Detselig, 1994. He also illustrated A Funny Bone That Was / David C. Jones. -- Calgary : Detselig, 1992. Rodewalt and his wife Susan (Carscallen) had two sons.