Today, Part 5 of the 1913 Canadian cartoon serial, The Career of John Silverthorne — Banker. To view prior episodes, click here.

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To re-introduce this series, for those who may be viewing this website for the first time… The Career of John Silverthorne — Banker was written & drawn by Trevor Michael Grover. Grover worked at the Canadian Bank of Commerce, as a banker, where he began his employment on on April 17th, 1913. While there, he produced a series of drawings about the fictional John Silverthorne — Banker, which were serialized in the Toronto publication, Saturday Night. In 1914, Canadian Art Publishers of Toronto, collected the completed serial into the book, from which my scans have been made. Grover served in the 166th Canadian Battalion and the 11th Infantry Brigade during WW I, enlisting on January 25th, 1916. During this period, he produced sketches from the Front, published in the Canadian Courier. I’ve found no record of Grover’s activities beyond this point (hopefully he returned from the War fine). The above information comes from the Canadian Bank of Commerce book, Letters from the Front, Being a record of the part played by officers of the Bank in the great war, 1914-1919 (Volume 2).

Doug Wheeler