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{{Short description|Canadian cartoonist}}
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'''Steve Nease''' is a Canadian editorial and comic strip cartoonist based in [[Oakville, Ontario]], [[Canada]]. He was born and raised in [[Woodbridge, Ontario]].

==Career==

His career has spanned over 30 years, many of which were spent as Art Director of the ''Oakville Beaver''. Since 2008 he has worked independently.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadiancartoonists.com/cartoonist_nease.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060516004752/http://www.canadiancartoonists.com/cartoonist_nease.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=May 16, 2006 |title=ACEC - Nease |publisher=Canadiancartoonists.com |access-date=2012-11-08}}</ref>  He is most noted for his award-winning political and editorial cartoons,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insidehalton.com/community/oakvillebeaver/article/1011589 |title=Nease is cartoonist of the year |publisher=InsideHalton Article |date=2011-05-18 |access-date=2012-11-08}}</ref> and his family comic strip, "Pud", based on the lives of the artist and his family.<ref>{{cite news|title=Just kidding around; Award-winning cartoonist Steve Nease has been finding humour in family life for two decades|work=Oakville Beaver|first=Craig |last=MacBride|date=Dec 11, 2004|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/metroland/access/761394891.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+11%2C+2004&author=Craig+MacBride&pub=Oakville+Beaver&edition=&startpage=03&desc=Just+kidding+around%3B+Award-winning+cartoonist+Steve+Nease+has+been+finding+humour+in+family+life+for+two+decades|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713032948/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/metroland/access/761394891.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+11,+2004&author=Craig+MacBride&pub=Oakville+Beaver&edition=&startpage=03&desc=Just+kidding+around;+Award-winning+cartoonist+Steve+Nease+has+been+finding+humour+in+family+life+for+two+decades|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visualartsbrampton.com/agnease.htm |title=Steve Nease – Visual Arts Brampton |publisher=Visualartsbrampton.com |date=2010-05-13 |access-date=2012-11-08}}</ref>

He has also found success as a freelance illustrator, most notably ''Real Stories from the Rink'' by Brian MacFarlane.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tundrabooks.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780887766046 |title=Real Stories from the Rink by Brian McFarlane; illustrated by Steve Nease |publisher=Tundrabooks.com |access-date=2012-11-08}}</ref>

In July 2016 Nease reestablished his long-time relationship with the Oakville Beaver and other Halton community newspapers, which have resumed publishing his editorial cartoons and comic strips after a hiatus of 8 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/6758999-nease-cartoons-make-a-comeback-in-the-oakville-beaver/|title = Nease cartoons make a comeback in the Oakville Beaver}}</ref>

In 2022, [[Hiawatha First Nation]] Chief Laurie Carr criticized a Nease cartoon depicting Indigenous leaders demanding a payout from [[Pope Francis]] after his apology for [[Canadian Indian residential school system|Canadian Indian residential schools]]. Nease and [[Metroland Media]] managing editor Adam Martin-Robbins subsequently issued apologies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/simcoe-newspaper-cartoon-pope-apology-1.6424014 |title=Newspaper apologizes for cartoon depicting Indigenous people seeking payout from Pope |first=Lenard |last=Monkman |publisher=[[CBC News]] |access-date=21 April 2022}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==

Nease received recognition for the best editorial cartoon of 2006 from the Suburban Newspaper Association (SNA) of North America in 2006 for his cartoon "Don't Forget the Sunblock".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suburban-news.org/portals/3/downloads/contests/winners/2006editorialByCategory.pdf |title=SNA 2006 Editorial Contest Winners |publisher=Suburban-news.org |access-date=2012-11-08}}</ref>

Another important recognition Nease has received on eight occasions is Ontario Community Newspaper Association Cartoonist of the year, most recently for 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insidehalton.com/community/oakvillebeaver/article/1011589 |title=Nease is cartoonist of the year |publisher=InsideHalton Article |date=2011-05-18 |access-date=2012-11-08}}</ref>

Nease has also been recognized as the Canadian Community Newspapers Association Cartoonist of the year 10 times, most recently in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.betternewspapers.ca/book/export/html/3 |title=2009 Winners Book |publisher=Betternewspapers.ca |access-date=2012-11-08}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://neasecartoons.com}}
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060516004752/http://www.canadiancartoonists.com/cartoonist_nease.html Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists]}}
*[http://www.cagle.com/author/steve-nease/ Cagle.com]

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