 The Montreal cartoonist Doug Wright ( 1917 – 83 ) took the reins of Juniper Junction , which went on to become English Canada 's longest @-@ running comic strip . In 1965 the Canadian publisher McClelland & Stewart printed a treasury of Birdseye Center with commentary by Greg Clark and an introduction by Gordon Sinclair . Clark continued publishing his tales for a time with illustrations by Duncan Macpherson ( 1924 – 93 ) , but soon moved on to different topics . 
