Janet L. Hetherington (born November 19, 1955, in

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) is a Canadian writer and artist. She was a winner of a

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for Canadian

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excellence in 1999 for her work in co-curating a "60 Years of Superman" exhibit. She has been creating comic books with partner

Ronn Sutton Ronn Sutton (born December 17, 1952) is a Canadian illustrator and comic book artist. He has drawn several hundred comic books over the past four decades, including a nine-year period illustrating nearly fifty issues of '' Elvira, Mistress of t ...

at Hetherington / Sutton Studios in

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, since the early 1990s. Hetherington and Sutton have collaborated and worked independently and on various projects, including designing promotional material for

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's popular "Superhero Stamp" series of 1995. This stamp series featured Canadian origin comic book characters

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Nelvana of the Northern Lights Nelvana of the Northern Lights is a Canadian comic book character and the first Canadian national superhero, debuting in Hillborough Studios' ''Triumph-Adventure Comics'' #1 (August 1941). She is also Superhero#Growth in diversity, one of the firs ...

Johnny Canuck Johnny Canuck is a Canadian cartoon hero and superhero who was created as a political cartoon in 1869 and was later re-invented as a Second World War action hero in 1942. The Vancouver Canucks, a professional ice hockey team in the National Hoc ...

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and

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* 1955 births Living people Artists from Toronto Canadian science fiction writers Canadian women novelists Canadian comics writers Canadian female comics writers Canadian women artists Canadian stamp designers Women stamp designers Canadian women science fiction and fantasy writers Canadian graphic designers Canadian women graphic designers Novelists from Toronto {{Canada-writer-stub