Conversation so far:
What happened during the early years?
Townshend's cartoons lampooning General James Wolfe in 1759 are recognized as the first examples of political cartooning in Canadian history.
What other successes were there?
John Henry Walker's short-lived weekly Punch in Canada debuted in Montreal in 1849.

Question: Where else were the comics seen?
Self-contained rewrite: Other than Montreal, where else were Canadian comics seen?