Conversation so far:
What happened during the early years of Canadian comics?
John Henry Walker's Punch paved the way for a number of short-lived publications, until the successful and more straight-laced Canadian Illustrated News, by George-Édouard Desbarats in 1869.
What other successes were there during the early years of Canadian comics besides Canadian Illustrated News?
In 1873, John Wilson Bengough founded the humor magazine Grip. In 1888, John Julien gained employment at the Montreal Star and became the first full-time newspaper cartoonist in Canada.
Where else were comics seen in the early years of Canadian comics besides magazines and newspapers?
Palmer Cox created The Brownies, a popular, widely merchandised phenomenon whose first book collection sold over a million copies.

Question: Is there anything else of note during this time?
Self-contained rewrite: Is there anything else of note during the early times of Canadian comics?