John Wilson Bengough (/ ˈ b ɛ ŋ ɡ ɒ f /; 7 April 1851 – 2 October 1923) was one of Canada’s earliest cartoonists, as well as an editor, publisher, writer, poet, entertainer, and politician.Bengough is best remembered for his political cartoons in Grip, a satirical magazine he published and edited, which he modelled after the British humour magazine Punch.