Last Friday night, as the entire DWA Team was putting the finishing touches on the awards ceremony, news broke that Canadian cartoonist Darwyn Cooke was in palliative care following a bout of aggressive cancer. It wasn’t long after that we learned that Darwyn had passed. Darwyn was an ever-present force in Canadian comics, and was […]
Seth remembers Darwyn Cooke at the 2016 DWAs
Posted on 19. May, 2016 by Brad Mackay in ceremony, News
Seth’s Giants of the North speech for James Simpkins
Posted on 17. May, 2016 by Brad Mackay in ceremony, News
This speech, prepared for the occasion of James Simpkins being inducted into the Giants of the North Hall of Fame, was delivered by the cartoonist Seth at the 12th annual Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning, on May 14, 2016, as part of the Toronto Comics Arts Festival.You can also download a transcript of the […]
2014 DWA ceremony wrap-up: Part One
Posted on 20. May, 2014 by DWAMagpie in Uncategorized
So, that was a pretty decent 10th birthday party. For those of you who weren’t able to attend in person, The Doug Wright Awards celebrated its 10th anniversary this past weekend as part of the Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF) in (mostly) sunny downtown Toronto. A feature event of TCAF, the DWAs were staged a […]