Doug Wright Awards

Erin Balser from CBC Books was kind enough to attend the Wright Awards this past weekend where she spent some quality time with this year’s winners: Pascal Girard, Michael DeForge and Alex Fellows. The results are now starting to appear online, as she rolls out a series of Q&As with the three cartoonists. Here’s her […]

Toronto, May 7, 2011 — The star power was sky-high at Toronto’s Jackman Hall tonight as Canada’s finest comics and graphic novels were honoured at the 7th annual Doug Wright Awards. Hosted by Tony Award-winning writer, actor and filmmaker Don McKellar, the event drew a capacity crowd of the cartooning world’s luminaries and fans, including […]

 Toronto, May 8, 2010 — Canada’s finest comics and graphic novels were celebrated last night as the 6th annual Doug Wright Awards touched down in Toronto’s Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, in a ceremony hosted by actor Peter Outerbridge (ReGenesis). This year’s top honours included, For BEST BOOK, George Sprott: (1894-1975) by Seth (Drawn and […]

Toronto, ON, May 10, 2009 – The Doug Wright Awards are proud to announce their 2009 winners, which were handed out in a ceremony at the Art Gallery of Ontario last night: Best Book: Skim by Jillian & Mariko Tamaki Published by: Groundwood Books Best Emerging Talent: Kate Beaton for History Comics, katebeaton.com The Pigskin […]

Filmmaker Don McKellar to host 5th annual Canadian comics awards at the Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto, ON — March 16, 2009 – Representing everything from the funny and the forthright to the traditional and the avant-garde, the finalists for the 2009 Doug Wright Awards (DWAs) were released earlier today in Toronto. Founded in 2004 […]

 Ceremony will feature the official launch of The Collected Doug Wright Vol. One Toronto, ON — The 2009 Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning will be handed out Saturday, May 9th at the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Jackman Hall in Toronto, Ontario, as part of the Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF). Now in its fifth […]

Toronto, ON – June 26, 2008 – The Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning are pleased to announce that Lynn Johnston, the award-winning cartoonist behind the long-running comic strip For Better or For Worse, will be the guest of honour at their 2008 awards ceremony. Organized in partnership with the Toronto Public Library, the free […]

June 3, 2008 Toronto ON – An eclectic mix of Canada’s young and established cartooning talent has made the cut for this year’s Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning. Canada’s premier cartooning award, the Wrights were established in 2005 to recognize the best graphic novels, comics, and cartooning that the country has to offer. This […]

The organizers of The Doug Wright Awards, Canada’s premier comics and graphic novels awards, are happy to announce that three of the country’s best-known cartoonists, Chester Brown, Seth and Dave Sim, have created one-of-a-kind original artwork to be auctioned off during their 2007 fundraising drive. Each an internationally respected cartoonist, Chester Brown (Louis Riel: AComicStripBiography, […]

The organizers of The Doug Wright Awards for Canadian cartooning are pleased to announce their 2007 nominees for Best Book and Best Emerging Talent. This year, the 10 nominees for Canada’s premiere cartooning award feature an eclectic mix of personal memoir and travelogue to short fiction and experimental graphic fiction—all from the pens of Canada’s […]