Doug Wright Awards Return Live and In-Person to Announce 2022 Winners

Posted on 19. Jun, 2022 by in Uncategorized

The winners of the 18th annual Doug Wright Awards were announced last night, Saturday, June 18th, at an outdoor ceremony held in Harold Town Park, in downtown Toronto. The show—a featured event of the 2022 Toronto Comic Arts Festival—was hosted by the film critic Richard Crouse, and featured appearances by past winners Jenn Woodall and David Collier (unscheduled), as […]

Continue Reading →

Open Call For Judges

Posted on 02. Nov, 2021 by in Uncategorized

We’re looking for people interested in judging the 2022 Doug Wright Awards. Entries in each category are evaluated by a three-member jury. Each jury consists of at least one cartoonist, one judge with industry expertise (editor, publisher, reviewer, journalist, librarian, bookseller, academic, etc.), and a third judge who either falls into one of the previous categories […]

Continue Reading →

Conan Tobias Named Executive Director of the Doug Wright Awards

Posted on 25. Apr, 2019 by in Uncategorized

APRIL 25, 2019—The Doug Wright Awards Foundation is pleased to welcome Conan Tobias as the non-profit’s inaugural executive director.  Conan inherits the duties previously undertaken by Brad Mackay, director and co-founder of the awards, who now steps into the role of chair of the organization’s board of directors.  Conan’s new position, in addition to managing […]

Continue Reading →

Fiona Smyth, Alootook Ipellie to be inducted into the Giants of the North Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame

Posted on 23. Apr, 2019 by in Uncategorized

April 23, 2019—Fiona Smyth, an artist and teacher known for her groundbreaking comics tackling female sexuality, and Alootook Ipellie (1951–2007), a multi-faceted artist, writer, activist, and cartoonist recognized for his satirical comics about Inuit life in Canada, will be inducted next month into the Giants of the North Hall of Fame for Canadian cartoonists. For […]

Continue Reading →

Michael DeForge, Hartley Lin, John Martz, and Fiona Smyth lead this year’s Doug Wright Award nominees

Posted on 16. Apr, 2019 by in Uncategorized

APRIL 16, 2019—Nominees were announced this morning for the 15th annual Doug Wright Awards, recognizing the best work and most promising talent in Canadian comics. Finalists for the 2019 Doug Wright Best Book Award, presented for the best English-language book published in Canada, are: A Western World (Koyama Press)Michael DeForge  Young Frances (Adhouse Books)Hartley Lin […]

Continue Reading →

Jesse Jacobs, Jenn Woodhall, Sami Alwani take home trophies, Duncan Macpherson inducted into Hall of Fame, at the 2018 Doug Wright Awards

Posted on 13. May, 2018 by in ceremony, News, releases

May 13, 2018 | The winners of the 14th annual Doug Wright Awards, recognizing the best work and most promising talent in Canadian comics, were announced Saturday evening at a ceremony in Toronto. One of this year’s winners is a multiple Doug Wright Award nominee, and all three took home awards for the first time. […]

Continue Reading →

Guy Delisle, Joe Ollmann, GG, Jesse Jacobs, and Connor Willumsen lead this year’s Doug Wright Award nominations

Posted on 18. Apr, 2018 by in News, nominees, releases

Editorial cartoonist Duncan Macpherson to be inducted into the Giants of the North hall of fame April 18, 2018 | Nominees for the 14th annual Doug Wright Awards, recognizing the best work and most promising talent in Canadian comics in three categories, were announced this morning. Duncan Macpherson (1924–1993), editorial cartoonist at the Montreal Standard, […]

Continue Reading →

Rebecca Roher, Steve Wolfhard, and Henriette Valium make it a year of first-time winners at 2017 Doug Wright Awards

Posted on 13. May, 2017 by in ceremony, News

May 13, 2017 | Toronto —The winners of the 13th annual Doug Wright Awards, recognizing the best work and most promising talent in Canadian comics, were announced this evening at a ceremony in Toronto. One of this year’s winners was a first-time Doug Wright Award nominee, and all three are first-time winners. Doug Wright Best […]

Continue Reading →

Brown, Sikoryak, Ollmann, Jacobs, Martz pay tribute to Riverdale gang for Doug Wright Awards fundraising auction

Posted on 11. May, 2017 by in auction, ceremony, News

Auction of original art inspired by the 75th anniversary of Archie Comics benefits non-profit Canadian comic organization An all-star roster of cartooning talent has come together to help raise funds for The Doug Wright Awards, a non-profit organization dedicated to honouring and celebrating the best in Canadian comics past and present. More than a dozen […]

Continue Reading →

Brown, DeForge, Doucet, Oliveros, Martz lead nominations for 2017 Doug Wright Awards

Posted on 13. Apr, 2017 by in News, nominees, releases

Neil the Horse cartoonist and journalist Katherine Collins headed to Giants of the North Hall of Fame April 13, 2017, Toronto, ON — Nominees were announced this morning for the 13th annual Doug Wright Awards, which recognize the best work and most promising talent in Canadian comics. Sixteen comic creators and works are nominated in […]

Continue Reading →