Members of historic “Canadian Whites” to be inducted into Hall of Fame during 10th annual ceremony March 28, 2014, Toronto, ON — The Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning are proud to announce their 2014 finalists which includes a roster of new faces, past winners and industry stalwarts. The nominees for the 2014 Doug Wright […]

Apparently, David Collier is experiencing a genuine cultural moment right now. First, he wins the 2013 DWA Pigskin Peters Award a couple of weekends ago for his book Hamilton Illustrated — and then delivers a loopy acceptance speech that The Comics Reporter dubbed “one of the comics awards-show moments for the ages.” For those who […]

So, that was pretty fun/crazy/unpredictable/hair-raising/Collier-esque weekend in Toronto, wasn’t it? If there’s one thing I’ve learned as Director of The Doug Wright Awards for nine years and counting, it’s that I have to accept — if not embrace — the occasional glitch as part-and-parcel of our annual awards ceremony. But who could have predicted this […]

Toronto, May 12, 2013 — The best in Canadian comics were honoured last night at the 9th annual Doug Wright Awards for Canadian comics. Hosted by actor and comedian Scott Thompson, the fun and unpredictable ceremony was attended by more than 300 people including some of North America’s best cartoonists. This year’s recipients of the top honours […]

If you were lucky enough to attend the 2009 Doug Wright Awards ceremony, you were surely as moved as we were by Seth’s thoughtful exploration of the thought processes behind his design of The Collected Doug Wright.  I worked on the book with him and I was still blown away by the ideas that motivated […]

Here at The Doug Wright Awards we’re always trying to make our Big Show as interesting and entertaining an event as possible. This year we added live music, courtesy of The Drowsy Chaperone composer Greg Morrison, who played the piano throughout the show. We also had an idea to get a cartoonist to live sketch […]

Starting today over at The Comics Journal “American” cartoonist Dustin Harbin trains his diarist eye on … us! Well, The Doug Wright Awards to be specific, but Canada and our arts and culture scene come into his keen focus as well. As many of you already know Dustin is an incredibly talented cartoonist. He first […]

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 […]