The 20th annual Doug Wright Awards were presented on Saturday, May 11, at the Arts & Letters Club, in Toronto. Here are the winners:
Seth presents the best book award to Emily Carroll. (Jeff Speed)
The Doug Wright Award for best book
A Guest in the House
Emily Carroll
First Second
The Nipper: The Doug Wright Award for emerging talent
Vincy Lim
For When I was a kid I was taught how to die. Now that I’m an adult I’m learning how to live. (I love you.); When She Set Fire to My Friends’ Houses
Self-published
The Pigskin Peters: The Doug Wright Award for best small- or micro-press book
Old Caves
Tyler Landry
Uncivilized
The Egghead: The Doug Wright Award for best kids’ book
Otis & Peanut
Naseem Hrab and Kelly Collier
Owlkids Books
Giants of the North: The Canadian Cartooning Hall of Fame
This year’s Giants of the North inductees are Deni Loubert, the one-time publisher and founder of Renegade Press and one-time publisher and co-founder of Aardvark-Vanaheim; and Maurice Vellekoop, the artist and cartoonist whose most recent book is I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together.
Maurice Vellekoop accepting his Giants of the North induction. (Jeff Speed)
The (American . . .) cartoonist Dustin Harbin hosted the Doug Wright Awards this year. R. Sikoryak once again live-drew the event, and tribute was paid to Phyllis Wright Thomas, Doug Wright’s widow and the awards’ biggest supporter, who recently passed away. The ceremony can now be viewed in full on the Doug Wright Awards YouTube channel.
The Doug Wright Awards cofounder Brad Mackay and this year’s host, Dustin Harbin. (Jeff Speed)
Most of this year’s nominated books can be ordered from our friends at the Beguiling comic shop, which has once again put together a special D.W.A. collection page on its website.
Sponsors
Thanks to this year’s sponsors: Crowdfundr, Gytha Press, Koyama Provides, Broken Pencil, Valleyview Artist Retreat, Strange Adventures, the Arts & Letters Club, the Beguiling, and the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.
About the Doug Wright Awards
The Doug Wright Awards were founded in 2005 to celebrate excellence in the field of Canadian comics. The awards are named for Doug Wright (1917–1983), the creator of the long-running strip Doug Wright’s Family (a.k.a. Nipper), one of the most widely read and loved Canadian comics of the twentieth century.
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