The organizers of the Doug Wright Awards are pleased to announce the nominees for Best Book and Best Emerging Talent for work published by Canadian cartoonists in 2005.
BEST BOOK
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle (Drawn & Quarterly)
Wimbledon Green by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)
Dragonslippers: This Is What an Abusive Relationship Looks Like
by Rosalind B. Penfold (Penguin Canada)Paul Moves Out by Michel Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly)
Scott Pilgrim Volume 2 by Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni Press)
EMERGING TALENT
Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (Kiss Machine)
Northwest Passage Volume 1 by Scott Chantler (Oni Press)
Nil: A Land Beyond Belief by James Turner (Slave Labor Graphics)
Dark Adaptation by Lorenz Peter (Pedlar Press)
The Unexpurgated Tale of Lordie Jones by Marc Ngui (Conundrum Press)