Announcing the 2020 Doug Wright Award Nominees
The Rural Route cartoonist Walter Ball will be inducted into the Giants of the North.
Submissions to the 2020 Doug Wright Awards Are Now Open!
With a new year come a few changes.
Conan Tobias Named Executive Director of the Doug Wright Awards
Conan takes over from the co-founder Brad Mackay, who has run the organization for fifteen years.
Fiona Smyth, Alootook Ipellie To Be Inducted into the Giants of the North Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame
The artists will be inducted on May 11th at the 15th annual awards.
Michael DeForge, Hartley Lin, John Martz, and Fiona Smyth Lead This Year’s Doug Wright Award Nominees
Th 15th annual Doug Wright Awards will be presented on May 11th.
2018 Doug Wright Awards Winners Announced
Jesse Jacobs, Jenn Woodhall, Sami Alwani take home trophies; Duncan Macpherson was inducted into the hall of fame.
Delisle, Ollmann, GG, Jacobs, & Willumsen Lead 2018 Nominations
Editorial cartoonist Duncan Macpherson to be inducted into the Giants of the North hall of fame.
A Year of First-Time Winners at 2017 Doug Wright Awards
Rebecca Roher, Steve Wolfhard, and Henriette Valium took home prizes.
Brown, Sikoryak, Ollmann, Jacobs, Martz Pay Tribute to Riverdale Gang for DWA Fundraising Auction
Auction of original art inspired by the 75th anniversary of Archie Comics benefits non-profit Canadian comic organization.
Brown, DeForge, Doucet, Oliveros, Martz Lead 2017 Nominations
Neil the Horse cartoonist and journalist Katherine Collins headed to Giants of the North hall of fame.
Get to Know Katherine Collins, 2017 Giants of the North Inductee
The pioneering cartoonist behind the comic Neil the Horse Comics and Stories is also a noted comics journalist.
R. Sikoryak Live-Draws the 2016 DWAs
The Raw comics pioneer and Masterpiece Comics scribe returned once again.
Jeet Heer Remembers Alvin Buenaventura (1976–2016)
“I still can’t believe we’re living in a world without Alvin Buenaventura.”
Seth’s Giants of the North Speech for James Simpkins
Simpkins drew Jasper the bear for a quarter century.
Deforge, McFadzean, and Kyle Carry the Day at 2016 Awards
James Simpkins was inducted into Giants of the North hall of fame; Darwyn Cooke and Alvin Buenaventura were remembered.
The First-Timers: Sabrina Scott
The cartoonist is nominated for this year’s Spotlight Award.
The First-Timers: Luke Ramsey
The cartoonist is nominated for this year’s Pigskin Peters Award.