2008
The Doug Wright Award (Best Book)
Winner
The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam
Anne Marie Fleming
(Riverhead)
Nominees
365 Days: A Diary
Julie Doucet
(Drawn & Quarterly)
Spent
Joe Matt
(Drawn & Quarterly)
Southern Cross
Laurence Hyde
(Drawn & Quarterly)
The Nipper (Emerging Talent)
Winner
Jeff Lemire
Essex County Vols. 1 & 2
(Top Shelf)
Nominees
Ethan Rilly
Pope Hats No. 1
(Self-published)
Jason Kieffer
Kieffer No. 1
(Self-published)
Nick Maandag
The Experiment
(Self-published)
The Pigskin Peters (Best Small- or Micro-Press Book)
Winner
Milk Teeth
Julie Morstad
(Drawn & Quarterly)
Nominees
Little Lessons in Safety
Emily Hoton
(Conundrum Press)
Excelsior 1968
John Martz
(Self-published)
Fire Away
Chris von Szombathy
(Drawn & Quarterly)
The Giants of the North: The Canadian Cartooning Hall of Fame
Lynn Johnston