2012
The Doug Wright Award (Best Book)
Winner
Hark! A Vagrant
Kate Beaton
(Drawn & Quarterly)
Nominees
Lose No. 3
Michael Deforge
(Koyama Press)
Mid-Life
Joe Ollmann
(Conundrum Press)
Paying for It
Chester Brown
(Drawn & Quarterly)
Reunion
Pascal Girard
(Drawn & Quarterly)
The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists
Seth
(Drawn & Quarterly)
The Nipper (Emerging Talent)
Winner
Ethan Rilly
Pope Hats No. 2
(Adhouse Books)
Nominees
Emily Carroll
“The Seven Windows” (from The Anthology Project Vol. 2)
“Margot’s Room” and “The Prince & the Sea” (Self-published)
Patrick Kyle
Black Mass Nos. 5–6
(Self-published)
Betty Liang
Wet T-Shirt No. 1 (Self-published)
“It’s Only a Secret if You Don’t Tell Anyone” (from š! No. 9),
“Anna Freud’s Recurring Dream” (Self-published)
Zach Worton
The Klondike
(Drawn & Quarterly)
The Pigskin Peters (Best Small- or Micro-Press Book)
Winner
Hellberta
Michael Comeau
(Self-published)
Nominees
Hermoddities
Temple Bates
(Self-published)
Pure Pajamas
Marc Bell
(Self-published)
“Untitled” by Mum Pittsburg
Jupiter Leucetius! Send Us a King. We Are So Bored
Connor Willumsen
(Self-published)
The Giants of the North: The Canadian Cartooning Hall of Fame
Terry Mosher (Aislin)
(2012 Doug Wright Awards poster by Michael DeForge)