2026

The Doug Wright Award (Best Book)

Winner
Cannon
Lee Lai
(Drawn & Quarterly)

Nominees

Holy Lacrimony
Michael DeForge
(Drawn & Quarterly)

Muybridge
Guy Delisle
(Drawn & Quarterly)

Salt Green Death
Katarina Thorsen
(Conundrum Press)

The Last Band on Earth
Elaine M. Will
(Renegade Arts Entertainment)

The Nipper (Emerging Talent)

Winner
Lis Xu
Layover (Self-published)
Raccoon Rescue (Gytha Press)
Mad (Self-published)

Nominees

Mollie Cronin
Future Me Is Fat
(Conundrum Press)

Jordana Globerman
Soul Machine
(Annick Press)

Stefano Jun
Modern Asian Family: Straight Outta Busan
(Renegade Arts Entertainment)

Alex Swift
The Connoisseurs
(Frog Farm)

The Pigskin Peters (Best Small- or Micro-Press Book)

Winner
Pass Me By: Lily
Kat Simmers and Ryan Danny Owen
(Renegade Arts Entertainment)

Nominees

Life After Life
Joshua Barkman
(Self-published)

Soft Serve & Nosferatu
Matthew Daley
(Self-published)

Old Souls
Jackarais
(Cloudscape Comics Society)

Mobile Gang Fortress
Alexander Laird
(Frog Farm)

The Egghead (Best Kids’ Book)

Winner
Howler Reef
Mike Deas and Nancy Deas
(Orca Book Publishers)

Nominees
Way off Track
Carl Brundtland and Claudia Dávila
(Kids Can Press)

Fantastic Lou
Qin Leng
(Tundra)

Paisley & Peck: Jurassic Farm
J. Torres and Mike Deas
(Owlkids Books)

My Sister the Werebeast
Alina Tysoe
(First Second)

The Giants of the North: The Canadian Cartooning Hall of Fame

Arch Dale

Emily Hearn

Mark Thurman

The Phyllis Wright Thomas Award

Owl

(22nd Doug Wright Awards poster by Fiona Smyth)

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