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Doug Wright Award
The Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning (established in December 2004)[1] are literary awards handed out annually since 2005 during the Toronto Comic Arts Festival to Canadian cartoonists honouring excellence in comics (including webcomics) and graphic novels published in English (including translated works).[2] The awards are named in honour of Canadian cartoonist Doug Wright.[3] Winners are selected by a jury of Canadians who have made significant contributions to national culture, based on shortlisted selections provided by a nominating committee of five experts in the comics field.[4] The Wrights are handed out in three main categories, "Best Book", "The Spotlight Award" (affectionately known as "The Nipper"), and, since 2008, the "Pigskin Peters Award" for non-narrative or experimental works.[5] In 2020, the organizers added "The Egghead", an award for best kids’ book for readers under twelve.[6] In addition to the awards, since 2005 the organizers annually induct at least one cartoonist into the Giants of the North: The Canadian Cartoonist Hall Fame.[7]
| Doug Wright Award | |
|---|---|
Doug Wright Award trophy, designed by Seth, using an image from Doug Wright's Family | |
| Awarded for | Achievement in English-language Canadian comics |
| Country | Canada |
| Reward(s) | Wood-and-glass trophy |
| Website | http://www.dougwrightawards.com |
The Wright Awards are modeled after traditional book prizes, with the intention of drawing attention to the comics medium from a broad range of demographics inside and outside of its traditional fanbase. The Wrights have garnered acclaim as well as earning the support of a diverse range of participating artists and jurors including Scott Thompson, Don McKellar, Bruce McDonald, Jerry Ciccoritti, Bob Rae, Andrew Coyne, Sara Quin, Greg Morrison, Chester Brown, Lorenz Peter, and Nora Young.[8]
Awards
The Best Book and The Spotlight awards are a large wood-and-glass trophies which are engraved with images from Wright's comic strip (the one difference being the images that are etched on the glass). The award was designed by the cartoonist Seth, who admitted to some embarrassment at being the inaugural winner of the trophy he designed.[9] The Pigskin Peters Award, named in honour of a character from Jimmy Frise's Birdseye Center, is a custom, tailored derby hat with its own unique plaque that doubles as a hat post. It was also designed by Seth.
Each recipient of a Doug Wright Award also receives a custom-bound copy of their winning work.
Nominees
Winners are indicated by ***.
2005
(Jurists: Chester Brown, Rebecca Caldwell, Nora Young, Jerry Ciccoritti and Don McKellar)
Best Book
- Worn Tuff Elbow #1 by Marc Bell (Fantagraphics Books)
- Pamplemoussi by Geneviève Castrée (L'Oie de Cravan)
- The Frank Ritza Papers by David Collier (Drawn & Quarterly)
- DC: The New Frontier vol. 1 by Darwyn Cooke (DC Comics)
- Clyde Fans, Book One by Seth (D&Q) ***
Best Emerging Talent
- Rabbithead by Rebecca Dart (Alternative Comics)
- Revolver #1 by Max Douglas / Salgood Sam (self-published)
- Canvas by Alex Fellows (Fantagraphics)
- Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni Press) ***
2006
(Jurists: Justin Peroff, Alan Hunt and Ben Portis)
Best Book
- Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle (D&Q)
- Scott Pilgrim Versus the World by Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
- Dragonslippers: This Is What an Abusive Relationship Looks Like by Rosalind B. Penfold (Grove Press)
- Paul Moves Out by Michel Rabagliati (D&Q) ***
- Wimbledon Green by Seth (D&Q)
Best Emerging Talent
- Northwest Passage Vol. 1 by Scott Chantler (Oni)
- The Unexpurgated Tale of Lordie Jones by Marc Ngui (Conundrum Press)
- Dark Adaptation by Lorenz Peter ***
- Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
- Nil: A Land Beyond Belief by James Turner (Slave Labor Graphics)
2007
(Jurists: Bruce McDonald, Mark Kingwell, Judy MacDonald, Lorenz Peter and Jessica Johnson)
Best Book
- Shenzen: A Travelogue From China by Guy Delisle (D&Q)
- This Will All End in Tears by Joe Ollmann (Insomniac Press) ***
- Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness by Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni)
- Gilded Lilies by Jillian Tamaki (Conundrum Press)
- Nog-a-dod edited by Marc Bell (Conundrum Press)
Best Emerging Talent
- Gray Horses by Hope Larson (Oni)
- House of Sugar by Rebecca Kraatz (Tulip Tree Press) ***
- Was She Pretty? by Leanne Shapton (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
- Bacter-area by Keith Jones (D&Q)
- Mendacity by Tamara Berger & Sophie Cossette (Kiss Machine)
2008
(Jurists: Katrina Onstad, Ho Che Anderson, Marc Glassman, Mariko Tamaki and Helena Rickett)
Best Book
- 365 Days: A Diary by Julie Doucet (D&Q)
- Spent by Joe Matt (D&Q)
- The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam by Ann Marie Fleming (Riverhead Books) ***
- Southern Cross by Laurence Hyde (D&Q)
Best Emerging Talent
- Essex County Vol. 1: Tales from the Farm and Vol. 2: Ghost Stories by Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf Productions) ***
- Pope Hats by Ethan Rilly
- Kieffer #1 by Jason Kieffer
- The Experiment by Nick Maandag
2008 saw the introduction of a new category dedicated to works that fall outside the bounds of traditional storytelling. Named after a character in the classic Canadian comic strip Birdseye Center, the Pigskin Peters Award recognizes experimental and avant-garde comics.
Pigskin Peters Award
- Milk Teeth by Julie Morstad (D&Q) ***
- Little Lessons in Safety by Emily Holton (Conundrum Press)
- Excelsior 1968 by John Martz (self-published)
- Fire Away by Chris von Szombathy (D&Q)
2009
(Jurists: Bob Rae, Andrew Coyne, Martin Levin, Joe Ollmann and Diana Tamblyn)
Best Book
- Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle (D&Q)
- Drop-in by Dave Lapp (Conundrum)
- Paul Goes Fishing by Michel Rabagliati (D&Q)
- Skim by Jillian & Mariko Tamaki (Groundwood) ***
Best Emerging Talent
- History Comics by Kate Beaton (self-published) ***
- Maids in the Mist by Caitlin Black (self-published)
- Blue Winter, Shapes in the Snow by Jesse Jacobs (self-published)
- Kieffer #2 by Jason Kieffer (self-published)
- Jack & Mandy by Nick Maandag (self-published)
Pigskin Peters Award
- Hall of Best Knowledge by Ray Fenwick (Fantagraphics)
- Ojingogo by Matthew Forsythe (D&Q) ***
- All We Ever Do is Talk About Wood by Tom Horacek (D&Q)
- Small Victories by Jesse Jacobs (self-published)
Winners of the 2009 Doug Wright Awards were announced on May 9, 2009 at the Art Gallery of Ontario during a ceremony hosted by actor and director Don McKellar.[10]
2010
(Jurists: Matthew Forsythe, Geoff Pevere, Fiona Smyth, and Carl Wilson)
Best Book
- Back + Forth by Marta Chudolinska (Porcupine's Quill)
- George Sprott: (1894–1975) by Seth (D&Q) ***
- Hot Potatoe by Marc Bell (D&Q)
- Kaspar by Diane Obomsawin (D&Q)
- Red: A Haida Manga by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (D&Q)
Best Emerging Talent
- I'm Crazy by Adam Bourret
- Lose #1, Cold Heat Special #7 by Michael DeForge (Koyama Press; Picturebox) ***
- Nicolas by Pascal Girard (D&Q)
- It's Snowing Outside, We Should Go for a Walk by John Martz
- The Hipless Boy by Sully (Conundrum)
Pigskin Peters Award
- Bébête by Simon Bossé (L'Oie de Cravan)
- Dirty Dishes by Amy Lockhart (D&Q)
- Hot Potato by Marc Bell (D&Q) ***
- Never Learn Anything from History by Kate Beaton (self-published)
- The Collected Doug Wright Volume One by Doug Wright (D&Q)
Winners of the 2010 Doug Wright Awards were announced on May 8, 2010 in the Bram & Bluma Appel Salon in the Toronto Reference Library, during a ceremony hosted by actor Peter Outerbridge.
2011
(Jurists: Sara Quin, Michael Redhill, Anita Kunz, Marc Bell and Mark Medley)
Best Book
- Bigfoot by Pascal Girard (Drawn and Quarterly) ***
- Chimo by David Collier (Conundrum Press)
- Lose #2 by Michael DeForge (Koyama Press)
- Moving Pictures by Kathryn Immonen, Stuart Immonen (Top Shelf Productions)
- Streakers by Nick Maandag
Best Emerging Talent
- Aaron Costain, Entropy # 5
- Alex Fellows, Spain and Morocco ***
- Keith Jones, Catland Empire (Drawn and Quarterly)
- James Stokoe, Orc Stain Volume One (Image)
- Tin Can Forest (aka Marek Colek and Pat Shewchuk), Baba Yaga and the Wolf (Koyama Press)
Pigskin Peters Award
- Indoor Voice by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn and Quarterly)
- Stooge Pile by Seth Scriver (Drawn and Quarterly)
- So I've Been Told by Maryanna Hardy (Conundrum Press)
- Spotting Deer by Michael DeForge (Koyama Press) ***
- Wowee Zonk #3 edited by Patrick Kyle, Ginette Lapalme and Chris Kuzma (Koyama Press)
2012
Best Book
- Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly) ***
- Lose #3 by Michael Deforge (Koyama Press)
- Mid-Life by Joe Ollmann (Conundrum Press)
- Paying for It by Chester Brown (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Reunion by Pascal Girard (Drawn & Quarterly)
- The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)
Spotlight Award (aka The Nipper)
- Ethan Rilly for Pope Hats #2 (Adhouse Books) ***
- Emily Carroll for "The Seven Windows" (from The Anthology Project vol. 2), "Margot’s Room" and "The Prince & the Sea" (and other comics at emcarroll.com/comic)
- Patrick Kyle for Black Mass # 5 – 6
- Betty Liang for Wet T-Shirt #1, "It’s Only a Secret if You Don’t Tell Anyone" (in š! #9), "Anna Freud’s Recurring Dream" (and other comics at bettyliang.tumblr.com)
- Zach Worton for The Klondike
Pigskin Peters Award
- Hellberta by Michael Comeau ***
- Hermoddities by Temple Bates
- Pure Pajamas by Marc Bell
- Untitled by Mum Pittsburg, Jupiter Leucetius! Send Us a King. We Are So Bored (and other comics at connorwillumsen.com) by Connor Willumsen
2013
Best Book
- The Song of Roland by Michel Rabagliati (Conundrum Press) ***
- Lose #4 by Michael DeForge (Koyama Press)
- By This Shall You Know Him by Jesse Jacobs (Koyama Press)
- Pope Hats #3 by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books)
- Wax Cross by Tin Can Forest (Koyama Press)
Spotlight Award (aka The Nipper)
- Nina Bunjevac for Heartless (Conundrum Press) ***
- Brandon Graham for King City (Image Comics)
- Patrick Kyle for Black Mass, Distance Mover, Wowee Zonk #4
- George Walker for The Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson (The Porcupine’s Quill)
- Eric Kostiuk Williams for Hungry Bottom Comics
Pigskin Peters Award
- Hamilton Illustrated by David Collier (Wolsak & Wynn) ***
- Hellberta #2 and "Sir Softly" from š! #12 by Michael Comeau
- 4PANEL comics in Carousel Magazine #28 & #29, by Michael DeForge, Larry Eisenstein, Jesse Jacobs, Mark Laliberte (editor), Marc Ngui, Ethan Rilly, Tin Can Forest and Magda Trzaski
- So, what should we do with ourselves?… from Wowee Zonk #4 and Little Stump in š! #12, by Ginette Lapalme
2014
Best Book
- Palookaville #21 by Seth (Drawn and Quarterly)
- Paul Joins the Scouts by Michel Rabagliati (Conundrum Press) ***
- Science Fiction by Joe Ollmann (Conundrum Press)
- Susceptible by Geneviève Castrée (Drawn and Quarterly)
- Very Casual by Michael DeForge (Koyama Press)
Spotlight Award
- Connor Willumsen for "Calgary: Death Milks a Cow", "Treasure Island", "Mooncalf", and "Passionfruit"
- Dakota McFadzean for Other Stories and the Horse You Rode in On (Conundrum Press)
- Patrick Kyle for Distance Mover #7–12, New Comics #1–2
- Steven Gilbert for The Journal of the Main Street Secret Lodge ***
- Georgia Webber for Dumb #1–3
Pigskin Peters Award
- "Calgary: Death Milks a Cow" by Connor Willumsen
- Flexible Tube with Stink Lines by Seth Scriver
- Journal by Julie Delporte (Koyama Press)
- Out of Skin by Emily Carroll ***
- Very Casual by Michael DeForge (Koyama Press)
2015
Best Book
- Ant Colony by Michael DeForge (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Fatherland by Nina Bunjevac (Jonathan Cape/Random House) ***
- Safari Honeymoon by Jesse Jacobs (Koyama Press)
- The People Inside by Ray Fawkes (Oni Press)
- This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki (Groundwood)
Spotlight Award (aka The Nipper)
- Aaron Costain for Entropy #10
- Elisabeth Belliveau for One Year in America (Conundrum Press)
- Julie Delporte for Everywhere Antennas (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Meags Fitzgerald for Photobooth: A Biography (Conundrum Press) ***
- Simon Roy for Tiger Lung (Dark Horse)
- Sophie Yanow for War of Streets and Houses (Uncivilized Books)
Pigskin Peters Award
- Comics Collection 2010–2013 and Less than Dust by Julien Ceccaldi
- Great Success! 1983–2013 by Henriette Valium (Crna Hronika)
- New Comics #3–5 by Patrick Kyle (Mother Books)
- Undocumented: The Architecture of Migrant Detention by Tings Chak (The Architecture Observer)
- Swinespritzen by Connor Willumsen ***
2016
Best Book
- Dressing by Michael DeForge (Koyama Press) ***
- Melody by Sylvie Rancourt (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Palookaville #22 by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Step Aside, Pops by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Stroppy by Marc Bell (Drawn & Quarterly)
- SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
Spotlight Award (aka The Nipper)
- Ted Gudlat for Funny Ha-Has (Roads Publishing)
- Dakota McFadzean for Don’t Get Eaten By Anything (Conundrum Press) ***
- Rebecca Roher for Mom Body (The Nib)
- Sabrina Scott for Witchbody
- Kat Verhoeven for Towerkind (Conundrum Press)
Pigskin Peters Award
- Leather Vest by Michael Comeau
- New Comics # 6 & 7 by Patrick Kyle ***
- Intelligent Sentient? by Luke Ramsey (Drawn & Quarterly)
- We Are Going To Bremen To Be Musicians by Tin Can Forest and Geoff Berner
- Agalma by Stanley Wany (Éditions Trip)
2017
Best Book
- Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus by Chester Brown (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Big Kids by Michael DeForge (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Burt’s Way Home by John Martz (Koyama Press)
- The Envelope Manufacturer by Chris Oliveros
- Bird in a Cage by Rebecca Roher (Conundrum Press) ***
Spotlight Award (aka The Nipper)
- Jessica Campbell, Hot or Not: 20th-Century Male Artists (Koyama Press)
- GG, "These Days," "Lapse" (both from š! No. 25 [kuš!]), and an untitled story from Altcomics Magazine 3 (2dcloud)
- Nathan Jurevicius, Birthmark (Koyama Press)
- Laura Ķeniņš, Alien Beings (kuš!)
- Brie Moreno, Dearest, Gift Shop 3D (Oireau), Missy, untitled story from š! No. 6 (kuš!), various web comics
- Steve Wolfhard, Cat Rackham (Koyama Press) ***
Pigskin Peters Award
- Carpet Sweeper Tales by Julie Doucet (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Draw Blood by Ron Hotz
- Garbage by Matthew Reichertz (Conundrum Press)
- After Land by Chris Taylor (Floating World Comics)
- The Palace of Champions by Henriette Valium (Conundrum Press) ***
2018
Best Book
- Hostage by Guy Delisle (Drawn & Quarterly)
- I’m Not Here by GG (Koyama Press)
- Crawl Space by Jesse Jacobs (Koyama Press) ***
- The Abominable Mr. Seabrook by Joe Ollmann (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Anti-Gone by Connor Willumsen (Koyama Press)
Spotlight Award (aka The Nipper)
- Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes, The Case of the Missing Men (Conundrum Press)
- Gillian Blekkenhorst, All-Inclusive Fully Automated Vacation and House of Strays
- Eric Kostiuk Williams, Condo Heartbreak Disco (Koyama Press)
- Jason Loo, The Pitiful Human-Lizard Nos. 12, 13 and 14 (Chapterhouse Comics)
- Jenn Woodall, Magical Beatdown Vol. 2 and Marie and Worrywart ***
Pigskin Peters Award
- The Dead Father by Sami Alwani ***
- The Death of the Master by Patrick Kyle
- Crohl’s House Nos. 1 & 2 by Alexander Laird, Jamiel Rahi and Robert Laird
- Creation: The First Three Chapters by Sylvia Nickerson
- Potluck by Wavering Line Collective
See also
References
- ^ Howard, Dave (February 26, 2010). "Interview with Brad Mackay, Doug Wright Awards Co-Founder". davehoward.ca. Dave Howard. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
The idea began in Spring 2004.
- ^ "The 2005 Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning". Sequential: Canadian Comix News and Culture. 2005-08-04. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ^ "Canadian cartoonists honoured in Toronto". cbc.ca. CBC News. 2005-05-30. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
Named after one of Canada's most prolific cartoonists, the awards were established to honour excellence in artistic or alternative comics.
- ^ Howard, Dave (February 26, 2010). "Interview with Brad Mackay, Doug Wright Awards Co-Founder". davehoward.ca. Dave Howard. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
We have a nominating committee, which we’re in the process of putting together now. We have usually five people – an odd number – made up of people from across the spectrum. So we have Jeet Heer, Chester Brown, Jerry Ciccoritti, we have Sean Rogers who writes a comics blog for The Walrus, and then Bryan Munn, a retailer and critic from Guelph. So we have those guys on it for this year on the nominating committee.(...)And then from that point we choose our prize jury from a wider cross section of society and we throw them in “The Thunderdome” as we like to call it. We have another dinner with those people and they pick the winners. We tend to have two or three comics-based people on that jury and then the rest are kind of balanced off.
- ^ Wong, Jessica (2008-08-09). "Rising cartoonists, Lynn Johnston feted at comic book awards". cbc.ca. CBC News. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
A new prize designed to recognize non-traditional or more experimental works, entitled the Pigskin Peters Award, went to Vancouver illustrator Julie Morstad for her first comic work Milk Teeth.
- ^ Munn, B.K. (2019-12-09). "Wright Awards Announces New Kids' Book Category". sequentialpulp.ca. Sequential: Canadian Comix News and Culture. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
The award will be called “The Egghead”, named for Doug Wright’s preferred name for his Nipper character.
- ^ "Canadian cartoonists honoured in Toronto". cbc.ca. CBC News. 2005-05-30. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
Organizers also inducted Wright and four other cartoonists into a hall of fame entitled Giants of the North.
- ^ Howard, Dave (February 26, 2010). "Interview with Brad Mackay, Doug Wright Awards Co-Founder". davehoward.ca. Dave Howard. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
We try and reach out to the wider culture as much as possible in everything we do. This also extends to our ceremony, which we insist is “jeans-free” – at least for the organizers and presenters. So it’s a costume-free zone. As a result, we’ve had some nice things said about us.
- ^ "Canadian cartoonists honoured in Toronto". CBC Arts. May 30, 2005. Retrieved September 20, 2006.
- ^ Wong, Jessica (May 10, 2009). "Outsider tale Skim, quirky History Comics nab cartooning awards". CBC News. cbcnews.ca. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
External links
- Doug Wright Awards homepage
- "Doug Wright's family", CBC TV profile of Wright from 1968.
- Artists honoured for comics hailing nostalgia, everyday life