Doug Wright Awards
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The Doug Wright Awards are literary awards handed out annually to Canadian cartoonists. The awards are named for Canadian cartoonist Doug Wright, and honour the best in English-language comics and graphic novels. The awards are chosen by a jury of five, based on selections provided by a nomination committee. Awards are given out each year in two categories, "Best Book" and "Best Emerging Talent".
The winners of the 1st annual Wright Awards, which were presented in May 2005 in association with the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, were Clyde Fans, Book One by Seth (Best Book) and Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley (Best Emerging Talent).
The winners of the 2006 trophies, given out on 14 September 2006 at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto, were Paul Moves Out by Michel Rabagliati (Best Book) and Dark Adaptation by Lorenz Peter (Best Emerging Talent). The late George Feyer was also inducted into the new Giants of the North Hall of Fame.
The third annual Wright Awards were held in Toronto on August 16, 2007 as part of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. The Best Emerging Talent trophy was won by Rebecca Kraatz for her book, House of Sugar. The Best Book award went to This Will All End in Tears, by cartoonist Joe Ollman.
Rand Holmes was inducted into the Giants of the North.
The award itself is in the form of a large wood-and-glass trophy, engraved with images from Wright's comic strip. It was designed by the cartoonist Seth, who admitted to some embarrassment at being the inaugural winner of the trophy he designed.[1]
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[edit] Nominees/Winners
[edit] 2005
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)
[edit] 2006
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)
[edit] 2007
Best Book
- Shenzen: A Travelogue From China by Guy Delisle (D&Q)
- This Will All End in Tears by Joe Ollman (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, Strauss & Giroux)
- Bacter-area by Keith Jones (D&Q)
- Mendacity by Tamara Berger & Sophie Cossette (Kiss Machine)
[edit] 2008
The nominees for 2008 have yet to be announced.
[edit] References
- ^ "Canadian cartoonists honoured in Toronto". CBC Arts. Retrieved on September 20, 2006.
