May 9, 2015
Your 2015 Doug Wright Award Winners
Winners were announced last night in
the 11th Annual Doug Wright Awards, the ceremony for which is held the Saturday night of the
Toronto Comic Arts Festival weekend at
the Marriott Bloor Yorkville hotel.
Winners in bold.
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BEST BOOK
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Ant Colony, by Michael DeForge (Drawn & Quarterly)
* Fatherland, by Nina Bunjevac (Jonathan Cape/Random House)
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Safari Honeymoon, by Jesse Jacobs (Koyama Press)
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The People Inside, by Ray Fawkes (Oni Press)
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This One Summer, by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki (Groundwood/First Second)
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THE DOUG WRIGHT SPOTLIGHT AWARD/THE NIPPER [Cartoonists Deserving Wider Recognition]
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Aaron Costain, for Entropy #10
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Elisabeth Belliveau for One Year in America (Conundrum Press)
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Julie Delporte, for Everywhere Antennas (Drawn & Quarterly)
* Meags Fitzgerald, for Photobooth: A Biography (Conundrum Press)
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Simon Roy for Tiger Lung (Dark Horse)
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Sophie Yanow, for War of Streets and Houses (Uncivilized Books)
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PIGSKIN PETERS AWARD [For Avant-Garde Work]
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Comics Collection 2010-2013 and
Less than Dust by
Julien Ceccaldi
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Great Success! 1983-2013 by
Henriette Valium (Crna Hronika)
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New Comics #3-5 by
Patrick Kyle (Mother Books)
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Undocumented: The Architecture of Migrant Detention by
Tings Chak (The Architecture Observer)
* "Swinespritzen" by Connor Willumsen
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Merle Tingley, who worked as Ting over several decades in and around London, Ontario, received the call to join the Canadian Cartoonist Hall Of Fame -- also known as the "Giants Of The North." The 93-year-old Tingley accepted in a pre-taped segment.
This year's jury included
Fiona Smyth,
Zach Worton and
Conan Tobias. Among those presenting on stage during the awards or otherwise involved in some functional capacity were the actor Don McKellar, Lynda Barry and David Collier.
Congratulations to all winners and nominees.
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