The nominees have been announced for the 19th annual Doug Wright Awards, which honor “the best work and most promising talent in Canadian comics.”
Random House, Conundrum Press, and Drawn & Quarterly all received multiple nominations for books they published, while Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth’s You Know, Sex from Triangle Press received multiple nods. The Doug Wright Awards received a “record” 200 entries by Canadian authors and artists this year as part of the selection process.
The award committee also announced that artist, painter and Palace of Champions creator Henriette Valium, who passed away in 2021, will be inducted into Giants of the North: The Canadian Cartooning Hall of Fame.
This year the awards will be given out live and in-person on April 29 at 8 p.m. Eastern. The event will also be livestreamed on YouTube.
The nominees for 2023 are:
The Doug Wright Award for best book
Ducks
Kate Beaton
Drawn & Quarterly
Time Zone J
Julie Doucet
Drawn & Quarterly
Shelterbelts
Jonathan Dyck
Conundrum Press
The Flamingo
Guojing
Random House Studio
Kwändür
Cole Pauls
Conundrum Press
You Know, Sex
Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth
Triangle Square
The Nipper: The Doug Wright Award for emerging talent
Emily Carrington
Our Little Secret
Drawn & Quarterly
Jonathan Dyck
Shelterbelts
Conundrum Press
Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet
We Were Younger Once
Conundrum Press
Lynette Richards
Call Me Bill
Conundrum Press/Emanata Imprint
Adam de Souza
Blind Alley No. 1, ISH
Self-Published, Silver Sprocket
The Pigskin Peters: The Doug Wright Award for best small- or micro-press book
The Life I Want
Patrick Allaby
Self-Published
Assorted Baggage
Matthew Daley
Black Eye Books
Where Have You Been?
Ivana Filipovich (trans: Ivana Filipovich/Andrea Hankinson)
Self-Published
Butterfly House
Troy Little and Brenda Hickey
Pegamoose Press
Thousand Oaks: Machine Mail (Part 3)
Blaise Moritz
Urban Farm Print and Sound
The Egghead: The Doug Wright Award for best kids’ book
Scout is Not a Band Kid
Jade Armstrong
Random House Graphic
Paws: Mindy Makes Some Space
Michele Assarasakorn and Nathan Fairbairn
Razorbill
Super Family! (Simon and Chester Book 3)
Cale Atkinson
Tundra Books
The Flamingo
Guojing
Random House Studio
You Know, Sex
Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth
Triangle Square