BADEAUX Guy (BADO)

                                                        Photo Michel Lafleur

“Political cartooning is thought for food.”                                                                    The Hecklers, 227.

Born 21 May 1949 in Montréal.

He studied at L’École des Arts Appliqués after which he studied in Europe for a year. He freelanced as a cartoonist and caricaturist and tried his hand at animation and comic strips.

His work appeared in Mainmise, Baloune and others. In 1972, he joined The Gazette after which he moved to Le Devoir then worked as a sports cartoonist at La Presse. In 1977 he was editorial cartoonist for the weekly La Jour Hebo until it ceased publication. He was one of the founders of Ludcom Inc. and Croc magazine where he developed the cartoon characters “Les Gages”.

He moved to Ottawa in 1981 and became editorial page cartoonist for La Droit, a position he still holds. He won the National Newspaper Award for editorial cartooning in 1991. He was the editor of Portfoolio: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons from its inception in 1985 to 2005. He was Treasurer of the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists as well as his newspaper’s union. He relaxes by playing blues harmonica at parties. He is married to Sylvie-Hélène Lapointe and stepfather to her daughters Laure and Gabrielle.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content editorial cartoon:

The Art of Political Cartooning in Canada/1980. Ed., Steve Bradley. Virgo Press, Oct. 1980.

Best Canadian Political Cartoons, 1983. Ed., N.M. Stahl. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Sept. 1983: 57, 101, 136, 144, 147, 175..

Best Canadian Political Cartoons, 1984. Ed., N.M. Stahl. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Sept. 1984: 28, 77, 122, 126, 152, 205.

Caricature . Cartoons Canada. Ed., Terry Mosher. Linda Leith Publishing, 2012: 43.

Portfoolio, The Year 85 In Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux & Alan King. Ludcom Inc. 1985.

Portfoolio, The Year 86 In Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux. Ludcom Inc. 1986.

Portfoolio, The Year 87 In Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Ludcom Inc. 1987.

1988 Portfoolio, The Year In Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Eden Press. 1988.

Portfoolio: 1989 in Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Macmillan of Canada, 1989.

Portfoolio …: The Year in Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Charles Gordon. Macmillan of Canada, ….
6: 1990.	7: 1991.	8: 1992.	9: 1993.

Portfoolio…: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Ken MacQueen  Macmillan of Canada, ….
10: 1994.	11: 1995.	12: 1996.

Portfoolio …. The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Jay Stone Macmillan of Canada, …
13, 1997.	14, 1998.	15, 1999.	16, 2000.	17, 2001.

Portfoolio 18: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux. Writ., Scott Feschuk. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 2002.

Portfoolio …. The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed. & Writ., Guy Badeaux . McArthur & Co. …
19, 2003.	20, 2004.	21, 2005.

Portfoolio …: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., & Writ., Warren Clements. McArthur & Co. ….
22: 2006.	23: 2009.	24: 2010.	25: 2011.

BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

Content editorial cartoon & Cover book front:

Ça va fumer, Montréal: Croc,1984.

Content editorial cartoon & Cover book front & back:

Les années 90, Sudbury: Prise de parole,1993..

1997 ne sera pas Jojo, Hull: Vents d’Ouest, 1997.

Salades du chef, Vanier: Les Éditions L’Interligne, 2000.

Tout a change le 11 septembre, Ottawa: Les Éditions L’Interligne, 2003.

BADO 2004 et même plus!, Ottawa: Les Éditions L’Interligne, 2004.

BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

 Content cartoon panel:

 2000 Reasons To Hate The Millennium: A 21^st Century Survival Guide. Ed., Josh Freed & Terry Mosher. Doubleday Canada Ltd., 1999.

EDITOR:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content editorial cartoon & Cover:

Portfoolio, The Year 85 In Canadian Caricature. Co-Ed., Alan King. Ludcom Inc. 1985.

Portfoolio, The Year 86 In Canadian Caricature.. Ludcom Inc. 1986. .

Portfoolio, The Year 87 In Canadian Caricature. Ludcom Inc. 1987.

1988 Portfoolio, The Year In Canadian Caricature. Eden Press,988.

Portfoolio: 1989 in Canadian Caricature. Macmillan of Canada, 1989.

Portfoolio …: The Year in Canadian Caricature. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Charles Gordon. Macmillan of Canada, ….
6: 1990.	7: 1991.	8: 1992.	9: 1993.

Portfoolio…: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Ken MacQueen Macmillan of Canada, ….
10: 1994.	11: 1995.	12: 1996.

Portfoolio …. The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Jay Stone Macmillan of Canada, …
13, 1997.	14, 1998.	15, 1999.	16, 2000.	17, 2001.

Portfoolio 18: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux. Writ., Scott Feschuk. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 2002.

Portfoolio …. The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed. & Writ., Guy Badeaux . McArthur & Co. …
19, 2003.	20, 2004.	21, 2005.

PERIODICAL TEXT ANTHOLOGY:

Content panel cartoon: 

The Canadian Forum, …: ….
…, LXIX-795: Dec. 1990: 17. …, LXXIII-837, March 1995: 11, 48. …, LXXIV-841, July/August 1995: 48. …, LXXIV-843, October 1995: 15, 48. …, November 1995: 48. …, December 1995: 64. …, January/February 1996: 48. …, LXXV-849, May 1996: 48. …, June 1996: 48. …, July/August 1996: 48. …, September 1996: 48. …, November 1996: 48. …, December 1996: 48.	…, January/February 1997: 8, 48. …, March 1997: 48. …, April 1997: 48. …, May 1997: 48. …, June 1997: 48. …, July August 1997: 48. …, January/February 1998: 10, 48. …, March 1998:48. …, May 1998: 48. …, June 1998:48. …, October 1998: 56. …, November 1998:56. …, December 1998: 56.

 CARTOONIST & ILLUSTRATOR:

 PERIODICAL TEXT ATHOLOGY:

 Content panel cartoon & Cover front: 

The Canadian Forum, …: ….
…, June 1995: 40. …, April 1996: 48. …, LXXV-853, October 1996: 48.	…, LXXVI-864, November 1997: 48. …, LXXVII-871, August 1998: 48.

SOURCE:

Book text:

The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1979: 228.

Internet:

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https://www.canadiancartoonists.com/Members/NNA/NNA_1991_bado.jpg
https://www.canadiancartoonists.com/portfoolio

Correspondence:

Between Guy Badeau and Robert MacMillan.

GALLERY:

1997 ne sera pas Jojo, 1997: Back cover

Illus., Guy Badeaux, Portfoolio 15,1999: Front cover.

Tout a change le 11 septembre, 2003: Back cover.

BACK BENCH

A cartoon strip satirizing Canadian politics and society created by Graham Harrop. It appeared in the Globe & Mail circa 1990 to 2006.

MEDIUM:

BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

Content strip cartoon & Cover book front & back:

Back Bench: The Best Of Graham Harrop. Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., 1993.

GALLERY:

The Best of Graham Harrop, back cover.

The Best of Graham Harrop, back cover.

“Back Bench, Globe & Mail, 17 Oct., 1991: F8.

BACHLE Leo

Born in Toronto, 23 November 1923, he attended Danforth Technical School where he studied art. Later he attended the Ontario College of Art. At age fifteen he developed his first overhead projector and started working as an illustrator. This projector would eventually become an important part of a stand-up comedy routine he would develop.

In late 1941, Leo Bachle as a sixteen year old high school student encountered John Ezrin, Bell Feature’s major financial backer. Apparently Ezrin saw Bachle browsing through some Bell comic books and asked him what he thought of them. Bachle’s reply caused Ezrin to challenge him to draw an action scene depicting to men fighting. Ezrin was sufficiently impressed with the result to invite Bachle to dream up a comic book character and bring his idea to Bell Features the next day. That night Bachle created a new “Johnny Canuck” which bore a striking resemblance to Bachle and the next day he joined Bell Features. This was not unusual. As Dingle stated in an interview they would go through many submissions from youngsters and if they saw a spark they would attempt to fan it into flame.

During his time at Bell Features, Bachle created “Johnny Canuck”, “Wild Bill”, “The Brain” and “The Invisible Commando” until in 1943 he left Bell Features and went to Famous Funnies in New York City to do “Terry Temple and South Paw” and “Lawman”. He went to Timely Comics and worked on International Comics.

In the late 1940’s, in his twenties he left comic books and while remaining in illustration worked on a stand-up comedy act and started appearing in night clubs and theatres. In this act he drew cartoons which were projected onto a screen as he spoke. In this new role he changed his name to Les Barker. He moved into television guesting as the “Gulf Man” on a “Wayne and Shuster” ad., coffee taster for Maxwell House coffee, scientist on Johnson Wax and mystery shopper on a Bill Shatner Loblaws commercial.

In 1977 he was given his first three week booking on the Norwegian Caribbean Line. This stretched out to ten years. For seven years he entertained audiences with a one man show on the cruise ship, the SS Norway at that time the world’s largest cruise ship. He retired back to Toronto in the 1980’s where he died May 2003.

Also see CANADA POST COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

BOOK GRAPHIC COLLECTION:

Content serial:

Johnny Canuck. Ed., Rachel Richey. Rachel Richey, 2015.

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:                                                                          All published by Bell Features & Publishing. Colour covers. Black & white interiors.

Content serial:

Active Comics … no date except where given: “ The Brain ….” ….
1, Feb. 1942: “… The Man With The Psychic Mind”: 50-64. 2, Mar. 1942: “…”: 53-64.	3: “… and the Mummy Man”: 1-14. 4: “…The Return of the Mummy Man!”:18-28. 5: “…Canada At War”: 18-28.

Active Comics … no date: “The Brain”: …
6: 18-28.	7: 18-27.	8: 19-26.	9: 20-28.	10: 10-18.	11: 28-36.

Active Comics, 12, no date: “Another Adventure Of The Brain”: 26-34.

Active Comics … no date: “The Brain”: ….
13: 41-49.	14: 19-27.	15: 47-55.	16: 24-32.	17: 13-21.

 

Active Comics, 18, n.d.: “The Brain.” Car., unidentified probably Leo Bachle: 9-12.

Active Comics … no date: “The Brain”: ….
19: “…”: 7-15. 20: “…”: 42-48.	21: “…vs. The Fox, pt. 1”: 37-43. 22: “…vs. The Fox, pt. 2.” 36-41.

Active Comics … no date: “Chip Pipher”: ….
18: 31-34.	19: 47-50.	20:42-45.

Active Comics … no date: “Thunderfist”: ….
13: 1-9. 14: 31-39.	15: 12-20. 16: 42-48.	17: 42-48. 18: 37-43.	19: 35-41. 20: 13-19	21: 14-19. 22: 11-16.

Dime Comics … no date: “Johnny Canuck”….
9: 35-41.

Dime Comics … no date: “Wild Bill”: ….
	10: 19-24.

ILLUSTRATOR:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Cover front:

Active Comics, 3, n.d.

Active Comics,16, n.d. “Thunderfist.”

WRITER & ILLUSTRATOR:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content contest:

Active Comics, 18, no date: “The Brain Contest.” Writ. & Illus., Leo Bachle. 6. :

SOURCE:

Article book:

Guardians of the North: The National Superhero in Canadian Comic-Book Art. Writ., John Bell. National Archives of Canada, 1992. A catalogue for the exhibit of the same name.

Johnny Canuck. Ed., Rachel Richey. Rachel Richey, “Leo Bachle: The Real Johnny Canuck.” Writ., Robert Pincomb: 2015.

Article periodical:

Dime Comics, 10, no date: “Pen Portraits”: 33.

Now and Then Times, 1 -2, Oct. 1973: “A conversation with Adrian and Pat Dingle and Bill Thomas.” Writ., Dave Sim: 27+.

Newspaper:

Globe and Mail, 23 October 1982: “Whatever Happened to …?” Writ., Peter Harris: Fanfare 7.

Interview:

Interview with Leo Bachle .

GALLERY:

Dime Comics, 10: 33.

B.W.W.

The initials of a cartoonist and writer contributing to Canadian Heroes periodical published by Educational Projects Inc.

WORK:

WRITER:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY

Content:

Biography

Major Paul Triquet: V.C. Fighting Major of the Van Doos.” [Probably B.W.W.] Illus., George M. Rae. Canadian Heroes, 3-6, May 1944: 1-4.

Journalism:

“Canada At Work: Power for Aluminum: The Story of Shipshaw No. 2.” Illus., Joseph Hillenbrand. Canadian Heroes, 3-5, April 1944.: 1-8.

“Victoria Rifles of Canada.” Illus., George M. Rae. 3-4, Canadian Heroes, 3-4, March 1944: 18-21.

NATIONAL NEWSPAPER AWARDS

The National Newspaper Awards were created in 1949 by the Toronto Men’s Press Club with the financial and moral support of C. George McCullagh who gave $3000 a year for the first five years to help establish an awards fund. C. George McCullagh was owner of the Globe and Mail and the Evening Telegram. Since 1989, the awards have been governed by a Board of Governors representing both daily newspapers and the public. The awards are administered by the Canadian Daily Newspaper Awards Program Administration Corporation.

An NNA was awarded for excellence in editorial cartooning for a single cartoon or body of work up to three cartoons. Other awards were given for: editorial writing, spot news reporting, feature writing, staff corresponding, spot news photography and feature photography. Sports writing was added in 1957.

In 2014, these awards were paralleled by the George Townsend Awards,

WINNERS AND FINALISTS

2017 –  Bruce MacKinnon, Halifax Chronicle and Herald

2016 –  Brian Gable, Globe and Mail

2015 – Bruce MacKinnon, Halifax Chronicle and Herald

2014 – Bruce MacKinnon, Halifax Chronicle and Herald

2013 – Bruce MacKinnon, Halifax Chronicle and Herald

2012 – Serge Chapleau, La Press [Montréal]

2011 – Marc Beaudet, Le Journal de Montréal

2010 – Brain Gable, Globe and Mail

2009 – Brain Gable, Globe and Mail

2008 – Cam Cardow, Ottawa Citizen; Brian Gable, Globe and Mail; John Larter, Calgary Herald.

2007 – Serge Chapleau, La Presse; Patrick Corrigan, Toronto Star; John Larter, Brandon Sun.

2006 – Marc Beaudet, Journal de Montréal; Brain Gable, Globe and Mail; Graham Harrop, Vancouver Sun.

2005 – Brian Gable, Globe and Mail; Serge Chapleau, La Presse, Bruce McKinnon, Halifax Chronicle Herald.

2004 – Theo Moudakis, Toronto Star; André-Phillippe Côté, Le Soleil; Dale Cummings, Winnipeg Free Press.

2003- Serge Chapleau, La Presse; Patrick Corrigan, Toronto Star; André-Phillippe Côté, Le Soleil.

2002 – Serge Chapleau, La Presse; Michael De Adder, Halifax Daily News; Malcolm Mayes, Edmonton Journal.

2001 – Brian Gable, Globe and Mail; Cam Cardow, Ottawa Citizen; Theo Moudakis, Toronto Star.

2000 – Serge Chapleau, La Presse; Graham Harrop, Vancouver Sun; John Larter, Calgary Sun.

1999 – Serge Chapleau, La Presse; Bruce McKinnon, Halifax Chronicle Herald; Cameron Cardow, Ottawa Citizen.

1998 – Roy Peterson, Vancouver Sun; Serge Chapleau, La Presse; Bruce McKinnon, Halifax Chronicle Herald.

1997 – Serge Chapleau, La Presse; Brian Gable, Globe and Mail; Malcolm Mayes, Edmonton Journal.

1996 – Roy Peterson, Vancouver Sun; Serge Chapleau, La Presse; Anthony Jenkins, Globe and Mail.

1995 – Brian Gable, Globe and Mail; Serge Chapleau, Le Devoir; Andy Donato, Toronto Sun.

1994 – Roy Peterson, Vancouver Sun.

1993 – Bruce McKinnon, Halifax Herald.

1992 – Bruce McKinnon, Halifax Herald.

1991 – Guy Badeaux , Ottawa Le Droit.

1990 – Roy Peterson, Vancouver Sun.

1989 – Cameron Cardow, Regina Leader Post.

1988- Vance Rodewalt, Calgary Herald.

1987 – Raffi Anderian , Ottawa Citizen.

1986 – Brian Gable – Regina Leader-Post.

1985 – Ed Franklin, Globe and Mail.

1984 – Roy Peterson, Vancouver Sun.

1983 – Dale Cummings, Winnipeg Free Press.

1982 – Blaine Hamilton Spectator.

1981 – Tom Innes, Calgary Herald.

1980 – Victor Roschkov, Toronto Sun.

1979 – Edd Uluschak, Edmonton Journal.

1978 – Terry Mosher (Aislin), Montreal Gazette.

1977 – Terry Mosher (Aislin), Montreal Gazette.

1976 – Andy Donato, Toronto Sun.

1975 – Roy Peterson, Vancouver Sun.

1974- Blaine, Hamilton Spectator.

1973 – John Collins, Montreal Gazette.

1972 – Duncan Macpherson, Toronto Star.

1971 – Yardley Jones, Toronto Sun.

1970 – Duncan Macpherson, Toronto Star.

1969 – Edd Uluschak, Edmonton Journal.

1968 – Roy Peterson, Vancouver Sun.

1967 – Raoul Hunter, Le Soleil.

1966 – Robert W. Chambers, Halifax Chronicle.

1965 – Duncan Macpherson, Toronto Star.

1964 – Ed McNally, Montreal Star.

1963 – Jan Kamlenski, Winnipeg Tribune.

1962 – Duncan Macpherson, Toronto Star.

1961 – Ed McNally, Montreal Star.

1960 – Duncan Macpherson, Toronto Star.

1959 – Duncan Macpherson, Toronto Star.

1958 – Raoul Hunter, Le Soleil.

1957 – James G. Reidford, Globe and Mail.

1956 – James G. Reidford, Globe and Mail.

1955 – Merle R. Tingley, London Free Press.

1954 – John Collins, Montreal Gazette.

1953 – Robert W. Chambers, Halifax Chronicle-Herald

1952 – Robert La Palme, Le Devoir.

1951 – Leonard Norris, Vancouver Sun.

1950 – James G. Reidford, Montreal Star.

1949 – Jack Booth, Globe and Mail.

SOURCE:

Book text:

Canada’s Newspaper Legend: The Story of J. Douglas MacFarlane. Writ., Richard MacFarlane. E.C.W. Press, 2000: 209.

JOE SHUSTER CANADIAN COMIC BOOK CREATOR AWARDS

These awards (sometimes referred to as the “Shusters” or the “JSAs”) were given for achievement in the creation of graphic periodicals, books and webcomics by Canadians. They were initiated in 2005 by the Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association – James Waley, Kevin A. Boyd, Tyrone Biljan and Dave Darrigo. They were  named in honour of Joe Shuster (1914-1992), the Canadian-born co-creator of “Superman”.

The nominees were selected by 3 committees. The first was made up of industry journalists and fans from across Canada. It selected five (sometimes six) nominees for each category: outstanding achievement, cartoonist, illustrator, writer, colourist, cover illustrator and web comic artist or team. Other categories were added later. These nominees were placed on ballots and the winners were selected by voters who were Canadian citizens or residents. The Harry Kremer Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer was given to a recipient selected by a second committee composed of journalists, publishers, and creators. They made their selection from nominees chosen by store staffs, customers and professionals. The third committee consisting of Canadian cartooning historians selected inductees to the “Hall of Fame”.

From 2005-7, the awards were presented on the same weekend as the Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon. In 2008, the awards were not presented in conjunction with a comic book convention but on the same weekend as Book Expo Canada. In a letter 13, December 2007, Dave Darrigo gave some background for the change.

“By the way, I just talked to Jim [Waley] … and he says the Shusters are not going to be aligned to any convention now. Their new home may be at the library at Spadina/College that holds the Toronto pulp and paperback shows. But not in conjunction with that show.”

On Saturday 26 September 2009, the Awards were held in Toronto at the same time as but not in conjunction with an art gallery show celebrating the 35^th anniversary of the publication of Incredible Hulk 181 and the first appearance of Marvel’s Canadian superhero “Wolverine”. Instead on the following day they occupied a booth at Toronto’s Word on the Street Festival. For this event four awards were on hiatus: “Outstanding Achievement Related To Canadian Comics”, Favourite Canadian Creator – English”’ Favourite Canadian Creator – French”, and “Favourite International Creator”.

They continued in a rather ad hoc fashion.

The Joe Shuster Awards were founded the same year as the more durable Doug Wright Awards. There is no connection between the two. One can say that the JSA’s are mainstream industry biased and the Wrights are more focused on independent authors and publishers.

CATEGORIES & WINNERS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT:

2005: Dave Sim & Gerhard for completing in 2004, the 300 issue Cerebus the Aardvark, begun in 1977. It holds the title as the longest running creator owned graphic periodical series.

2006: No award given.

2007: No award given.

2008: David Watkins for using comic books as a teaching tool.

2009: No award given.

OUTSTANDING CARTOONIST:

2005: Darwyn Cooke for DC: The New Frontier, DC Comics.

2006: Bryan Lee O’Malley for Scott Pilgrim, v.2, Oni Press.

2007: Darwyn Cooke for The Spirit v. 1, DC Comics.

2008: Jeff Lemire for Essex County v. 1 & 2, Top Shelf.

OUTSTANDING ILLUSTRATOR:

2005: Kaare Andrews for Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One, Marvel Comics.

2006: Pia Guerra for Y: The Last Man, DC Comics/Vertigo. Story in Spider Man Unlimited 10, Marvel.

2007: Darwyn Cooke & J. Bone for Batman/The Spirit 1, DC Comics.

2008: Dale Eaglesham for Justice Society of America 2-4, 6-7, 9-11, DC Comics.

OUTSTANDING WRITER:

2005: Samm Barnes for Doctor Spectrum, Marvel Comics and Ty Templeton for The Batman  Adventures, DC Comics.

2006: J. Torres for Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight and Teen Titans Go! DC Comics plus Love As A Foreign Language, Oni Press.

2007: Darwyn Cooke for Superman Confidential, 1-2, DC Comics.

2008: Cecil Castellucci for The P.L.A.I.N. Janes, DC Comics/Minx.

 

OUTSTANDING COLOURIST:

2008: Dave McCaig for a variety of titles for DC Comics, Marvel Comics and Oni Press.

OUTSTANDING COVER ILLUSTRATOR:

2008: Steve Skroce for Doc Frankenstein 6, Burleyman.

 

OUTSTANDING WEBCOMIC CREATOR/CREATIVE TEAM:

2007: Dan Kim for April & May & June, Kanami & Penny Tribute.

2008: Ryan Sohmer & Lar de Souza for Looking For Group & Least I Could Do.

OUTSTANDING PUBLISHER:

2005: Arcana

2006: Drawn & Quarterly.

2007: Drawn & Quarterly.

2008: Drawn & Quarterly.

GENE DAY AWARD FOR SELF-PUBLISHING:

Named after the remarkable artist/publisher Gene Day, this award honoured creators who self-published their work in the previous year. The award included a $500 bursary. To qualify one had to be a Canadian citizen or resident, write and illustrate their own work (included teams), then published and sold it independent of any publishing company or third-party distributer. The work must be new and not reprinted from other sources such as webcomics.

HARRY KREMER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMIC BOOK RETAILER:

2005: Harry Kremer, Now & Then Books Kitchener Ontario.

2006: Calum Johnston, Strange Adventures, Halifax Nova Scotia.

2007: Jay Bardyla & Shawna Roe, Happy Harbour, Edmonton, Alberta.

2008: Walter Durajlija & Marc Sims, Big B Comics, Hamilton, Ontario.

INTERNATIONAL VOTER’S CHOICE – FAVOURITE CANADIAN CREATOR- ENGLISH:

This category was added in 2007. It was open to all voters regardless of country.

2007 Dan Kim for April & May & June, Kanami & Penny Tribute.

2008: Faith Erin Hicks for Zombies Calling.

2009: No award given.

INTERNATIONAL VOTER’S CHOICE – FAVOURITE CANADIAN CREATOR- FRENCH:

This category was added in 2007. It was open to all voters regardless of country.

2007: Michel Rabagliati for Paul à la pêche, Les Éditions de la Pastèque.

2008: Philippe Girard for Danger Public, Les Éditions de la Pastèque.

2009: No award given.

INTERNATIONAL VOTER’S CHOICE – OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL CREATOR:

2006: Brian K. Vaughan for Marvel and DC Comics/Vertigo titles.

2007: Brian K. Vaughan for Marvel and DC Comics/Vertigo titles.

2008: Ed Brubaker for Marvel titles.

2009: No award given.

COMICS FOR KIDS:

Works considered for this award were graphic periodicals and books by Canadian creators targeted at readers fourteen years and younger.

HALL OF FAME:

Year selected.

2005: Joe Shuster (1914-1992) Leo Bachle (1926-2003) Adrian Dingle (1911-1974) Hal Foster (1892-1982) Ed Furness (1911-2005) Rand Holmes (1942-2002)

2006: Jon St Ables (1912-1999) Owen McCarron (1929-2005) Wm. Mortimer (1919-1998) Dave Sim (1956- ) 2007: Albert Chartier (1912-2004) Gerald Lazare (1927-2021) Jacques Hurtubise (1950-2015) Gene Day (1951-1982)

2008: Ted McCall (1901-1975) Pierre Fournier (1949- ) Stanley Berneche (1947- ) John Byrne (1950- ) 2009: George M. Rae (1906-1992) Réal Godbout (1951- ) Ken Steacy (1955- ) Diana Schultz (1955- )

SOURCE:

Correspondence:

Dave Darrigo letter Dec.13, 2007.

J. W. BENGOUGH AWARD

A a short lived contest for young cartoonists in Montréal administered by Robert Lapalme. It was awarded to Christian Daigle in 1979.

SOURCE:

Book graphic:

Portfoolio 20: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., & Writ., Guy Badeaux. McArthur & Co. 2004: “Christian Daigle”:149.

Correspondence:

An email from Wes Tyrell, President of the Association of Canadian Cartoonists, 8 Aug. 2016.

GEORGE TOWNSEND AWARD (TOWNSIE)

The Certificate

This two part award, one for the best Anglophone cartoon and one for the best Francophone cartoon, was initiated by the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists under President Wes Tyrell (Christopher Tracey) at the 2014 Convention in Havana, Cuba. They parallel the National Newspaper Awards. During the 2016 Toronto Conference the awards were given by the reorganized Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists which was renamed the Association of Canadian Cartoonists

POSTER:

WINNERS:

Christian Daigle (Fleg) and Michael deAdder at the 2014, Convention in Havana Cuba.

Left: Christian Daigle (Flegg) and Michael deAdder.

Dale Cummings and Christian Daigle (Fleg) at the 2016, Convention, Toronto.

Dale Cummings.

Andre-Phillippe Côte and Graeme MacKay at the September 20-23 2018 Joint Conference with the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists and the Political Cartoon & Satire Festival, Sacramento, California.

Andre-Phillippe Côte (left) is handed his Townsie by Christopher Tracy “Wes Tyrell”.

Graeme MacKay (left) receiving his award from Christopher Tracy “Wes Tyrell”.

SOURCE:

Email:

Wes Tyrell to Robert MacMillan, 10 Sept. 2016.

Wes Tyrell to Robert MacMillan, 7 Nov. 2016, (Including photos).

Wes Tyrell to Robert MacMillan, 4 January 2019. (Including photos).

Wes Tyrell to Robert MacMillan 15 January 2019. (Including photos).

 

DUNCAN MACPHERSON AWARD

This award was apparently begun in the year following Duncan Macpherson’s death 23 April 1993. It was intended to be an annual award honouring an outstanding budding editorial cartoonist. There was a $500 prize, an engraved statuette, and an expenses paid trip to the presentation at the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists, (ACEC) convention. Photocopies of art work submissions were to be sent to A. Blaine, Award and Jury Chairman, P.O. Box 766, Station “A” Cannon St. E. Hamilton, Ontario. Apparently the award was initiated by Blaine.

It was sponsored by the ACEC, the Southam, Thomson and Sun news organizations. A year later it was sponsored by the ACEC, The Toronto Star, The Toronto Sun and Southam.

Rick Capella of Nelson B.C. won the first award in 1994.

Stan Roach of Montréal won the second award in 1995.

There appear to have been no further awards given.

SOURCE:

Book graphic:

Portfoolio 11: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Ken MacQueen. Macmillan of Canada, 1995: 5.

Portfoolio 12: The Year’s Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons. Ed., Guy Badeaux . Writ., Ken MacQueen. Macmillan of Canada, 1996: 5.

Correspondence:

An email from Wes Tyrell, President of the Association of Canadian Cartoonists, 8 Aug. 2016.

 

DOUG WRIGHT AWARDS

The Doug Wright Awards were founded in May 2005 to recognize the accomplishments of cartoonists and graphic writers and illustrators working in Canada. They were named after the cartoonist Doug Wright.

Given annually in conjunction with the Toronto Cartoon Arts Festival, they are broken into three subsections. The “Best Book Award”, “The Best Emerging Talent Award”, which in 2012 was renamed “The Spotlight” or “The Nipper Award” and “The Pigskin Peters Award” which was introduced in 2008 and is awarded to avant-garde and other non-traditional works. The “Nipper Award” is named after a character, in Doug Wright’s “Doug Wright’s Family” and “The Pigskin Peters Award” is named after a character in Jimmie Frise’s “Birdseye Centre”.

“Giants of the North” is a separate category acknowledging cartoonists with singularly accomplished careers.

GIANTS OF THE NORTH HALL OF FAME

Inductees & date of induction:

Doug Wright (2005) Albric Bourgeois (2005) J. W. Bengough (2006) George Feyer (2006) David Boswell (2011) Katherine Collins (Arn Saba) 2017 Duncan Macpherson (2018)

James Frise (unknown) Rand Holmes (unknown) Lynn Johnston (unknown) Martin Vaughn-James (unknown) Peter Whalley (unknown)

DOUG WRIGHT AWARDS, WINNERS AND NOMINEES:

2015

Best Book:

Fatherland. Nina Bunjevac. Jonathan Cape/Random House.

Ant Colony. Michael Deforge. Drawn & Quarterly.

Safai Honeymoon. Jesse Jacobs, Koyama Press.

The People Inside. Ray Fawkes. Oni Press.

This One Summer. Jillian & Mariko Tamaki. Groundwood.

Spotlight – “The Nipper”:

Meag Fitzgerald for Photobooth: A Biography. Conundrum.

Aaron Costain for Entrophy #10.

Elizabeth Belliveau for One Year In America. Conundrum.

Julie Delporte for Everywhere Antennas. Drawn & Quarterly.

Simon Roy for Tiger Lung. Dark Horse.

Sophie Yanow for War of Streets and Houses. Uncivilized Books.

Pigskin Peters:

Connor Willumsen. “Swinespritzen”.

Julien Ceccaldi. Comics Collection 2010-2013 and Less Than Dust.

Henriette Valium. Great Success! 1983-2013. Crna Hronika.

Patrick Kyle. New Comics #3-5. Mother Books.

Tings Chak. Undocumented: The Architecture of Migrant Detention. The Architecture Observer.

2014

Best Book:

Paul Joins the Scouts. Paul Rabagliati. Conundrum Press.

Palookaville #21. Seth. Drawn & Quarterly.

Science Fiction Joe Ollman. Conundrum Press.

Suseptible. Geneviève Castrée. Drawn & Quarterly.

Very Casual. Michael DeForge. Koyama Press.

Spotlight – “The Nipper”:

Steven Gilbert for The Journal of the Main Street Secret Lodge. Fourth Dimension.

Connor Willumsen for “Calgary: Death Milks a Cow”, “Treasure Island”, “Mooncalf”,                 “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

Georgia Webber for Dumb #1-3.

Pigskin Peters:

Emily Carroll. “Out of Skin”.

Connor Willumsen. “Calgary: Death Milks a Cow

Seth Scriver. Flexible Tube with Stink Lines.

Julie Delporte. Journal. Koyama Press.

Michael Deforge. Very Casual. Koyama Press.

2013:

Best Book:

The Song of Roland. Michel Rabagliati. Conundrum Press.

Lose #4. Michael DeForge. Koyama Press.

By This You Shall Know Him. Jesse Jacobs. Koyama Press.

Pope Hats #3. Ethan Rilly. Adhouse Books.

Wax Cross. Tin Can Forest. Koyama Press.

Spotlight – “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. Porcupine’s Quill.

Eric Kostiuk Williams for Hungry Bottom Comics.

Pigskin Peters:

David Collier. Hamilton Illustrated. Wolstak & Wynn.

Michael Comeau. Hellberta #2 and “Sir Softly” from š! #12.

Michael DeForge. “Can Forest” and “Magda Traski” for 4PANEL, special comics features in

Carousel Magazine #28 & #29.

Ginette Laplame. “So what should we do with ourselves?” in Wowee Zonk #4 and “Little Stump” in Wowee Zonk #12.

2012:

Best Book:

Hark! A Vagrant. Kate Beaton. Drawn & Quarterly.

Lose #3. Michael DeForge. Koyama Press.

Mid-Life. Joe Ollman. Conundrum Press.

Paying For It. Chester Brown. Drawn & Quarterly.

Reunion. Pascal Girard. Drawn & Quarterly.

The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists. Seth. Drawn & Quarterly.

Spotlight:

Ethan Rilley for Pope Hats #2. Adhouse Books.

Emily Carroll for “The Seven Windows” in The Anthology Project vol. 2, “Margot’s Room” and

Emily Carroll for “The Prince & the Sea” (other cartoons 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

Betty Liang Freud’s Recurring Dream” and other cartoons at bettyliang.tumblr.com.

Zach Worton for The Klondike.

Pigskin Peters:

Hellberta. Michael Comeau.

Hermoddities. Temple Bates.

Pure Pajamas. Marc Bell

‘Untitled’ by Mum Pittsburg, Jupiter Leucetius! Send Us a King, We Are So Bored. And other Cartoons at connorwillumsen.com. Connor Willumsen.

2011:

Best Book:

Big Foot. Pascal Girard. Drawn & Quarterly.

Chimo. David Collier. Conundrum Press.

Lose # 2. Michael DeForge. Koyama Press.

Moving Pictures. Kathryn Immomen & Stuart Immomen. Top Shelf.

Streakers. Nick Maandag. Self published.

Best Emerging Talent:

Alex Fellows for Spain and Morocco. Self published.

Aaron Costain for Entrophy #5. Self published.

Keith Jones. Catland Empire. Drawn & Quarterly.

James Stokoe for Orc Stain vol 1. Image Comics

Tin Can Forest (aka Marek Colek & Pat shewwchuk) for Baba Yaga and the Wolf. Koyama Press.

Pigskin Peter:

Spotting Deer. Michael DeForge. Koyama Press.

Interior Voice. Jillian Tamaki. Drawn & Quarterly.

Stooge Pile. Seth Scriver. Drawn & Quarterly.

So I’ve Been Told. Maryanna Haardy. Conundrum Press.

Wowee Zonk #3. Patrick Kyle, Ginette Lapalme & Chris Kuzuma, editors. Koyama Press.

2010:

Best Book:

George Sprott: (1894-1975). Seth. Drawn & Quarterly.

Back + Forth. Martha Chubolinska. Porcupine’s Quill.

Hot Potatoe. Marc Bell. Drawn & Quarterly.

Kaspar. Diane Obomsawin. Drawn & Quarterly.

Red: A Haida Manga. Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas. Douglas McIntyre.

Best Emerging Talent:

Michael DeForge for Lose #1. Koyama Press.

Cold Heat Special #7. Picturebox.

Adam Bourret for I’m Crazy. Self Published.

Pascal Girard for Nicolas. Drawn & Quarterly, and It’s Snowing Outside We Should Go For A Walk. Self published.

Sully for The Hipless Boy. Conundrum Press.

Pigskin Peters:

Hot Potatoe. Marc Bell. Drawn & Quarterly.

Bebete. Simon Bosse. L’Ole de Cravah.

Dirty Dishes. Amy Lockhart. Drawn & Quarterly.

Never Learn Anything From History. Kate Beaton. Drawn & Quarterly.

The Collected Doug Wright, vol. 1. Doug Wright. Drawn & Quarterly.

2009:

Best Book:

Skim. Jillian & Mariko Tamaki. Groundwood Books.

Burma Chronicles. Guy Delisle. Drawn & Quarterly.

Drop-in. Dave Lapp. Conundrum Press.

Paul goes Fishing. Michel Rabagliatti. Drawn & Quarterly.

Best Emerging Talent:

Kate Beaton for Hark a Vagrant.

Caitlin Black for Maids In The Mist. Self published.

Jesse Jacobs for Blue winter, Shapes In ‘The Snow. Self published.

Jason Kieffer for Kieffer #2. Self published.

Nick Maanding for Jack & Mandy. Self published.

Pigskin Peters:

Ojinogogo. Matthew Forsythe. Drawn & Quarterly.

Hall Of Best Knowledge. Ray Fenwick. Fantagraphics.

All We Ever Do Is Talk About Wood. Tom Horacek. Drawn & Quarterly.

Small Victories. Jesse Jacobs. Self published.

2008:

Best Book:

The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam. Ann Marie Fleming. Riverhead.

365 Days A Diary. Julie Doucet. Drawn & Quarterly.

Spent. Joe Matt. Drawn & Quarterly.

Southern Cross. Laurence Hyde. Drawn & Quarterly.

Best Emerging Talent.

Jeff Lemire for Essex County vols. 1&2. Top Shelf.

Ethan Rilly for Pope Hats. Self published.

Jason Kieffer for Kieffer #1. Self published.

Nick Maandag for The Experiment. Self published.

Pigskin Peters :

Milk Teeth. Julie Morstad. Drawn & Quarterly.

Little Lessons in Safety. Emily Hoton. Conundrum Press.

Excelsior 1968. John Martz. Self published.

Fire Away. Chris von Szombathy. Drawn & Quarterly.

2007:

Best Book:

This Will End In Tears. Joe Ollman. Insomniac Press.

Shenzen: A Travelogue From China. Guy Delisle. Drawn & Quarterly.

Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness. Bryan Lee O’Malley. Oni Press.

Gilded Lilies. Jillian Tamaki. Conundrum Press.

Nog-a-dog. Marc Bell & various. Conundrum Press.

Best emerging Talent:

Rebecca Kraatz for House of Sugar. Tulip Tree Press.

Hope Larson for Gray Horses. Oni.

Leanne Shapton for Was She Pretty? Farrar, Strauss & Giroux.

Keith Jones for Bacter-area. Drawn & Quarterly.

Tamara Berger & Sophie Cossette. Mendacity. Kiss Machine.

2006:

Best Book:

Paul Moves Out. Michel Rabagliati. Drawn & Quarterly.

Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea. Guy Delisle Drawn & Quarterly.

Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World. Bryan Lee O’Malley. Oni.

Dragon slippers: This is What an Abusive Relationship Looks Like. Rosalind B. Penfold. Grove Press.

Wimbledon Green. Seth. Drawn & Quarterly.

Best emerging Talent:

Peter Lorenz for Dark Adaption. Pedlar Press.

Scott Chantler for Northwest Passage. Oni.

Marc Ngui for The Unexpected Tale of Lordie Jones. Conundrum Press.

Mariko & Jillian Tamaki for Skim Kiss Machine.

James Turner for Nil: A Land Beyond Belief. Slave Labor Graphics.

2005:

Best Book:

Clyde Fans Book 1. Seth. Drawn & Quarterly.

Worn Tuff Elbow #1. Marc Bell. Fantagraphics.

Pamplemoussi. Genevieve Castree. L’Ole de Cravan.

The Frank Ritza Papers. David Collier. Drawn & Quarterly.

The New Frontier. Darwyn Cooke. DC Comics.

 

Best emerging Talent:

Bryan Lee O’Malley for Scott Pilgrim 1. Oni Press.

Rebecca Dart for Rabbithead. Alternate Comics.

Max Douglas & Salgood Sam for Revolver. Self published.

Alex Fellows for Canvas. Fantagraphics.

 

SOURCE:

Book graphic:

The Doug Wright Awards 2011 An Essay In Comics By Some American. Car., Dustin Harbin. Dustin Harbin, 2011.

Internet:

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