41st Annual Stan Cross Awards (2025)
Skip to commentsThe Australian Cartoonists Association held their convention this weekend and as part of the gathering presented The 2025 Stanleys, more formally known as The Stan Cross Awards, to cartoonists in various categories.

Eight Stanleys were awarded for Book Illustrator, Caricaturist, Comic Book Artist, Comic Strip Cartoonist, Editorial/Political Cartoonist, Event Cartoonist, Illustrator and Single Gag Cartoonist. The Jim Russell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Australian Cartooning was also presented while the Australian Cartooning Hall Of Fame welcomed three inductees.
Bronze Stanleys were awarded to
Frantz Kantor (Book Illustrator)
David Rowe (Caricaturist)
Paul Mason (Comic Book Artist)
Tony Lopes (Comic Strip Cartoonist)
Cathy Wilcox (Editorial/Political Cartoonist)
Paul Harvey (Event Cartoonist)
David Pope (Illustrator)
Megan Herbert (Single Gag Cartoonist)
The Jim Russell Award for Contribution to Australian Cartooning went to George Haddon.
The Mercury brags about their own (or here):
Celebrated Mercury cartoonist Kev Bailey was inducted into the Australian Cartooning Hall of Fame at the 41st Annual Stan Cross Awards held at Hadley’s Oriental Hotel on Saturday night.
For a quarter of a century, Mr Bailey’s daily cartoons entertained Mercury readers, tackling issues of the day from state and federal politics to world news, including man’s first steps on the moon, the collapse of the Berlin Wall, and the Gulf War.

Nominated for 2025 Cartoonist of the Year were:
Paul Harvey
David Pope
David Rowe
Taking The 2025 Stan Cross Award for Cartoonist of the Year was David Rowe.
Congratulations to David Rowe and all the winners and nominees.


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