The Michener Awards Foundation has announced editorial cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon will receive the Michener-Baxter Award “for exceptional service to Canadian journalism.” From the press release via newswire: OTTAWA, ON, May 14, 2026 /CNW/ – The Michener Awards Foundation is pleased to announce that editorial cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon and journalist Vaughn Palmer are the recipients of […]
The Eisner Award nominees have been announced. Here’s the breakdown on who had the most nominations starting with the publishers.Works with the most nominations:Creator stats:Here is full list of nominees.Eisner Award Nominees 2026Best Short StoryBlood Harvest, in Brain Damage, by Shintaro Kago, translated by Zack Davisson (Fantagraphics)The Curse Room, in Brain Damage, by Shintaro Kago, translated by Zack Davisson (Fantagraphics)Football Is Not War, by R. K. Russell and Wilfred Santiago, in Come […]
Lee Lai’s graphic novel Cannon has become the first graphic novel to win the Stella Prize given to women and nonbinary Australian authors. The prize amount is $60,000. She is also the first trans person to win the award.Here’s how Lee describes her book (per ABC): “[Cannon] is a story about small-scale human follies and […]
This year’s Glyph Award Winners were announced at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC). The awards “honors outstanding achievements in comics made by, for, and about people of color, celebrating the creativity, vision, and storytelling excellence of writers, artists, and creators from across the industry.”This year’s winners:Story of the YearOrí: Holder of […]
The nominees for the 2026 Doug Wright Awards and Canadian Cartooning Hall of Fame inductees have been announced.The nominees are:Best Book The Nipper (Emerging Talent)The Pigskin Peters Best Small or Micro-Press BookThe Egghead (Best Kids’ Book)Additionally Emily Hearn (1925–2015) and Mark Thurman, the co-creators of The Mighty Mites, which appeared for many years in Owl magazine; and Arch Dale (1882–1962), an editorial cartoonist […]
Editorial cartoonist around the world are being encouraged to submit cartoons for the 2026 European Cartoon Award. The award recognizes “the impact of cartoons on societal dialogue” and serves to “encourage cartoonists in their vital role and stimulate conversations about Europe.”Requirements for entry include publications dates from June 2, 2025, and July 1, 2026, must […]
The Freedom Cartoonists Foundation has announced their selection for the 2026 Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award. Jimmy “Spire” Ssentongo of Uganda will be presented the award in a ceremony tonight. Palestinian cartoonist Safaa Odah is unable to leave her homeland for political reasons but will receive her prize at a future date. Safaa is a […]
The Graphic Medicine International Collective (GMIC) has announced their shortlist for their GMIC Awards for outstanding health-related comic projects completed and/or published in 2025. There are three categories, long-form, short-form, and educational, with five finalists in each category. Winners will be announced at their annual conference in Baltimore on July 25.Here are the finalists:EducationalLong FormShort […]
The Freedom Cartoonists Foundation will be marking World Press Freedom Day on Monday, May 4 with two events: the inaugural “Cartooning for Freedom” Exhibition and a ceremony to present the 2026 Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award. “Cartooning for Freedom” ExhibitionThe exhibit opens today and runs through May. It features 60 cartoons selected by FreedomCartoonists […]
From Guy Badeaux’s (Bado) blog we learn the winners of the 26th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon award. The theme this year was “Times are tough.” Taking the top first, second and third place are: Darko Drljevic of Montenegro, Joel Pett of USA, and Patrick Lamontagne of Canada.Ten cartoonists were honored with an Awards […]
Scottish cartoonist Tom Gauld is the first non-French cartoonist to be honored with the Le Prix Gotlib (The Gotlib Prize) for humorous cartoon book. Until this year, the prize for humor has been awarded solely to a French cartoonist or French language book of humor. His book “Physics for Cats” was originally published by Drawn […]
The Museum of Caricature and Cartoon of Vianden, Luxembourg has announced the winners of their annual International Caricature and Cartoon Contest of Vianden 2026. Taking the top prizes are Angel Boligan (Mexico) with second and third place going to Olena Tsuranova (Ukraine) and Heibat Ahmadi (Iran) respectively. This year’s theme was “Democracy (popular sovereignty, rule […]
The Center for Cartoon Studies have announced their 14th annual Studio Prize winners. In the Long-Form category the award goes to Mimi Pond, and Suerynn Lee took the prize in the Short-Form category. The prize goes to cartoonists whose work “exemplifies excellence in cartooning.” The judges wrote that Mimi’s biography of the Mitford Sisters: Pond […]
The Hugo Award nominees were announced today. Of note to our readers is the inclusion of cartoonist Dave Kellett creator of the Sheldon webcomic and his sci-fi webcomic Drive which debuted in 2009. He is nominated in the Best Professional Artist category.From a statement on his Patreon page Dave says that he knew about the Hugo […]
This weekend was the L.A. Times Festival of Books where they unveiled their best books of last year. Jaime Hernandez took home the prize in the Graphic Novel/Comics category, and Trung Le Nguyen (Trungles)‘s graphic novel “Angelica and the Bear Prince” won the Young Adult Literature category.Jaime graphic novel “Life Drawing: A Love and Rockets […]