Finalists in four categories have been named for the 2026 Doug Wright Awards, which celebrate excellence in the field of Canadian comics. The awards ceremony will be held in Toronto on June 6. Each winner receives a small cash prize, with the winner of the Nipper (for emerging talent) award getting a week-long stay at the Valleyview Artist Retreat, in Caledon, Ont. See the complete list of finalists here.
This year's Giants of the North (Canadian Cartooning Hall of Fame) inductees are Emily Hearn (1925-2015) and Mark Thurman, co-creators of The Mighty Mites, which appeared for many years in Owl magazine, and Arch Dale (1882-1962), an editorial cartoonist and creator of The Doo Dads.