2019 Giants of the North Hall of Fame Inductees

From the Doug Wright Awards website.

Fiona Smyth, an artist and teacher known for her groundbreaking comics tackling female sexuality, and Alootook Ipellie (1951–2007), a multi-faceted artist, writer, activist, and cartoonist recognized for his satirical comics about Inuit life in Canada, will be inducted next month into the Giants of the North Hall of Fame for Canadian cartoonists.

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2019

From the TCAF website.

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2018 will take place May 11 and 12, 2019 at the Toronto Reference Library.

TCAF 2019 – The Toronto Comic Arts Festival
@ Toronto Reference Library

789 Yonge Street
Saturday, May 11: 9am-5pm
Sunday, May 12: 10am-5pm
Free entrance

New Yorker cartoonist Nurit Karlin dies at 80

Liza Donnelly in The New Yorker.

Nurit Karlin, who died in Tel Aviv this week, at the age of eighty, was a regular cartoonist for The New Yorker for fourteen years, starting in 1974.

At that time, she was the only woman drawing cartoons for the magazine. 

Quentin Blake's House of Illustration

From House of Illustration.

House of Illustration is a registered charity and the UK’s only public gallery dedicated solely to illustration and graphic art. 

Founded by Sir Quentin Blake it opened in July 2014 in King’s Cross, London.

Results of the 14th edition of World Press Cartoon

From World Press Cartoon.

Garnotte wins National Newspaper Awards 2018

The Canadian Daily Newspaper Association announced tonight, in Toronto, the winners of the 70th National Newspaper Awards.

Garnotte (Michel Garneau), Le Devoir.

Michel Garneau won first prize in the Editorial cartoon category. The other finalists were Michael deAdder and Brian Gable.
You can see all the cartoons here. The Editorial cartoon category can be found on page 3.

19th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition (Results)

Grand Prize: Luc Descheemaeker, Belgium

The jury (composed of seven members of the Canadian Committee of World Press Freedom) met on April 15th to select the winners of the 19th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition.

The theme, this year, was "Open season on journalists" and we received 370 entries from 29 countries.