Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Canadian and American cartoonists meet in Niagara Falls

From The Daily Cartoonist.

From left to right: Tim Dolighan, Clay Jones, Scott Johnston, John Auchter, Pierre Skilling, Wes Tyrell, Jeff McIntyre, Guy Badeaux, Scott Burns, Inna Sokolova, Nancy Beiman, Graeme Mackay, Michael de Adder anf Frank Mariani. (Not pictured: Terry Mosher, Sue Dewar, Theo Moudakis and Christian Vachon)

The past weekend saw the Association of Canadian Cartoonists (ACC) gather on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls for their 2026 convention, described as a “popup mini congress.”

The dual Townsend Awards (The Townsies) – one for the best Francophone cartoon and one for the best Anglophone cartoon – were given out respectively to Guy Badeaux (Bado) and New Zealander Rod Emmerson.



Despite short notice of the get-together, a few Americans made the trip up north.

Clay Jones, John Auchter, Scott Burns and Frank Mariani

Clay Jones traveled there to present Graeme MacKay with the Rex Babin Award he was awarded at the recent Association of American Editorial Cartoonists convention in Sacramento.

Clay Jones was presented with an Honorary Canuck Award.

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