Stanley Award Winners 2006
Published by Matt Glover November 6th, 2006 in Competitions
In Australia, The Stanley’s are the national awards given by The Australian Cartoonists’ Association. The conference was held over the weekend, with a big party to announce the winners on Saturday night.
Here’s who got what:
THE STANLEY AWARDS
The Australian Cartoonists’ Association Cartoonist Awards
Melbourne’s Herald Sun’s Mark Knight has been named The Age Cartoonist Of The Year, 2006 in the 22nd annual Stan Cross Awards ceremony hosted by Rod Quantock in Ballarat last Saturday night. Knight also won the Sydney Morning Herald Editorial/Political Cartoonist Stanley. At the same time Australian international cartooning icon Paul Rigby has been presented with the prestigious Jim Russell Award for a lifetime of contribution to cartooning. Details will be in the next issue of Inkspot.
The Age Cartoonist Of The Year MARK KNIGHT
The Jim Russell Award PAUL RIGBY
Comic Strip - sponsored by The Daily Telegraph - TONY LOPES
Single Gag - sponsored by Thomson Education Direct - MATT GOLDING
Humorous Illustrator - sponsored by Corel - GEORGE HADDON
General Illustrator - sponsored by The Australian - PETER SHEEHAN
Digital Illustrator - sponsored by Wacom - TONY BELA
Caricaturist - sponsored by The Herald Sun - ERIC LOBBECKE
Editorial/Political - sponsored by The Sydney Morning Herald - MARK KNIGHT
The Wacom conference cartoon was won by Warren Steel.
The Cartoon Of The Night (themed “gold”) sponsored by d’Arenberg wines was won by Matt Golding.
Congratulations to all recipients and winners! A thankyou to all sponsors and of course a BIG thankyou to all members, guests and friends who attended the 22nd Annual Stanley Awards.
Yeah, but who won the drinking award?
Sounds a bit suss Golding winning the gold themed cartoon of the night award…
Maybe next year the theme might be gloves.
Yeah, never trust a cartoonist named Matt…
Not sure the drinking award has been decided yet. The judges were last seen passed out under the table.