The organizers of the Doug Wright Wright Awards are pleased to announce the nominees for Best Book and Best Emerging Talent for work published by Canadian cartoonists in 2005.

BEST BOOK
* Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle (Drawn & Quarterly Books)
* Wimbledon Green by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly Books)
* Dragonslippers: This Is What an Abusive Relationship Looks Like
by Rosalind B. Penfold (Penguin Canada)
* Paul Moves Out by Michel Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly Books)
* Scott Pilgrim Volume 2 by Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni Press)

EMERGING TALENT
* Skim by Mariko Tamaki
and Jillian Tamaki (Kiss Machine)
* Northwest Passage Volume 1 by Scott Chantler (Oni Press)
* Nil: A Land Beyond Belief by James Turner (Slave Labor Graphics)
* Dark Adaptation by Lorenz Peter (Pedlar Press)
* The Unexpurgated Tale of Lordie Jones by Marc Ngui (Conundrum Press)

The winners, which will be decided on by a jury that includes cartoonist Alan Hunt, Juston Peroff (Broken Social Scene) and Ben Portis (Art Gallery of Ontario), will be handed out in Toronto in September.