Thursday, April 19, 2007  
BC Community Newspaper Awards: Nelson Dewey

:: Posted by Bryan @ 4/19/2007 12:26:00 AM
The B.C. and Yukon Community Newspaper Awards have been handed out and Nelson Dewey has been awarded the Best Cartoonist prize. The awards were handed out Saturday, April 14, 2007 at The Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel. Dewey is a animation and comics industry veteran, with credits including Cracked Magazine and CARtoons (website).

After decades of newspaper cartooning, Nelson Dewey has finally received Ma Murray’s recognition.

Dewey won the best cartoonist award Saturday at the annual Ma Murray Awards, presented by the B.C. and Yukon Community Newspapers Association in Vancouver.

Dewey told the crowd he began hawking his cartoons in 1968 by sending them out to newspapers across the province.

"I'm probably the only one here who has a handwritten rejection letter from Ma Murray," he said, referring to the legendary B.C. newspaper publisher after whom the awards are named.


Wendy Brown was second best:

Freelance cartoonist Wendy Brown was recognized for her efforts with a silver award. Her cartoon tied together the evacuation of Canadians from Lebanon with the stranding of BC Ferries passengers when a ferry left the terminal half-full. The judge, who loved the tying of two news stories together said, "The drawing is great, perfect lettering space, very loose. A great cartoon."

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