Winners of the 2025 Doug Wright Awards, which celebrate excellence in the field of Canadian comics, have been named. Winners in each category receive a small cash prize, and the winner of the Nipper also receives a week-long retreat at the Valleyview Artist Retreat, in Caledon, Ont. This year's winners are:
Best book: I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together by Maurice Vellekoop
Emerging talent (the Nipper): The Jellyfish by Boum, translated by Robin Lang and Helge Dascher
Small or micro-press book (the Pigskin Peters): Customer Service by Patrick Allaby
Kids' book (the Egghead): Lost at Windy River: A True Story of Survival by Trina Rathgeber, Alina Pete, & Jillian Dolan
In addition, Richard Comely and Lou Skuce were inducted into the Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame.