I’m very pleased to have taken out the ACA’s Bronze Stan Cross Award for Illustrator of the Year 2018.

Congrats to the other nominees Christopher Downes, Levent Efe, Glen Le Lievre, and David Rowe — as well as all the other talented artists nominated in the other categories. (I was also a nominee in the Caricature category.)

It was a really fun night, and the conference was great, too. Along with all the local brilliant scribblers (too many to name), I got to hang with the great Jeff Keane (Family Circus), and met movie mogul George Miller and storyboard/comic artist Mark Sexton!

Here’s the full list of nominees and award recipients, courtesy of the Australian Cartoonists Association:

Stanley Awards recipients and nominees.

Another Stanley Awards weekend has now come and gone. A big thank you to everyone who participated and congratulations to all nominees and recipients at the 34th Stanley Awards at Old Parliament House.

A big thank you to the Behind The Lines team at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House who provided us with a great venue and for their invaluable assistance and contribution this year.

To Copyright Agency, Wacom and The Australian, thank you for sponsoring our Staneys weekend. And to our friends at d'Arenberg, Supanova, Bunker Cartoon Gallery, KPMG and MEAA, a big tip of the lid too.

Below is the full list of nominees for each Stanleys category announced on the night. A big congratulations to you all (recipients with an asterisk).

ANIMATION CARTOONIST
Matt Bissett-Johnson*
Robert Black & Jock Macneish
Harry Gold
Mark Sheard
Tony Thorne

BOOK ILLUSTRATOR
Jules Faber
George Haddon
Buddy Ross*
Gavin Aung Than
Andrew Weldon

CARICATURIST
Anton Emdin
Paul Harvey*
Judy Nadin
David Pope
Simon Schneider

COMIC BOOK ARTIST
Roger Fletcher*
Eleri Harris
Stuart Hipwell*
Glenn Lumsden
Dean Rankine

COMIC STRIP CARTOONIST
Gary Clark
Ian Jones
Glen Le Lievre
Tony Lopes
Peter Player*

EDITORIAL/POLITICAL CARTOONIST
Peter Broelman
Pat Campbell
Mark Knight*
Glen le Lievre
David Pope
David Rowe

ILLUSTRATOR
Christopher Downes
Levent Efe
Anton Emdin*
Glen Le Lievre
David Rowe

SINGLE GAG CARTOONIST
Jason Chatfield
Matt Golding
Tony Lopes
Peter Player*
Cathy Wilcox

AUSTRALIAN CARTOONING HALL OF FAME
Syd Miller, George Sprod, Alan Moir

JIM RUSSELL AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO AUSTRALIAN CARTOONING
National Cartoon Gallery @ The Bunker

CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR
Gary Clark
Christopher Downes
Mark Knight
Glen Le Lievre
Peter Player
David Pope
David Rowe*
Cathy Wilcox