Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning
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Edition 3 (2007) Winner
Joe Ollmann
ジョー・オルマン
Jō Oruman
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1966-03-25 （Hamilton, Ontario）
- Nationality
- カナダ, カナダ人
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Career
- Occupations
- cartoonist
- Active Years
- 1988-2024
- Affiliations
- Wagpress
- Nominations
- 2012 Doug Wright Award for Mid-Life, 2021 Governor General's Award for Fictional Father
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Doug Wright Award | This Will All End in Tears | Best Book | — | Winner |
Doug Wright Award
2007
Work:
This Will All End in Tears
Category:
Best Book
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
This Will All End in Tears
2006 short comics storiesCollection of short stories praised for contradictions, energy, tension, struggle, humour, and characters. Transports readers into cramped and messy living rooms.
life struggleshumourmessy lives
Mid-Life
2011 graphic novelSemi-autobiographical graphic novel following a hapless version of Ollmann pursuing an affair with a children's music performer.
mid-life crisisaffairmessy lives
The Abominable Mr. Seabrook
2017 graphic biographyGraphic biography of writer William Seabrook, rendering a complicated, misunderstood, fascinating character.
biographystrange appetiteschaotic life
Fictional Father
2021 graphic novelGraphic novel shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction.
Bibliography
- Chewing on Tinfoil
- The Big Book of Wag!
- This Will All End in Tears
- Mid-Life
- Milo and Sam: Pastoral Return
- Science Fiction
- Happy Stories About Well-Adjusted People
- The Abominable Mr. Seabrook
- Fictional Father
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scratchy angular angry big steaming slice-of-life comics
- Recurring Motifs
- messy liveshuman struggleshumour and despair
Legacy
Canadian cartoonist known for scratchy angular angry big steaming slice-of-life comics. Called “one of our medium’s great writers” by Seth. Highly regarded for graphic novels.
Trivia
- Grew up on a Christmas tree farm near Hamilton, Ontario.
- Self-published his first 3-issue comic book series, Dirty Nails Comics, beginning in 1988.