Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (2015) Winner
Meags Fitzgerald
めーぐず・ふぃっつじぇらるど
Mēguzu Fittsujerarudo
Pen Names:
HercuSleaze（Drag king stage name）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada → Calgary, Alberta, Canada → Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Career
- Occupations
- illustrator, cartoonist, drag king, graphic novelist, comedic improviser
- Active Years
- 2009-2024
- Nominations
- 2019 Prism Prize (directing Rich Aucoin's 'The Middle' music video)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta College of Art and Design | Fine Arts | — | Bachelor of Fine Arts | — | Canada |
| NSCAD University | — | Design | Certificate in Design | — | Canada |
Alberta College of Art and Design
Fine Arts
Degree:
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Year of Graduation:
2009
Country:
Canada
Calgary
NSCAD University
Design
Degree:
Certificate in Design
Year of Graduation:
2012
Country:
Canada
Halifax
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Doug Wright Spotlight Award | Photobooth: A Biography | Spotlight | Doug Wright Awards | Winner |
Doug Wright Spotlight Award
2015
Work:
Photobooth: A Biography
Category:
Spotlight
Organization:
Doug Wright Awards
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Photobooth: A Biography
2014 non-fiction graphic novelA non-fiction graphic novel detailing her interest in chemical photobooths.
Long Red Hair
2015 autobiographical graphic novelAn autobiographical graphic novel exploring bisexuality, celibacy and make-believe.
bisexualitycelibacymake-believe
Bibliography
- Photobooth: A Biography (2014)
- Long Red Hair (2015)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- graphic novelsautobiographical narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- queer identityphotoboothsdrag
Legacy
Canadian drag king, illustrator, and cartoonist known for graphic novels, winner of the Doug Wright Spotlight Award for Photobooth: A Biography.
In Popular Culture
- Contestant on the first season of the reality TV competition Call Me Mother (as HercuSleaze).
Trivia
- Identifies as queer.
- Drag king pseudonym HercuSleaze (pronouns he/him).
- Performed at Fierté Montréal's Superstars show to a crowd of 30,000 in 2022, one of the first drag kings to do so.