Comic Arts Awards of Australia Acknowledging excellence in Australian comics publishing
GOLD
The Adventures of Anders, Gregory Mackay (Allen & Unwin)
An Interior Life, Bill Hope (self published, online)
Chinyere, Claudia Chinyere Akole (self published)
Witchy, Ariel Slamet Ries (self published, online, Lion Forge)
SILVER
A Visit From Midnight Mummy, Tatiana Davidson (self published)
Good Boy, Kim Lam/dangerlam (self published)
Haphaven, Norm Harper and Louie Joyce (Lion Forge)
Healing Is A Process, Sarah Winifred Searle (self published)
Silver Fox #1, Darren Dare, writer (self published)
Sincerely, Harriet, Sarah Winifred Searle (Graphic Universe)
BRONZE
Burger Force Vol. 4, Jackie Ryan (self published)
Deep Breaths, Chris Gooch (Top Shelf)
Drawing Power: Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment and Survival, Rachel Ang, Sarah Firth, Meg O’Shea. Diane Noomin, editor (Abrams ComicArts)
Free Money Please, David Blumenstein (self published)
Meet Me In The Pit #4, Chris Neill, editor (Blueprint Comics)
Mini Mel & Timid Tom, Ben Hutchings (Squishface Studio)
Self/Made, Mat Groom, writer (Image)
Shadow Portrait, Rachel Ang (World Literature Today, online)
Storm Clouds Collected, Ben Mitchell (self published)
The Phantom: It Tolls For Thee, Paul Mason (The Phantom 2019 Annual: The Phantom At War, Frew)
PLATINUM LEDGER
The Comic Art Workshop
LEDGER OF HONOUR (Hall of Fame)
Peter Foster
Keith Chatto
2020 JUDGES’ SHORT LIST
These projects garnered final votes from the Judging Panel. Recipients of the Bronze, Silver and Gold awards, drawn from this list, were announced at the Awards Ceremony.
A Nice Long Walk, Jake Lawrence (online)
A Sandy Trail, Amy Buchan (self published)
A Thousand Loving Thrusts, Rachel Ang (The Wheeler Centre, online)
A Visit From Midnight Mummy, Tatiana Davidson (self published)
Aberrunt Vol.1: Birth, Kelly Coleman (self published, online)
An Interior Life, Bill Hope (self published, online)
Between Forever, Kim Lam/dangerlam (self published)
Burger Force Vol. 4, Jackie Ryan (self published)
Cabramatta, Matt Hyunh (The Believer, print and online)
Chinyere, Claudia Chinyere Akole (self published)
Collective Consciousness, David Mahler (Entropy Magazine, online)
DCeased, Tom Taylor, writer (DC)
Deep Breaths, Chris Gooch (Top Shelf)
Diabel, Frank Candiloro (FrankenComics)
Drawing Power: Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment and Survival, Rachel Ang, Sarah Firth, Meg O’Shea. Diane Noomin, editor (Abrams ComicArts)
Eldritch Kid: Bone War, Christian Read, Paul Mason, Justin Randall, Wolfgang Bylsma (Gestalt)
Exilium, Ben Slabak, writer (Alterna)
Fence Vol. 03, C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad (Boom! Box)
Free Money Please, David Blumenstein (self published)
Given The Options, Sarah Firth (Choice Words: A collection of writing about abortion, Allen & Unwin)
Good Boy, Kim Lam/dangerlam (self published)
Goodbye Apollo, Uyen Nguyen, Thom Nguyen (self published)
Haphaven, Norm Harper and Louie Joyce (Lion Forge)
Healing Alone, Dr. Isabel Hanson and Safdar Ahmed (The Guardian)
Healing Is A Process, Sarah Winifred Searle (self published)
Journal Comix, Claudia Chinyere Akole (self published)
Katabatic #2 #3, Jennifer Reuter (self published)
Life Happening, Kim Lam/dangerlam (self published)
Master & Apprentice #2, Daniel A. Becker (Invisible Ink Studio)
Maurice and The Metal #1, Aaron Sammut, writer (self published)
Meet Me In The Pit #4, Chris Neill, editor (Blueprint Comics)
Melencholy, Andreas Bartnitzky (self published)
Mini Mel & Timid Tom, Ben Hutchings (Squishface Studio)
Mostly True Stories, Caragh Brooks (self published)
No Socks, Stacy Gougoulis (self published, online)
Self/Made, Mat Groom, writer (Image)
Shadow Portrait, Rachel Ang (World Literature Today, online)
Silver Fox #1, Darren Dare, writer (self published)
Sincerely, Harriet, Sarah Winifred Searle (Graphic Universe)
Storm Clouds Collected, Ben Mitchell (self published)
Talgard: Tome One, Gary Proudley, writer. Justin Randall, colours. Various artists. Wolfgang Bylsma, editor (Gestalt)
The Adventures of Anders, Gregory Mackay (Allen & Unwin)
The Adventures of Jack Scratch: Curse of the Kraken, Craig Phillips (Wildling Books)
The Grot #3, Pat Grant, Fionn McCabe (self published)
The New Guards, Jess Kitty Parker (self published)
The Phantom: It Tolls For Thee, Paul Mason (The Phantom 2019 Annual: The Phantom At War, Frew)
Toby & The Magic Pencil #2, Gary Dellar, Ben Sullivan, Darren Close (Reverie Publications)
Ubby’s Underdogs: Return of the Dragon, Brenton McKenna (Magabala Books)
What We Tell Them, David Blumenstein (self published)
When One Person Dies the Whole World is Over, Mandy Ord (The Lifted Brow)
Why Is He Laughing? A cartoonist’s journey with cancer, Geoff Augustine (Network Creative Services)
Witchy, Ariel Slamet Ries (self published, online, Lion Forge)
Words of Willow, Stefan Guizzo (self published)