[Sequential: Canadian Comics News & Culture] Serge Chapleau Wins National New...

[Bryan]

Cartoonist Serge Chapleau of Montreal's La Presse has won his sixth National Newspaper Award for editorial cartooning. The awards, given annually by the Canadian Newspaper Association, were handed out May 9 in Toronto. The awards are considered to be the premier journalism awards in the country and the NNA for editorial cartooning is the big policart prize, period. Chapleau has been nominated nine times and has won in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, and 2003. This year, he beat out fellow nominees Patrick Corrigan (Toronto Star) and John B. Larter (Brandon Sun/freelance).

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Posted By Bryan to Sequential: Canadian Comics News & Culture at 5/13/2008 01:02:00 AM