The Stanley Awards, also known as The Stanleys, are an annual comics award issued by the

Australian Cartoonists' Association The Australian Cartoonists' Association is the Australian professional cartoonists' organisation and was established on 17 July 1924 as the Society of Australian Black and White Artists. It soon became The Black and White Artists Society; and, b ...

which recognize the best of

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cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

s and cartooning. They are named after

Stan Cross Stanley George Cross (3 December 1888 – 16 June 1977) was born in the United States but was known as an Australian strip and political cartoonist who drew for ''Smith's Weekly'' and the ''Herald & Weekly Times''. Cross is famous for his iconi ...

and were first organized in November 1985. The Silver Stanley award is now known as the Jim Russell Award and is awarded to a cartoonist for services to the cartooning industry.

Winners

:*Gold Stanley :::Awarded to the 'Cartoonist of the Year' (currently sponsored by The Herald Sun) and the past winners are: :::: :* Jim Russell Award :::Formerly the Silver Stanley for Contribution to Australian Black & White Art, this award is made to the individual or organization who in the opinion of the ACA Board has made a significant contribution to Australian cartooning; and the past winners are: :::: :*Comic Strip :::Awarded to the '

Comic Strip A comic strip is a sequence of drawings, often cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions. Traditionally, throughout the 20th and into the 21st ...

Artist of the Year' (currently sponsored by

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) and the past winners are: :::: :*Single Gag :::Awarded to the 'Single Gag

Cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

of the Year' (currently sponsored by The Courier Mail) and the past winners are: :::: * Illustrator - sponsored by Viscopy: Anton Emdin * Graphic Media Artist - sponsored by Newmatilda.com: David Follett * Caricaturist - sponsored by The Australian: John Spooner * Political/Editorial Cartoonist - sponsored by The Sydney Morning Herald: Peter Broelman

References

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The Stanleys: annual Australian black & white artists' awards
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External links

The Stanleys
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