Cathy Wilcox (born 1963) is an Australian cartoonist and children's book illustrator, best known for her work as a cartoonist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age newspapers. She has also twice won the Australian Children's Book Council's 'Picture Book of the Year' award. In 2007 she won the Walkley Award in Cartooning for a cartoon about Sheikh Taj el-Din al Hilaly's infamous 'uncovered meat' remarks on Australian women.[1] She went on to win a second Walkley Award in Cartoon for 'Kevin Cleans Up' and a third in 2017 for 'Low-cost Housing, London' which is a reference to the Grenfell Tower fire in North Kensington, London.[2]
Cathy Wilcox | |
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| Born | Catherine Morville Wilcox 1963 (age 60–61) Sydney, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | Cartoons |
| Notable work | A Proper Little Lady |
| Awards | Walkley Award for Excellence in Journalism – Cartooning, 2007, 2013, 2017/Stanley Award for Best Editorial/Political Cartoonist and Best Single Gag Artist in 1994 and for Best Single Gag Artist in 1997, 2014, 2015 / Australian Book Council of Australia Award. Cartoonist of the Year in 2009, 2016, 2020 / Museum of Australian Democracy. |
| Website | www |
| External videos | |
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 Cathy Wilcox: MoAD's 2020 Political Cartoonist of the Yea, 2020. | |
| Lazy and Outraged? Don’t Take It Personally, Cathy Wilcox, TEDxSydney, 2016 | |
| Meet The Speakers: Cathy Wilcox, TEDxSydney, 25 May 2016 |
Wilcox won her first Australian Cartoonist Association Stanley Award for Best Editorial/Political Cartoonist and Best Single Gag Artist for her work in The Sydney Morning Herald in 1994.[3] Since then, she has received a Stanley Award for Single Gag Cartoonist in 1997, 2014 and 2015 and was a finalist in 2018.[4]
Wilcox was named Cartoonist of the Year in 2009, 2016 and 2020 by the Museum of Australian Democracy.[5]
Selected Publications
edit- Wilcox, Cathy (1991). Throw away lines : cartoons by Cathy Wilcox ; with an introduction by Patrick Cook. North Ryde, N.S.W.: Collins/Angus & Robertson.
- Wilcox, Cathy (1993). Enzo the Wonderfish. North Ryde, N.S.W.: Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0207176507.
- Wilcox, Cathy (2005). The Bad Guys Are Winning: Cartoons by Cathy Wilcox; foreword by James Valentine. Australia: Lothian Books. ISBN 9780734408235.
- Saclier, Krys (2020). Vote 4 Me. Illustrated by Cathy Wilcox. Wild Dog Books. ISBN 9781742035956.
- Wilcox, Cathy; Macdonald, Sarah (4 February 2020). So ... You're Having a Teenager: An A-Z of adolescence from argumentative to zits. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-76087-349-3.
References
edit- ^ "Picture perfect Herald the big winner". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 November 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ "Walkey Winners Archives". walkleys.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ Kerr, Joan (2007). "Cathy Wilcox Biography". Design and Art Australia Online.
- ^ "The Stanleys". Australian Cartoonist Association. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015.
- ^ Clun, Rachel (20 November 2020). "Wilcox wins political cartoonist of the year for third time". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020.
External links
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- Interview with Cathy Wilcox, cartoonist and illustrator (1998 sound recording) – interviewed by Ann Turner
- "Cathy Wilcox". The Age. 27 June 2004. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- "Cathy Wilcox". Cathy Wilcox. 5 February 2019. Official Website
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