The winners and runners-up of the Young Cartoonist Awards 2024 were announced at a gala event at the Cartoon Museum in London last Thursday.
Run annually, The Young Cartoonist Awards open to anyone under the age of 30 who is resident in the UK. The challenge sought submissions of pocket (gag) cartoons, political cartoons and short strip cartoons, the judges looking for a wide range of cartoonists from different regions within the UK, and with different backgrounds.
Awards were presented by Nicola Jennings, Chair of the judging committee, and Leonie Mahood-Wykes, who sponsored this year’s competition in memory of her husband, cartoonist Ken Mahood.
Congratulations go to Jess Judge (Under 30 winner), Ryan Fairbanks (Under 30 runner-up), Artie Hicks (Under 18 winner), George Green (Under 18 runner-up), and Rafe Carver (2024 Woodcock Award winner, for best surreal cartoon, named after Kevin Woodcock, the wacky Private Eye cartoonist).
The winning cartoons will be displayed in the Museum for the next year.
• The Cartoon Museum, 63 Wells Street, London, W1A 3AE | Web: cartoonmuseum.org
With thanks to Steve Marchant
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Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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