The nominations for the 2006 Doug Wright Awrads have been announced, celebrating the best in Canadian cartooning, and it’s a diverse, high quality list:

BEST BOOK
* Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle (Drawn & Quarterly Books)
* Wimbledon Green by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly Books)
* Dragonslippers: This Is What an Abusive Relationship Looks Like by Rosalind B. Penfold (Penguin Canada)
* Paul Moves Out by Michel Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly Books)
* Scott Pilgrim Volume 2 by Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni Press)

EMERGING TALENT
* Skim by Mariko Tamaki
and Jillian Tamaki (Kiss Machine)
* Northwest Passage Volume 1 by Scott Chantler (Oni Press)
* Nil: A Land Beyond Belief by James Turner (Slave Labor Graphics)
* Dark Adaptation by Lorenz Peter (Pedlar Press)
* The Unexpurgated Tale of Lordie Jones by Marc Ngui (Conundrum Press)

Check out the links if you’re not familiar with the work — there’s some good stuff there.