Cathy Wilcox

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
Born
Catherine Morville Wilcox

1963 (age 59–60)
Sydney, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
Known forCartoons
Notable workA Proper Little Lady
AwardsWalkley 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.

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]

References
  1. "Picture perfect Herald the big winner". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 November 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. "Walkey Winners Archives". walkleys.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. Kerr, Joan (2007). "Cathy Wilcox Biography". Design and Art Australia Online.
  4. "The Stanleys". Australian Cartoonist Association. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015.
  5. "Wilcox wins political cartoonist of the year for third time". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 November 2020. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020.


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