2014 Stanley Finalists and Winners

The 2014 Stanley Winners! (Missing: Roger Fletcher, who was getting the band, the Stanley Steamers, warmed up.)

This is not the posting some of you are looking forward to. Maybe next time.

Here is the complete list of the 2014 Stanley Award finalists and winners (in bold) from last Saturday night at the Menzies Hotel in Sydney:

Animation:
Matt Bissett Johnson, David Blumenstein, Rolf Heimann, and Peter Ryan
Winner: Peter Viska
Caricaturist:
Terry Dunnett, Anton Emdin, Judy Nadin, and David Pope
Winner: David Rowe
Comic Book:
Rob Feldman, Tim McEwan, Bruce Mutard, and Dean Rankine
Winner: Roger Fletcher
Comic Strip:
Jason Chatfield, Gary Clark, David Follett, and Glen Le Lievre 
Winner: Tony Lopes

Rob Feldman, who also acted as Auctioneer for the night. And did a splendid job too.

Mr and Mrs Lopes arriving...

Editorial/Political Cartoonist:
Christopher Downes, Mark Knight, David Rowe, and Cathy Wilcox
Winner: David Pope
Illustrator:
Nigel Buchanan, Anton Emdin, George Haddon, and Eric Lobbecke
Winner: Pat Campbell
Single Gag Cartoonist:
Oslo Davis, Glen Le Lievre, Mark Lynch, and Andrew Weldon
Winner: Cathy Wilcox
Cartoonist of the Year:
Pat Campbell, Anton Emdin, Mark Knight, Glen Le Lievre, and David Pope
Winner: David Rowe 

Dorothy Wedd flanked by (some of) her extended family, after accepting on behalf of her late husband Monty, his induction into the Australian Cartoonists' Association's Hall of Fame.

Best Cartoon on the Night was won by Luke Watson

The Jim Russell Award for contribution to Australian Cartooning:
Media, Entertainment and Art Alliance

(Three of) The late Monty Wedd's beautiful granddaughters. My photo does not do them justice.