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.
Cathy Wilcox | |
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| Born | Catherine Morville Wilcox 1963 (age 62–63) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 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 |
Awards
editShe 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]
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]
Royal Commission cartoon
editIn January 2026, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age published a Wilcox cartoon about the campaign for a Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.[6][7][8] On 11 January, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age published an apology for the cartoon, which, it said, many of its readers found thought-provoking but many others, particularly Jews, found deeply hurtful and offensive.[9]
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". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020.
- ↑ Wu, David (8 January 2026). "Nine newspapers' cartoon on Bondi terror royal commission 'crossed the line', says anti-defamation chair". news.com.au. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
- ↑ Sparrow, Jeff (12 January 2026). "The Australian defended Bill Leak to the death. So why is it coming for Cathy Wilcox's Bondi cartoon?". Crikey. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ↑ Jolly, Nathan (9 January 2026). "Nine mastheads under fire for publishing 'antisemitic' cartoon". Mumbrella. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ The Herald's View (11 January 2026). "Wilcox cartoon was divisive – and we apologise for the hurt it has caused". The Sydney Morning Herald. Editorial. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
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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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