Sam Wallman
Sam Wallman is an Australian comics journalist, political cartoonist[1] and editor based in Melbourne, Victoria. He is actively involved in the trade union movement,[2] having previously been a union delegate, and an employee of the National Union of Workers.[3]
In 2014, the team behind his viral comic At Work In Our Detention Centres: A Guard's Story was nominated for a Walkley Award,[4] and won the Australian Human Rights Award[5] in the Print and Online Media category. In 2016, his long-form comic essays Winding Up The Window: The End of Australia's Auto Industry[6] and Brick by Brick: Is This Europe[7] were nominated[8] for Walkley Awards.
He was shortlisted for the 2023 Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction for Our Members Be Unlimited: A Comic about Workers and Their Unions.[9] The book was also shortlisted for the 2023 the Nonfiction Book Award at the Queensland Literary Awards.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "An Interview With Sam Wallman, TLB32 Cover Artist | The Lifted Brow". theliftedbrow.com. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ ""With its militarised borders, Australia is leading by the worst possible example"". Equal Times. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ "Creating a 'town square' for workers online « The Walkley Foundation". www.walkleys.com. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ "The Serco story… short-circuited". Walkleys. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ Dominic.O'Grady (10 December 2014). "Human Rights Awards honour quiet Australian heroes". www.humanrights.gov.au. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ "Winding up the Window: the end of the Australian Auto Industry". News. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ "Brick by Brick: A comic from Eastern Europe's border crisis". News. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ "SBS nominated for two Walkley Awards". News. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ "The 2023 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "Queensland Literary Awards 2023 shortlists". Books+Publishing. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
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