Sam Wallman Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: An Interview With Sam Wallman, TLB32 Cover Artist The Lifted Brow. theliftedbrow.com. 2017-05-04.
  2. News: "With its militarised borders, Australia is leading by the worst possible example". Equal Times. 2017-05-04. en.
  3. Web site: Creating a 'town square' for workers online « The Walkley Foundation. www.walkleys.com. en. 2017-05-04.
  4. Web site: The Serco story… short-circuited . Walkleys . 3 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160313232416/http://www.walkleys.com/the-serco-story-short-circuited/ . 13 March 2016.
  5. Web site: Human Rights Awards honour quiet Australian heroes. Dominic.O'Grady. 2014-12-10. www.humanrights.gov.au. en. 2017-05-04.
  6. Web site: Winding up the Window: the end of the Australian Auto Industry. News. 2017-05-04.
  7. News: Brick by Brick: A comic from Eastern Europe's border crisis. News. 2017-05-04. en.
  8. News: SBS nominated for two Walkley Awards. News. 2017-05-04. en.
  9. Web site: The 2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards . 2022-12-14 . The Wheeler Centre . en-US.
  10. Web site: 2023-08-02 . Queensland Literary Awards 2023 shortlists . 2023-08-02 . Books+Publishing.

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