The Cartoon Art Trust Award or CAT Awards are presented in an annual award ceremony hosted by the

Cartoon Art Trust The Cartoon Art Trust is a charity founded in 1989 in the United Kingdom, which acts as the owner and operator of the London Cartoon Museum, and also runs the Cartoon Art Trust Awards. Its chairman is the cartoonist Oliver Preston. History Th ...

(CAT), owners and operators of the

Cartoon Museum The Cartoon Museum is a London museum for British cartoons, caricatures and comic strips, owned and operated by the Cartoon Art Trust (Registered Charity 327 978). It has a library of over 5,000 books and 4,000 comics. The museum issues catalog ...

, to honour the year's best cartoonists. The 21st Cartoon Art Trust Awards were held on 12 October 2017 at the

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in London.

History

The

was formed in 1988 by a group of cartoonists and collectors, including the cartoonist

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, whose aim was to found a museum dedicated to "collecting, exhibiting, promoting and preserving the best of British cartoon art". In February 2006 the Cartoon Museum opened to the public at its current home in central London, close to the British Museum. The museum declares it is "dedicated to preserving the best of British cartoons, caricatures, comics and animation, and to establishing a museum with a gallery, archives and innovative exhibitions to make the creativity of cartoon art past and present, accessible to all for the purposes of education, research and enjoyment."

Annual ceremony

The ceremony takes place annually in October in London. The 21st CAT Awards were held at the

in London on 12 October 2017. The awards are sponsored by a number of newspapers including ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Among the cartoonists whose work has been recognised is

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who has won Best Pocket Cartoonist three times.www.thenorthernecho.co.uk
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Awards categories

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* {{British Comic Book Industry Awards Awards established in 1996 Annual events in the United Kingdom Comics awards in the United Kingdom

History

Annual ceremony

Awards categories

See also

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