{{Short description|Australian cartoonist and comics journalist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} '''Sam Wallman''' is an Australian comics journalist, political cartoonist<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theliftedbrow.com/post/155929828302/an-interview-with-sam-wallman-tlb32-cover-artist|title=An Interview With Sam Wallman, TLB32 Cover Artist {{!}} The Lifted Brow|website=theliftedbrow.com|access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref> and editor based in Melbourne, Victoria. He is actively involved in the trade union movement,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.equaltimes.org/with-its-militarised-borders?lang=en#.WQrSQlOGNE5|title="With its militarised borders, Australia is leading by the worst possible example"|work=Equal Times|access-date=2017-05-04|language=en}}</ref> having previously been a union delegate, and an employee of the National Union of Workers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walkleys.com/creating-a-town-square-for-workers-online/|title=Creating a 'town square' for workers online « The Walkley Foundation|website=www.walkleys.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref>
In 2014, the team behind his viral comic ''At Work In Our Detention Centres: A Guard's Story'' was nominated for a Walkley Award,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Serco story… short-circuited |url=http://www.walkleys.com/the-serco-story-short-circuited/ |publisher=Walkleys |access-date=3 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313232416/http://www.walkleys.com/the-serco-story-short-circuited/ |archive-date=13 March 2016}}</ref> and won the Australian Human Rights Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.humanrights.gov.au/news/stories/human-rights-awards-honour-quiet-australian-heroes|title=Human Rights Awards honour quiet Australian heroes|last=Dominic.O'Grady|date=2014-12-10|website=www.humanrights.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref> 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''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/feature/winding-window-end-australian-auto-industry|title=Winding up the Window: the end of the Australian Auto Industry|website=News|access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref> and ''Brick by Brick: Is This Europe''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/feature/brick-brick-comic-eastern-europes-border-crisis?cid=inbody:sbs-nominated-for-two-walkley-awards|title=Brick by Brick: A comic from Eastern Europe's border crisis|work=News|access-date=2017-05-04|language=en}}</ref> were nominated<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/10/20/sbs-nominated-two-walkley-awards|title=SBS nominated for two Walkley Awards|work=News|access-date=2017-05-04|language=en}}</ref> 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''.'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards |url=https://www.wheelercentre.com/victorian-premiers-literary-awards/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2023/ |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=The Wheeler Centre |language=en-US |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203100916/https://www.wheelercentre.com/victorian-premiers-literary-awards/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2023/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>''' The book was also shortlisted for the 2023 the Nonfiction Book Award at the Queensland Literary Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-02 |title=Queensland Literary Awards 2023 shortlists |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/08/02/234999/queensland-literary-awards-2023-shortlists/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |publisher=Books+Publishing}}</ref>
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