Jonathan Dyck Explained

Jonathan Dyck is a Canadian graphic novelist from Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[1]

Career

Dyck began publishing comics in the 2010s, including publication in The Walrus and others.

His debut graphic novel, Shelterbelts, set in the fictional Mennonite town of Hespeler, was published by Conundrum Press in 2022.^[2] Shelterbelts won the 2023 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award at the Manitoba Book Awards.^[3] It was also co-winner of the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for best first book and also won the Doug Wright Award for Emerging Talent.^[4]

In 2024, Dyck illustrated a short nonfiction graphic novel called The Secret Treaty, told by Dave Scott, about a handshake treaty between the Ojibwe and early Mennonite settlers of the West Reserve.^[5]

Personal life

Dyck grew up in a Mennonite family in Winkler, Manitoba and currently lives in Winnipeg.^[6] He is married to poet Sarah Ens.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jonathan Dyck: Better living through graphic design. Canadian Mennonite University. June 21, 2023.
2. Web site: The best Canadian comics of 2022. CBC. June 18, 2023.
3. Web site: Shelterbelts is book of the year. 11 June 2023 . Winnipeg Free Press. June 18, 2023.
4. Web site: Kate Beaton and Jonathan Dyck among 2023 Doug Wright Award winners. May 2023 . Quill and Quire. June 18, 2023.
5. News: Secret treaty of 1870s focus of new comic book. Winnipeg Free Press. August 28, 2024.
6. Web site: Shelterbelts explores how a rural Manitoba Mennonite community wrestles with change. 2 May 2022 . Broadview. June 18, 2023.