of Oxfam. During the 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia, he organized Cartoonists for Africa raising money and awareness. Wicks spent much time in his later decades promoting literacy among children. In 1986, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 1997, he donated material to the Ryerson University archives. Wicks died of cancer in 2000 at age 73. In Wicks' memory, the annual "Ben Wicks Award" was given from 2001 to 2010 to young talented cartoonists by Regional Maple Leaf Communications. In May 2007, Wicks was the subject of a court case, as his children tried to reclaim 2,408 vintage drawings left behind in a 1992 move. The family won the case and the court ordered the drawings to be returned to them. Works Waiting for the All Clear, Bloomsbury, London, 1990, No Time to Wave Goodbye, Stoddart, Toronto, 1988, Katie and Orbie Save the Planet, 1991 (as illustrator), , , , The Day They Took the Children, Stoddart, Toronto,1989, DAWN OF THE PROMISED LAND, The Creation of Israel, Stoddart,1997, References Canadian comic strip cartoonists 1926 births 2000 deaths English emigrants to Canada Members of the Order of Canada People from the City of London English expatriates in Canada