List of comics awards
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This is a list of comics awards from around the world. This list includes awards given out for achievements in cartooning, comic books, comic strips and graphic novels. Some works in comics are also eligible for, and in some instances have won literary awards.
American awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning — first awarded 1922
- Reuben Award — first awarded in 1946
- Various National Cartoonists Society awards - first awarded in 1948
- Alley Award—first awarded in 1961; ceased in 1969
- Shazam Award — first awarded in 1970; ceased in 1974
- Goethe Award (later renamed "Comic Fan Art Awards") — first awarded in 1970; ceased in 1974.[1]
- Ignatz Awards (OrlandoCon) - first awarded in 1974; ceased in 1994
- Inkpot Awards — first awarded in 1974
- Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards — first awarded in 1982; ceased in 2008
- Russ Manning Award — first awarded in 1982
- Kirby Award — first awarded in 1985, ceased in 1987 (split into Harvey Award and Eisner Award)
- Harvey Awards — first awarded in 1988
- Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards — first awarded in 1988
- Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum's Don Thompson Awards (colloquially known as the "Don Thompson Awards") — first awarded in 1992; ceased in 1998
- Wizard Fan Awards — first awarded in 1993; ceased in 2006
- Lulu Awards — first awarded in 1997; ceased in 2011
- Ignatz Awards (Small Press Expo) — first awarded 1997;[2]
- Howard E. Day Prize — first awarded in 2001; ceased in 2007 (renamed the "Gene Day Award for Self-Publishing," now part of the Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards)
- Bill Finger Award — first awarded in 2005
- Glyph Comics Awards — first awarded in 2005
- Inkwell Awards — first awarded in 2008
- Ghastly Awards for Excellence in Horror Comics — first awarded 2011
Timeline of notable U.S. comics awards
The following is a timeline of notable U.S. comics awards that feature multiple categories. Awards voted on by professionals are in shades of blue; fan awards are in shades of red. (The Ignatz Award is a mixture, as the nominees are selected by professionals, but the winners are determined by the attendees of that year's Small Press Expo.)
Australian awards
- Ledger Awards - first awarded in 2004
Belgian awards
- Bronzen Adhemar - first awarded in 1977
- Prix Saint-Michel - first awarded in 1971
Brazilian awards
- Prêmio Angelo Agostini - first awarded in 1984
- Troféu HQ Mix - first awarded in 1988
British awards
- Ally Sloper Award - first awarded 1976; ceased c. 1982
- Eagle Awards - first awarded in 1977; ceased 2012
- National Comics Awards - first awarded in 1997; ceased 2003
- Stan Lee Excelsior Award — first awarded in 2011; organized by Paul Register[3]
- British Comic Awards - first awarded in 2012[4]
- The 9th Art Award - inaugural award announced 2013; sponsored by Graphic Scotland[5]
- Comics Laureate - first awarded in 2014; sponsored by Comics Literacy Awareness
Canadian awards
Main article: Canadian comics § Awards
- Prix Bédéis Causa - awarded to French language comics by the Festival de la BD francophone de Québec since 1988
- Bédélys Prize - awarded to French language comics since 2000
- The Doug Wright Awards - first awarded in 2005
- National Newspaper Awards of Canada include a category for Editorial Cartoonist
- Joe Shuster Awards - first awarded in 2005
Dutch awards
- Stripschapprijs - first awarded in 1974
- Willy Vandersteenprijs - first awarded in 2010
- VPRO Debuutprijs - first awarded in 1994
- Marten Toonderprijs - first awarded in 2009
French awards
- Angoulême International Comics Festival Prizes - first awarded in 1974
- Prix de la critique — first awarded in 1984
German awards
- Max & Moritz Prizes — first awarded in 1984
Irish awards
- The Drunken Druid Awards[6]
Indian awards
- Indian Comics Fandom Awards
- Narayan Debntah Comics Puroskar
Italian awards
- Yellow Kid Award - awarded between 1970 and 2005
- Gran Guinigi Award / Pantera di Lucca Comics - first awarded in 1967
- Attilio Micheluzzi Award (Napoli Comicon prizes) - first awarded in 1998
Japanese awards
- Akatsuka Award - first awarded in 1974
- Dengeki Comic Grand Prix - first awarded in 2001
- International Manga Award - first awarded in 2007
- Japan Cartoonists Association Award - first awarded in 1972
- Kodansha Manga Award - first awarded in 1960
- Manga Taishō - first awarded in 2008
- Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize - first awarded in 1997
- Shogakukan Manga Award - first awarded in 1955
- Tezuka Award - first awarded in 1971
Norwegian awards
- Sproing Award - first awarded in 1987
Polish awards
- Grand Prix Międzynarodowego Festiwalu Komiksu - first awarded in 1991
Singaporean awards
- ComiIdol - first awarded in 2006
Spanish awards
- Barcelona International Comics Convention Prizes - first awarded in 1988
- Haxtur Awards — first awarded in 1985
Swedish awards
- Adamson Awards - awarded annually between 1965 and 2002
- Urhunden Prizes - first awarded in 1987
Webcomics
- Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards - annually awarded from 2001 to 2008.
References
- ↑ Miller, John Jackson. "Goethe/Comic Fan Art Award winners, 1971-74," CBGXtra (July 19, 2005).
- ↑ Harvey, R. C. "Blood & Thunder: Two for Cho," The Comics Journal #219 (Jan. 2000), p. 3.
- ↑ Stan Lee Excelsior Award official website. Accessed Feb. 5, 2016.
- ↑ British Comic Awards official website. Accessed Feb. 5, 2016.
- ↑ 9th Art Festival official website. Accessed Feb. 5, 2016.
- ↑ http://www.drunkendruidawards.com/
External links
- "Comic Book Awards Almanac," at HahnLibrary.net
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