List of comics awards

This list of comics awards is an index to articles about notable awards for comics from around the world. The 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

In chronological order from date of first award presentation:

• 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
• Jack Kirby Comics Industry 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)
• Day Prize/SPACE Prize (Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo)— first awarded in 2001
• 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; ceased in 2017
• Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics – first awarded in 2015
• Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids' Comics — first awarded in 2015
• Emerging Artist Prize (Cartoon Crossroads Columbus) — first awarded in 2015
• Ringo Awards (Baltimore Comic-Con) — first awarded in 2017

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
• Atomium comic strip prizes - first awarded in 2017

Brazilian awards

• Prêmio Angelo Agostini - first awarded in 1985
• Troféu HQ Mix - first awarded in 1989
• Prêmio DB Artes — first awarded 2003; ceased in 2010
• Troféu Bigorna — first awarded 2008; ceased in 2010
• Prêmio Claudio Seto — first awarded 2014
• Prêmio Al Rio — first awarded 2015
• Prêmio Grampo — first awarded 2016
• Prêmio Dente de Ouro — first awarded 2016
• Prêmio Jabuti, category "Comics" — first awarded 2016
• Prêmio Le Blanc — first awarded 2018

British awards

• Ally Sloper Award — 1976–c. 1982
• Eagle Awards — 1977–1990; 2000–2014 (2014 as "True Believer Comic Awards")[3]
• UK Comic Art Awards — 1990–1997
• National Comics Awards — 1997–1999, 2001–2003
• SICBA (Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance Awards) — held in conjunction with the Glasgow Comic Con and first awarded 2011; still ongoing[4]
• Excelsior Award — a single award for middle-grade comics/manga; first awarded in 2011 (as the "Stan Lee Excelsior Award"); organized by Paul Register[5]
• British Comic Awards — 2012[6]–c. 2016 (in conjunction with the Thought Bubble convention)
• The 9th Art Award — inaugural award announced 2013; sponsored by Graphic Scotland[7]
• Comics Laureate — first awarded in 2014; sponsored by Comics Literacy Awareness

Timeline of British comics awards

Canadian 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
• Rudolph-Dirks-Award - first awarded in 2016, the aim is to foster the appreciation of graphical literature as an art form; awarded in 18 categories for works and 12 categories for artists.
• Ginco Award - first awarded in 2020

Greek awards

• Greek Comics Awards - first awarded in 2005 and known as Comicdom Awards until 2015[8]

Irish awards

• The Drunken Druid Awards[9]

Indian awards

• Kalpana Lok Awards
• Indian Comics Fandom Awards
• Comic Con India 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

Portugal awards

• Prémios Nacionais de Banda Desenhada — First awarded in 1990
• Galardões BD Comic Con Portugal — First awarded in 2015
• GEEKS d'OURO — First awarded in 2018

Qatar awards

• Arab Cartoon Award - 1st in 2012.

Singaporean awards

• ComiIdol - Awarded in three categories via popular vote in 2007[10][11]

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

See also

• Lists of awards
• List of webcomic awards
• List of media awards
• List of toys and children's media awards

References

1. Miller, John Jackson. "Goethe/Comic Fan Art Award winners, 1971-74," CBGXtra (July 19, 2005).
2. Harvey, R. C. "Blood & Thunder: Two for Cho," The Comics Journal #219 (Jan. 2000), p. 3.
3. "True Believers Comic Awards announce 2014 winners" by Kevin Melrose, at CBR, 14 July 2014
4. SICBA official website.
5. Excelsior Award official website. Accessed Feb. 5, 2016.
6. British Comic Awards official website Archived 2018-12-07 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed Feb. 5, 2016.
7. 9th Art Festival official website Archived 2016-01-18 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed Feb. 5, 2016.
8. http://www.comicdom.gr/2015/04/03/ellinika-vraveia-comics/
9. http://www.drunkendruidawards.com/
10. ""ComiIdol 2007" – First Digital Artist Superstars Contest!". ComiPress. 2007-02-03.
11. "Welcome to ComiIdol 2007". ComiWorld.com. Archived from the original on 2008-04-20.

External links

• "Comic Book Awards Almanac," at HahnLibrary.net