List of comics awards

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

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

Belgian awards

Brazilian awards

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
  • SICBA - Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance - Awards. First awarded 2011; still ongoing[3]
  • Stan Lee Excelsior Award - first awarded in 2011; organized by Paul Register[4]
  • British Comic Awards - first awarded in 2012[5]
  • The 9th Art Award - inaugural award announced 2013; sponsored by Graphic Scotland[6]
  • Comics Laureate - first awarded in 2014; sponsored by Comics Literacy Awareness
  • True Believer Comics Award, awarded only in 2014[7]

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

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.

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

  • 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

Norwegian awards

Polish awards

  • Grand Prix Międzynarodowego Festiwalu Komiksu - first awarded in 1991

Qatar awards

Singaporean awards

  • ComiIdol - first awarded in 2006

Spanish awards

Swedish awards

See also

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. ↑ SICBA official website.
  4. ↑ Stan Lee Excelsior Award official website. Accessed Feb. 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ British Comic Awards official website. Accessed Feb. 5, 2016.
  6. ↑ 9th Art Festival official website. Accessed Feb. 5, 2016.
  7. ↑ [https://www.cbr.com/true-believers-comic-awards-announce-2014-winners/ "True Believers Comic Awards announce 2014 winners" by Kevin Melrose, at Digitalspy.com, 14 July 2014
  8. ↑ http://www.comicdom.gr/2015/04/03/ellinika-vraveia-comics/
  9. ↑ http://www.drunkendruidawards.com/
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