Adamson Awards

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Awarded for Achievements in comics Country Sweden		Venue Gothenburg Book Fair First awarded 1965
Presented by Swedish Academy of Comic Art

Adamson Awards is a Swedish award awarded to notable cartoonists, named after the famous Swedish comic strip "Adamson" (Silent Sam).

They have been presented by the Swedish Academy of Comic Art (SACA) at the annual Gothenburg Book Fair since 1965. There have been years in that time when neither award or only one of the two awards was presented.

Best International Comic-Strip [or comic book] Cartoonist

1965 – Chester Gould, USA; Dick Tracy

1966 – Harvey Kurtzman, USA; Djungelboken; skapare av Mad (The Jungle Book; creator of Mad)

1967 – Charles M. Schulz, USA;m Snobben (Peanuts)

1968 – Jean-Claude Forest, France; Barbarella

1969 – Harold R. Foster, USA; Prins Valiant (Prince Valiant)

1970 – Robert Crumb, USA; Fritz the Cat, etc.

1971 – Hergé (Georges Remi), Belgium; The Adventures of Tintin

1972 – Guido Crepax, Italy; Valentina, etc.

1974 – René Goscinny, France; Asterix, Lucky Luke, etc.

1975 – Mort Walker, USA; "Knasen" (Beetle Bailey) and Sams serie (Sam's Strip) etc.

1976 – John Hart, USA; B.C.

1977 – Lee Falk, USA; Mandrake and Fantomen (Mandrake and The Phantom)

1979 – Moebius (Jean Giraud), France; Blueberry, etc.

1980 – André Franquin, Belgium; Spirou et Fantasio and Gaston

1981 - Gérard Lauzier, France; Sånt är livet (Tranches de vie) etc.

1983 - Caza (Philippe Cazaumayou), France; Mardrömmarnas stad (Scènes de la vie de banlieue), etc.

1985 (The Swedish Academy of Comic Art 20th Year Celebration) (tie):

Brant Parker, USA; Trollkarlen from Id (The Wizard of Id);

Jerry Dumas, USA; Sams serie and Sam och Silo (Sam's Strip and Sam and Silo)

Sergio Aragonés; USA; Groo, etc.;

Burne Hogarth, USA; Tarzan;

Jerry Siegel, USA; Superman

1986 – Jacques Tardi, France; Adéle Blanc-Sec, etc.

1987 – Claire Bretécher, France; De frustrerade (Frustrés)

1988 – Art Spiegelman, USA; Maus

1989 – (tie):

Bud Grace, USA; Ernie

Don Martin, USA; strips from Mad

1990 – Frank Miller, USA; recreation of Batman and Daredevil

1991 – Bill Watterson, USA; Kalle and Hobbe (Calvin and Hobbes)

1992 – Bill Sienkiewicz, USA; Daredevil, and graphic experiments

1993 – Neil Gaiman, England; The Sandman, etc.

1994 – Scott McCloud, USA; Understanding Comics

1995 – Scott Adams, USA; Herbert and Herbert (Dilbert)

1996 – Jeff Smith, USA; Bone

1997 – Patrick McDonnell, USA; Morrgan och Klös (Mutts)

1998 – Don Rosa, USA; (Donald Duck)

1999 – Enki Bilal, France; (Nikopol)

2000 – Alan Moore, England; (Watchmen, Tom Strong)

2001 – Jim Meddick, USA; (Robotman/Monty)

2002 – tie:

Daniel Clowes, USA; (Ghost World)

Jerry Scott, USA; Baby Blues, Nancy, Zits

2003 – Chris Ware, USA; (Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth, The Acme Novelty Library)

2004 – Joe Sacco, USA; (Palestine)

2005 – Jim Borgman, USA; (Zits)

2006 – Frode Øverli, Norway; (Pondus)

2007 – Garry Trudeau, USA; Doonesbury

2008 – Charles Burns, USA; Black Hole

2009 – Jean Van Hamme, Philippe Francq, Belgium; Largo Winch

2010 – Peter Madsen, Denmark

2011 – Bill Willingham, USA;

2012 – Terry Moore

2013 – Alejandro Jodorowsky

2014 – Pierre Christin, Jean-Claude Mézières

2015 – Sussi Bech, Marjane Satrapi

2016 – David Mazzucchelli

Best Swedish Comic-Strip [or comic book] Cartoonist

1965 – Rudolf Petersson; 91:an

1966 – Elov Persson; Kronblom and Agust and Lotta

1967 – Rit-Ola (Jan-Erik Garland); Biffen and Bananen

1968 – Jan Lööf; Felix

1969 – Rune Andréasson; Bamse

1970 – Torvald Gahlin; Klotjohan and Fredrik

1971 – Torsten Bjarre; Flygsoldat 113 Bom

1972 – Rolf Gohs; Mystiska 2:an

1975 – Nils Egerbrandt; Olli and 91:an

1976 – Gösta Gummesson; Åsa-Nisse

1981 – Gunnar Persson; Kronblom

1983 – Ulf Lundkvist; Mannen med den långa håriga näsan in ETC

1986 – Joakim Pirinen; Socker-Conny etc.

1987 – Gunna Grähs; Evert and Tyra

1988 – Lars Hillersberg; 50-talet

1990 – Leif Zetterling; Nils Holgersson flyger igen

1991 – Lena Ackebo; strips in the publication Galago

1992 – Joakim Lindengren; strips in the publications Galago and Pyton

1993 – Charlie Christensen; Arne Anka

1994 – Gunnar Lundkvist; Klas Katt and Olle Ångest, etc.

1995 – Max Andersson; the volume Vakuumneger, etc.

1996 – Jan Romare; Pyton, Himlens Änglar, Ugglan Urban, etc.

1997 – Jan Berglin

1998 – Mats Källblad

1999 – Patrik Norrman

2000 – Monica Hellström; "Ärligt talat"

2001 – Claes Reimerthi & Hans Lindahl; Fantomen (The Phantom)

2002 – Lars Mortimer; "Hälge"

2003 – Martin Kellerman; "Rocky"

2004 – Tony Cronstam

2005 – David Nessle

2006 – Johan Wanloo

2007 – Nina Hemmingsson

2008 – Sven-Bertil Bärnarp

2009 – Ola Skogäng

2010 – Anneli Furmark

2011 – Kim W. Andersson, Lina Neidestam

2012 – Jonas Darnell, Liv Strömquist

2013 – Sara Granér

2014 – Daniel Ahlgren

2015 – Peter Bergting, Malin Biller

2016 – Knut Larsson, Ellen Ekman

Golden Adamson (for lifetime comic medium achievement)

1986 – Lee Falk, USA; (The Phantom, Mandrake the Magician)

1988 – Mort Walker, USA; (Beetle Bailey, Hi & Lois)

1990 – Carl Barks, USA; (Donald Duck)

1992 – Stan Lee, USA; (Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Hulk)

1997 – Marten Toonder, Netherlands; (Tom Poes)

1998 – Will Eisner, USA; (The Spirit, various graphic novels)

References

Adamson Awards Wikipedia

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Contents

Best International Comic-Strip [or comic book] Cartoonist

Best Swedish Comic-Strip [or comic book] Cartoonist

Golden Adamson (for lifetime comic medium achievement)

References