Adamson_Awards Knowpia

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

Adamson Awards is a Swedish award awarded to notable cartoonists, named after the famous Swedish comic strip "Adamson" (Silent Sam). There are two award categories: International and Swedish cartoonist.

They have been presented by the Swedish Academy of Comic Art (SACA) 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 edit

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; 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^[1]
2013 – Alejandro Jodorowsky^[2]
2014 – Pierre Christin, Jean-Claude Mézières^[3]
2015 – Sussi Bech, Marjane Satrapi^[4]^[5]
2016 – David Mazzucchelli^[6]

Best Swedish Comic-Strip [or comic book] Cartoonist edit

1965 – Rudolf Petersson; 91:an
1966 – Elov Persson; Kronblom and Agust and Lotta [sv]
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^[1]
2013 – Sara Granér^[2]
2014 – Daniel Ahlgren^[3]
2015 – Peter Bergting, Malin Biller^[4]^[5]
2016 – Knut Larsson, Ellen Ekman^[6]

Golden Adamson (for lifetime comic medium achievement) edit

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 edit

^ ^a ^b "Svenska Serieakademins Adamsonpriser 2012 – Prismotiveringar". Hegerfors.se. Läst 23 February 2013.
^ ^a ^b Andersson, Pidde (27 September 2013): "The International Adamson Award 2013". Facebook.com. Läst 28 September 2013.
^ ^a ^b "2014 års Adamsonvinnare". serieakademin, 27 September 2014. Läst 18 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b "2015 års Adamsonvinnare". Archived 31 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine serieakademin.se, 17 October 2015. Läst 18 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b NWT Kultur (17 October 2015): "Malin Biller får Adamsonstatyetten". Archived 18 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine nwt.se. Läst 18 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b TT (25 June 2016): "Adamsonpriser till Ekman och Larsson". Sydsvenskan. Läst 25 September 2016.