Adamson Awards 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. Gothenburg (Swedish: ) ) is a city and municipality on the west-coast of Sweden, in the County of Västra Götaland. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

Best International Comic-Strip [or comic book] Cartoonist

• 1965 - Chester Gould, USA; “Dick Tracy”
• 1966 – Harvey Kurtzman, USA; "Djungelboken"; skapad av Mad (The Jungle Books; Mad)
• 1967 – Charles M. Schulz, USA; "Snobben" (Snoopy)
• 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; "Tintin"
• 1972 – Guido Crepax, Italy; "Valentina", etc.
• 1974 – René Goscinny, France; "Asterix", etc.
• 1975 – Mort Walker, USA; "Knasen" ("Beetle Bailey") and "Sams serie" ("Sam's Strip")
• 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" and "Gaston"
• 1981 - Gérard Lauzier, France; "Sånt är livet" etc.
• 1983 - Caza (Philippe Cazaumayou), France; "Mardrömmarnas stad", etc.
• 1985 (The Swedish Academy of Comic Art 20th Year Celebration) (tie):
  • Brant Parker, USA; "Trollkarlen from Id" (Wizard of Id);
  • Jerry Dumas, USA; "Sams serie" 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"
• 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; the comic strip publication, "Understanding Comics"
• 1995 – Scott Adams, USA; "Herbert and Herbert" (Dilbert)
• 1996 – Jeff Smith, USA; "Bone"
• 1997 – Patrick McDonnell, USA; "Mutts"
• 2002 – Jerry Scott, USA; "Baby Blues", "Nancy", "Zits"

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Charlie Brown is the principal character of the Peanuts comic strip. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Jean-Claude Forest, born September 11, 1930 in Le Perreux-sur-Marne and died December 30, 1998 in Paris was a French author of comics. ... Barbarella was originally a French science fiction comic book created by Jean-Claude Forest, who originated the character for serialisation in the French magazine V-Magazine in 1962. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Harold Rudolph Foster (August 18, 1892 in Halifax, Nova Scotia - July 25, 1982) created the comic Prince Valiant. ... Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur, or simply Prince Valiant, is a comic strip created by Hal Foster. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Robert Crumb (born August 30, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an artist and illustrator recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream. ... Robert Crumbs Fritz the Cat Fritz the Cat is a comic book fictional character created by Robert Crumb. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Georges Remi (May 23, 1907 – March 3, 1983), better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. ... The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin), drawn and written by the Belgian writer-artist Georges Remi a. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Guido Crepax Guido Crepax (born Guido Crepas, Milan, July 15, 1933-July 31, 2003) was an Italian comics artist, who deeply influenced the European adult comics world in the second half of 20th century. ... Originally a minor character working for the comic hero Neutron, comic strip creator Guido Crepax gave Valentina Rosseli her own story in 1967. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... René Goscinny (August 14, 1926 – November 5, 1977) Polish- French author, editor and humorist, who is best known for the comic strip Astérix, which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo, and the comic strip Lucky Luke. // Early life René was born in Paris in 1926, to Stanislaw Simkha Goscinny... A shrewd, cunning little warrior; all perilous missions are immediately entrusted to him. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Mort Walker (Addison Morton Walker) (born September 3, 1923) is a U.S. comic artist, best known for creating the newspaper comic strips Beetle Bailey in 1950 and Hi and Lois in 1954. ... Beetle Bailey Beetle Bailey (begun on September 4, 1950) is a comic strip set in the United States Army, created by Mort Walker. ... Sams Strip is a comic strip that appeared from October 1961 to June 1963. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Johnny Hart (born February 18, 1931 in Endicott, New York) is an American cartoonist noted for having created and drawn the comic strip B.C. which has appeared daily in newspapers since February 17, 1958. ... B.C. logo in a 2005 comic strip. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Lee Falk, ca late 1930s. ... Mandrake the Magician is a U.S. comic strip created in 1934 by Lee Falk (also creator of The Phantom) and mainly appearing in syndication in newspapers. ... The Phantom is a comic strip created by Lee Falk (also creator of Mandrake the Magician), recounting the adventures of a costumed crime-fighter called the Phantom. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Jean Giraud (born May 8, 1938) is a French comics artist. ... Species See text. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... André Franquin (January 3, 1924 – January 5, 1997) was a Belgian cartoonist, perhaps best known for his humorous comic strip creation Gaston and the Marsupilami. ... Young Spirou on the cover of Spanish magazine Yo y Yo Spirou is: Spirou magazine, a Belgian childrens comic magazine; one of its serial comic strips, Spirou et Fantasio (Spirou and Fantasio), which is also published in hardcover format Spirou, the eponymous character of the comic strip and of... Gaston Lagaffe is the main character of the comic strip Gaston, originally created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin in the Belgian comic strip magazine, Spirou. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Brant Parker (born August 26, 1920) is a cartoonist who draws The Wizard of Id comic strip which is written by fellow cartoonist Johnny Hart. ... The Wizard of Id is a daily newspaper comic strip by American cartoonists Brant Parker and Johnny Hart. ... Sergio self portrait from Groo the Wanderer comic Issue #84 Sergio Aragonés Domenech (born 1937) is a cartoonist and writer. ... Groo the Wanderer is a fantasy/comedy comic book series written and drawn by Sergio Aragonés, rewritten, coplotted and edited by Mark Evanier, lettered by Stan Sakai, and colored by Tom Luth. ... Burne Hogarth (December 25, 1911 - January 28, 1996) was an American cartoonist, illustrator, educator, and author, and theoretician. ... James H. Pierce and Joan Burroughs Pierce starred in the 1932-34 Tarzan radio series Tarzan, a character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1914 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in twenty-three sequels. ... Jerome (Jerry) Siegel (October 17, 1914 - January 28, 1996) was the co-creator of Superman, the first of the great comic book heroes and one of the most recognizable fictional characters from the 20th century. ... Superman is a fictional character and superhero of DC Comics who first appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938 and is considered the first character to embody the particular combination of traits that characterize the modern superhero. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jacques Tardi is a French comic strip artist born in 1946 in Valence. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Claire Bretécher (born April 17, 1940) is a French cartoonist, known particularly for her portrayals of women and gender issues. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Art Spiegelman (born February 15, 1948) is an American comics artist, editor and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning comic memoir, Maus. ... Cover Maus: A Survivors Tale is a graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that recounts his fathers struggle to survive the Holocaust as a Polish Jew. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bud Grace aka Buddy Valentine is a cartoonist who has worked on the comic strip Ernie, whose title was later changed to Piranha Club in the US. Grace won the National Cartoonist Society Newspaper Comic Strip Award for 1993 for his work on the strip. ... The Piranha Club is the title of a comic strip by Bud Grace, which started under the title Ernie. ... Don Martin (May 18, 1931–January 6, 2000) was a popular American satirical comic artist and cartoon artist who contributed to MAD magazine from 1955 to 1987. ... Harvey Kurtzmans cover for the first issue of the comic book Mad Mad is an American humor magazine founded by publisher William Gaines and editor Harvey Kurtzman in 1952. ... This article is about the year. ... Frank Miller (born 27 January 1957 in Olney, Maryland) is an American writer and artist best known for his film noir-style comic book stories. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-man, and still sometimes as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional character and superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... Daredevil (alter ego Matthew Murdock) is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... William B. Bill Watterson II (born July 5, 1958) is the author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. ... Calvin and Hobbes took many wagon rides over the years—this one showed up on the cover of the first collection of comic strips. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Bill Sienkiewicz in Gijón, Spain. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Neil Gaiman (November 2004) Neil Richard Gaiman () (born November 10, 1960, Portchester, Hampshire) is an English Jewish author of numerous science fiction and fantasy works, including many comic books. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001... The Sandman was a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics for 75 issues from 1988 until 1996. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The cartoon Scott McCloud as he appears when narrating his own works such as Understanding Comics, and Reinventing Comics. ... Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art is a 215-page non-fiction graphic novel by Scott McCloud, widely considered the definitive text to date on the theory of comics (or sequential art) as an artform and a communications medium. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Scott Adams (born June 8, 1957) is the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and the author of several business commentaries, social satires, and experimental philosophy books. ... Thriving on Vague Objectives, the latest Dilbert book Dilbert animated series, episode 212 Dilbert is a popular American comic strip. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Jeff Smith is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the self-published comic book series Bone. ... Cover of Bone: One Volume Edition Bone is a graphic novel by Jeff Smith. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Patrick McDonnell Self-Portrait Patrick McDonnell (born March 17, 1956) is the creator of the daily comic strip Mutts. ... Mutts is a daily comic strip started by Patrick McDonnell in 1994, based around the foibles of pets and their owners. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Jerry Scott was born in South Bend, Indiana on May 2, 1955. ... Baby Blues title frame from December 8th, 2002 The title frame from 1997, April 20, a Sunday strip Wanda Wizowski-MacPherson pulling Bullwinkle from a hat For the Chinese TV drama series, see Baby Blues (TV series). ... Jeremy from Zits enjoying some quality time. ...

Best Swedish Comic-Strip [or comic book] Cartoonist

• 1965 – Rudolf Petersson, Sweden; "91:an"
• 1966 – Elov Persson, Sweden; "Kronblom" and "Agust"
• 1967 – Rit-Ola (Jan-Erik Garland), Sweden; "Biffen and Bananen"
• 1968 – Jan Lööf, Sweden; "Felix"
• 1969 – Rune Andréasson, Sweden; "Bamse"
• 1970 – Torvald Gahlin, Sweden; "Klotjohan" and "Fredrik"
• 1971 – Torsten Bjarre, Sweden; "Flygsoldat 113 Bom"
• 1972 – Rolf Gohs, Sweden; "Mystiska 2:an"
• 1975 – Nils Egerbrandt, Sweden; "Olli" and "91:an"
• 1976 – Gösta Gummesson, Sweden; "Åsa-Nisse"
• 1981 – Gunnar Persson, Sweden; "Kronblom"
• 1983 – Ulf Lundkvist, Sweden; "Mannen med den långa håriga näsan" in ETC
• 1986 – Joakim Pirinen, Sweden; "Socker-Conny" etc.
• 1987 – Gunnar Grähs, Sweden; "Evert and Tyra"
• 1988 – Lars Hillersberg, Sweden; "50-talet"
• 1990 – Leif Zetterling, Sweden; "Nils Holgerssonb flyger igen"
• 1991 – Lena Ackebo; Sweden; strips in the publication Galago
• 1992 – Joakim Lindengren, Sweden; strips in the publications Galago and Pyton
• 1993 – Charlie Christensen, Sweden; "Arne Anka"
• 1994 – Gunnar Lundkvist, Sweden; "Klas Katt" and "Olle Ångest", etc.
• 1995 – Max Andersson, Sweden; the volume "Vakuumneger", etc.
• 1996 – Jan Romare, Sweden; "Pyton", "Himlens Änglar", "Ugglan Urban", etc.
• 2002 – Claes Reimerthi & Hans Lindahl, Sweden; "Fantomen" (The Phantom)

Rudolf Petersson (1896-1970) was a Swedish comic creator and the father of one of the most popular Swedish comics of all time: 91:an. ... Jan-Erik Rit-Ola Garland (1905-1988) was a Swedish cartoonist and comic creator. ... Jan Lööf (born 1940) is a Swedish illustrator, author, comic creator and jazz musician. ... Felix (Latin for happy, prosperous) is the name of many different individuals, both real and fictional. ... Rune Andréasson (1925-1999) was a Swedish comic creator. ... Bamse, most known as the worlds strongest bear like in this title screen, has also always been the kindest. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Rolf Gohs (born in 1933) is a Swedish comic creator. ... Nils Egerbrandt was a Swedish comic creator who created a few childrens comics in the 1950s, such as Olli, about an adventurous eskimo boy. ... Ã…sa-Nisse is a Swedish literary character created by Stig Cederholm. ... Ulf Lundkvist (born 1952) is a Swedish comic creator, illustrator, and painter. ... ETC can refer to: Electronic toll collection Electronic throttle control Et cetera Electronic Theatre Controls Electron transport chain in mitochondria responsible for creating a proton gradient that allows the formation of ATP. ATM card service by HSBC and Hang Seng Bank only for withdrawal of money from bank account Electrothermal... Joakim Pirinen (born in 1961) is a Swedish illustrator, author, and comic creator. ... Lars Hillersberg (1937-2004) was a political (and often controversial) Swedish artist, cartoonist and comic creator. ... Lena Ackebo (born 1950) is a Swedish (and female) comic creator who has been published in daily strip form, in albums, and in the art magazine Galago since the mid-1980s. ... Genera  Otolemur  Euoticus  Galago Galagos, also known as bushbabies, bush babies or nagapies (meaning night monkeys in Afrikaans), are small, nocturnal primates native to continental Africa, and make up the family Galagonidae. ... Joakim Lindengren (born March 28, 1962) is a Swedish comic creator. ... Genera  Otolemur  Euoticus  Galago Galagos, also known as bushbabies, bush babies or nagapies (meaning night monkeys in Afrikaans), are small, nocturnal primates native to continental Africa, and make up the family Galagonidae. ... Cheers, cosmonauts! Arne Anka is a Swedish comic strip drawn by Charlie Christensen under the pseudonym Alexander Barks from 1983 to 1995. ... Max Andersson (born 1962) is a Swedish comic creator and film maker, mostly doing underground style and artistic comics. ... The Phantom is a comic strip created by Lee Falk (also creator of Mandrake the Magician), recounting the adventures of a costumed crime-fighter called the Phantom. ...

References

• Adamson Awards at Comic Book Awards Almanac site