Adamson Awards

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) 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; 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 (), 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 – , Marjane Satrapi^[4][5]
• 2016 – David Mazzucchelli^[6]

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

• 1965 – Rudolf Petersson; 91:an
• 1966 – Elov Persson; Kronblom and  [sv]
• 1967 – Rit-Ola (Jan-Erik Garland);
• 1968 – Jan Lööf; Felix
• 1969 – Rune Andréasson; Bamse
• 1970 – ; and Fredrik
• 1971 – ;
• 1972 – Rolf Gohs;
• 1975 – Nils Egerbrandt; and 91:an
• 1976 – ; Åsa-Nisse
• 1981 – Gunnar Persson; Kronblom
• 1983 – Ulf Lundkvist; in
• 1986 – Joakim Pirinen; etc.
• 1987 – ;
• 1988 – Lars Hillersberg;
• 1990 – ;
• 1991 – Lena Ackebo; strips in the publication Galago
• 1992 – Joakim Lindengren; strips in the publications Galago and Pyton
• 1993 – Charlie Christensen; Arne Anka
• 1994 – ; Klas Katt and , etc.
• 1995 – Max Andersson; the volume , etc.
• 1996 – Jan Romare; , , , etc.
• 1997 – Jan Berglin
• 1998 –
• 1999 –
• 2000 – ; "Ärligt talat"
• 2001 – Claes Reimerthi & Hans Lindahl; Fantomen (The Phantom)
• 2002 – Lars Mortimer; ""
• 2003 – Martin Kellerman; "Rocky"
• 2004 – Tony Cronstam
• 2005 – David Nessle
• 2006 – Johan Wanloo
• 2007 – Nina Hemmingsson
• 2008 –
• 2009 –
• 2010 –
• 2011 – Kim W. Andersson,
• 2012 – , Liv Strömquist^[1]
• 2013 – ^[2]
• 2014 – ^[3]
• 2015 – , ^[4][5]
• 2016 – , ^[6]

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)

See also[]

• Urhunden Prizes (another Swedish comics award)

References[]

• Adamson Awards at Comic Book Awards Almanac site

External links[]

• Official site (Swedish)