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. This prize was first awarded in 2004, then after two more years was cancelled. It was reinstated in 2010 and has been awarded ever since. * 2004: ''

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Panini Comics Panini Comics is an Italian comic book publisher. A division of Panini Group, which also produces collectible stickers, it is headquartered in Modena, Italy. The company publishes comic books in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Hungary ...

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Dargaud Société Dargaud (), doing business as Les Éditions Dargaud, is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics series, headquartered in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. It was founded in 1936 by Georges Dargaud, publishing its first comics in 1943. ...

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Les Humanoïdes Associés Les Humanoïdes Associés (or Humanoids) is a French- American publishing house specializing in comics and graphic novels, founded in December 1974 by comic artists Mœbius, Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Philippe Druillet, and financial director Be ...

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Joann Sfar Joann Sfar (; born 28 August 1971) is a French comics artist, comic book creator, novelist, and film director. Life and career Sfar was born in Nice, the son of Lilou, a pop singer, who died when he was three, and André Sfar, a lawyer well know ...

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(Dargaud) ** '' Buddy Longway'' by Derib (

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) ** '' Coq de combat'' by Izo Hashimoto and (Delcourt) ** '' Daredevil'' by

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) ** '' Universal War One'' by ( Soleil) * 2006: '' Blacksad: Ame rouge'' by

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: La couronne d’aiguilles'' by Jeff Smith (Delcourt) ** '': La vengeance du manchot'' by François Boucq and Alexandro Jodorowsky (Les Humanoïdes Associés) ** '' part 3'' by

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( l’Association) ** '' Théodore Poussin: Les jalousies'' by Frank Le Gall (

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) * 2010: ' by (Dupuis) * 2011: ' by and (Glénat) * 2012: ''Cité 14'' by Pierre Gabus and Romuald Reutimann (Les Humanoïdes Associés) * 2013: ' by

( Gallimard) * 2014: ''Fuzz & Pluck t.2: Splitsville'' by (Cornélius) * 2015: '' Lastman, t.6'' by

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, & (KSTR/Casterman) * 2016: '' Miss Marvel'' by

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& G. Willow Wilson (Panini Comics) * 2017: '' Chiisakobee'' by Minetarō Mochizuki (Le Lézard noir) * 2018: ''Megg, Mogg & Owl'' by Simon Hanselmann (Misma) * 2019: ''Dansker'' by Halfdan Pisket (Presque lune) * 2020: ''Dans l'Abîme du temps'' by Gō Tanabe after

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Ki-oon Ki-oon is a French manga publisher with its head office in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was founded in October 2003 by Cécile Pournin and Ahmed Agne. It released its first manga in March 2004, the first volume of ''Element Line''. The n ...

) * 2021: ''Paul à la maison'' by Michel Rabagliati * 2022: ''Spirou ou l'espoir malgré tout'' by Émile Bravo (Dupuis) * 2023: '' Blood on the Tracks'' by Shūzō Oshimi (Ki-oon) * 2024: '' The Nice House on the Lake'' by Álvaro Martínez Bueno & James Tynion IV (Urban Comics)

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