The Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards (or Joe Shuster Awards) are given out annually for outstanding achievements in the creation of

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, graphic novels, webcomics, and comics retailers and publishers by Canadians. The awards, first handed out in April 2005, are named in honour of Joe Shuster (1914–1992), the Canadian-born co-creator of

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Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association The Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association was formed in 2004 as a means to honour Canadian creators, publishers and retailers in the medium of comic books. With permission of the estate of Joe Shuster, the Canadian-born co-creator of Sup ...

is a not-for-profit organization formed in 2004 to administer the awards.

Overview

The Joe Shuster Awards are comic book industry-oriented awards that recognize the achievements of Canadian citizens and permanent residents. Founded initially as an English-language comics award, the criteria have been changed and refined since 2006 to be inclusive of all works published in Canada (see Language criteria). The majority of the awards were initially committee-nominated, public-vote awards, with write-in nominations accepted for the International Creator award. This was changed in 2008 to a committee-nominated, jury-selected model, with publishers nominating works within the relevant award category. The model established in 2008 was designed to eliminate voter bias and ballot stuffing. The jury deliberates until they agree on a winner, discussing the merits of each candidate. They are named after Canadian-born cartoonist Joe Shuster (1914–1992), who co-created

in 1938. The award, which focuses on professionally published and distributed comics from all publishers including those designated as mainstream such as DC Comics and Marvel Comics, is complemented by the Doug Wright Awards, which focuses on alternative comics, cartooning, and comic strips and avoid mainstream published works. From the Joe Shuster Award website: "When it comes to defining comics our job is to be as INCLUSIVE as possible when narrowing the selections down to an EXCLUSIVE number of annual nominees – there is only one winner in each category though! We strive to ensure that our nominates represent the entire country's output – whether that output is in English or French (Canada's two official languages) or in other languages – the central defining characteristic of our nominees are that they are Canadian. We don't censure Canadian creators who work with non-Canadian publishing houses – while Canada is a large and diverse country, for the creative awards, there are a very limited number of Canadian publishers."

Harry Kremer Retailer Award

The late Harry Kremer, owner of Now & Then Books in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, was a true pioneer in the industry and a constant and tireless promoter and patron of the medium and owner one of the first comic book specialty stores in Canada. His memory is kept alive in the award that has been named after him – the Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer Award. The Award was given to Kremer's store in 2005, with open voting from 2006 onwards.

Gene Day Self-Publisher Award

Named after the late comics artist and self-publisher Gene Day (1951–1982), this award honours Canadian comic book creators or creative teams who self-published their work, but did not have the books distributed by a third-party distributor. The award winner receives a bursary of $500. The award was introduced in 2009. Prior to this, Dave Sim had established the Howard E. Day Prize distributed annually at the

Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo The Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo, or SPACE or S.P.A.C.E., is an annual convention in Columbus, Ohio, United States, for alternative comics, minicomics, and webcomics. Bob Corby founded the convention as a gathering place for "the com ...

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, from 2002 to 2008.

Comics For Kids Award

This award was established in 2004. Works considered for this award are comic books and graphic novels that are targeted at readers 14 and under. Nominees are selected by a team of educators led by Jennifer Haines, MA, B.Ed., who is also the proprietor of Guelph, Ontario's The Dragon comic book shop.

Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame

The Hall of Fame includes dozens of creators such as Hal Foster, Win Mortimer, John Byrne, Dave Sim and more.

Language criteria

The Joe Shuster Awards honour original work published during the previous calendar year in any language. However, Canada has two official languages – French and English, so extra research and attention is given to works published in the two official languages. In order to ensure that bilingual works are included on the ballot, two nominating committees select the finalists in each official language and the finalists are merged for the announced ballot. The nominated books are then given to jury members who can read both official languages for equal consideration.

Citizenship and residency

The Joe Shuster Awards are open to all Canadian citizens. Canadian citizens who have chosen to reside outside of Canada are still eligible for consideration, unless they contact the Awards organization and notify them that they have surrendered their Canadian citizenship and no longer wish to be considered for their recent work as a Canadian citizen. Non-Canadians who have achieved permanent residency status in Canada are also eligible for consideration. In order to be considered for inclusion as a resident, the individual must have lived in Canada for three years. Permanent residents who do not wish to be considered may opt out of the Awards program before the selection process begins by sending a statement in writing to the Awards organization. If an approved permanent resident moves away from Canada, they are no longer considered eligible for the awards.

Categories

Categories and winners of Joe Shuster Awards are as follows:

Outstanding Achievement

*2005 Dave Sim and

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for completing '' Cerebus'' in 2004. Begun in 1977, this 300-issue series is a milestone in comic book publishing and is the longest running creator-owned comic book series. * 2006-2007 No winner * 2008 David Watkins for using comic books as a teaching tool. * 2009 Category suspended

Outstanding Artist

* 2005

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/ Doctor Octopus: Year One'' (published by Marvel Comics) * 2006 Pia Guerra for '' Y: The Last Man'' (published by DC Comics/ Vertigo) and a story in ''

Unlimited'' #10 (published by Marvel Comics) * 2007 Darwyn Cooke and J. Bone for '' Batman/The Spirit'' #1 (published by DC Comics). * 2008 Dale Eaglesham for '' Justice Society of America'' #2-4, 6–7, 9-11 (DC Comics) * 2009 David Finch for '' Ultimatum'' #1-2 * 2010

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for '' Ultimate Spider-Man 130-133'', '' New Avengers 55-60'', ''

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569'' (Marvel), ''The CBLDF Presents Liberty Comics 2 – "Trampoline Hall"'' (Image Comics) * 2011 Francis Manapul for ''

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''#6, '' The Flash'' #1-6, '' Superman/Batman'' #75 (DC Comics) * 2012 Stuart Immonen for "Fear Itself #1-7; "Queen, King, Off-Suit"/''X-Men: To Serve and Protect'' #4; "Say You're Dead"/''Outlaw Territory'' Volume 2 * 2013

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for " Jane, le renard & moi" a.k.a. Jane, the Fox & I * 2014

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)The winners of the 2014 Joe Shuster Awards
, September 20, 2014 * 2015 Adrian Alphona for '' Ms. Marvel'' (published by Marvel Comics) * 2016 Steve Skroce for '' We Stand on Guard'' (published by Image Comics) * 2017 Yanick Paquette and

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for '' Wonder Woman: Earth One'' (published by DC Comics) * 2018

for Amazing Spiderman 25-31, 789, Marvel Legacy 1 (published by Marvel Comics), Empress 7 (published by Icon/Marvel Comics)

Outstanding Cartoonist (writer and artist)

* 2005 Darwyn Cooke for '' DC: The New Frontier'' (published by DC Comics) * 2006 Bryan Lee O'Malley for '' Scott Pilgrim'' Vol. 2 (published by Oni Press) * 2007 Darwyn Cooke for '' The Spirit'' #1 (published by DC Comics). * 2008 Jeff Lemire for '' Essex County Vol. 1: Tales From The Farm'', ''Essex County Vol. 2: Ghost Stories'' ( Top Shelf) * 2009 Dave Sim for '' Glamourpuss #1-4'' and ''Judenhass'' * 2010 Michel Rabagliati for ''Paul, tome 06: Paul à Québec'' ( La Pastèque) * 2011 Tin Can Forest for

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( Koyama Press) * 2012 Ramon K. Pérez for ''

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'' * 2013 Jeff Lemire for

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and Sweet Tooth * 2014

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(Sylvie-Anne Ménard) for ''Les deuxièmes'' (published by Pow Pow) * 2015 Bryan Lee O'Malley for '' Seconds – A Graphic Novel'' (Published by Random House Canada) * 2016 Jillian Tamaki for '' Supermutant Magic Academy'' (published by Drawn & Quarterly) * 2017 Guy Delisle for " S’enfuir, récit d’un otage" aka ''Hostage'' (Published by Dargaud) * 2018 Jeff Lemire for ''Roughneck'' (published by Gallery 13), Royal City 1-8 (published by Image Comics)

Outstanding Publisher

* 2005

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* 2006 Drawn & Quarterly * 2007 Drawn & Quarterly * 2008 Drawn & Quarterly * 2009 Les 400 coups /

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* 2010 La Pastèque * 2011 Koyama Press * 2012 Category suspended

Outstanding Writer

* 2005 (tie) Samm Barnes for '' Doctor Spectrum'' (published by Marvel Comics) * 2005 (tie) Ty Templeton for ''The Batman Adventures'' (published by DC Comics) * 2006 J. Torres for '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' and '' Teen Titans Go!'' (published by DC Comics), and ''

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'' (published by Oni Press) * 2007 Darwyn Cooke for ''

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'' #1-2 (published by DC Comics). * 2008 Cecil Castellucci for ''

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'' (DC/

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) * 2009 Mariko Tamaki for '' Skim'' ( Groundwood Books) and ''

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) * 2010 Maryse Dubuc for '' Les Nombrils 4: Duels de belles'' ( Dupuis) * 2011 Emilie Villeneuve for '' La fille invisible'' ( Glénat Québec) * 2012

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for

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#1-6; "Logan's Lost Lesson"/''Marvel Holiday Special 2011'' * 2013

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for Jane, le renard & moi a.k.a. Jane, the Fox & Me * 2014 Kurtis Wiebe for ''

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'', '' Peter Panzerfaust'', '' Dia De Los Muertos''. ''Lonesome'' (published by Image) * 2015 Mariko Tamaki for '' This One Summer'' (published by Groundwood Books) * 2016 Jeff Lemire for ''

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'' (published by DC Comics), '' Descender'', '' Plutona'' (published by Image Comics), '' All-New Hawkeye''. '' Extraordinary X-Men'' (published by Marvel Comics), '' Book of Death: Fall of Bloodshot''. '' Bloodshot Reborn'' (published by Valiant) * 2017 Jeff Lemire for '' Black Hammer'' (Published by Dark Horse Comics), '' Descender'', '' Plutona'' (Published by Image Comics), '' All-New Hawkeye'', '' All-New X-Men'', ''

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'', '' Old Man Logan'', '' Extraordinary X-Men'' (Published by Marvel Comics), '' Bloodshot Reborn'',''

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'', '' 4001 A.D.: Bloodshot'' (Published by Valiant) * 2018 Jim Zub for ''Avengers'' 1''.MU, Secret Empire United 1, Thunderbolts 7-12, Uncanny Avengers 25-28, Zombies Assemble 1-3, 0, Zombies Assemble 2 1-2'' (with Yusako Komiyama) (published by Marvel Comics), Glitterbomb'': The Fame Game 1-4, Wayward 21-25'' (published by Image Comics), Dungeons ''& Dragons: Frost Giant's Fury 3-5'' (IDW) Freelance ''1-4'' (with Andrew Wheeler) (published by Chapterhouse)

Outstanding WebComic Creator/Creative Team

* 2007 Dan Kim, for ''April & May & June'', ''Kanami'' & ''Penny Tribute'' * 2008

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, for '' Looking for Group'' & ''

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'' * 2009 Cameron Stewart for ''

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'' * 2010 Karl Kerschl for ''

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'' * 2011 Emily Carroll for ''

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'' and more * 2012 Emily Carroll for various comics, 2011 * 2013

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'' * 2014 Jayd Aït-Kaci (with Christina Strain) for ''The Fox Sister'' * 2015

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for '' Fey Winds: A Fantasy Webcomic'' * 2016 Category on Hiatus * 2017 Ty Templeton for ''

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Outstanding Colourist

* 2008 Dave McCaig for '' Nextwave'', Agents of H.A.T.E. #12, '' New Avengers'' #27-35, '' Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America'' #1: '' Wolverine'', ''

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'' #1-4, '' Wolverine'' #50, '' Avengers Classic'' #7 (Marvel Comics) DC Infinite Halloween Special #1 (DC Comics), ''

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for ''"Gédéon et la bête du lac"

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'' (Glénat Québec), ''

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4'' (Casterman) * 2010

for '' The Amazing Spider-Man #605, Dark Reign: The List – X-Men #1, Dark X-Men: The Confession #1 (Cover), Guardians of the Galaxy #16, 18-19, House of M: Masters of Evil #1, Marvel Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1, Nation X #1,

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: Imperial Guard #1-2, Timestorm 2009–2099:

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#4-5'' (Oni Press) * 2011 Julie Rocheleau for '' La fille invisible'' ( Glénat Québec) * 2012 Category suspended

Outstanding Cover (2008-2010) / Cover Artist (2011-)

* 2008 Steve Skroce for '' Doc Frankenstein'' #6 ( Burleyman) * 2009

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for ''Chroniques Sauvages'' * 2013 Mike del Mundo * 2014 Julie Rocheleau for ''La colère de Fantômas'' tome 1: ''Les Bois de justice'' (published by Dargaud) * 2015 Darwyn Cooke * 2016 Category on Hiatus * 2017

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* 2018 Djibril Morissette-Phan

Comics for Kids Award (The Dragon Award)

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* 2010 '' Nightschool: The Weirn Books Vols.1-2'' ( Yen Press) by Svetlana Chmakova * 2011 '' Three Thieves Book One: Tower of Treasure'' (

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* 2012 '' Ariane et Nicolas Tome 6: Les Toiles Mysterieuses'' by Paul Roux * 2013 '' Cat's Cradle Volume 1: The Golden Twine'' by Joe Rioux * 2014 '' Couettes'' tome 2: ''Bidou'' and tome 3: ''Adopte-moi !'' by Séverine Gauthier (writer) and MiniKim (Maïté Lajic, artist) (published by Dargaud) * 2015 '' Agent Jean! tome 6 et 7'', by Alex A., (Published by Presses Aventure) * 2016 '' Awkward'' by Svetlana Chmakova (Published by Yen Press) * 2017 '' Bera the One-Headed Troll'' by Eric Orchard (published by :01 First Second)

Gene Day Award for Canadian Self-Publishing (New in 2009)

* 2009 Jesse Jacobs for '' Blue Winter, Shapes in the Snow'' * 2010

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for '' Pope Hats'' No.1 * 2011

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for '' Heaven All Day'' * 2012 Dakota McFadzean for Ghost Rabbit * 2013 Cory McCallum and Matthew Daley - '' The Pig Sleep: A Mr. Monitor Case'' * 2014 Steven Gilbert for '' The Journal of the Main Street Secret Lodge'' * 2015 James Edward Clark for ''Evil #3'' * 2016 Cloudscape Comics Collective for ''Epic Canadiana'' * 2017 Nunumi for '' Sky Rover''

Harry Kremer Retailer Award

* 2005

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( Kitchener, Ontario) * 2006

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( Halifax, Nova Scotia) * 2007 Happy Harbor ( Edmonton, Alberta) * 2008 Big B Comics ( Hamilton, Ontario) * 2009 Legends Comics and Books ( Victoria, British Columbia) * 2010 The Beguiling ( Toronto, Ontario) * 2011 Planète BD ( Montréal, Quebec) * 2012 Silver Snail (Toronto, Ontario) * 2013 Heroes Comics ( London, Ontario) * 2014 The Comic Shop ( Vancouver, British Columbia) * 2015 Amazing Stories ( Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) * 2016 Another Dimension ( Calgary, Alberta) * 2017 L'imaginaire ( Laurier, Quebec)

T.M. Maple Award

New in 2014. "The T. M. Maple Award will go to someone (living or deceased) selected from the Canadian comics community for achievements made outside of the creative and retail categories who have had a positive impact on the community." * 2014

T.M. Maple T.M. Maple (c. 1956–1994) was the pseudonym of Jim Burke, a Canadian who wrote more than 3,000 letters to comic book letter columns between 1977 and 1994.Cronin, Brian"Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed" #92, Comic Book Resources (Mar. 1, 2007).Acc ...

aka Jim Burke (1956-1994) * 2014 Debra Jane Shelly (1974-2014) * 2015 Michael Hirsh (1948-) * 2015 Patrick Loubert (1947-) * 2015 Robert Charpentier (1960-2015) * 2016 John Bell (1952-) * 2017 Kenneth Ketter

Hall of Fame Inductees

* 2005 Joe Shuster (1914–1992) * 2005 Leo Bachle (a.k.a. Les Barker) (1926–2003) * 2005 Adrian Dingle (1911–1974) * 2005 Hal Foster (1892–1982) * 2005 Ed Furness (1911–2005) * 2005 Rand Holmes (1942–2002) * 2006

Jon St. Ables Jon St. Ables, born Jon Stables, (December 23, 1912 – 1999) was a Canadian cartoonist. Life and career St. Ables was born in Ulverston in England and emigrated to Winnipeg in Canada when he was 13, preceded by his father and older brother. ...

(1912–1999) * 2006

Owen McCarron Owen McCarron (1929 in Halifax, Nova Scotia – June 27, 2005) was a Canadian comics artist and publisher. As a publisher, he was a prolific packager of promotional comic books. He also produced work for American comic book publishers, including ...

(1929–2005) * 2006 Win Mortimer (1919–1998) * 2006 Dave Sim (1956–) * 2007 Albert Chartier (1912–2004) * 2007

Gerald Lazare Gerald is a male Germanic given name meaning "rule of the spear" from the prefix ''ger-'' ("spear") and suffix ''-wald'' ("rule"). Variants include the English given name Jerrold, the feminine nickname Jeri and the Welsh language Gerallt and Irish ...

(1927–) * 2007 Jacques Hurtubise ( Zyx) (1950–) * 2007 Gene Day (1951–1982) * 2008

Ted McCall Edwin Reid McCall (born 1901 in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Chatham, Ontario, died 1975) was a Canadian journalist, and a comic strip and comic book Comic book writer, writer. He was best known for creating the first comic strip based on the Royal Cana ...

(1901–1975) * 2008 Pierre Fournier (1949–) * 2008 Stanley Berneche (1947–) * 2008 John Byrne (1950–) * 2009 George Menendez Rae (1906–1992) * 2009

Réal Godbout Réal Godbout is a Quebec writer and comic book illustrator, best known for his ''Michel Risque'' and ''Red Ketchup'' series which he co-created with his long-time friend Pierre Fournier. Biography In the 70's, Godbout published his comic strips i ...

(1951–) * 2009 Ken Steacy (1955–) * 2009 Diana Schutz (1955–) * 2010 Dave Darrigo (1954–) * 2010

Serge Gaboury Serge may refer to: * Serge (fabric), a type of twill fabric * Serge (llama) (born 2005), a llama in the Cirque Franco-Italien and internet meme * Serge (name), a masculine given name (includes a list of people with this name) * Serge (post), a hi ...

(1954–) * 2010

Deni Loubert Denise "Deni" Loubert (born September 30, 1951) Miller, John Jackson"Comics Industry Birthdays" ''Comics Buyer's Guide'', June 10, 2005. Accessed July 19, 2011WebCitation archive is a Canadian comics publisher, co-founder of Aardvark-Vanaheim, an ...

(1951–) * 2010 Richard Comely (1950–) in celebration of the 35th Anniversary of ''

Captain Canuck Captain Canuck is a Canadian comic book superhero. Created by cartoonist Ron Leishman and artist/writer Richard Comely, the original Captain Canuck first appeared in ''Captain Canuck'' #1 (July 1975). The series was the first successful Canadi ...

1'' * 2010 George Freeman (1951-) in celebration of the 35th Anniversary of ''Captain Canuck 1'' * 2010

Claude St. Aubin Claude may refer to: __NOTOC__ People and fictional characters * Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Claude (surname), a list of people * Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher ...

(1951–) in celebration of the 35th Anniversary of ''Captain Canuck 1'' * 2011 Chester Brown (1960–) * 2011 Todd McFarlane (1961–) * 2012 No Hall of Fame Inductees * 2013 Vernon Miller (comics) (1912–1974) * 2013 Murray Karn (1924–) * 2013

Arn Saba Katherine Shannon Collins is a Canadian-born cartoonist, writer, media personality, stage performer, and composer. She created the newspaper comic strip ''Neil the Horse'' from 1975 to 1991, and her work in comics has been celebrated and well ...

now known as Katherine Collins (1947–) * 2014 Cy Bell (1904–197?) * 2014

Edmond Good Edmond Elbridge Good (July 1, 1910 – September 22, 1991) was a 20th-century Canadian illustrator, writer and co-author of more than a dozen comics during the Golden Age of Comic Books. Biography Early life Born in Saco, Maine, Good's parents ...

(1910–1991) * 2014 Ty Templeton (1962–) * 2015 Doris Slater (1918-1964) * 2015

James Waley James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

(1954-) * 2016 Tedd Steele (1922-1994) * 2016 Ley aka Shirley Fortune (1921-1998) * 2016 Fred Kelly (1921-2005) * 2016

Mark Shainblum Mark Shainblum (born 1963 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian writer who now lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Though he has worked as a journalist and editor, Shainblum is best known as a science fiction and comic book writer. Early life Shainblu ...

(1963-) * 2016 Darwyn Cooke (1962-2016) * 2017

Jack Tremblay Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, ...

(1926-) * 2017 Gabriel Morrissette (1959-) * 2017 Lovern Kindzierski (1964-) * 2017 Julie Doucet (1965-) * 2017

* 2018 Sid Barron (1917-2006) * 2018 Jacques Goldstyn aka Boris (1958-) * 2018

David Boswell David E. Boswell (born 1953) is a comic book writer and artist, illustrator, and photographer based in Vancouver, British Columbia who has worked in the comics industry. He is the creator of the series ''Reid Fleming, World's Toughest Milkman''. ...

(1953-) * 2018 Tom Grummett (1959-) * 2019 Al Hewetson (1946-2004) * 2019 Dale Keown (1962-) * 2019 Ken Lashley (1967-) * 2019 Gerhard (1959-)

Voters Choice - Outstanding International Creator

* 2006

Brian K. Vaughan Brian K. Vaughan (born July 17, 1976) is an American comic book and television writer, best known for the comic book series '' Y: The Last Man'', '' Ex Machina'', '' Runaways'', ''Pride of Baghdad'', ''Saga'', and '' Paper Girls''. Vaughan was a ...

for ''

Runaways Runaway, Runaways or Run Away may refer to: Engineering * Runaway reaction, a chemical reaction releasing more heat than what can be removed and becoming uncontrollable * Thermal runaway, self-increase of the reaction rate of an exothermic proce ...

'' (published by Marvel Comics), '' Ex Machina'', and '' Y: The Last Man'' (published by DC Comics/Vertigo) * 2007 Brian K. Vaughan for ''Runaways'' and '' Doctor Strange: The Oath'' (published by Marvel Comics), '' Pride of Baghdad'', ''Ex Machina'', and ''Y: The Last Man'' (published by DC Comics/Vertigo) * 2008 Ed Brubaker for ''

Captain America Captain America is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character First appearance, first appeared in ''#Golden Age, Captain America Comics'' #1 (cover ...

'', ''

Criminal In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Can ...

'', ''

Immortal Iron Fist ''The Immortal Iron Fist'' was a comic book series published by Marvel Comics and starring the superhero Iron Fist. Publication history The series was written jointly by Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction from issues #1-14 with artists Travel Foreman ...

'' and '' Uncanny X-Men'' (Marvel Comics) * 2009 Category suspended

Voters Choice - Favourite Creator (English Language)

* 2007 Dan Kim for ''April & May & June, ''Kanami'' & ''Penny Tribute''. * 2008

Faith Erin Hicks Faith Erin Hicks is a Canadian cartoonist and animator living in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has created a number of graphic novels, both as sole creator (such as ''Zombies Calling!'' and ''Friends with Boys'') and as a collaborator (''Not ...

for '' Zombies Calling'' * 2009 Category suspended

Voters Choice - Favourite Creator (French Language)

* 2007 Michel Rabagliati for '' Paul a la Pêche'', published by La Pastèque. * 2008 Philippe Girard for '' Danger Public'' * 2009 Category suspended

References

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External links

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Interview with Kevin Boyd about the awards
* Jamie Coville's audio recordings of th
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Awards Ceremony for the Collector Times
The Fabler Blog looks at the 2010 Nominees

Metro Columnist Jonathan Kuehlein's article on the 2008 Awards ceremony

Metro columnist & CCBCAA member Jonathan Kuehlein's article on the 2007 Awards ceremony

CBC Arts report on the 1st year {{Canadian comics 2005 establishments in Canada Awards established in 2005 Joe Shuster