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.
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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.
- 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):
- 1986 – Jacques Tardi, France; Adéle Blanc-Sec, etc.
- 1987 – Claire Bretécher, France; De frustrerade (Frustrés)
- 1988 – Art Spiegelman, USA; Maus
- 1989 – (tie):
- 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:
- 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]
- 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)