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Other American Awards

Amazing Heroes Award
      1984   Best Book: Swamp Thing

Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award
(Awarded each year at the Comic-Con International San Diego; currently in conjunction with the Eisners)
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Comic-Con Icon Award
(Awarded as part of the Spike TV "Scream Awards")
      2006   Frank Miller

Diamond Comic Distributors Gem Award for Outstanding Service and Product
Awards are for work done in the previous year; voted on by comics retailers       1990
            Best New Comic Book: Spider-Man (Marvel)
      1994
            Best-Selling Comic Book of the Year: Violator #1 (Image)
      1995
            Best Comic under $3 (nominee): Deathmate Prologue
            Best Comic over $3 (nominee): Turok #1
            New Publisher of the Year (nominee): Chaos! Comics
      1997
      1998
            Best Comic Book of the Year: Superman Red/Superman Blue Collector's Edition (DC)
            Intercompany Crossover of the Year: Amalgam (DC and Marvel)
            Reprint Trade Paperback of the Year: Kingdom Come (DC)
            Publisher of the Year: DC Comics
            Retailer of the Year: Chicago Comics, run by Eric Kirsammer
            Best Non-Sports Card Set (nominee): Lady Death IV (Chaos!)
      19??
            [Best Writer?]: Neil Gaiman, Sandman
      2000
            Publisher of the Year, Under 5% Market Share: CrossGeneration Comics
            New Publisher of the Year: CrossGeneration Comics 2001
            Publisher of the Year, Under 5% Market Share: CrossGeneration Comics

Dori Seda Award for Most Promising New Female Cartoonist
(Established by The Wimmen's Comics Collective and Last Gasp Press; awarded at the San Diego Comic-Con)
      1988   Alison Bechdel
      1988   Angela Bocage
      1988   Colleen Doran
      1988   Cynthia Martin
      1988   Carol Tyler *

ECBACC Pioneer Award
(Awarded 2004-present to a creator who contributed significantly to the growth of black comics)
      2004   Samuel Joyner
      2005   Bertram Fitzgerald
      2006   Turtel Onli
      2006   Tony Tallarico
      2007   Larry Fuller

Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing
(Awarded each year at the Comic-Con International San Diego; currently in conjunction with the Eisners)
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Genie Award
      1994   Best Continuing Series: Jeff Smith, Bone

Golden Apple Award
      1985   [Category?]: Longshot, by Ann Nocenti and Art Adams (Marvel)
      1986   Best Limited Series: [Crisis on Infinite Earths?], by Marv Wolfman

Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award
(Awarded each year to both recognize legends in the comics industry and remind people of the Hero Initiative's mission to provide assistance to creators in need. This is a "legacy" award, meaning that each year's winner or winners pick the following year's winner. Currently awarded in conjunction with the Harvey Awards)
      2006   George Pérez (tie)
      2006   John Romita Sr.
      2007   Joe Kubert

Inkpot Award
(Given for lifetime achievement in comics and related areas. Awarded at the Comic-Con International San-Diego; currently in conjunction with the Eisners)
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Overstreet FAN Award
      19??   Supreme, by Alan Moore (Awesome)
      19??   Supreme, by Alan Moore (Awesome)

Russ Manning Award For Most Promising Newcomer
(Currently awarded by the West Coast Comic Club in conjunction with the Eisners)
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Saturn [Alley] Award
      1983   Best Writer: Marv Wolfman, Teen Titans (DC)
      19??   Best Writer: Terry Austin
      19??   Best [Comic?]: Uncle $crooge (Disney/Dell)

Society of Strip Illustrators Award (Became the Comics Creators Guild Award in 1992)
      1982   Best Writer: Alan Moore
      1982   Humorous Cartoonist of the Year: Hunt Emerson
      1983   Best Writer: Alan Moore
      1988   Mekon Award for Best British Work: Violent Cases, by Neil Gaiman (Titan)
      1989   Mekon Award for Best British Work: The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, by Brian Talbot (Valkyrie Press)
      19??   Adventure Artist/Newspaper Strip Artist of the Year: John M. Burns
      19??   Adventure Artist/Newspaper Strip Artist of the Year: John M. Burns
      19??   Adventure Artist/Newspaper Strip Artist of the Year: John M. Burns
      19??   Best Humour Strip: DangerMouse, by Arthur Ranson

Special Achievement Award
(awarded at San Diego Comic-Con/Comic-Con International: San Diego)
      1989   Trina Robbins

Xeric Grants
Grants are awarded by the Xeric Foundation twice a year, since 1992, to assist self-published comic book creators with the costs of publishing.
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