{{Short description|Swedish comic-strip award}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox award | name = Adamson Awards | current_awards = | image = | alt = | caption = | awarded_for = Achievements in comics | presenter = Swedish Academy of Comic Art | country = Sweden | year = 1965 | year2 = | subheader = | sponsor = | venue = Gothenburg Book Fair | reward = | holder = | network = | producer = | director = | most_awards = | most_nominations = | previous = | main = | next = | website = }} '''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.
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 – Johnny 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): **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<ref name=heg12/> *2013 – Alejandro Jodorowsky<ref name=pidde13/> *2014 – Pierre Christin, Jean-Claude Mézières<ref name=akad14>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160910235514/http://serieakademin.se/arkiv/578 "2014 års Adamsonvinnare".] serieakademin, 27 September 2014. Läst 18 October 2015.</ref> *2015 – Sussi Bech, Marjane Satrapi<ref name=akad15>[http://serieakademin.se/arkiv/685 "2015 års Adamsonvinnare".] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331033724/http://serieakademin.se/arkiv/685 |date=31 March 2016 }} serieakademin.se, 17 October 2015. Läst 18 October 2015.</ref><ref name=nwt15>NWT Kultur (17 October 2015): [https://www.nwt.se/varmland/2015/10/17/malin-biller-far-adamsonstatyetten "Malin Biller får Adamsonstatyetten".] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018154314/https://www.nwt.se/varmland/2015/10/17/malin-biller-far-adamsonstatyetten |date=18 October 2015 }} nwt.se. Läst 18 October 2015.</ref> *2016 – David Mazzucchelli<ref name=tt16>TT (25 June 2016): "[http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2016-09-24/adamsonpriser-till-ekman-och-larsson Adamsonpriser till Ekman och Larsson]". ''Sydsvenskan''. Läst 25 September 2016.</ref>
*2017 – Steffen Kverneland, Norway *2018 – Hermann, Belgium *2019 – Derib, Switzerland *2020 – ''Vacant'' *2021 – ''Vacant'' *2022 – François Bourgeon, France. *2023 – Trina Robbins, USA. *2024 – (tie): ** Wendy Pini, USA; ** Richard Pini, USA
==Best Swedish Comic-Strip [or comic book] Cartoonist== *1965 – Rudolf Petersson; ''91:an'' *1966 – Elov Persson; ''Kronblom'' and ''{{illm|Agust and Lotta|sv|Agust och Lotta}}'' *1967 – Rit-Ola (Jan-Erik Garland); ''Biffen and Bananen'' *1968 – Jan Lööf; ''Felix'' *1969 – Rune Andréasson; ''Bamse'' *1970 – Torvald Gahlin; ''Klotjohan'' and ''Fredrik'' *1971 – Torsten Bjarre; ''Flygsoldat 113 Bom'' *1972 – Rolf Gohs; ''Mystiska 2:an'' *1975 – Nils Egerbrandt; ''Olli'' and ''91:an'' *1976 – Gösta Gummesson; ''Åsa-Nisse'' *1981 – Gunnar Persson; ''Kronblom'' *1983 – Ulf Lundkvist; ''Mannen med den långa håriga näsan'' in ''ETC'' *1986 – Joakim Pirinen; ''Socker-Conny'' etc. *1987 – Gunna Grähs; ''Evert and Tyra'' *1988 – Lars Hillersberg; ''50-talet'' *1990 – Leif Zetterling; ''Nils Holgersson flyger igen'' *1991 – Lena Ackebo; strips in the publication ''Galago'' *1992 – Joakim Lindengren; strips in the publications ''Galago'' and ''Pyton'' *1993 – Charlie Christensen; ''Arne Anka'' *1994 – Gunnar Lundkvist; ''Klas Katt'' and ''Olle Ångest'', etc. *1995 – Max Andersson; the volume ''Vakuumneger'', etc. *1996 – Jan Romare; ''Pyton'', ''Himlens Änglar'', ''Ugglan Urban'', etc. *1997 – Jan Berglin *1998 – Mats Källblad *1999 – Patrik Norrman *2000 – Monica Hellström; "Ärligt talat" *2001 – Claes Reimerthi & Hans Lindahl; ''Fantomen'' (The Phantom) *2002 – Lars Mortimer; "Hälge" *2003 – Martin Kellerman; "Rocky" *2004 – Tony Cronstam *2005 – David Nessle *2006 – Johan Wanloo *2007 – Nina Hemmingsson *2008 – Sven-Bertil Bärnarp *2009 – Ola Skogäng *2010 – Anneli Furmark *2011 – Kim W. Andersson, Lina Neidestam *2012 – Jonas Darnell, Liv Strömquist<ref name=heg12>[http://www.hegerfors.se/aktuellt.php "Svenska Serieakademins Adamsonpriser 2012 – Prismotiveringar".] Hegerfors.se. Läst 23 February 2013.</ref> *2013 – Sara Granér<ref name=pidde13>Andersson, Pidde (27 September 2013): [https://www.facebook.com/groups/247122852103534/permalink/251641494985003/#!/photo.php?v=10151670101678947 "The International Adamson Award 2013".] Facebook.com. Läst 28 September 2013.</ref> *2014 – Daniel Ahlgren<ref name=akad14/> *2015 – Peter Bergting, Malin Biller<ref name=akad15/><ref name=nwt15/> *2016 – Knut Larsson, Ellen Ekman<ref name=tt16/> *2017 – Gert Lozell *2018 – Per Demervall *2019 – Krister Petersson *2020 – ''Vacant'' *2021 – ''Vacant'' *2022 – Joanna Rubin Dranger and Gunnar Krantz *2023 – Mats Jonsson *2024 – Lars Sjunnesson
==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) *2018 – Neal Adams, USA; (''Man-Bat'', various graphic novels)
==See also== *Urhunden Prizes (another Swedish comics award)
==References== {{Reflist}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060129005050/http://users.rcn.com/aardy/comics/awards/adamson.shtml Adamson Awards at Comic Book Awards Almanac site]
==External links== *[http://www.hegerfors.se/serieakademin.php Official site (Swedish)]
Category:Comics awards Category:Gothenburg Category:Culture in Gothenburg Category:Swedish awards Category:Awards established in 1965 Category:1965 establishments in Sweden