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 2013 – Alejandro Jodorowsky 2014 – Pierre Christin, Jean-Claude Mézières"2014 års Adamsonvinnare". serieakademin, 27 September 2014. Läst 18 October 2015. 2015 – Sussi Bech, Marjane Satrapi"2015 års Adamsonvinnare". serieakademin.se, 17 October 2015. Läst 18 October 2015.NWT Kultur (17 October 2015): "Malin Biller får Adamsonstatyetten". nwt.se. Läst 18 October 2015. 2016 – David MazzucchelliTT (25 June 2016): "Adamsonpriser till Ekman och Larsson". Sydsvenskan. Läst 25 September 2016.

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 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"Svenska Serieakademins Adamsonpriser 2012 – Prismotiveringar". Hegerfors.se. Läst 23 February 2013. 2013 – Sara GranérAndersson, Pidde (27 September 2013): "The International Adamson Award 2013". Facebook.com. Läst 28 September 2013. 2014 – Daniel Ahlgren 2015 – Peter Bergting, Malin Biller 2016 – Knut Larsson, Ellen Ekman 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

Adamson Awards at Comic Book Awards Almanac site

External links Official site (Swedish)