Kirby Award

The Kirby Awards were a short-lived amount of awards for special achievements in the field of comics. Her full name were called Jack Kirby Awards, after the pioneering cartoonist and comic writer Jack Kirby.

The Kirby Awards were sponsored by Amazing Heroes magazine and organized by Dave Olbrich. Experts selected from those nominated the winners. For the first time the awards were awarded in 1985. In 1987, an argument arose between Olbrich and Fantagraphics ( the company that issued Amazing Heroes ), since both ownership of the Kirby Awards claimed. Finally, a compromise was reached: From 1988, the Kirby Awards were no longer continued and instead introduced two new awards; Olbrich began with the presentation of the Eisner Awards and Fantagraphics henceforth awarded the Harvey Awards.

The respective categories and award winners of the Kirby Awards were:

Best Single Issue ( best single issue)

Best Continuing Series ( best continuing series )

Best Black & White Series ( best series in black and white )

Best Finite Series ( best completed series )

Best New Series ( Best New Series)

Best Graphic Album (Best Album)

Best Artist (Best Illustrator )

Best Writer (best author)

Best Writer / Artist ( single or team ) (best artist and author ( individual or team ) )

Best Art Team (Best Illustrator team )

Best Cover (Best Cover )

Best Comics Publication ( best comic book publication)

Hall of Fame ( Hall of Fame )

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