Kirby Award

The Kirby Awards were a short-lived set of awards for excellence in the field of comics . Their full name was called the Jack Kirby Awards , after the pioneering comic artist and comic author Jack Kirby .

The Kirby Awards were sponsored by Amazing Heroes magazine and organized by Dave Olbrich. Experts selected the winners from the nominees. The awards were first given in 1985. In 1987 there was a dispute between Olbrich and Fantagraphics (the company that published Amazing Heroes ), as both claimed ownership of the Kirby Awards. Finally a compromise was reached: From 1988 the Kirby Awards were discontinued and instead two new awards were introduced; Olbrich started giving the Eisner Awards and Fantagraphics has now given the Harvey Awards .

The respective categories and winners of the Kirby Awards were:

Best Single Issue (Best single issue)

1985 Swamp Thing Annual # 2 , by Alan Moore , Steve Bissette, and John Totleben ( DC )
1986 Daredevil # 227 , by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli ( Marvel )
1987 The Dark Knight Returns # 1 , by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley (DC)

Best Continuing Series (best continuing series)

1985 Swamp Thing , by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and John Totleben (DC)
1986 Swamp Thing , by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and John Totleben (DC)
1987 Swamp Thing , by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and John Totleben (DC)

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

1985 Cerebus , by Dave Sim (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
1986 Love and Rockets , by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
1987 Cerebus , by Dave Sim (Aardvark-Vanaheim)

Best Finite Series (best completed series)

1985 Crisis on Infinite Earths , by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez (DC)
1986 Crisis on Infinite Earths , by Marv Wolfman and George Perez (DC)
1987 The Watchmen , by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (DC)

Best New Series (best new series)

1985 Zot! , by Scott McCloud (Eclipse)
1986 Miracleman , by Alan Moore and various other artists (Eclipse)
1987 The Watchmen , by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (DC)

Best Graphic Album (Best Album)

1985 Beowulf (First)
1986 The Rocketeer , by Dave Stevens (Eclipse)
1987 The Dark Knight Returns , by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson (DC)

Best Artist (best illustrator)

1985 Dave Stevens, for The Rocketeer ( Comico )
1986 Steve Rude , for Nexus (First)
1987 Bill Sienkiewicz , for Elektra : Assassin (Marvel)

Best Writer (best author)

1985 Alan Moore, for Swamp Thing (DC)
1986 Alan Moore, for Swamp Thing (DC)
1987 Alan Moore, for Watchmen (DC)

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

1986 Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli, for Daredevil (Marvel)
1987 Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, for Watchmen (DC)

Best Art Team (best illustrator team)

1985 Steve Bissette and John Totleben, for Swamp Thing (DC)
1986 George Perez and Jerry Ordway , for Crisis On Infinite Earths (DC)
1987 Frank Miller, Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley, for The Dark Knight Returns (DC)

Best Cover (best cover picture)

1985 Swamp Thing # 34 , by Steve Bissette and John Totleben (DC)

Best Comics Publication (Best comic publication)

1985 Comics Buyer's Guide (Krause)

Hall of Fame (Hall of Fame)