Bill Finger Award
The Bill Finger Award For Excellence In Comic Book Writing is an American award for comic book writers who were not sufficiently honored for their work in the medium. The awards committee, currently chaired by Mark Evanier, is charged each year with selecting two recipients, one living and one deceased. The award, along with the Eisner Awards, is presented in July of each year at the annual San Diego Comic-Con. It was established by Bill Finger's colleague and fellow writer Jerry Robinson.
[edit] Recipients
- 2005
- Jerry Siegel (deceased), Arnold Drake [1]
Siegel is best remembered as the co-creator of Superman; Drake is primarily known for creating The Doom Patrol and Deadman.
- 2006
- Harvey Kurtzman (deceased), Alvin Schwartz [2]
Kurtzman made his greatest impact as the writer-editor and sometimes artist for EC's satirical MAD Comics, and its war comics Frontline Combat and Two-Fisted Tales; later, Kurtzman produced Playboy's "Little Annie Fanny". Schwartz wrote numerous 1940s/50s comics, and introduced the Bizarros to the Superman saga.
- 2007
- Gardner Fox (deceased), George Gladir[3]
Fox was one of the most prolific Golden Age comic creators, writing the first-ever stories featuring The Flash, Hawkman, and Sandman; later, he was responsible for launching the Justice League of America, and devised the concept of Earth-Two. Gladir is primarily known for his work on the Archie Comics line, including creating Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
- 2008
- Archie Goodwin (deceased), Larry Lieber [4]
Goodwin was the Editor-in-Chief of the Warren line, including Eerie and Creepy, as well as Marvel's Epic Comics imprint. Lieber wrote the first stories featuring Thor and Iron Man before becoming an editor at Atlas/Seaboard Comics.
- 2009
- John Broome (deceased), Frank Jacobs
Broome was a writer for DC Comics for a quarter-century, during which time he created most of the Flash's best-known villains, Elongated Man and the Guardians of the Universe. Jacobs is MAD Magazine's longest-running writer, with well over 500 separate articles to his credit; he is perhaps best known as the magazine's foremost poet and song parodist.
- 2010
- Otto Binder (deceased), Gary Friedrich[5]
Binder wrote more than half of Fawcett's various Captain Marvel comic book stories over the 12 years of that line's existence; while working for DC, he introduced numerous characters and storyline elements to the Superman series, including the Legion of Super-Heroes, Krypto the dog, Supergirl, and the Phantom Zone. Friedrich co-created Ghost Rider, and wrote for a series of other Marvel titles, notably Sgt. Fury.
- 2011
- Bob Haney (deceased) and Del Connell
[edit] References
- ^ "Siegel, Drake to Receive First Bill Finger Award". Comic-Con International. http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_finger_1.shtml. Retrieved 2008-06-20.[dead link]
- ^ "Schwartz, Kurtzman To Receive Second Bill Finger Award". Comic-Con International. http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_finger_2006.shtml. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ^ Evanier, Mark. "This Year's Bill Finger Award", POV Online (column of June 5, 2007. Access date 2008-06-20
- ^ "The Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing". Comic-Con International. http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_finger.shtml. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
- ^ "2010 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Winners", Comic-Con.org
