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Japanese comics award
The Gaiman Award (
Japanese : ガイマン賞 ,
Hepburn : Gaiman-shō ) is a Japanese award given since 2011 to comic books created outside Japan and translated to Japanese.
[1] The word "gaiman" is a shortening of gai koku no man ga (foreign
manga ), encompassing styles like
American comics , French
bande dessinée and Korean
manhwa . The award is sponsored by
Kyoto International Manga Museum ,
Kitakyushu Manga Museum and
Meiji University 's Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga and Subculture and was created to raise awareness of non-Japanese comics in Japan.
[2]
Winners
Year
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Kosei Ono Special Prize
2011
[3]
Arrugas by
Paco Roca (Spain)
Civil War by
Mark Millar and
Steve McNiven (United States)
Le Bibendum céleste by
Nicolas de Crécy (France)
(not awarded)
2012
[4]
Les Cités Obscures by
François Schuiten and
Benoît Peeters (Belgium)
Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar, Dave Johnson and Killian Plunkett (United States)
Muchacho by
Emmanuel Lepage (France)
(not awarded)
2013
[5]
A Taste of Chlorine by
Bastien Vivès (France)
I Kill Giants by
Joe Kelly and
Ken Niimura (United States)
Neet Metal by
Daniel Ahlgren (Sweden),
Black Hole by
Charles Burns (USA) and
Superman for All Seasons by
Jeph Loeb and
Tim Sale (United States)
(not awarded)
2014
[6]
Hawkeye:My Life as a Weapon , by
Matt Fraction (United States)
The Kampung Boy , by
Lat (Malaysia)
Beautiful Darkness (Jolies Ténébres) , by
Kerascoët (pen name of
Marie Pommepuy and
Sébastien Cosset ) and
Fabien Vehlmann (France/Belgium)
Little Nemo 1905-1914 , by
Winsor McKay (United States).
2015
[7]
Sayonara September by
Åsa Ekström (Sweden)
The New 52: Shazam , by
Geoff Johns and
Gary Frank (United States)
Transformers: All Hail Megatron , by
Shane McCarthy and
Guido Guidi (United States)
Town Boy , by
Lat (Malaysia)
2016
[8]
Grayson by
Tim Seeley &
Tom King (writers),
Mikel Janin and
Stephen Mooney (art) (United States)
Lastman #1, by Bastien Vivès,
Balak and
Michael Sanlaville (France)
Gotham Academy , by
Becky Cloonan , Brenden Fletcher and
Karl Kerschl (United States)
(not awarded)
2017
[9]
Finnish Nightmares , by Karoliina Korhonen (Finland);
Cable and Deadpool :The Burnt Offering , by
Fabian Nicieza and
Patrick Zircher (Readers' choice)
Here , by
Richard McGuire (United States); Get Jiro , by
Anthony Bourdain ,
Langdon Fosse and
Ale Garza (United States- Readers' choice)
DC Universe: Rebirth , by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank,
Ivan Reis ,
Ethan van Sciver and
Phil Jimenez (United States);
Son of Superman , by
Peter J. Tomasi ,
Patrick Gleason ,
Doug Mahnke and
Jorge Jimenez (Readers' choice).
Le Piano Oriental , by
Zeina Abirached (France)
2018
[10]
Spider-Man/Deadpool : Bromance; Spider-Man/Deadpool: Sidepiece, and Spider-Man/Deadpool: Itsy-Bitsy by
Joe Kelly ,
Ed McGuiness ,
Scott Aukerman ,
Reilly Brown and
Scott Koblish (United States)
The Unbelievable Gwenpool , by
Christopher Hastings ,
Gurihiru ,
Danilo Beyruth and
Irene Strychalski (United States)
Madgermanes , by
Birgit Wehye (Germany)
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic , by
Alison Bechdel (United States)
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