Don Thompson Awards

Don Thompson Award
Awarded forAchievement in comic books, comic strips, and animation
LocationMotor City Comic Con
Detroit, Michigan
CountryUnited States
Presented byCompuServe
First awarded1992
Last awarded1998

The Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum's Don Thompson Awards (also known as the Thompsons) were given for achievement in comic books, comic strips, and animation. Initiated in 1992, they were originally known as the Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards for the CompuServe forum that created and gave out the award. In 1994, after the death of long-time comics enthusiast and publisher Don Thompson, the awards were renamed in Thompson's honor. The final awards were presented in 1998.

Nominees were selected by Compuserve Comics Forum members, with write-in votes allowed; voting was open to Compuserve Comics Forum members. The awards were administered and presented annually at the Detroit-based multigenre convention Motor City Comic Con.

Categories

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Awards are for work done during the listed year.

Best Achievement by a Writer

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Best Achievement by a Penciller

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Best Achievement by an Inker

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Favorite Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

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Best Achievement by a Painter

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Best Achievement by a Letterer

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Best Achievement by a Colorist

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Best Achievement by an Editor

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Best Achievement by a Cover Artist

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Best Achievement by a New Talent

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Talent Most Deserving of Wider Recognition

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Best Achievement by a Writer & Artist

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Favorite Writer & Artist or Cartoonist (Drama)

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Best Achievement by a Cartoonist

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Favorite Individual Comic-Strip Creator or Creative Team

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Favorite Individual Comic-Book Creator or Single Creative Team

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Best Achievement by a Political Cartoonist

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Best Long-Form Animation

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Favorite Animated Film

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Best Short-Form/TV Animation

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Favorite Animated TV Series

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Best Cover

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Favorite Cover

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Best Continuing Series

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Favorite Ongoing Comic Book Series

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Best Limited Series

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Favorite Limited Comic-Book Series

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Best New Series

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Favorite New Series

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Most Improved Series

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Favorite Short Story (less than one standard issue in length)

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  • 1998: Desire, Batman 80-Page Giant #1

Best Single Issue

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Favorite Single-Issue Story (about one standard issue in length)

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Best Story Arc

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Favorite Serialized Story (continued from issue to issue or otherwise longer than one standard issue in length)

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Favorite Comic-Book Work for All Ages

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Best Graphic Novel

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Favorite New Graphic Novel or Graphic Album

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Best Non-Fiction Work

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Best Reprint Series or Collection

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Favorite Reprint Graphic Novel or Graphic Album (Current Work)

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Favorite Reprint Graphic Novel or Graphic Album (Historical Work)

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Best Publication Design

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Favorite Publication Design

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Best Marketing Idea

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Best American Publication of Foreign Material

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Favorite American Presentation of Foreign Material

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  • 1998 Gon Color Spectacular (only nominee; award dropped for final ballot)

Best Publication About Comics

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Favorite Publication about Comic Strips, Comic Books, or Animation

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Best Anthology

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Best Newspaper Strip

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See also

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References

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