Overview
The Joe Shuster Awards are comic book industry oriented awards that recognize the achievements of Canadian citizens and permanent residents. Founded initially as an English language comics award the criteria has been changed and refined since 2006 to be inclusive of all works published in Canada (see Language Criteria). The majority of the awards were initially committee-nominated, public-vote awards, with write-in nominations accepted for the International Creator award. This was changed in 2008 to a committee-nominated, jury-selected model, with publishers nominating works within the relevant award category. The model established in 2008 was designed to eliminate voter bias and ballot stuffing. The jury deliberates until they agree on a winner, discussing the merits of each candidate. The 5 "core" creative Joe Shuster Awards consist of Outstanding Cartoonist, Artist, Writer, Cover Artist, and Webcomics Creator/Creative Team.
They are named after Canadian-born cartoonist Joe Shuster (1914–1992), who co-created Superman in 1938. The name is used with the approval of the Estate of Joe Shuster (Michael Catron, Estate Agent). The award, which focuses mainly on mainstream comics, is complemented by the Doug Wright Awards, which focuses on alternative comics, cartooning, and comic strips.
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