Awards and Recognition
Falk won many awards for his dedication to the field of writing for comics and theatre. Here are a selected few of them:
- Yellow Kid Award (1971)
- Roman Lifetime Achievement Award
- Adamson Award for best foreign comics creator (Sweden, 1977)
- Golden Adamson (Sweden, 1986)
- National Cartoonists Society's Silver T-Square Award (1986)
- In May 1994, his birthplace St. Louis honored him with Lee Falk Day.
On the occasion of the premiere of the movie, The Phantom, which starred Billy Zane, Falk was congratulated by letter from President Bill Clinton with his best wishes.
Lee Falk has also been a candidate for a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame many times but has so far not reached enough votes from the committee.
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