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The Joe Shuster Awards (sometimes referred to as the "Shusters" or the "JSAs") are given for achievement in the creation of comic books, graphic novels and webcomics by Canadians. The full name is the Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards. The Joe Shuster Awards were created in 2005 by the Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association, a not-for-profit organization formed in 2004 by James Waley, Kevin A. Boyd, Tyrone Biljan and Dave Darrigo and are named in honour of Joe Shuster (1914-1992), the Canadian-born co-creator of Superman. [edit] OverviewThe Joe Shuster Awards are comic book industry oriented awards (honouring individual Canadians who work on comics and graphic novels for their body of work from the previous year). The Hall of Fame Awards, focus on comic book artists and writers. Another award spotlights Canadian comic book stores / retailers. The awards were initially committee-nominated, public-vote awards, but this was changed in 2008 to a committee-nominated, jury-selected model. From 2005-7 the awards were presented on the same weekend as the Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon in Toronto, Canada. In 2008 the awards were not presented in conjunction with a comic book convention but on the same weekend as Book Expo Canada. In 2009 the awards were presented the day before the Word on the Street Book and Magazine Festival. Although they were founded the same year, the Joe Shuster Awards have no connection with the Doug Wright Awards. In 2009, the three remaining public-vote categories went on hiatus and two new awards were added: 1. The Comics for Kids Award recognizes creators who have produced works which capture the attention and fascination of young readers, and help to create a passion for life-long reading. Works considered for this award are comic books and graphic novels by Canadian creators that are targeted at readers 14 and under. 2. The Gene Day Award for Self-Publishing honours Canadian comic book creators who self-published their work during the previous calendar year. The award includes a bursary of $500. In order to qualify you must be a citizen and current resident of Canada. Anyone who writes and illustrates a comic book of their own creation (includes creative teams) and publishes and sells that comic independently of any other publishing company and does not currently have said works distributed by a third party distributor may submit their publication for review. Format and content is at the discretion of the creators. Must include new content, not reprinted material from other sources (such as webcomics). There are no language restrictions for this award. [edit] CategoriesCategories and winners of Joe Shuster Awards are as follows: [edit] Outstanding Achievement
[edit] Outstanding Artist
[edit] Outstanding Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)
[edit] Outstanding Publisher
[edit] Outstanding Writer
[edit] Outstanding WebComic Creator/Creative Team
[edit] Outstanding Colourist
[edit] Outstanding Cover
[edit] Comics for Kids Award (New in 2009)[edit] Gene Day Award for Canadian Self-Publishing (New in 2009)
[edit] Voters Choice - Outstanding International Creator
[edit] Voters Choice - Favourite Creator (English Language)
[edit] Voters Choice - Favourite Creator (French Language)
[edit] Harry Kremer Retailer Award
[edit] Hall of Fame Inductees
[edit] External links
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