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Jack Kirby Award Winners Summary


Best Single Issue
      1985 Swamp Thing Annual #2, by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and John Totleben (DC)
      1986 Daredevil #227, by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli (Marvel)
      1987 Dark Knight #1, by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley (DC)

Best Continuing Series
      1985 Swamp Thing, by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and John Totleben (DC)
      1986 Swamp Thing, by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and John Totleben (DC)
      1987 Swamp Thing, by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and John Totleben (DC)

Best Black-and-White Series
      1985 Cerebus, by Dave Sim and Gerhard (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
Best Black-and-White Comics
      1986 Love and Rockets, by Jaime Hernandez and Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
Best Black-and-White
      1987 Cerebus, by Dave Sim and Gerhard (Aardvark-Vanaheim)

Best Finite Series
      1985 Crisis On Infinite Earths, by Marv Wolfman and George Perez (DC)
      1986 Crisis On Infinite Earths, by Marv Wolfman and George Perez (DC)
Best Finite Series (completed in 1986)
      1987 Dark Knight, by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson (DC)

Best New Series
      1985 Zot!, by Scott McCloud (Eclipse)
      1986 Miracleman, by Alan Moore and various artists (Eclipse)
      1987 Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (DC)

Best Graphic Album
      1985 Beowolf, by [??] (First)
      1986 Rocketeer Graphic Album, by Dave Stevens (Eclipse)
      1987 Dark Knight, by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson (DC)

Best Writer
      1985 Alan Moore, for Swamp Thing (DC)
      1986 Alan Moore, for Swamp Thing (DC)
      1987 Alan Moore, for Watchmen (DC)

Best Writer/Artist (single or team)
      1986 Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli, for Daredevil (Marvel)
      1987 Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, for Watchmen (DC)

Best Artist
      1985 Dave Stevens, for Rocketeer (Comico)
      1986 Steve Rude, for Nexus (First)
      1987 Bill Sienkiewicz, for Elektra: Assassin (Marvel)

Best Art Team
      1985 Steve Bissette and John Totleben, for Swamp Thing (DC)
      1986 George Perez and Jerry Ordway, for Crisis On Infinite Earths (DC)
      1987 Frank Miller, Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley, for Dark Knight (DC)

Best Cover
      1985 Swamp Thing #34, by Steve Bissette and John Totleben (DC)

Best Comics Publication
      1985 Comics Buyer's Guide, edited by [Don?] Thompson (Krause)

Hall of Fame
      1987 Carl Barks
      1987 Will Eisner
      1987 Jack Kirby