Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing explained

Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing
Awarded For:Excellence in comic book writing
Country:United States
Year:2005
Sponsor:DC Comics, Heritage Auctions, Maggie Thompson
Host:San Diego Comic-Con
Website:https://www.comic-con.org/awards/bill-finger-award-node

The Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing is an American award for excellence in comic book writing.[1] The awards committee, chaired by Mark Evanier, is charged each year with selecting two recipients, one living and one deceased. In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic there were six deceased honorees and no living ones (and makeup plans for two living recipients in 2021).[2] 2021 saw the same formula as the previous year, with six deceased recipients.[3]

The award, along with the Eisner Awards, is presented in July of each year at the annual San Diego Comic-Con. It was established by Bill Finger's colleague and fellow writer Jerry Robinson.

Evanier in 2003 said the premise of the award was "to recognize writers for a body of work that has not received its rightful reward and/or recognition. That was what Jerry Robinson intended as his way of remembering his friend, Bill Finger. Bill is still kind of the industry poster boy for writers not receiving proper reward or recognition."[4]

Recipients

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Writing Achievement Award to Honor Bill Finger . . 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050509051331/http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_finger.shtml . May 9, 2005 . dead.
  2. "In a year where Comic-Con cannot take place, it seemed wrong to honor, as we usually do, one posthumous writer and one who is still with us," [Chairman Mark] Evanier explained. "The one who is still with us would be denied the full honors of being brought to the convention and presented with the award onstage. Therefore, after much discussion, we decided to instead present no 'alive' award this year, and, assuming there is a convention in 2021, we will present two of those awards then. For 2020, we have selected six writers from the dozens who have been nominated to receive the posthumous award. Each of these six during their time in the industry produced a body of work that the judges deem worthy of more recognition and/or reward than it has received." Six Posthumous Recipients to Receive 2020 Bill Finger Award
  3. "Since we are not yet in a position to honor a writer who is still with us in a proper ceremony, we're going to a long list of comic book writers from the past who we feel did not receive sufficient recognition or reward for their contributions to the field. As with last year, we have selected six posthumous awards and no 'alive' award," [Chairman Mark] Evanier explained. "Each of these six writers left us with a body of work that the judges deem worthy of this honor." Six Posthumous Recipients to Receive 2021 Bill Finger Award
  4. Web site: Bill Finger Award Recipients Announced. May 17, 2013 . San Diego Comic-Con International. March 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090754/http://www.comic-con.org/toucan/bill-finger-award-recipients-announced. live.
  5. Web site: Siegel, Drake to Receive First Bill Finger Award . June 20, 2008 . San Diego Comic-Con International. https://web.archive.org/web/20080705205156/http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_finger_1.shtml . July 5, 2008 . dead .
  6. Web site: Schwartz, Kurtzman To Receive Second Bill Finger Award . 2008-06-20 . San Diego Comic-Con International . https://web.archive.org/web/20080725011940/http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_finger_2006.shtml . 2008-07-25 . dead .
  7. Web site: Mark Evanier. Evanier. Mark. This Year's Bill Finger Award. NewsFromMe.com . June 5, 2007. June 20, 2008. September 29, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929095917/http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2007_06_05.html.
  8. Web site: Archie Goodwin, Larry Lieber to Receive Bill Finger Award. July 27, 2008 . San Diego Comic-Con International. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913201118/http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_finger.shtml. September 13, 2008 . dead.
  9. Web site: John Broome, Frank Jacobs to Receive 2009 Bill Finger Award . San Diego Comic-Con International. 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091229193335/http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_finger.shtml . 29 December 2009 . dead.
  10. Web site: Otto Binder, Gary Friedrich to Receive 2010 Bill Finger Award. 2010. San Diego Comic-Con International. July 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100726100035/http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_finger.shtml. dead.
  11. Web site: Bob Haney, Del Connell to Receive 2011 Bill Finger Award. https://web.archive.org/web/20111211102702/https://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_finger.php. December 11, 2011. dead.
  12. Web site: Frank Doyle, Steve Skeates to Receive Bill Finger Award at 2012 Eisner Awards. www.cbr.com. 13 June 2012 . 2019-07-01.
  13. Web site: Robert Kanigher, Bill Mantlo, Jack Mendelsohn to Receive 2014 Bill Finger Award . 2014 . San Diego Comic-Con International . https://web.archive.org/web/20140329180343/http://comic-con.org/awards/bill-finger-award-node . March 29, 2014 . .
  14. Web site: Don McGregor, John Stanley Are the 2015 Bill Finger Award Recipients. 2016. San Diego Comic-Con International . April 5, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160405233610/https://www.comic-con.org/awards/bill-finger-award-node . .
  15. Web site: Elliot S! Maggin, Richard E. Hughes to Receive 2016 Bill Finger Award. 2016. San Diego Comic-Con International . May 19, 2017. February 15, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170215124822/https://www.comic-con.org/awards/bill-finger-award-node . .
  16. Web site: Bill Messner-Loebs and Jack Kirby to Receive 2017 Bill Finger Award . San Diego Comic-Con International . 2017 . 19 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171119131746/https://www.comic-con.org/awards/bill-finger-award-node . .
  17. Web site: Joye Murchison Kelly, Dorothy Roubicek Woolfolk to Receive 2018 Bill Finger Award . San Diego Comic-Con International . 2018 . 5 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190205235228/https://www.comic-con.org/awards/bill-finger-award-node . .
  18. Web site: Mike Friedrich, E. Nelson Bridwell to Receive 2019 Bill Finger Award. 2019. San Diego Comic-Con International . 3 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190703151939/https://www.comic-con.org/awards/bill-finger-award-node . .
  19. Web site: Bob Bolling, Don Rico to Receive 2022 Bill Finger Award . San Diego Comic-Con International . 22 July 2022.
  20. Web site: Staff . Beat . 2023-07-22 . SDCC '23: The 2023 Eisner Awards Winners . 2023-07-22 . The Beat . en-US.
  21. Web site: Samantha . 2024-07-27 . SDCC '24: Announcing the 2024 Eisner Award winners . 2024-07-27 . The Beat . en-US.

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