The Ally Sloper Awards was an annual[1] awards ceremony recognising veteran British comic creators, initiated by the comics historian Denis Gifford in 1976. From 1978, they were awarded under the auspices of the Association of Comic Enthusiasts, also founded by Gifford.
The awards were named after Ally Sloper, the nineteenth-century British comic character championed by Gifford as the world's first comic character. Gifford also launched and edited an Ally Sloper 'comic magazine' in 1976 (published by Alan Class Comics). The award itself was a figurine of Ally Sloper, based on brass doorstops that were produced as merchandising in the nineteenth century.[1]
Prize-giving of the first Ally Sloper Awards for comics creators took place at Gifford's Comics 101 comics convention, held March 19–21, 1976, at the Mount Royal Hotel, London, with TV comedian Bob Monkhouse presenting.[2]
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, joke awards, known as the Sloper Award of Merit, had been issued while Ally Sloper was at the peak of his popularity, to topical figures such as Scott of the Antarctic,[3] and others who made the news for unusual achievement.[4]
Gold Award: Terry Wakefield and his father George (Billy) Wakefield – for strips in Tiny Tots, Bubbles, Tip Top, Butterfly and Joker, amongst other titles.
1980
Lifetime achievement: Hugh McNeill (was to receive the award but died the day before the announcement was made)[7]
^ abGifford, Denis (1996). Peter Hunt (ed.). International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. London: Routledge. p. 241. ISBN1134879946.
^ abHooper, Terry (7 November 2011). "Creator interviews: Steve Dowling Creator Of Garth". Comic Bits Online. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
^The Sloper Award of Merit. London & Leicester: Adams Bros & Shardlow Ltd. 1909.
^"Woman's World". Timaru Herald. 16 December 1899. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
^"Comic creator: Hugh Stanley White". Lambiek. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
^Holland, Steve (2006). "A History of the Classic Children's Magazine" (PDF). Look and Learn: 88. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^Holland, Steve. "Hugh McNeill". Bear Alley. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
^"Comic creator: Ernest Shaw". Lambiek. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
^Gifford, Denis (31 May 1993). "Obituary: Fred Robinson". The Independent. from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
January 07, 2023
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