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The Sequential Magazine Awards are a hybrid juried and fan voted awards with the goal of promoting and celebrating the best independent comic books made by Canadians. These awards are intended to honour Canadian comic creators therefore all nominees for personal awards must be current residents of Canada (regardless of legal status). For books, they must be published and available in Canada with either the writer or artist being Canadian. Either self publishing or small publishers are permitted.
The public can nominate any eligible comics or creators they wish. Once the nomination period is over, the selection committee comprised of Sequential Magazine contributors and possibly invited guests will narrow the submissions and their own choices to a final nominee list of 5 to 8 per category. Then public vote decides the winners among them. This approach allows for the public to have their final choice as a fan voted award while also having a list to choose from rather than only write-ins.
Winners of last year’s awards are not eligible for the following year, including comics in the same continuing series.
2022 Nominees Announced in February
2021 Award Winners (full nominees)
| Award | Winner | Runner Up | 3rd Place |
| Best Comic Book | Resilient #1 George Michail (writer) Vinz El Tabanas (artist) Ed Dukeshire (letterer) Benny Powell (editor) | Sidequest #3 Grant Stoye: Writer Alaire Racicot: Artist Martina Bonanni: Colorist Toben Racicot: Letterer Brenda Snell: Cover Design Stephanie Cooke: Editor | Dark Fragments written by John Ward Art by Francine Delgado, Juan Romera, Tyler Carpenter, Juha Veltti, Lawrence Denvir, & Ariel Viola. |
| Best Graphic Novel | Death Kanji Jordan Patrick Finn – writer Greg Woronchak – artist A.H.G., Taimia, Yousr Ghanem, Chris Smith – Colour Lyndon Radchenka – letterer Ariela Kristantina – cover artist DC Hopkins – logo & cover design | Dr. Freckle Meets The Neighbors Created by: Caroline Riley (author and illustrator) | Infinite Universe Pencils, Inks, & Colours by Steven Kaul Script, Letters, & Graphic Design by Lyndon Radchenka |
| Best Webcomic | The Reaper and the Waiting by January Sun | Phantomarine by Claire Niebergall | Bicycle Boy by Jackarais |
| Favourite Writer | Allison Danger | Stephanie Cooke | Adam Ma |
| Favourite Artist | Vinz El Tabanas | Megan Huang | Jackarais |
| Favourite Cartoonist | Claire Niebergall | Shawn Daley | Elaine M Will |
| Favourite Colourist | Audra Balion | ||
| Favourite Letterer | Toben Racicot |
2020 Award Winners (full nominees)
| Award | Winner | Runner Up | 3rd Place |
| Best Comic Book | Commander Rao by Fell Hound and LetterSquids | Space Cowboy and the Triumphanteers #2 by Jeff Knott & Derek Jessome, Rick Laffin, Dave Howlett, Bruce Brett, Mr. J | Oktana & Ko #3 by Yuriy Levytskyy & George Todorovski, Oliver Castaneda, Angel RD, Ken Reynolds, Robert Iveniuk |
| Best Graphic Novel | Ice Massacre: The Graphic Novel by Tiana Warner, April Pierce, Rachel “Tuna” Petrovicz | Halls of the Turnip King by Brenda Hickey | What Will Not Last by Lyndon Radchenka, Christopher Smith, Zach Schuster, GMB Chomichuk, Steven Kaul |
| Best Webcomic | Frightmare City by AC Turner, Fabio Alves, Ulises Carpintero, Ivan David, Sika Murti, Luis Morocho Salaza, Toni Doya, Marcos Lima, Moke Moai | Soul to Call by Katherine (Rommie) Lang | Folklore by Adam Ma and Colin Tan Wei |
| Favourite Writer | Tiana Warner | AC Turner | Kristen Kiomall-Evans |
| Favourite Artist | Sandy Carruthers | Jenn Lee | Jade McGilvray |
| Favourite Cartoonist | Brenda Hickey | Fell Hound | Troy Little |
| Favourite Colourist | Sharon Gauthier | ||
| Favourite Letterer | Lyndon Radchenka |
2019 Award Winners
| Award | Winner | Runner Up | 3rd Place |
| Best Comic Book | Auric of the Great White North – Issue 5 by Davis Dewsbury, Andrew Thomas & Sharon Gauthier | The Pitiful Human Lizard – Some Heart Left by Jason Loo | Prehistoria: Age of Dinosaurs – Issue 1 by Chris Simmonds and Brayden Martens |
| Best Graphic Novel | Aurora BoreAlice by Joan Steacy | Shout Out by TO Comix Press | Crown & Anchor Book One: Legends No More by Alaire Racicot and Toben Racicot |
| Best Webcomic | Boumeries by Boum | Eth’s Skin by Sfe Monster | Verse by Sam Beck |
| Favourite Writer | Davis Dewsbury (Auric of the Great White North) | Luke Henderson (Our War) | Chris Sanagan (Group of 7) |
| Favourite Artist | Elaine M. Will (Dust Ship Glory) | Andrew Clark (Adam) | Nelson Caetano (The Gathering Place) |
| Favourite Cartoonist | Boum / Samantha Leriche-Gionet (A Small Revolution) | Gary Boyarski (Jack Grimm: Harbinger of Death) | Jeff Martin (Hockeypocalypse) |
| Favourite Podcast | True North Country Comics | The Audio Adventures of Auroraman | Hey Kids Comics Radio Show |
2018 Award Winners (CanComics Wiki Awards)
2018 Results announced in Sequential Magazine Issue 1
| Winner | Runner-Up | 3rd (if enough nominees) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Comic Book | Jack Grimm: Harbinger of Death Issue 5 | Norlan: Sorceress Of Light | Group of 7 Issue 2 |
| Best Graphic Novel | Wayward Sisters | Happily Ever Aftr | |
| Favourite Writer | Ricky Lima | Davis Dewsbury | |
| Favourite Artist | Andrew Thomas | Daniel Schneider | |
| Favourite Podcast | Radio Free Krypton | Hey Kids Comics! Radio |
2017 Award Winners (CanComics Wiki Awards)
| Winner | Runner-Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Best Comic Book | Auric of the Great White North Issue 3 | Auroraman Issue 1 |
| Best Graphic Novel | The Adventurers: Love You So Very Much | Toronto Comics Anthology Yonge at Heart |
| Favourite Creator | Kelly Tindall | Davis Dewsbury |