Sponsored by Strange Adventures Comics & Curiosities
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.
Public voting occurs in early 2021
Nominations are now open for 2020 awards until January 2nd
Categories 2020
- Best Comic Book
- Best Graphic Novel
- Best Webcomic
- Favourite Writer
- Favourite Artist
- Favourite Cartoonist
- (Potential for more)
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.
Nomination Committee 2019 (2020 TBD)
- Chair – Brendan Montgomery (Editor in Chief)
- John Swiminer (podcaster, journalist)
- Dan Collins (writer, podcaster)
- Brian Montgomery (long time Canadian comic collector)
- Martin Boruta (reviewer, podcaster)
Winners of last year’s awards are not eligible for the following year, including comics in the same continuing series.
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 |