| Goethe Award / Comic Fan Art Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in comic books, as voted on by fans |
| Venue | Comic Art Convention (1972, 1974) |
| Country | United States of America |
| Presented by | Newfangles / The Buyer's Guide to Comics Fandom |
| First awarded | 1971 |
| Last awarded | 1975 |
The Goethe Award, later known as the Comic Fan Art Award, was an American series of comic book fan awards, first presented in 1971 for comics published in 1970. The award originated with the fanzine Newfangles and then shared close ties with The Buyer's Guide to Comics Fandom.
The Goethe Award was named after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Goethe was the person who encouraged Rodolphe Töpffer, "the father of comic strips," to publish his stories.[1]
The Comic Art Convention (CAC) twice hosted the presentation of the awards, at the 1972 and 1974 CACs. The format and balloting of the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards, presented by the Comics Buyer's Guide from 1982 to circa 2010, were in many ways derived from the Goethe Award/Comic Fan Art Award.