Alley Award

Alley Award
Awarded forExcellence in the field of comic books
VenueAcademy Con (1965–1967)
Comic Art Convention (1968–1970)
CountryUnited States of America
Presented byAlter Ego magazine / Academy of Comic Book Arts and Sciences
First awarded1962
Last awarded1970

The Alley Award was an American annual series of comic book fan awards, first presented in 1962 for comics published in 1961. Officially organized under the aegis of the Academy of Comic Book Arts and Sciences,[1] the award shared close ties with the fanzine Alter Ego magazine. The Alley is the first known comic book fan award.[2]

The Alley Awards were tallied for comic books produced during the previous year. The Alley statuette — a likeness of the comic strip character Alley Oop[3] — was initially sculpted by Academy member Ron Foss out of redwood, from which "plaster duplications" were made to be handed out to the various winners.[4]

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  2. ^ Kleefeld, Sean. "A Brief History", Comic Book Fanthropology (Lulu.com, 2009), p. 31.
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