Sproing Award

The Sproing Award is awarded by Norsk Tegneserieforum (NTF), an organisation to promote interest and understanding for comics in Norway. Since 1987, the award has been presented for the "Best Norwegian Strips", a comic strip or comic book by a Norwegian, and "Best Translated Strips", an international comic strip/comic book translated into Norwegian. Since 2003, there has also been awarded a Sproing for "Best Comics Debut".

At NTF's annual meeting, a jury is selected which reads all publications of the year and choose five nominees for the national and international classes, and three nominees for the debut class. Initially, voting was exclusive to NTF members, but has been opened to the public in the 2000s.

Best Translated Strips

*1987: Carl Barks, for "Donald Duck: I det gamle Persia" (Egmont Serieforlaget)
*1988: Bill Watterson, for "Tommy & Tigern #1" ("Calvin & Hobbes") (Semic)
*1989: Brian Bolland and Alan Moore, for "Det glade vanvidd" (Semic)
*1990: Francois Bourgeon, for "Skumringens venner" ("Les compagnons de crépuscule") (Cappelen)
*1991: Don Rosa, for "Donald Duck: Tilbake til Xanadu" (Egmont Serieforlaget)
*1992: Peter Madsen and others, for "Valhall: Frøyas smykke" (Semic)
*1993: Art Spiegelman, for "Maus" (Cappelen)
*1994: Daniel Clowes, for "Blå Italienske Greier" i Fidus" (No Comprendo Press)
*1995: Gary Larson, for "Madame Qs forbannelse" i Larsons gale verden" (Bladkompaniet)
*1996: Neil Gaiman and others, for "Sandman: Lyden av vingeslag" (Bladkompaniet)
*1997: Carl Barks, for "Marco Polos skatt" i Donald Duck & Co nr. 27" (Egmont)
*1998: Jeff Smith, for "Bone: Flukten fra Boneville" (Bladkompaniet)
*1999: Quino, for "1 side i Larsons gale verden nr. 4" (Bladkompaniet)
*2000:
** Jean Giraud, for "Blueberry: Geronimo" (Egmont Serieforlaget)
** Jeff Smith, for "Bone: Det store kuveddeløpet" (Bladkompaniet)
*2001: Martin Kellerman, for "Rocky-sekvenser i Pondus nr. 1-4" (Bladkompaniet)
*2002: Daniel Clowes, for "Ghost World" (No Comprendo Press)
*2003: Peter Madsen, for "Menneskesønnen" (Det norske bibelselskap)
*2004: Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, for "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, del 2" (Schibsted Forlagene)
*2005: Marjane Satrapi, for "Persepolis" (No Comprendo Press)
*2006: Joann Sfar, for "Rabbinerens Katt" ("Le chat du rabbin") (Egmont Serieforlaget)cite web | last =Serienett | title = Kaltenborn, Ask og Sfar vant Sproing | date = March 3, 2007 | url =http://www.serienett.no/article/455/kaltenborn-ask-og-sfar-vant-sproing no_icon]
*2008: David B., for "Epileptisk" ("l'Ascension du Haut Mal") (No Comprendo Press)cite web | last =Serienett | title = Sproing til Lilleeng, David B. og Wærness| date = March 3, 2008 | url =http://www.serienett.no/article/661/sproing-til-lilleeng-david-b-og-warness no_icon]

Best Norwegian Strips

*1987: Tor Bomann-Larsen, for "Drama i Bayern" (Cappelen)
*1988:
** Arild Midthun and Terje Nordberg, for "Troll: Sølvskatten" (Bladkompaniet),
** Christopher Nielsen, for "En fettsugers bekjennelser" (Semic)
*1989: Christopher Nielsen, for "UR i Rummpfftillfftooo? nr. 3" (self published)
*1990: Bjørn Ousland and Eirik Ildahl, for "Solruns saga: Nattlys" (Bladkompaniet)
*1991: Morten Myklebust and Kåre Holt, for "Kristina av Tunsberg" (Mykle Illustrasjoner)
*1992: Inka-Lill, for "Ridderne av Dor 1: Hjertets knekt" (Bladkompaniet)
*1993: Steffen Kverneland, for "Jonas Fjeld: De knyttede never" (TEGN A/Lbum)
*1994: Siri Dokken and Baard Enoksen, for "Kongens Mann" (Cappelen)
*1995: Jason, for "Lomma full av regn" (TEGN A/Lbum)
*1996: Inka-Lill, for "Ridderne av Dor 4: Lovens Bokstav" (Bladkompaniet)
*1997: Tore Strand Olsen, for "Tore Hund" i Forresten nr. 4" (Jippi Forlag)
*1998: Frode Øverli, for "Pondus: Alt for Norge" (Bladkompaniet)
*1999: Karine Haaland, for "Angsten eter sjelen" i Våre venner menneskene" (Bladkompaniet)
*2000: Jason, for "Mjau Mjau 10: Si meg en ting" (Jippi Forlag)
*2001: Odd Henning Skyllingstad, for "Serie uten tittel i Forresten nr. 11" (Jippi Forlag)
*2002: Ronny Haugeland, for "Downs Duck i bl.a. Forresten" (Jippi Forlag)
*2003: Frode Øverli, for "Pondus julespesial" (Schibsted)
*2004: Lars Fiske and Steffen Kverneland, for "Olaf G" (No Comprendo Press)
*2005: Christopher Nielsen, for "Uflaks" (No Comprendo Press)
*2006: Bendik von Kaltenborn, for "Seks sultne menn" (Dongery)
*2008: Sigbjørn Lilleeng, for "Nebelgrad Blues 3" (Jippi Forlag)

Best Debut

*2003: Siri Pettersen, for "Anti-Klimaks" (bl.a. Schibsted Forlagene)
*2004: Bjørn Sortland and Øyvind Torseter, for "On the road again, again" (No Comprendo Press)
*2005: Astrid Hansen, for "Serier uten tittel" (in "Nemi") (Egmont Serieforlaget)
*2006: Lene Ask, for "Hitler, Jesus og farfar" (Jippi Forlag)
*2008: Gunnar Wærness, for "Bli verden" (Oktober forlag)

ources

* [http://www.tegneserier.no/ntf/sproing.asp?kID=542&side=2401&sprk=1 NTF Sproing Award info] no_icon;Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.tegneserier.no/sproing/ Sproing Award official site] no_icon