Goethe Awards
| 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 award | 1971 |
| Final award | 1975 |
The Goethe Award, later known as the Comic Fan Art Award, was a series of fan awards for comic book creators in the United States from 1971 to 2010. The award originated in the fanzine Newfangles and was also associated with The Buyer's Guide to Comics Fandom.
Its name comes from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who encouraged "the father of comic strips," Rodolphe Töpffer, to publish his stories.
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.