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The GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book is an annual award that honors comic books for excellence in the depiction of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) characters and themes. It is one of several categories of the annual GLAAD Media Awards, presented by GLAAD—an American non-governmental media monitoring organization—at ceremonies in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco between March and June.[1]

The award was introduced in 1992 as a non-competitive category at the 3rd GLAAD Media Awards. The first honoree was the second volume of The Flash, an ongoing comic book series published by DC Comics and written by William Messner-Loebs. No award was given from 1993 through 1995, but one comic has been recognized every year since 1996. Outstanding Comic Book became a competitive category in 1997.[2] While the award initially encompassed all types of comics—such as comic books, comic strips, and graphic novels—GLAAD split the category into two starting with the 33rd ceremony in 2022; Outstanding Comic Book and Outstanding Original Graphic Novel/Anthology.[3]

For a comic to be eligible, it must be targeted at a general audience and be sold nationwide in comic retail stores.[4] Furthermore, it must be published by one of the United States' four mainstream comic book publishers—Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Image Comics, or Marvel Comics—or their subsidiaries.[5] A title from another publisher is eligible at GLAAD's discretion if it manages to attain a degree of visibility and impact similar to that of one of the four mainstream publishers.[5]

Comic books selected by GLAAD are evaluated based on four criteria: "Fair, Accurate, and Inclusive Representations" of the LGBT community, "Boldness and Originality" of the project, significant "Impact" on mainstream culture, and "Overall Quality" of the project.[6] GLAAD monitors mainstream media to identify which comic books will be nominated, while also issuing a Call for Entries that encourages media outlets to submit titles for consideration. Comics created by and for an LGBT audience must be submitted in order to be considered for nomination, as GLAAD does not monitor such works for defamation.[6] Winners are determined by a plurality vote by GLAAD staff and board, Shareholders Circle members,Template:Efn as well as volunteers and allies.[6]

Since its inception, the award has been given to 27 comics. Green Lantern, Young Avengers, Strangers in Paradise, and Star Wars: Doctor Aphra are the only comics to have received the award twice, with only Green Lantern achieving consecutive wins; in 2002 and 2003. Judd Winick is the writer with the most wins, having been nominated four times and winning three; two for Green Lantern. Strangers in Paradise also has the distinction of being the most-nominated comic, having been nominated 7 times. With nine nominations and one win, James Tynion IV has been nominated more often than any other writer. With four nominations, The Authority is the comic that has been nominated the most often without a win; with six nominations, Brian K. Vaughan is the most-nominated writer without a win.

Since the mid-2000s the award has received some criticism for its emphasis on mainstream comics—including its exclusion of non-mainstream comics, webcomics, and manga—as well as failing to recognize comic book artists alongside writers in nominations, though artists were eventually honored alonsdige writers as of the 34th GLAAD Media Awards. At the 35th GLAAD Media Awards in 2024, the award was given to the ongoing series Star Wars: Doctor Aphra; published by Marvel Comics, and written by Alyssa Wong.

Winners and nominees

Table key
Template:Double dagger Indicates the winner

1990s

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Award year Comic Writer(s) Publisher Ref(s).
1992
(3rd) 		Template:Sort Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname DC Comics [7]

[8]
1996
(7th) 		Maggie Sawyer, Metropolis S.C.U. Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname DC Comics [8]
1997
(8th) 		Death: The Time of Your Life Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname Vertigo (DC Comics) [2]
[8]
Love and Rockets Hernandez brothers Fantagraphics Books
Prime Template:Sortname and Len Strazewski Marvel Comics
Template:Sort Template:Sortname DC Comics
1998
(9th) 		For Better or For Worse Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname Andrews McMeel Publishing [9]
[10]
[8]
Template:Sort Template:Sortname and Brian Augustyn DC Comics
Template:Sort Template:Sortname
Superboy and the Ravers Template:Sortname
1999
(10th) 		Supergirl Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname DC Comics [11]
[8]
Template:Sort Template:Sortname Vertigo (DC Comics)
Starman Template:Sortname DC Comics
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Young Heroes in Love Template:Sortname and Dev Madan DC Comics

2000s

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Template:Sronly
Award year Comic Writer(s) Publisher Ref(s).
2000
(11th) 		Strangers in Paradise Template:Double dagger Template:Sort Abstract Studios [12]
[13]
[14]
Template:Sort Template:Sortname WildStorm (DC Comics)
Template:Sort Template:Sortname Vertigo (DC Comics)
Supergirl Template:Sortname DC Comics
Top 10 Template:Sortname America's Best Comics / WildStorm (DC Comics)
2001
(12th) 		Pedro and Me Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname Henry Holt and Company [15]
Template:Sort Template:Sortname and Mark Millar WildStorm (DC Comics)
Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority Template:Sortname
Promethea Template:Sortname America's Best Comics / WildStorm (DC Comics)
Top 10
2002
(13th) 		Green Lantern Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname DC Comics [16]
[17]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Various Dark Horse Comics
Strangers in Paradise Template:Sort Abstract Studios
Top 10 Template:Sortname America's Best Comics / WildStorm (DC Comics)
User Template:Sortname Vertigo (DC Comics)
2003
(14th) 		Green Lantern Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname DC Comics [18]
[19]
[20]
Template:Sort Template:Sortname WildStorm (DC Comics)
Murder Mysteries Template:Sortname Dark Horse Comics
Strangers in Paradise Template:Sort Abstract Studios
X-Statix Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
2004
(15th) 		Catwoman Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname DC Comics [21]
[22]
[23]
Template:Sort Template:Sortname WildStorm (DC Comics)
Gotham Central Template:Sortname and Ed Brubaker DC Comics
How Loathsome Template:Sortname and Tristan Crane Comics Lit / NBM Publishing
Strangers in Paradise Template:Sort Abstract Studios
2005
(16th) 		Luba Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname Fantagraphics Books [24]
[25]
Ex Machina Template:Sortname WildStorm (DC Comics)
Hard Time Template:Sortname and Mary Skrenes DC Comics
My Faith in Frankie Template:Sort Vertigo (DC Comics)
Strangers in Paradise Template:Sort Abstract Studios
2006
(17th) 		Young Avengers Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname Marvel Comics [26]
[27]
Gotham Central Template:Sortname and Ed Brubaker DC Comics
Strangers in Paradise Template:Sort Abstract Studios
Top 10: The Forty-Niners Template:Sortname America's Best Comics / WildStorm (DC Comics)
Y: The Last Man Template:Sortname Vertigo (DC Comics)
2007
(18th) 		Fun Home Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname Houghton Mifflin [28]
[29]
52 Template:Sortname, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid DC Comics
American Virgin Template:Sortname Vertigo (DC Comics)
Manhunter Template:Sortname DC Comics
Y: The Last Man Template:Sortname Vertigo (DC Comics)
2008
(19th) 		Strangers in Paradise Template:Double dagger Template:Sort Abstract Studios [30]
[31]
American Virgin Template:Sortname Vertigo (DC Comics)
Template:Sort Template:Sortname Dynamite Entertainment
Midnighter Template:Sortname, Brian K. Vaughan, Christos Gage, Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti and Keith Giffen WildStorm (DC Comics)
Template:Sort Template:Sortname, Greg Rucka, and Tony Bedard DC Comics
2009
(20th) 		Buffy the Vampire Slayer Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname, Jeph Loeb and Joss Whedon Dark Horse Comics [32]
[33]
Template:Sort Template:Sortname Vertigo (DC Comics)
Final Crisis: Revelations Template:Sortname DC Comics
Secret Six Template:Sortname
Young Avengers Presents Template:Sortname, Brian Reed, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Paul Cornell, Kevin Grevioux and Matt Fraction Marvel Comics

2010s

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Award year Comic Writer(s) Publisher Ref(s).
2010
(21st) 		Detective Comics Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname DC Comics [34]
[35]
[36]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Template:Sortname, Steven S. DeKnight, Drew Z. Greenberg, Jim Krueger, Doug Petrie, Joss Whedon Dark Horse Comics
Madame Xanadu Template:Sortname Vertigo (DC Comics)
Secret Six Template:Sortname DC Comics
X-Factor Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
2011
(22nd) 		X-Factor Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname Marvel Comics [37]
[38]
[39]
Avengers: The Children's Crusade Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Template:Sortname, Brad Meltzer, Joss Whedon Dark Horse Comics
Fogtown Template:Sortname Vertigo (DC Comics)
Veronica Template:Sortname Archie Comics
2012
(23rd) 		Batwoman Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname and W. Haden Blackman DC Comics [40]
[41]
Avengers: The Children's Crusade Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Secret Six Template:Sortname DC Comics
Veronica Present: Kevin Keller Template:Sortname Archie Comics
X-Factor Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
2013
(24th) 		Kevin Keller Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname Archie Comics [42]
[43]
Astonishing X-Men Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Batwoman Template:Sortname and W. Haden Blackman DC Comics
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Template:Sortname, Scott Allie, Jane Espenson, Drew Z. Greenberg Dark Horse Comics
Earth 2 Template:Sort DC Comics
2014
(25th) 		Young Avengers Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname Marvel Comics [44]
[45]
Batwoman Template:Sortname and W. Haden Blackman DC Comics
Fearless Defenders Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Husbands: The Comic Template:Sortname and Brad Bell Dark Horse Comics
Life with Archie Template:Sortname Archie Comics
2015
(26th) 		Rat Queens Template:Double dagger Template:Sort Image Comics [46]
[47]
Hawkeye Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Lumberjanes Template:Sortname and Grace Ellis Boom! Studios
Memetic Template:Sortname
Saga Template:Sortname and Fiona Staples Image Comics
2016
(27th) 		Lumberjanes Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname and Grace Ellis Boom! Studios [48]
[49]
Angela: Queen of Hel Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Harley Quinn Template:Sortname and Jimmy Palmiotti DC Comics
Midnighter Template:Sortname
Template:Sort Template:Sortname Image Comics
2017
(28th) 		Template:Sort Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname Boom! Studios [50]
[51]
All-New X-Men Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Black Panther Template:Sortname
DC Comics Bombshells Template:Sortname DC Comics
Kim & Kim Template:Sort Black Mask Studios
Love Is Love Template:Sortname IDW Publishing
Lumberjanes Template:Sortname and Grace Ellis Boom! Studios
Midnighter / Midnighter and Apollo Template:Sortname DC Comics
Patsy Walker, A.K.A Hellcat! Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Saga Template:Sortname and Fiona Staples Image Comics
2018
(29th) 		Black Panther: World of Wakanda Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Yona Harvey, Rembert Browne Marvel Comics [52]
[53]
America Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Template:Sort Template:Sortname Boom! Studios
Batwoman Template:Sortname and James Tynion IV DC Comics
Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love Template:Sortname
Goldie Vance Template:Sortname Boom! Studios
Iceman Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Lumberjanes Template:Sortname and Grace Ellis Boom! Studios
Quantum Teens Are Go Template:Sort Black Mask Studios
Template:Sort Template:Sortname Boom! Studios
2019
(30th) 		Exit, Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname DC Comics [54]
[55]
Batwoman Template:Sortname and K. Perkins DC Comics
Bingo Love Template:Sortname Image Comics
Fence Template:Sortname Boom! Studios
Iceman Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass Template:Sortname Boom! Studios
Oh S#!t It’s Kim & Kim Template:Sortname Black Mask Comics
Runaways Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Template:Sortname and Simon Spurrier
Strangers in Paradise XXV Template:Sortname Abstract Studios

2020s

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Award year Comic Writer(s) Publisher Ref(s).
2020
(31st) 		Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname Marvel Comics [56]
[57]
Template:Sort Template:Sortname Boom! Studios
Bloom Template:Sortname First Second
Crowded Template:Sortname Image Comics
Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass Template:Sortname DC Comics
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me First Second
Liebestrasse Template:Sortname ComiXology Originals
Lumberjanes Template:Sortname and Template:Sortname Boom! Studios
Runaways Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Template:Sort Template:Sortname Image Comics
2021
(32nd) 		Empyre / Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling / Empyre: Aftermath Avengers Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname, Dan Slott, Chip Zdarsky, Anthony Oliveira Marvel Comics [58]
[59]
Far Sector Template:Sortname DC Comics
Guardians of the Galaxy Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Juliet Takes a Breath Template:Sortname Boom! Studios
Lois Lane Template:Sortname DC Comics
Template:Sort Template:Sortname Penguin Random House
Suicide Squad Template:Sortname DC Comics
Wynd Template:Sortname Boom! Studios
X-Factor Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
You Brought Me the Ocean Template:Sortname DC Comics
2022
(33rd) 		Crush and Lobo Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname DC Comics [60]
[61]
Aquaman: The Becoming Template:Sortname DC Comics
Barbalien: Red Planet Template:Sortname and Template:Sortname Dark Horse Comics
Template:Sort Template:Sortname DC Comics
Guardians of the Galaxy Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Harley Quinn: The Animated Series - The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour Template:Sortname DC Comics
Killer Queens Template:Sortname Dark Horse Comics
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Superman: Son of Kal-El Template:Sortname DC Comics
Wynd Template:Sortname Boom! Studios
2023
(34th) 		Poison Ivy Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname DC Comics [62]
[63]
I Hate This Place Template:Sortname Image Comics
Immortal X-Men Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
New Mutants Template:Sortname, Danny Lore, Charlie Jane Anders
Template:Sort Template:Sortname DC Comics
Sins of the Black Flamingo Template:Sortname Image Comics
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Superman: Son of Kal-El Template:Sortname and Template:Sortname DC Comics
Tim Drake: Robin Template:Sortname
Wynd: The Throne in the Sky Template:Sortname Boom! Studios
2024
(35th) 		Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Template:Double dagger Template:Sortname Marvel Comics [64]
[65]
Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent Template:Sortname DC Comics
Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Hawkgirl Template:Sortname DC Comics
Killer Queens 2 Template:Sortname Dark Horse Comics
Template:Sort Template:Sortname BOOM! Studios
New Mutants Lethal Legion Template:Sortname Marvel Comics
Template:Sort Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn Dark Horse Comics
Poison Ivy Template:Sortname DC Comics
Tim Drake: Robin Template:Sortname DC Comics

Multiple wins and nominations

Titles

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The following titles received two or more Outstanding Comic Book awards:

Wins Title Nominations
2 Strangers in Paradise 7
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra 5
Young Avengers 2
Green Lantern

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The following titles received four or more Outstanding Comic Book nominations:

Nominations Title
7 Strangers in Paradise
5 Batwoman
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Lumberjanes
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra
4 X-Factor
The Authority

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Writers

Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break

The following writers received two or more Outstanding Comic Book awards:

Wins Title Nominations
3 Judd Winick 4
2 Terry Moore 8
Peter David 5

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The following writers received four or more Outstanding Comic Book nominations:

Nominations Title
9 James Tynion IV
8 Terry Moore
7 Greg Rucka
6 Brian K. Vaughan
5 Peter David
Kieron Gillen
Alan Moore
4 Marguerite Bennett
Ed Brubaker
Grace Ellis
ND Stevenson
Tom Taylor
Judd Winick

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Publishers

Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break

The following publishers received two or more Outstanding Comic Book awards:

Wins Title Nominations
12 DC ComicsTemplate:Efn 78
7 Marvel Comics 37
2 Boom! Studios 18
Abstract Studios 8

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The following publishers received four or more Outstanding Comic Book nominations:

Nominations Title
78 DC ComicsTemplate:Efn
37 Marvel Comics
18 Boom! Studios
11 Dark Horse Comics
9 Image Comics
8 Abstract Studios
4 Archie Comics

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Criticism

Rich Thigpen, a member of the advisory board of Prism Comics, has described a debate existing regarding GLAAD's award for Outstanding Comic Book and whether the comics the organization nominates "were deserving because of their LGBT content or because of the press coverage they generated".[66] Thigpen stated that, given GLAAD's "very mission statement", it is expected that most Outstanding Comic Book nominees will be mainstream works that have "made the biggest media impact", and that he personally sees nothing wrong with this.[66]

Andrew Wheeler of ComicsAlliance has also criticed the focus on mainstream comics, as it results in the award having a "somewhat narrow focus".[67] He points out how, despite Alison Bechdel's Fun Home winning the Outstanding Comic Book award in 2007, Are You My Mother? wasn't even nominated during the 2013 ceremony. Wheeler also criticized the exclusion of webcomics, arguing that the most "progressive and inclusive LGBT content in comics today" is to be found in digital comics.[67] The omission of manga has also been criticized,[68] with Yuricon founder Erica Friedman stating that she has often written to GLAAD about including manga in this category.[69]

The category has also been criticized for recognizing only the writers of individual comics, but not the artists. Wheeler has described this as "frustrating" and argued that it "undermines the award's credibility".[67] Writing for Paste, Steve Foxe described GLAAD's unacknowledgement of artists as "painful".[70] GLAAD's failure to recognize artists was criticized in 2019 by both comics journalist Oliver Sava[71] and frequent Marvel Comics artist Mark Brooks.[72] By 2022, GLAAD continued to not recognize comic book artists in nominations, which Rich Johnston of Bleeding Cool lamented.[73]

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