Award given annually for excellence in comics
The Prize for Best Album (Prix du meilleur album), also known as the Fauve d'Or ("Golden Wildcat"), is awarded to comics authors at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.
As is the customary practice in Wikipedia for listing awards such as Oscar results, the winner of the award for that year is listed first, the others listed below are the nominees.
At the first two festivals (1974 and 1975), prizes were given only to creators, not books. From 1976 to 1978, the "best work" award was presented in four categories, foreign and French realistic and comical work. In 1981, the award was revived as simply "best album." From 1986 to 2001 it was again divided into two awards, French and foreign comic, but since 2002 it has once again returned to a single "best album" category.
- 1976: Foreign comical work: La tribu terrible (Redeye) by Gordon Bess (artist) and Greg (author), Le Lombard
- 1976: Foreign realistic work: Corto Maltese: La Ballade de la mer salée by Hugo Pratt, Casterman
- 1976: French comical work: Gai-Luron: En écrase méchamment by Gotlib, Vaillant
- 1976: French realistic work: Le vagabond des limbes: L'empire des soleils noirs by Julio Ribera [fr] (artist) and Christian Godard (author), Dargaud
- 1977: Foreign comical work: Andy Capp: Si c'est pas pire, ça ira! by Reginald Smythe, SAGE
- 1977: Foreign realistic work: Les Peaux-Rouges [fr]: Les Maîtres du tonnerre [fr] by Hans G. Kresse, Casterman
- 1977: French comical work: Le Baron noir [fr] part 1 by Yves Got [fr] (artist) and René Pétillon (author), GOT
- 1977: French realistic work: Légende et réalité de Casque d'or [fr] by Annie Goetzinger, Glénat
- 1978: Foreign comical work: Boule et Bill by Roba, Dupuis
- 1978: Foreign realistic work: Alack Sinner [fr] part 1 by José Antonio Muñoz (artist) and Carlos Sampayo (author), Ed. du Square
- 1978: French comical work: Le Génie des alpages: Barre-toi de mon herbe [fr] by F'Murr, Dargaud
- 1978: French realistic work: Alix: Le Spectre de Carthage [fr] by Jacques Martin, Casterman
- (1979: no award in this category)
- (1980: no award in this category)
- 1981: Paracuellos [es; fr] by Carlos Giménez, AUDIE
- 1981 (joint winner): Silence [fr] by Comès, Casterman
- 1982: Jonathan [fr]: Kate by Cosey [de; es; fr], Le Lombard
- 1983: Alack Sinner [fr]: Flic ou privé by José Antonio Muñoz and Carlos Sampayo, Casterman
- 1984: Marcel Labrume [fr]: À la recherche des guerres perdues by Attilio Micheluzzi, Les Humanoïdes Associés
- 1985: Les Cités Obscures: La fièvre d'Urbicande by François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters, Casterman
- 1986: La Femme du magicien [fr] by Jerome Charyn and François Boucq, Casterman
- 1986: Foreign comic: Torpedo: Chaud devant by Jordi Bernet and Enrique Sánchez Abulí, Albin Michel
- 1987: Vic Valence [fr]: Une nuit chez Tennessee by Jean-Pierre Autheman, Dargaud
- 1987: Foreign comic: Un été indien [fr] (Indian Summer) by Hugo Pratt and Milo Manara, Casterman
- 1988: Jonathan Cartland [fr]: les Survivants de l’ombre by Laurence Harlé [fr] and Michel Blanc-Dumont [fr], Dargaud
- 1988: Foreign comic: Maus: Un survivant raconte by Art Spiegelman, Flammarion
- 1989: Théodore Poussin: Marie-Vérité by Frank Le Gall and Yann (comics) [fr], Dupuis
- 1989: Foreign comic: Les Gardiens (Watchmen): Ozymandias by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, Zenda
- 1990: Gazoline et la Planète rouge [fr] by Jano, Albin Michel
- 1990: Foreign comic: V pour Vendetta (V for Vendetta): Visages by David Lloyd and Alan Moore, Zenda
- 1991: Le Chemin de l'Amérique [fr] (Road to America) by Baru [fr], Jean-Marc Thévenet [fr] and Daniel Ledran, Albin Michel
- 1991: Foreign comic: Manuel Montano [fr] by Miguelanxo Prado and Luna, Casterman
- 1992: Couma acò [fr] by Edmond Baudoin, Futuropolis
- 1992: Foreign comic: Calvin & Hobbes: En avant tête de thon! by Bill Watterson, Hors Collection
- 1993: Basil et Victoria [fr]: Jack by Edith and Yann (comics) [fr], Les Humanoïdes Associés
- 1993: Foreign comic: Maus part 2 by Art Spiegelman, Flammarion
- 1994: L'Histoire du corbac aux baskets [fr] by Fred, Dargaud
- 1994: Foreign comic: Trait de craie by Miguelanxo Prado, Casterman
- 1995: Le cahier bleu by André Juillard, Casterman
- 1995: Foreign comic: Jonas Fink: L’enfance by Vittorio Giardino, Casterman
- 1996: L'Autoroute du soleil [fr] by Baru [fr], Casterman
- 1996: Foreign comic: Bone: La forêt sans retour by Jeff Smith, Delcourt
- 1997: Qui a tué l'idiot ? [fr] by Nicolas Dumontheuil [fr], Casterman
- 1997: Foreign comic: Le Silence de Malka [fr] by Ruben Pellejero [fr] and Jorge Zentner, Casterman
- 1998: Léon la came [fr]: Laid, pauvre et malade by Nicolas de Crécy and Sylvain Chomet, Casterman
- 1998: Foreign comic: Fax de Sarajevo (Fax from Sarajevo) by Joe Kubert, Vertige Graphic
- 1999: Monsieur Jean [fr]: Vivons heureux sans en avoir l'air by Dupuy and Berberian, Les Humanoïdes Associés
- 1999: Foreign comic: Cages by Dave McKean, Delcourt
- 2000: Ibicus [fr]: Tome 2 by Pascal Rabaté [fr], Vents d'Ouest
- 2000: Foreign comic: Passage en douce: Carnet d'errance by Helena Klakocar, Fréon
- 2001: Jack Palmer: L'enquête corse by René Pétillon, Albin Michel
- 2001: Foreign comic: Le Canard qui aimait les poules [fr] by Carlos Nine, Albin Michel
- 2002: Isaac le pirate [fr]: Les Amériques by Christophe Blain, Dargaud
- 2003: Jimmy Corrigan (Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth) by Chris Ware, Delcourt
- 2004: Le combat ordinaire: Tome 1 (Ordinary Victories) by Emmanuel Larcenet, Dargaud
- 2005: Poulet aux prunes by Marjane Satrapi, L'Association
- 2006: Notes pour une histoire de guerre [fr] by Gipi, Actes sud
- 2007: NonNonBâ [fr] by Shigeru Mizuki, Cornélius
- 2008: Là où vont nos pères (The Arrival) by Shaun Tan, Dargaud
- 2009: Pinocchio by Winshluss, Les Requins Marteaux