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21-616: The ACBA award, the Shazam Award , was a statuette in the shape of a lightning bolt. In addition to the creative awards, the ACBA also established the Academy of Comic Book Arts Hall of Fame award, inducting Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster as their initial honorees. Founded in 1970, the ACBA's first president was Stan Lee ; its first vice-president was Dick Giordano (presidents initially served one-year terms). The ACBA met monthly at

42-479: A British heritage, such as the Law Society of Upper Canada . Many volunteer organizations, particularly not-for-profit organizations such as charities and theaters , appoint treasurers who are responsible for conservation of the treasury, whether this be through pricing of a product, organizing sponsorship , or arranging fundraising events. The treasurer would also be part of the group which would oversee how

63-694: A country is the department responsible for the country's economy , finance and revenue . The treasurer is generally the head of the treasury, although, in some countries (such as the United Kingdom or the United States) the treasury reports to a Secretary of the Treasury or Chancellor of the Exchequer . In Australia , the Treasurer is a senior minister and usually the second or third most important member of

84-494: A fictional scriptwriter, Stewart Cadwall (based on real-life writer Steve Gerber ) who has a Shazam Award on his table. When Cadwall becomes a superhuman, his Shazam Award turns into a weapon. Cadwall and his Shazam Award re-appeared in Iron Man #197 (1985). Also nominated: Nick Cuti ; Steve Gerber; Joe Gill Additional credits where not given in cited source: Shazam Award Too Many Requests If you report this error to

105-864: A position of Lord High Treasurer was used on several occasions as the third great officer of the Crown . Now the title First Lord of the Treasury is the official title of the British Prime Minister . In corporations, the Treasurer is the head of the corporate treasury department. They are typically responsible for: liquidity risk management; cash management ; issuing debt , and capital structure more generally (including share issuance and repurchase ); managing intercompany transactions denominated in foreign currencies, interest rate risk hedging , and currency analytics ; securitizations ; oversight of pension investment management . They also typically advise

126-471: A union, so I walked away from it." During 1970-1974, the ACBA Newsletter, varying in page count from 4-12 pages, was published by ACBA themselves on a roughly bi-monthly basis, subscriptions available to any interested party. The last known [from this writer] issue was #29, 1974. Once the ACBA — riding a wave begun by the mid-'70s independent startup Atlas/Seaboard Comics , which instituted royalties and

147-1089: The Manhattan headquarters of the Society of Illustrators . The Academy's Shazam Award was a successor to the 1960s Alley Award ; the ACBA held its first annual awards banquet at the Statler Hilton Hotel 's Terrace Ballroom on May 12, 1971. Aside from its Shazam Awards, the ACBA also published an annual fundraiser sketchbook. Contributing to the 36-page ACBA Sketchbook 1973 were Neal Adams , Sergio Aragones , Frank Brunner , Howard Chaykin , Dave Cockrum , Reed Crandall , Frank Frazetta , Michael Kaluta , Gil Kane , Gray Morrow , John Romita Sr. , Mike Royer , Syd Shores , Jim Starlin , Jim Steranko , Herb Trimpe , and Wally Wood . The 48-page ACBA Sketchbook 1975 included Adams, Aragones, Chaykin, Kaluta, Kane, Romita Sr., Steranko, Wood, and John Byrne , Russ Heath , Jeff Jones , Harvey Kurtzman , Walt Simonson , Michael Whelan , and Berni Wrightson . Wood also contributed to

168-467: The government after the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister . Each Australian state and self-governing territory also has its own treasurer . From 1867 to 1993, Ontario's Minister of Finance was called the Treasurer of Ontario. Originally the word referred to the person in charge of the treasure of a noble ; however, it has now moved into wider use. In England during the 17th century,

189-502: The recording industry . Historian Jon B. Cooke writes: While the ACBA was established [as] . . . a self-congratulatory organization focused on banquets and awards . . . it quickly served as a soapbox for the Angry Young Men in the industry, primarily Neal Adams, Archie Goodwin , and their ilk of educated, informed and gutsy artists and writers, self-confident and filled with a strong sense of self-worth, attitudes sadly absent from

210-573: The self-censorship board the Comics Code Authority . Grant summed up the ABCA's legacy this way: [The ACBA] had the support of what passed for comics fandom at the time. But that was also its weakness; its members drew their incomes from the same companies ACBA would have had to war on to be effective, and alternative markets were functionally non-existent. Fandom's "support" was also a double-edged sword, since many in fandom, as now, identified with

231-436: The '70s and early '80s in potentially fatal decline, and inspired by publicized early '80s creator-rights struggles by Jack Kirby and Steve Gerber , adopted many "independent publisher" notions about royalties, artist ownership of original artwork, etc. to woo talent away from Marvel. The Shazam Awards were a series of awards given between 1970 and 1975 for outstanding achievement in the comic book field. Awards were given in

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252-502: The 1976 and 1977 sketchbooks. Under its later president, artist Neal Adams , the ACBA became an advocacy organization for creators' rights. The comic-book industry at that time typically did not return artists' physical artwork after shooting the requisite film for printing, and in some cases destroyed the artwork to prevent unauthorized reprints. The industry also did not then offer royalties or residuals , common in such creative fields as book publishing , film and television , and

273-407: The ACBA and accumulated interest was donated from the ACBA's Bill Everett Fund — created in 1975 to help comics professionals in financial need — to The Hero Initiative (formerly known as A Commitment to Our Roots , or ACTOR), a federally chartered, not-for-profit corporation likewise dedicated. The ACBA was the first in a string of largely unsuccessful comics-industry organizations that includes

294-631: The Comic Book Creators Guild (1978–1979), the Comic Book Professionals Association (CBPA, 1992–1994), and Comic Artists, Retailers and Publishers (CARP, 1998). The long-running exception had been the publishers' group the Comics Magazine Association of America (CMAA), founded in 1954 and lasting through 2011, as a response to public pressure and a Senate subcommittee on juvenile delinquency, and which created

315-474: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.151 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 394279341 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:49:48 GMT Treasurer A treasurer is a person responsible for the financial operations of a government, business, or other organization. The treasury of

336-513: The corporation on matters relating to corporate finance . They could also have oversight of other areas, such as the purchase of insurance . In the Inns of Court , the professional associations for barristers in England and Wales , the bencher or master of the bench who heads the inn for that year holds the title 'master treasurer'. This title is similarly used by other legal associations sharing

357-420: The field for decades. ... ( Jeff Rovin recalled, 'I can't tell you how many times Martin [Goodman] would listen to some of the things Neal Adams was saying and mutter, "Who the hell does he think he is?"'). Adams wanted to focus on creator rights and pay rates, essentially making the ACBA a labor union. In a 1998 interview, Lee said, "ACBA became divided into two camps, it seemed. I wasn't interested in starting

378-459: The money is spent, either directly dictating expenditure or authorizing it as required. It is their responsibility to ensure that the organization has enough money to carry out their stated aims and objectives, and that they do not overspend, or under spend. They also report to the board meetings or the general membership the financial status of the organization to ensure checks and balances. Accurate records and supporting documentation must be kept to

399-451: The professionals' goals but wanted the rewards for themselves as the ones who created the comics, providing the companies with potential talent pools should existing professionals get too uppity. (Both Marvel and especially DC had already turned to foreign artists as a cost-cutting tool.) Significant changes for talent had to wait until new competition forced Marvel and DC to keep up, and Marvel didn't bother until DC, which had spent most of

420-431: The return of artwork in order to attract creators — helped see those immediate goals achieved, it then gradually disbanded. As writer Steven Grant notes, by 1977 the ACBA had "... disintegrated into what became Adams' "First Friday" professional get-togethers at his studio or apartment." Irene Vartanoff was the final ACBA treasurer . In early 2005, approximately $ 3,000 in sketchbook sales plus general contributions to

441-570: The year following publication of the material (at a dinner ceremony modeled on the National Cartoonist Society 's Reuben Award dinners). The Shazam Awards were based on nominations and were the first comics awards voted upon by industry professionals. The name of the award is that of the magic word used by the original Captain Marvel , a popular superhero of the 1940s and early 1950s. Marvel's comic-book Secret Wars II #1 (1985) features

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