The Alley Award was an American series of comic book fan awards, first presented in 1962 for comics published in 1961. Officially organized under the aegis of the Academy of Comic Book Arts and Sciences, under executive secretary Jerry Bails, and later Paul Gambaccini and David Kaler, the award shared close ties with the fanzine Alter Ego magazine, edited by Bails, Roy Thomas and Ronn Foss.
The Alley is the first known comic book fan award.
Famous quotes containing the words alley and/or award:
“Holly: Oh, Brad, I’d do my act in clown alley or the horse stop for you. I’d do anything if it was just for you.
Brad: Pigeon, look. Out under the sky you know how I feel about you. But under the Big Top one performer’s just like another to me.”
—Fredric M. Frank (1911–1977)
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—Robert Graves (1895–1985)