Smeets Awards

The Hendrik Smeets Comic Awards, commonly shortened to the Smeets Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in Brunanter comic books and are presented at the annual Koningstad Comics Festival. They are named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Hendrik Smeets, the so-called "father of the Brunanter comics".

Best One-Shot/Graphic Novel

 * Rats vs. Frogs (1992 - Hans Leerdam)
 * Mafia (1995 - Albert Darge)
 * Death Rain (1997 - Willy Kounen)
 * The Medicine (2003 - Hugo Luchtenveld)
 * The Pirates under the Bed (2011 - Sindbad, Hans Leerdam, Karin Hofmans, Mark Davies, Gabb)

Best Series

 * Kandrak the Brave (1992 - Hugo Luchtenvald and Erik Berveling)
 * The Yak (1993 - John Hilliard)
 * The Yak (1994 - John Hilliard)
 * Lise (2001 - Karin Hofmans)
 * An Old Man's New Beginning (2002 - Jeroen de Moor)
 * Island X (2003 - Pat McCloud, Trevor Miller)
 * The King's Champions (2006 - Frits)
 * The King's Champions (2007 - Frits)
 * The Extraordinary Adventures of Captain K (2015 - Sindbad)
 * The Extraordinary Adventures of Captain K (2017 - Sindbad)

Best Writer

 * Hugo Luchtenveld (2003 - The Medicine)

Best Cover
This award was established in 2000.

Best New Talent
This award has been given irregularly from 1993 to 1994, from 1998 to 2004 and from 2010 to this day.
 * Agnes Looijen (1993)
 * Sindbad (1998)
 * Mark Davies (2003)
 * Gabb (2010)

Best Title for Children

 * The Magic Garden (1998 - John Christian, Sindbad)

Best Foreign Title
This award was established in 2000 and is given to the translator or editor of a comic published abroad. Both English and Dutch translations are eligible.
 * De Jacht (2000 - Dutch edition)
 * The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One (2001 - English edition)
 * 300 (2002 - Dutch edition)
 * Blue Pills (2003 - English edition)
 * (2004)
 * (2005)
 * Alias (2006 - English edition)
 * Dekens (2007 - Dutch edition)
 * Bone (2008 - Dutch edition)
 * (2009)
 * (2010)
 * (2011)
 * (2012)
 * (2013)
 * Asterix bij de Picten (2014 - Dutch edition)
 * One-Punch Man (2015 - English edition)
 * (2016)
 * (2017)

Lifetime Achievement

 * Jeroen de Moor (1992)
 * Hugo Luchtenveld (1995)
 * Albert Darge (1996)
 * Hans Leerdam (1997)
 * Alfons (2000)
 * N. Jones (2002)
 * Albert Darge (2004)
 * Pat McCloud (2007)
 * John Hilliard (2009)
 * Karin Hofmans (2012)