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The Ally Sloper Awards were a series of annual now defunct awards designed to recognise veteran British comic creators initiated by the comics historian Denis Gifford in 1976. From 1978 they were awarded under the auspices of the Association of Comic Enthusiasts also founded by Gifford.The awards were named after Ally Sloper the nineteenth century British comic character championed by Gifford as the world’s first comic character.