the prize for best album' (prix du meilleur album), also known as the golden wildcat (fauve d'or), is awarded to comics authors at the angoulÃªme 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. ==1970s== * 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 salÃ©e by hugo pratt, casterman * 1976: french comical work:  gai-luron: en Ã©crase mÃ©chamment by gotlib, vaillant * 1976: french realistic work:  le vagabond des limbes: l'empire des soleils noirs by julio ribera (artist) and christian godard (author), dargaud * 1977: foreign comical work:  andy capp: si c'est pa pire, Ã§a ira! by reginald smythe, sage * 1977: foreign realistic work:  les indiens: les maÃ®tres du tonnerre by hans g. kresse, casterman * 1977: french comical work:  le baron noir part 1 by y. got (artist) and renÃ© pÃ©tillon (author), got * 1977: french realistic work:  lÃ©gende et rÃ©alitÃ© de casque d'or by annie goetzinger, glÃ©nat * 1978: foreign comical work:  boule et bill by roba, dupuis * 1978: foreign realistic work:  alack sinner part 1 by josÃ© antonio muÃ±oz (artist) and carlos sampayo (author), ed. du square * 1978: french comical work:  le gÃ©nie des alpages: barre-toi de mon herbe by f'murr, dargaud * 1978: french realistic work:  alix: le spectre de carthage by jacques martin, casterman * (1979: no award in this category) ==1980s== * (1980: no award in this category) * 1981:  by , audie * 1981 (joint winner):  silence by comÃ¨s, casterman * 1982: [[jonathan (comics)|j
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