On November 6, 2016, at their panel at Akron Comicon, Mike Curtis and Joe Staton were each presented with an Akron Comicon Excellence Award. The inscription on the plaques reads: "2016 AKRON COMICON EXCELLENCE AWARD PRESENTED TO MIKE CURTIS AND JOE STATON FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNNING NEWSPAPER STRIPS IN THE HISTORY OF NEWSPAPER COMICS!"Rutherford, Tony. "Former Huntington Cop, Sheriff, Mayor Honored by Creators of Dick Tracy Comic," HuntingtonNews.net (April 10, 2017).
On November 6, 2016, at their panel at Akron Comicon, Mike Curtis and Joe Staton were each presented with an Akron Comicon Excellence Award The inscription on the plaques reads: "2016 AKRON COMICON EXCELLENCE AWARD PRESENTED TO MIKE CURTIS AND JOE STATON FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNNING NEWSPAPER STRIPS IN THE .HISTORY OF NEWSPAPER COMICS!"Rutherford, Tony. "Former Huntington Cop, Sheriff, Mayor Honored by Creators of Dick Tracy Comic," HuntingtonNews.net (April 10, 2017).