The JSA's honour excellence in Canadian comic book writing, art, cartooning, publishing and more.
The only provision for active membership in any of the nominating committees or the administrative committee is that the member not be actively creating or publishing comic books, webcomics or graphic novels that could be eligible for consideration for any of the existing categories during the judging period.
Eligible publishers and creators may participate in the special judging committee for the Harry Kremer comic book retailer award.
Funds for the Joe Shuster Awards are raised from donations, sponsorship and eBay auctions of prints and other specialty items.
The Visions project involves the donation of original art interpretations of a single comic book character by Canadian artists and cartoonists.