Inkpot Award

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Inkpot Award
Awarded forProfessionals in the fields of comic books, comic strips, animation, science fiction, and related areas of pop-culture
LocationSan Diego, California
CountryUnited States
Presented byComic-Con International
Hosted bySan Diego Comic-Con International
First awarded1974

The Inkpot Award is an honor bestowed annually since 1974 by Comic-Con International. It is given to professionals in the fields of comic books, comic strips, animation, science fiction, and related areas of popular culture, at CCI's annual convention, the San Diego Comic-Con. Also eligible are members of Comic-Con's Board of Directors and convention committee.

The recipients, listed below, are known primarily as comics creators, including writers; artists; letterers; colorists; editors; or publishers; unless otherwise noted.

Kevin Feige receiving the Inkpot Award at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con.[1]

Awards by year[]

Source: 1974-2007,[2] 1974-2011,[3] 1974-2013[4]

1974[]

  • Forrest J. Ackerman (magazine editor)
  • Ray Bradbury (prose writer)
  • Kirk Alyn (actor)
  • Milton Caniff
  • Frank Capra (filmmaker)
  • Bob Clampett (animator)
  • June Foray (voice actress)
  • Eric Hoffman (film historian)
  • Chuck Jones (animator)
  • Jack Kirby
  • Stan Lee
  • Bill Lund / William R. Lund (actor/writer/founding member of San Diego Comic-Con)
  • Russ Manning
  • Russell Myers (creator of 'Broom Hilda' comic strip)
  • Charles Schulz
  • Phil Seuling (Comic Art Convention founder)
  • Roy Thomas
  • Bjo Trimble (science-fiction fandom figure)

1975[]

  • Barry Alfonso (writer/founding member of San Diego Comic-Con)
  • Brad Anderson
  • Robert Bloch (prose writer)
  • Vaughn Bodé (cartoonist)
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs (prose writer)
  • Daws Butler (voice actor)
  • Richard Butner (Comic-Con Chair-person; no relation to prose writer)
  • Shel Dorf ('Founding Father' of San Diego Comic-Con)
  • Will Eisner
  • Mark Evanier
  • Gil Kane
  • Alan Light
  • Dick Moores
  • George Pal (filmmaker)
  • Rod Serling (screenwriter)
  • Joe Shuster
  • Jerry Siegel
  • Barry Windsor-Smith
  • Jim Starlin
  • Jim Steranko
  • Theodore Sturgeon (prose writer)
  • Larry "Seymour" Vincent (TV horror-movie host)

1976[]

  • Neal Adams
  • Sergio Aragonés
  • Mel Blanc (voice actor)
  • Frank Brunner
  • Rick Griffin
  • Johnny Hart
  • George Clayton Johnson (screenwriter)
  • Vicky Kelso (long-time Secretary of San Diego Comic-Con)
  • Mel Lazarus
  • Sheldon Mayer
  • Dale Messick
  • Alex Niño
  • Don Rico
  • Don Thompson
  • Maggie Thompson

1977[]

  • Alfredo Alcala
  • Carl Barks
  • C. C. Beck
  • Howard Chaykin
  • Lester Dent (prose writer)
  • Jackie Estrada
  • Hal Foster
  • Walter "The Shadow" Gibson (prose writer)
  • Jim Harmon (writer/old radio & movie serial historian)
  • Robert A. Heinlein (prose writer)
  • Gene Henderson (San Diego Comic-Con's Historian & Director-at-Large)
  • Michael Kaluta
  • Joe Kubert
  • Harvey Kurtzman
  • George Lucas (filmmaker)
  • Stan Lynde
  • Byron Preiss
  • Trina Robbins
  • Stanley Ralph Ross
  • Bill Scott
  • David Scroggy
  • Jay Ward (TV producer)
  • Len Wein

1978[]

  • John Buscema
  • Al Capp
  • Gene Colan
  • Gill Fox
  • Tom French
  • Steve Gerber
  • Chester Gould
  • Burne Hogarth
  • Bob Kane
  • Ken Krueger (founding member of San Diego Comic-Con)
  • Gray Morrow
  • Clarence Nash
  • Grim Natwick
  • Bill Rotsler
  • Mike Royer
  • Gilbert Shelton
  • Dave Sheridan
  • Bill Stout
  • Frank Thorne
  • Boris Vallejo
  • Mort Weisinger
  • Elmer Woggon

1979[]

1980[]

1981[]

1982[]

  • Bob Bindig
  • Brian Bolland
  • Russ Cochran
  • David Cockrum
  • Max Allan Collins
  • Chase Craig
  • Archie Goodwin
  • Mike Grell
  • Jack Katz
  • Howard Kazanjian
  • Hank Ketcham
  • Walter Koenig (actor)
  • Lee Marrs
  • Frank Marshall
  • , artist/founding member of San Diego Comic-Con
  • Steven Spielberg (filmmaker)
  • Leonard Starr
  • Robert Williams

1983[]

1984[]

1985[]

  • Brent Anderson
  • Ben Bova (book/magazine editor)
  • David Brin
  • Jack Cummings
  • Jack Davis
  • Alan Moore
  • Dan O'Bannon (filmmaker)
  • Tom Orzechowski
  • John Rogers
  • Alex Schomburg
  • Walt Simonson

1986[]

  • Poul Anderson (prose writer)
  • Marion Zimmer Bradley (prose writer)
  • Dave Gibbons
  • Jean "Moebius" Giraud
  • Gilbert Hernandez
  • Jaime Hernandez
  • Denis Kitchen
  • Steve Leialoha
  • Marty Nodell
  • Harvey Pekar
  • Dave Stevens

1987[]

1988[]

  • Frank Alison, Comic-Con Director-at-Large
  • Robert Asprin (prose writer)
  • Mike Baron
  • Lynda Barry
  • John Bolton
  • Jules Feiffer
  • Raymond Feist (prose writer)
  • Matt Groening
  • Gary Groth
  • George R. R. Martin (prose writer)
  • (Comic Con Executive Vice President)
  • Steve Rude
  • Marie Severin
  • Matt Wagner

1989[]

  • Richard Alf (founding member of San Diego Comic-Con)
  • R. Crumb
  • Howard Cruse
  • Kevin Eastman
  • Lee Falk
  • Ron Goulart (prose writer)
  • Walt Kelly
  • Peter Laird
  • Syd Mead (industrial designer)
  • Andre Norton (prose writer)
  • Jerry Robinson
  • Diana Schutz
  • Ron Turner
  • Gahan Wilson

1990[]

1991[]

1992[]

  • , Comic-Con treasurer
  • Francis Ford Coppola (filmmaker)
  • Alan Grant
  • Bill Griffith
  • Ray Harryhausen (filmmaker)
  • Marc Hempel
  • Jim Lee
  • Milo Manara
  • Scott McCloud
  • Todd McFarlane
  • Rowena Morrill (book/magazine illustrator)
  • Diane Noomin
  • Louise Simonson
  • Dick Sprang
  • Vernor Vinge (prose writer)
  • Mark Wheatley

1993[]

  • Jim Aparo
  • Gary Carter (comics historian)
  • Phil Foglio
  • Robert Goodwin
  • Ferd Johnson
  • Don Martin
  • Dave McKean
  • Paul Norris
  • Paul Power
  • P. Craig Russell
  • Mark Schultz
  • Vincent Sullivan
  • Michael Whelan (artist)
  • Roger Zelazny (prose writer)

1994[]

  • Mike Carlin
  • Paul Chadwick
  • Al Feldstein
  • Stan Goldberg
  • Roberta Gregory
  • Jerry Ordway
  • Bud Plant
  • Mike Richardson
  • John Romita, Jr.
  • Lucius Shepard (prose writer)
  • Mickey Spillane (prose writer)
  • J. Michael Straczynski
  • Rumiko Takahashi

1995[]

  • Roger Corman (filmmaker)
  • Greg Hildebrandt (Brothers Hildebrandt)
  • Tim Hildebrandt (Brothers Hildebrandt)
  • Ryoichi Ikegami
  • Irv Novick
  • Joe Sinnott

1996[]

1997[]

  • Dick Ayers
  • Steve Bissette
  • Terry Brooks (prose writer)
  • Bob Haney
  • Russ Heath
  • Carol Lay
  • Michael Moorcock (prose writer)
  • George Tuska

1998[]

1999[]

2000[]

2001[]

2002[]

2003[]

2004[]

  • Jack Adler
  • Tom Gill
  • Harry Harrison (prose writer)
  • Bruce Jones
  • Batton Lash
  • Mike Mignola
  • Bill Plympton (animator)
  • Frank Springer
  • John Totleben
  • Mark Hamill

2005[]

2006[]

  • Peter S. Beagle (Outstanding Achievement in Science Fiction and Fantasy)
  • Art Clokey (animator)
  • Basil Gogos
  • Everett Raymond Kinstler (former comics artist; presidential portrait painter)
  • Kazuo Koike
  • Bill Pittman, Comic-Con VP Operations
  • Yoshihiro Tatsumi

2007[]

2008[]

Official list

  • Kyle Baker
  • Ralph Bakshi (animator)
  • Mike W. Barr
  • Ed Brubaker
  • Kim Deitch
  • Victor Gorelick
  • Al Jaffee
  • Todd Klein (letterer)
  • Tite Kubo
  • Noel Neill (actress)
  • Floyd Norman
  • Al Plastino
  • Jeff Watts
  • Bill Willingham
  • Connie Willis
  • Jim Woodring

2009[]

Official list

  • Mike Allred
  • Nick Cuti
  • Dwayne McDuffie
  • Stan Freberg
  • Terry Gilliam
  • John Kricfalusi
  • John Lasseter
  • Dwayne McDuffie
  • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Patrick Oliphant
  • Chris Oliveros
  • Seth
  • Mike Towry

2010[]

  • Peter Bagge
  • Brian Michael Bendis
  • Berkeley Breathed
  • Kurt Busiek
  • Dave Dorman
  • Moto Hagio
  • Charlaine Harris
  • Stuart Immonen
  • Phil Jimenez
  • Jenette Kahn
  • Keith Knight
  • Milo Manara
  • Larry Marder
  • Tom Palmer
  • Drew Struzan
  • James Sturm
  • Carol Tyler
  • Al Wiesner

2011[]

2012[]

2013[]

2014[]

2015[]

2016[]

  • Jason Aaron
  • Derf Backderf
  • Michael Barrier (actor)
  • Luc Besson (film director)
  • Peter David
  • Jim Davis
  • Ben Dunn
  • Matt Fraction
  • William Gibson (novelist)
  • Kieron Gillen
  • Mike Judge (animator)
  • Hidenori Kusaka
  • Ed McGuinness
  • Jamie McKelvie
  • Tsutomu Nihei
  • Christopher Priest
  • Phil Roman (animator)
  • Alex Sinclair
  • Satoshi Yamamoto

2017[]

  • Andrew Aydin
  • Jon Bogdanove
  • Alan Burnett
  • Joyce Chin
  • Kevin Feige
  • Robin Hobb
  • John Lewis
  • Jeph Loeb
  • Jonathan Maberry
  • Glenn McCoy
  • Keith Pollard
  • Nate Powell
  • Brian Selznick
  • R. Sikoryak
  • Alex Simmons
  • Gail Simone
  • R. L. Stine
  • Ron Wilson

2018[]

2019[]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Ditko was presented the award in absentia, accepted on his behalf by Renegade Press publisher Deni Loubert, who had published Ditko's World the previous year. Ditko refused the award and returned it to Loubert saying, "Awards bleed the artist and make us compete against each other. They are the most horrible things in the world. How dare you accept this on my behalf".[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Inkpot Award". Comic-Con International: San Diego. December 6, 2012.
  2. ^ Hahn, Joel, ed. "Inkpot Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on November 30, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2010.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Congratulations to the recipients of the 2011 Inkpot Awards". San Diego Comic-Con International. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  4. ^ "Inkpot Awards". San Diego Comic-Con International. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  5. ^ Bell, Blake. Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko (Fantagraphics Books, Seattle, Washington, 2008), pp. 165–166. ISBN 978-1-56097-921-0
  6. ^ "Comic-Con :: The Inkpot Awards". 14 September 2012. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012.
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