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| Inkwell Award | |
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| Awarded for | Excellence in comic book inking |
| Presented by | The Inkwell Awards Committee |
| Country | United States |
| First awarded | July, 2008 |
| Official website | http://www.inkwellawards.com/ |
The Inkwell Award, sometimes shortened to the Inkwells, is a trophy given in the field of inking in American comic books.[1] The awards were partially named after the Yahoo group whose members include many in the inking community,[1] and after the personal website name of organization founder Bob Almond.[2] The awards concept was created in an "Inkblots" column by Almond in Sketch Magazine #35 in 2007, which saw print in 2008 after the group formation.[3] The mission statement is, "To promote and educate about the craft of comic book inking and to show recognition for ink artists."[4]
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[edit] Membership and history
In January 2008, Bob Almond began an online discussion on the Inkwell Yahoo Group about recognition for comic book inkers.[5] where the topic of an award was broached.[5] Almond invited participants from the group to form a core committee.[5] The founding members were artists Tim Townsend, Jim Tournas, and Bill Nichols, and writer Daniel Best.[6] Artist Adam Hughes and DC Comics editor Mike Marts were recruited to lend support.[7]
For year one, the committee selected several career-retrospective categories.[8] The resulting ballot was open and ran for two months from April through May with the committee selecting nominations for the Hall of Fame award, the "Joe Sinnott", named in honor of that veteran inker.[5] Voting took place online and was open to the public.[9] Following the inaugural results,[10] Townsend departed in July and Nichols in August.[6] The core group choose as successor artist representative Bob Shaw in November and artist-writer Dave Simons in December.[6][11][12][12] An Inkwell Awards forum was created September 16, 2008.[11]
The following year, with the partially revised ballot categories, a separate Nomination Committee was selected to choose nominees whose work had appeared in the previous year.[8][13] The election took place for one month in June 2009.[13][14] Following Simons' death,[15] the core created the Dave Simons Inkwell Memorial Scholarship for students attending the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. Artist Nathan Massengill joined the core after the 2009 awards were announced.[16] In January 2010, artist Ethan Van Sciver joined the core.[17]
Wizard Entertainment announced in February 2010 that it would support the Inkwell Awards through promotion and space at its shows, and by sponsoring the awards' first live presentation, scheduled to take place at The New England Comic Con on October 1–3, 2010.[18] Voting was rescheduled from June to August.[19] In March, the organization introduced its spokesperson character, Ms. Inkwell, conceived by Almond and designed by artist Randy Green with assistance from Massengill.[20] The character debuted publicly at the Pittsburgh Comicon on April 23, 2010.[20]
[edit] Funding
The Inkwell Awards are self-funded and rely entirely on donations.[21] A 2010 donation book produced by Jimmy Tournas debuted at the Boston Comic Con that April.[22]
[edit] Award winners
Favorite Inker
- 2008 (retro) Terry Austin & Joe Sinnott (tie)/ (modern) Danny Miki
- 2009 Wade Von Grawbadger
Favorite Finisher / Embellishe
- 2008 (retro)Tom Palmer/ (modern) Kevin Nowlan
Most-Prolific Inker
- 2008 Danny Miki
Most-Adaptable Inker
- 2008 Danny Miki
- 2009 Tim Townsend
Props Award
- 2008 Danny Miki
- 2009 Matt Ryan
MVP Award
- 2008 Danny Miki
The Call of Duty Award
- 2008 Bob Almond
The "SPAMI" Award (Small Press and Mainstream-Independent)
- 2009 Tim Townsend
The All-in-One Award
- 2009 Mike Mignola
The Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award
- 2008 Joe Sinnott
- 2009 Terry Austin/ Dick Giordano
[edit] Contributors
Volunteer contributors[6][7] include artist Dan Panosian, who designed the Inkwell Awards logo. In January 2010, artist Randy Green was added as visual designer of the Ms. Inkwell charity spokesperson character, personified by model Chrissy Cutler.[20]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b [1] Message From Bob Almond
- ^ [2] Bob Almond's Homepage
- ^ Sketch Magazine #35, Blue Line Pro, 2008, p. 45
- ^ [3] Inkwell Awards Homepage
- ^ a b c d "CBGXtra Forum, The Ticker". CBGXtra.com. http://www.cbgxtra.com/Default.aspx?tabid=42&view=topic&forumid=17&postid=41693. Retrieved 2009-10-22.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d Daniel Best & James Tournas. "The Inkwell Awards". The Inkwell Awards. http://www.inkwellawards.com/about.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ a b "Inkwell Awards Forum". InkwellAwards.com. http://inkwellawards.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hey&action=display&thread=152. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ^ a b Gelbwasser, Mike (2009-05-09). "The Men in Black: Inkwell Awards voting starts soon - Sun Chronicle Online Community". Thesunchronicle.ning.com. http://thesunchronicle.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-men-in-black-inkwell. Retrieved 2009-08-20.[dead link]
- ^ "Newsarama Forum". Newsarama. 2008-05-14. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=157039. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ^ Daniel Best & James Tournas. "The Inkwell Awards". The Inkwell Awards. http://www.inkwellawards.com/results_08.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ a b Daniel Best & James Tournas. "The Inkwell Awards". The Inkwell Awards. http://www.inkwellawards.com/news.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ a b "Inkwell Awards Forum - Welcome aboard, Bob Shaw!!". Inkwellawards.proboards.com. 2008-11-11. http://inkwellawards.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=news&action=display&thread=50. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ a b "Inkwell Awards Forum - The official 2009 Inkwell Awards press release". Inkwellawards.proboards.com. 2009-05-18. http://inkwellawards.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=news&action=display&thread=132. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ Daniel Best & James Tournas (2009-06-30). "The Inkwell Awards". The Inkwell Awards. http://www.inkwellawards.com/results_09.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ "Inkwell Awards Forum - Dave Simons: 1954-2009". Inkwellawards.proboards.com. 2009-06-10. http://inkwellawards.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=news&action=display&thread=138. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ "Inkwell Awards Forum - Nathan Massengill and The Dave Simons Scholarship". Inkwellawards.proboards.com. http://inkwellawards.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=news&thread=149. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ "Inkwell Awards Forum - Ethan Van Sciver named new Inkwells ambassador". Inkwellawards.proboards.com. http://inkwellawards.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=news&action=display&thread=195. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
- ^ "Wizard Entertainment press release on October 2010 New England Comic Con". wizardworld.com. http://www.wizardworld.com/gashwiencean2.html. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
- ^ "Newsarama press release posted: 22 February 2010". newsarama.com. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/inkwell-awards-100222.html. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
- ^ a b c "Inkwell Awards debut Ms. Inkwell". Inkwellawards.proboards.com. http://inkwellawards.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=news&thread=213&page=1. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
- ^ Books, Blaq (2008-02-15). "20th Century Danny Boy: Presenting...THE INKWELL AWARDS". Ohdannyboy.blogspot.com. http://ohdannyboy.blogspot.com/2008/02/presentingthe-inkwell-awards.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ "Inkwell Awards Forum - New 2010 Donation book to debut at Boston Comic Con". Inkwellawards.proboards.com. http://inkwellawards.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=news&thread=217&page=1. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
