JOE SINNOTT LEGACY INKING CHALLENGE featuring ALEX SAVIUK’S SPIDER-MAN & MJ remainder pages of OA to be discounted & for sale at the INKWELL AWARDS BOOTH @ TERRIFICON!

(FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Bedford, MA/USA-July 24, 2023) On July 20th on Inkwell Awards founder & director Bob Almond’s facebook feed he announced that the spring 2023 educational and fundraising event the Joe Sinnott Legacy Inking Challenge featuring Alex Saviuk had some as of yet unsold pages of inks over blueline pencil original art and that they’d be available for sale […]

Inkwell Awards Announces Joe Sinnott Legacy Inking Challenge with Alex Saviuk

(New Bedford, MA/USA—February 24, 2023) The non-profit Inkwell Awards, devoted to promoting the art of comic book inking, announced in December its second Joe Sinnott Tribute Challenge Spotlight, renamed the Legacy Challenge, featuring Marvel’s Spider-Man and Mary Jane by artist Alex Saviuk. The event was launched in 2021 to commemorate the life and long career of the late, award-winning ink artist Joe […]

Inkwell Awards Announces Second Joe Sinnott Tribute Inking Challenge

(New Bedford, MA/USA—December 5, 2022) The non-profit Inkwell Awards, devoted to promoting the art of comic book inking, has announced its second Joe  Sinnott Tribute Challenge Spotlight, renamed the Legacy Challenge. The event features artist Alex Saviuk‘s exclusive pencil art of Marvel’s Spider-Man & MJ which was scanned and sent to a variety of ink artists to embellish. […]

Inkwell Awards Announces Artists For Joe Sinnott Tribute Inking Challenge

Inkwell Awards Announces Artists For Joe Sinnott Tribute Inking Challenge (New Bedford, MA/USA—July 2, 2021) The non-profit Inkwell Awards, devoted to promoting the art of comic book inking, has released the list of artists participating in its first Joe Sinnott Tribute Challenge Spotlight. The event features artist Ron Frenz’s exclusive pencil art of Marvel’s Thor, […]

INTRODUCING THE JOE SINNOTT TRIBUTE INKING CHALLENGE!

From 2011 until 2018, the 501(c)(3) non-profit Inkwell Awards hosted the Joe Sinnott Inking Challenge, where Inkwell special ambassador Joe rendered two drawings a year to be inked. The purpose was to show fans and the public the importance of the inker’s role, and the art was auctioned as a major fundraiser event. Through scans […]

Joe Sinnott: 1926-2020

On June 25 at 10:50am, grandson and author Dorian Jack Sinnott posted the following statement at the Facebook Joe Sinnott Art Page that he admins: “It with great sorrow that we must announce the passing of Joltin’ Joe Sinnott on June 25th at 8:40am at the age of 93. He went peacefully with the knowledge […]

6th ANNUAL JOE SINNOTT INKING CHALLENGE 2019 SIGNED BY JOE

Produced and Edited by Renee Woodruff/ Concept, Edited & Proofread by Bob Almond/ Assistance by Mike Pascale, 8.5X11 (magazine-sized), 262 b&w interior pages! Introduction by Clifford Meth 10th Anniversary Testimonials Feature on the premiere ceremony host awards show promoter Shelton Drum Michael Netzer (front cover) / Joe Sinnott (back cover) Featuring the ink work of (in order): Andy Smith (1), Aposcar Cruz (1), Belinda Sinnott (1), Bill Sienkiewicz (2), Bob Wiacek (1), Charles Barnett III (1), David F. Fox (1), Dorian Sinnott (1), Ed Eargle (1), Guy Dorian Sr. (1), Ian Chase Nichols (1), Jane Straw (1), Jason Sylvestre (1), Jeff Graham (2), Joe Orsak (1), John Dell (1), John Dixon (1), John Floyd (1), Keith Williams (2), Ken Branch (2), Kent Archer (1), Kevin Conrad (1), Mark McKenna (1), Mark Pennington (2), Mark Sinnott (1), Mike Barreiro (2), Mike Pascale (1), Neil Vokes (1), Noah Barrett (3), Richard Bonk (1), Robert Dean (1), Rusty Gilligan (2), Sam Kressin (1), Steve Lehmann (1), Steven Pannella (1), Thomas Stocker (1), Tim Estiloz (2), Tom Schloendorn (1), Trevor Von Eden (2), Vaughn Noel (1), Will Egli (2) and a special Spider-man art switcheroo with Alex Saviuk inking Joe Sinnott! All Inking Challenge books are signed by Joe Sinnott!

JOE SINNOTT RETIRES FROM HIS INKWELL AWARDS INKING CHALLENGE PROGRAM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (New Bedford, MA/USA—January 13, 2020) The Inkwell Awards, a non-profit advocacy for comic-book inking and ink artists, is retiring its original “Joe Sinnott Inking Challenge” after eight years. Created by founder and director Bob Almond, the Challenge involved Sinnott, the organization’s first special ambassador, drawing or loosely sketching two characters for which […]