07 Jan 2012

The second wave of the latest Joe Sinnott Inking Challenge is now posted on our eBay page.  This final round collects the talents of several more notable and legendary artists for the sake of promoting and educating about the art of inking and for the needs of our operational fundraising.  The contributing artists this time include JOSEF RUBENSTEIN, KEITH CHAMPAGNE, MARC DEERING, CHARLES BARNETT III, BOB WIACEK, GERRY ACERNO, MIKE PASCALE, JOSE MARZAN, JR., and more!  Here’s your chance to bid on and own a one-of-a-kind art collaboration and help the inking non-profit advocacy.  Ends January 14!

25 Dec 2011

Happy holidays from the Inkwell Awards to all of our fans, supporters, contributors, associates, donators, sponsors, and all of our valuable ink artists that we serve to promote and recognize. As we enter our 5th successful year we thank you for all of your generous support, passion and dedication. ~B~

19 Dec 2011

Mckenna! Peters! Austin! Williams! Archer! Von Eeden! Rubenstein! Wiacek! Schloendorn! Spurlock! Vokes! Floyd! Stegbauer! Marzan! Branch! Gerardy! Kellar! Koblish! Tournas! Hoberg! Acerno! Pascale! Deering! These and more inkers are joining in to meet the annual Challenge in this 2nd event celebrating the comic art mastery of Joltin’ Joe Sinnott! CHECK OUT the new auctions at eBay. These auctions are running for a week on December 17 and January 7!Pick up the 2011 SINNOTT CHALLENGE book, collecting last years submissions! READ MORE HERE!

30 Sep 2011

After an astounding premier live awards ceremony at Heroes Con on June 4-6, the non-profit Inkwell Awards is gearing up for their fifth season of recognizing inking excellence in the comic book community and promoting the art form. One highlight is the recruitment of additional star talent to the roster of Inkwell Ambassadors, a role that adds exposure and credibility to the organization and it’s mission. Two of the three additions from their 2011 Inkwell tour stop at Pittsburgh Comicon are artists Phil Jimenez and Eric Basaldua.

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04 Sep 2011

After a crazy busy summer it’s that time of year again to kick off the 2012 and 5th season of The Inkwell Awards, and more specifically with fundraising actions!  New committee member Michael Kellar has taken on the duty of auctioneer and launched our fall auction line-up on our eBay page as of 8/29 with exciting items from Darryl Banks&Romeo Tanghal (see image), Andy Smith, Mark Brooks, Bob Layton, Eric Basuldua and David Mack like published original art, new canson art, prints, and sketchcover art on blank cover variants!  These auctions will be posted on average overy other week so please bookmark this link above and check them out every chance you can for awesome deals!

10 Jun 2011

With an exciting turnout in voting from April 1-30, The Inkwell Awards are now able to release for their fourth year the ballot results from the six categories targeting the exceptional 2010 work of ink artists. Scott Hanna took the winning slot for Favorite Inker this year for his work on Marvel titles Hulk and Avengers: Prime, followed by Runner-up Wade Von Grawbadger, 2009’s winner in this category.

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27 May 2011

With the 2011 Heroes Comic Con (http://www.heroesonline.com/heroescon/) only about two weeks away, The Inkwell Awards (https://inkwellawards.com) have more details to share about their final 2011 Inkwell tour stop and the scheduled ceremony to take place that weekend of June 3-5.

 “While this is our fourth annual awards culmination, it’s our first live ceremony, so we want to make it special”, shared Bob Almond, the non-profit organization’s founder and director.  “Much of our inking advocacy will be at the show and for the ceremony, which will take place Saturday afternoon at the Charlotte Convention Center at a room and time slot to be announced.  We have some notable creators who are graciously involved with the proceedings like artist Dan Panosian who will act as Keynote Speaker.  Artist and former Inkwell committee member Tim Townsend will act as our Presenter. Tim will announce the results from the on-line April public ballot.  There was a phenomenal response this year at the ballot box and there are some real surprises from our tally of winners.  I’ll be hosting the ceremony.   Acting as hostess will be our spokeswoman, Ms. Inkwell, who will be portrayed at this venue by model Kathy Taylor.  We’d hoped to have Joe Sinnott attend the event as our Guest of Honor, but that wasn’t ultimately possible. We hope Joe can attend in this capacity in 2012.”

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