2015 Winners

Voting for the 8th annual Inkwell Awards was conducted via online balloting for two weeks from May 1st through May 15th, 2015. Subsequent ballots from the same IP address were omitted from the tallies. Thank you for the over 1565 votes you placed. The Inkwell Awards Committee would like to formally extend congratulations to all […]

BOB’S BLOG: INKBLOTS: The 2015 Silver Inkwell Awards

I annually discuss the recipients of the Silver Inkwell Awards (formerly the ‘Special Recognition Awards’ before an actual award was named that this year). Sometimes the silver inkwell trophy is given to nomination committee members who’ve served five years as a reward for that hard work. But there weren’t any of those this year. This […]

2015 Inkwell Awards Award Winners Announced!

The press release was released first thing Monday morning at FirstComicsNews following the live event that took place Friday June 19 at the Inkwell Awards’ host show Heroes Con. The 4th Joe Sinnott Inking Challenge book also has it’s own, different report of the results in it.  The only development that changed following the press […]

VOTING STARTS TOMORROW MAY 1ST!

As reported today at First Comics News: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Voting Is Open For The Inkwell Awards From May 1-15 (New Bedford, MA/USA—April 30, 2015) The Inkwell Awards, a non-profit organization devoted to the education and promotion of the art of inking, invites everyone to vote for the industry’s best of the past year. The […]

BOB’S BLOG: INKBLOTS: “Unsung Heroes”-Our Retailers

It’s been almost exactly two years since I last ran an Unsung Heroes article (on Larry Dempsey) for my Inkblots column so I’m obviously overdue (former articles were on Michael Netzer & Bob McLeod and Serge LaPointe & PJ Magalhaes).  This time I wanted to give special recognition to our retailer associates who we never want […]

NomCom 2015

Robert Haines (7) **2013 recipient of the 1st silver inkwell Executive Committee Member, Canadian Comic Book Creators Awards The Joe Shuster AwardsMike Hoskin (6) **2014 recipient of the 2nd silver inkwell Writer- Marvel Universe Handbooks Section 244Bob Bretall (4) Owner / Editor-in-Chief The ComicSpectrum, 2015 Guinness World Record – World’s Largest Comic Collection The ComicSpectrumMichele Witchipoo (4) Artist […]

Inkwell Awards Overhauls Nomination Procedure

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Inkwell Awards Overhauls Nomination Procedure (New Bedford, MA/USA—Oct. 5, 2018) After 10 years, the Inkwell Awards, a non-profit organization devoted to public education and promotion of the art of comic-book inking, has changed its nomination procedure for its annual awards. For the first time, ink artists (“inkers”) are now invited to submit their […]

INK ARTISTS please read: NEW NOMINATION PROCEDURES EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY!

Hello– BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT! After 10 years and much feedback, the one-of-a-kind, non-profit Inkwell Awards is changing its nominating procedure so everyone gets a fairer shot.  Now YOU, the ink artist (or your agent/publisher), can submit your work for nomination in any of our five categories. (Unlike some other awards, we will not charge a fee.) While […]