Inkpot Award


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 Comic-Con International's annual convention, 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.

Awards by year

Source: 1974–2007, 1974–2011, 1974–2013

1970s

1974

  • Forrest J. Ackerman
  • Ray Bradbury
  • Kirk Alyn
  • Milton Caniff
  • Frank Capra
  • Bob Clampett
  • June Foray
  • Eric Hoffman
  • Chuck Jones
  • Jack Kirby
  • Stan Lee
  • Bill Lund / William R. Lund
  • Russ Manning
  • Russell Myers
  • Charles Schulz
  • Phil Seuling
  • Roy Thomas
  • Bjo Trimble

    1975

  • Barry Alfonso
  • Brad Anderson
  • Robert Bloch
  • Vaughn Bodē
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • Daws Butler
  • Richard Butner
  • Shel Dorf
  • Will Eisner
  • Mark Evanier
  • Gil Kane
  • Alan Light
  • Dick Moores
  • George Pal
  • Rod Serling
  • Joe Shuster
  • Jerry Siegel
  • Barry Windsor-Smith
  • Jim Starlin
  • Jim Steranko
  • Theodore Sturgeon
  • Larry "Seymour" Vincent

    1976

  • Neal Adams
  • Sergio Aragonés
  • Mel Blanc
  • Frank Brunner
  • Rick Griffin
  • Johnny Hart
  • George Clayton Johnson
  • Vicky Kelso
  • Mell Lazarus
  • Sheldon Mayer
  • Dale Messick
  • Alex Niño
  • Don Rico
  • Noel Sickles
  • Don Thompson
  • Maggie Thompson

    1977

  • Alfredo Alcala
  • Carl Barks
  • C. C. Beck
  • Howard Chaykin
  • Lester Dent
  • Jackie Estrada
  • Hal Foster
  • Walter "The Shadow" Gibson
  • Jim Harmon
  • Robert A. Heinlein
  • Gene Henderson
  • Michael Kaluta
  • Joe Kubert
  • Harvey Kurtzman
  • George Lucas
  • Stan Lynde
  • Byron Preiss
  • Trina Robbins
  • Stanley Ralph Ross
  • Bill Scott
  • David Scroggy
  • Jay Ward
  • Len Wein

    1978

  • John Buscema
  • Al Capp
  • Gene Colan
  • Gill Fox
  • Tom French
  • Steve Gerber
  • Chester Gould
  • Burne Hogarth
  • Bob Kane
  • Ken Krueger
  • Bernie Lansky
  • Gray Morrow
  • Clarence Nash
  • Grim Natwick
  • Bill Rotsler
  • Mike Royer
  • Gilbert Shelton
  • Dave Sheridan
  • William Stout
  • Frank Thorne
  • Boris Vallejo
  • Mort Weisinger
  • Elmer Woggon

    1979

  • Craig Anderson
  • Steve Englehart
  • Dale Enzenbacher
  • Kelly Freas
  • Virginia French
  • H. R. Giger
  • Gene Hazelton
  • Carl Macek
  • Victor Moscoso
  • Larry Niven
  • Dan O'Neill
  • Virgil Partch
  • Jerry Pournelle
  • Nestor Redondo
  • Marshall Rogers
  • John Romita, Sr.
  • Bill Spicer
  • Mort Walker
  • Marv Wolfman

    1980s

1980

  • Terry Austin
  • Murray Bishoff
  • Pat Boyette
  • John Byrne
  • National Film Board of Canada
  • Ernie Chan
  • Chris Claremont
  • Shary Flenniken
  • Mike Friedrich
  • Rick Geary
  • Don Glut
  • S. Gross
  • Al Hartley
  • B. Kliban
  • Jerry Muller
  • Joe Orlando
  • Fred Patten
  • Don Phelps
  • Richard Pini
  • Wendy Pini
  • David Raskin
  • Scott Shaw
  • Jim Shooter
  • John Stanley
  • B. K. Taylor
  • Osamu Tezuka
  • Adam West
  • Wally Wood

    1981

  • Jerry Bails
  • L. B. Cole
  • Jim Fitzpatrick
  • Dick Giordano
  • Dave Graue
  • Paul Gulacy
  • Mary Henderson
  • Karl Hubenthal
  • Bil Keane
  • Frank Miller
  • Doug Moench
  • Monkey Punch
  • Dennis O'Neil
  • Gary Owens
  • Richard Rockwell
  • Allen Saunders
  • Julius Schwartz
  • Mike Sekowsky
  • Bill Sienkiewicz
  • Dave Sim
  • Alex Toth
  • Morrie Turner
  • Bill Woggon

    1982

  • Bob Bindig
  • Brian Bolland
  • Russ Cochran
  • David Cockrum
  • Max Allan Collins
  • Chase Craig
  • Archie Goodwin
  • Mike Grell
  • Bruce Hamilton
  • Jack Katz
  • Howard Kazanjian
  • Hank Ketcham
  • Walter Koenig
  • Richard Kyle
  • Lee Marrs
  • Frank Marshall
  • John Pound, artist/founding member of San Diego Comic-Con
  • Tony Raiola
  • Leonard Starr
  • Robert Williams

    1983

  • Douglas Adams
  • Maeheah Alzmann
  • Don Bluth
  • Floyd Gottfredson
  • Norman Maurer
  • George Pérez
  • Arn Saba
  • Dan Spiegle
  • Joe Staton
  • James Van Hise
  • Cat Yronwode

    1984

  • Murphy Anderson
  • Román Arámbula
  • Greg Bear
  • Fae Desmond, Comic-Con Executive Director
  • Stan Drake
  • John Field
  • Rick Hoberg
  • Greg Jein
  • Ollie Johnston
  • Brant Parker
  • Robert Shayne
  • Curt Swan
  • Frank Thomas
  • Jim Valentino
  • Al Williamson

    1985

  • Brent Anderson
  • Ben Bova
  • David Brin
  • Jack Cummings
  • Jack Davis
  • Alan Moore
  • Dan O'Bannon
  • Tom Orzechowski
  • John Rogers
  • Alex Schomburg
  • Walt Simonson

    1986

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

    1987

  • Steve Ditko
  • Harlan Ellison
  • Larry Geeck
  • Ward Kimball
  • Deni Loubert
  • Bill Messner-Loebs
  • Mike Peters
  • Bill Schanes
  • Steve Schanes
  • Robert Silverberg
  • Art Spiegelman
  • Bernie Wrightson
  • Ray Zone

    1988

  • Robert Asprin
  • Mike Baron
  • Lynda Barry
  • John Bolton
  • Jules Feiffer
  • Raymond Feist
  • Matt Groening
  • Gary Groth
  • George R. R. Martin
  • Mike Pasqua
  • Steve Rude
  • Marie Severin
  • Matt Wagner

    1989

  • Richard Alf
  • R. Crumb
  • Howard Cruse
  • Kevin Eastman
  • Lee Falk
  • Ron Goulart
  • Walt Kelly
  • Peter Laird
  • Syd Mead
  • Andre Norton
  • Jerry Robinson
  • Diana Schutz
  • Janet Tait
  • Ron Turner
  • Gahan Wilson

    1990s

1990

  • Karen Berger
  • Bob Burden
  • Tom DeFalco
  • William Gaines
  • Jim Henson
  • Randy and Jean-Marc Lofficier
  • Grant Morrison
  • Bob Overstreet
  • Mary Reynante
  • Bob Schreck
  • Ken Steacy
  • Rick Sternbach
  • Charles Vess

    1991

  • Alicia Austin
  • Clive Barker
  • Dan Barry
  • Dan DeCarlo
  • Creig Flessel
  • Neil Gaiman
  • Ted "Dr. Seuss" Geisel
  • Keith Giffen
  • George Gladir
  • Joe Haldeman
  • Lynn Johnston
  • Carol Kalish
  • Don Maitz
  • Sheldon Moldoff
  • Steve Oliff
  • Julie Roloff
  • Stan Sakai

    1992

  • Carina Burns-Chenelle, Comic-Con treasurer
  • Bob Chapman
  • Francis Ford Coppola
  • Robin Donlan
  • Creig Flessel
  • Alan Grant
  • Bill Griffith
  • Ray Harryhausen
  • Marc Hempel
  • Jim Lee
  • Scott McCloud
  • Todd McFarlane
  • Rowena Morrill
  • Diane Noomin
  • Louise Simonson
  • Dick Sprang
  • Vernor Vinge
  • Mark Wheatley

    1993

  • Jim Aparo
  • Gary Carter
  • Phil Foglio
  • Robert Goodwin
  • Ferd Johnson
  • Don Martin
  • Dave McKean
  • Clydene Nee
  • Paul Norris
  • Paul Power
  • P. Craig Russell
  • Mark Schultz
  • Vincent Sullivan
  • Michael Whelan
  • Roger Zelazny

    1994

  • Mike Carlin
  • Paul Chadwick
  • Al Feldstein
  • Stan Goldberg
  • Roberta Gregory
  • Chad Grothkopf
  • Jerry Ordway
  • Bud Plant
  • Mike Richardson
  • John Romita, Jr.
  • Richard Rowell
  • Lucius Shepard
  • Mickey Spillane
  • J. Michael Straczynski
  • Rumiko Takahashi

    1995

  • Roger Corman
  • Ramona Fradon
  • Greg Hildebrandt
  • Tim Hildebrandt
  • Ryoichi Ikegami
  • Irv Novick
  • Joe Sinnott

    1996

  • Donna Barr
  • Mort Drucker
  • Joe Giella
  • Jim Mooney
  • Kurt Schaffenberger
  • François Schuiten
  • David Siegel

    1997

  • Dick Ayers
  • Steve Bissette
  • Terry Brooks
  • Bob Haney
  • Russ Heath
  • Carol Lay
  • Michael Moorcock
  • Janice Tobias
  • George Tuska

    1998

  • Frank Alison, Comic-Con Director-at-Large
  • John Broome
  • Eddie Campbell
  • Nick Cardy
  • David Glanzer, Comic-Con Director of Marketing and Publicity
  • Fred Guardineer
  • Lorenzo Mattotti
  • Paul S. Newman
  • John Severin
  • Joe Simon
  • Naoko Takeuchi
  • Mark Yturralde

    1999

  • Tom Batiuk
  • Chuck Cuidera
  • Samuel R. Delany
  • Arnold Drake
  • Sam Glanzman
  • Larry Gonick
  • Irwin Hasen
  • Sue Lord, Comic-Con HR/Guest Relations

    2000s

2000

  • Will Elder
  • Ric Estrada, sometimes referred to as Rick Estrada
  • Phoebe Gloeckner
  • Beth Holley, Comic-Con VP, Exhibits
  • Carmine Infantino
  • Jack Kamen
  • Ben Katchor
  • Harry Lampert
  • Bryan Talbot
  • Angelo Torres
  • Lewis Trondheim

    2001

  • Henry Boltinoff
  • Irwin Donenfeld
  • Brian and Wendy Froud
  • Martin Jaquish, Comic-Con Director-at-Large
  • Kaiji Kawaguchi
  • Joe R. Lansdale
  • Spider and Jeanne Robinson
  • Alvin Schwartz
  • Jeff Smith
  • Kim Thompson

    2002

  • Eddie Ibrahim, Comic-Con Director of Programming
  • Frank Jacobs
  • Jason
  • Bob Lubbers
  • Bob Oksner
  • Lew Sayre Schwartz
  • Hal Sherman
  • Herb Trimpe
  • William Woolfolk

    2003

  • Charles Berberian
  • Frank Bolle
  • Sal Buscema
  • John Davenport, Comic-Con Events staff
  • Philippe Dupuy
  • Steve Jackson
  • Sid Jacobson
  • Larry Lieber
  • Terry Moore
  • Howard Post

    2004

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

    2005

  • Lee Ames
  • Sy Barry
  • Taerie Bryant, Comic-Con Fandom Services
  • Bob Bolling
  • Bob Fujitani
  • Dexter Taylor

    2006

  • Peter S. Beagle
  • Art Clokey
  • Luis Dominguez
  • Basil Gogos
  • Everett Raymond Kinstler
  • Kazuo Koike
  • Bill Pittman, Comic-Con VP Operations
  • Yoshihiro Tatsumi

    2007

  • Allen Bellman
  • Renée French
  • Gary Friedrich
  • Adam Hughes
  • Miriam Katin
  • Mel Keefer
  • Joseph Michael Linsner
  • David Morrell
  • Lily Renée Phillips
  • Mike Ploog
  • Mary Sturhann, Comic-Con Secretary
  • Dan Vado
  • Mark Verheiden
  • F. Paul Wilson