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The 2012 Inkwell Awards Ballots are now closed. Thank you for voting. Results will be announce at HeroesCon (June 22-24).
Tony DeZuniga (1941-2012)
Tony DeZuniga was one of the true trailblazers of the comic book world. He wasn’t the first foreign artist to work in the American market, but he became one of the most famous, and by virtue of sheer talent opened the door for an entire generation of Filipino artists to follow. Along the way he co-created one of the more unique Western characters to grace a mainstream comic book – Jonah Hex – and left his mark both as a penciller and inker of repute.
The 2012 Dave Simons Inkwell Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Joe Kubert School
CONGRATULATIONS to the 3rd award recipient of the Dave Simons Inkwell Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Joe Kubert School, as presented Friday May 4 by Joe Kubert himself, Kristoffer Sorensen! The Inkwell Awards wish him much luck and success in his remaining academic studies and certain career.
NEW, SUPER AUCTIONS!
Stan Goldberg! Budd Root! Herb Trimpe! Ivan Reis! Pat Olliffe! Wayne Faucher! Bill Sienkiewicz! Michael Dooney! Scott McDaniel! Tim Vigil! Simon Bisley! Patrick Block! Ron Wilson! Joe Benitez! Joe Prado! David Michael Beck! Louis Small Jr! Doug Sneyd! Ron Frenz! This is but a sampling of the 30 or so post-Boston Con and Pittsburgh Comicon items being auctioned off this week from the Inkwell Awards including a cover, original published art, original illustrations, cover sketches, card sketches, signed prints, etc! Check ‘em out and help bring in the deserving award recipients to the annual ceremony at Heroes Con! http://www.ebay.com/sch/merchant/theinkwellawards
The 2012 Inkwell Awards Tour, Ms. Inkwell and Voting Details!
As reported today at First Comics News the Inkwell Awards’ fifth season is well under way with their first show stop in Pittsburgh next week and the next two new Ms. Inkwell models revealed and the dates for this year’s voting period established for next month!
Congrats to Shane Peoples – Our Leap Year Contest Winner!
Congratulations to Shane Peoples. You are our Leap Day winner! A bundle of comics will soon be on the way! Thanks for joining our FB Page, we’re happy to have you there.
A special thanks to all who signed up on the fan page and the forum. Look for more contests in the future!
Bob Almond’s Blog: Inkblots – “Inkwell Spotlight on Phyllis Novin”
Guest column by ink artist Phyllis Novin
Phyllis Novin here. A quick word of thanks to Bob for letting me shamelessly plug my inking class at MoCCA NYC on his nifty website.
I’m teaching four, 2 hour classes on inking 3/28, 4/4, 4/18 & 4/25.
This is a hands-on inking course designed for those new to comic book inking as well as for those who want to expand their basic inking skills. While primarily brush-orientated, you will also be working with crow quill pens and other tools both rational and irrational. You will not only learn inking techniques but get an understanding of the basic framework behind inking. You will know what you need to do on a page and why.
John Severin (1921-2012)
John passed away February 12 at the age of 90. His impressive art career in comic books spanned 60 years and he was working right until the end. He usually inked his own pencils but I will always appreciate his ink work over Herb Trimpe’s Incredible Hulk , his EC Comics work and his work with his sister Marie. Here is his wikipedia entry of full career accomplishments and this is Mark Evanier’s blog entry on him. Rest in peace, John.
New Artist Alley Forum! New 2012 NomCom Revealed!
ITEM: Are you an aspiring ink artist looking to have your samples reviewed/critiqued? Post them at the new Inkwell Awards Artist Alley Forum here at the website where professional artists Jay Leisten and Michael W. Kellar are available to do so! This replaces our old forum (that replaced the P.J. Magalhaes inkers.org forum), now archived, with Sarah L. Covert as the new moderator with Damon Owens stepping down after years of moderating the old venue.
Please register and sign up NOW!
ITEM: The 2012 Inkwell Awards nominations have been submitted, tallied and validated! Here are the Nomination Committee members this time around and they deserve an enthusiastic round of applause! Public ballots will go live at our website homepage on May 1-15. The Heroes Comic Con will take place June 22-24. The Awards Ceremony has not yet been scheduled. We will keep you posted.
Leap Year Contest
Did you know it is a leap year this year? Did you also know that the Inkwell Awards have some pretty special things happening? No? Well you should!
We have a new interactive forum/social network on our site and we also have a new Facebook Fan Page…
But that’s not all!
In order to celebrate the leap year comic book style! We are having a special contest. Every new member who signs up on the forum and our FB Fan Page by the 28th will have their name entered into a raffle. The winner will receive 4 #1 issues of comics, several ComicCon exclusives, and two graphic novels (and maybe some more goodies!).
Good Luck! The winner will be posted on February 29th.
