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.

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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.

The Inkwell Awards STORE is now LIVE!

Two years in the making! Books! T-shirts! Prints! Check out our Inkwell merchandise for sale on our Store Page, including the hot off the presses JOE SINNOTT INKING CHALLENGE BOOK, now for sale! And keep checking out the page for new items and updates like shopping carts, quantity counts and payment capabilities.

JIM SHOOTER IS THE NEWEST INKWELL AMBASSADOR!

The latest development for the non-profit inkwell Awards organization is the addition of Jim Shooter to it’s membership roster as a new ambassador. Inkwells director Bob Almond says, “With all that we have going on right now with activities like our annual Joe Sinnott Inking Challenge auctions and gallery book and Nomination process in effect for the 2012 season we weren’t planning to add any more new creators to the ambassador line-up for a bit after our recent additions of Phil Jimenez, Eric Basuldua and the legendary Joe Kubert last September. But sometimes things fall into place with the right people at the right time and you’ve got to run with it. While not involved operationally, the Ambassadors who represent us and agree with our mission can certainly lend a lot more exposure and credibility to our mission, and Jim is no exception. This is an especially exciting way for us to kick off the new year!” Please go here for the rest of the announcement.

The 2nd Joe Sinnott Inking Challenge resumes: LAST CHANCE!

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!