Inkwell Awards

MVP Award

• 2008 Danny Miki^[14]

The Call of Duty Award

• 2008 Bob Almond^[14]

Favorite Finisher / Embellisher

• 2008 (retro)Tom Palmer/ (modern) Kevin Nowlan^[14]

Most-Prolific Inker

• 2008 Danny Miki^[14]

Favorite Inker

Favorite ink artists over the pencil work of another artist from award year cover-dated, interior, American comic book material.

• 2008 (retro) Terry Austin and Joe Sinnott (tie) / (modern) Danny Miki^[14]
• 2009 Wade Von Grawbadger^[15]
• 2010 Mark Morales^[16]
• 2011 Scott Hanna^[17]
• 2012 Mark Farmer^[18]
• 2013 Klaus Janson^[19]
• 2014 Norm Rapmund^[20]
• 2015 Victor Olazaba^[21]
• 2016 Joe Prado^[22]
• 2017 Scott Hanna^[23][24]
• 2018 Scott Hanna^[25]
• 2019 Walden Wong^[26][27]
• 2020 Walden Wong^[28][8][29]
• 2021 Ruy José^[30][31]
• 2022 Eber Ferreira^[32][33]
• 2023 Walden Wong^[34][35][36]
• 2024 Wade Von Grawbadger^[37][38]

Props Award

Ink artists "deserving of more attention" for their work from award year interior cover-dated American comic book material.

• 2008 Danny Miki^[14]
• 2009 Matt Ryan^[15]
• 2010 Jonathan Glapion^[16]
• 2011 Art Thibert^[17][40]
• 2012 Scott Hanna^[18]
• 2013 Eber Ferreira^[19]
• 2014 Walden Wong^[20]
• 2015 Wade Von Grawbadger^[21]
• 2016 Wade Von Grawbadger^[22]
• 2017 Scott Hanna^[23][24]
• 2018 Joe Prado^[25]
• 2019 Elisabetta D'Amico^[26][27]
• 2020 Eber Ferreira^[28][8][29]
• 2021 Eber Ferreira^[30][31]
• 2022 Tim Townsend^[32][33]
• 2023 Adriano Di Benedetto^[34][35][36]
• 2024 Elisabetta D'Amico^[37][38]

The "SPAMI" Award (Small Press and Mainstream-Independent)

Favorite Small Press And Mainstream-Independent award year interior, cover-dated, American comic book ink work over another pencil artist (non-Marvel or DC work).

• 2009 Tim Townsend^[15]
• 2010 Dan Parsons^[16]
• 2011 Cliff Rathburn^[17]
• 2012 Dexter Vines^[18]
• 2013 Sal Buscema^[19]
• 2014 Andrew Pepoy^[20]
• 2015 Dan Parsons^[21]
• 2016 Stefano Gaudiano^[22]
• 2017 Jonathan Glapion^[23][24]
• 2018 Sal Buscema^[25]
• 2019 Stefano Gaudiano^[26][27]
• 2020 Stefano Gaudiano^[8][29]
• 2021 Adelso Corona^[30][31]
• 2022 Adelso Corona^[32][33]
• 2023 David Cabeza^[34][35][36]
• 2024 Terry Moore^[37][38]

The All-in-One Award

Artists known for inking their own pencil work in award year interior, cover-dated, American comic book material.

• 2009 Mike Mignola^[15]
• 2010 Amanda Conner^[16]
• 2011 Francis Manapul^[17]
• 2012 J.H. Williams^[18]
• 2013 Skottie Young^[19]
• 2014 Stan Sakai^[20]
• 2015 Fiona Staples^[21]
• 2016 Jason Fabok^[22]
• 2017 Erik Larsen^[23][24]
• 2018 Liam Sharp^[25]
• 2019 Lee Weeks^[26][27]
• 2020 Liam Sharp^[28][8][29]
• 2021 Chris Samnee^[30][31]
• 2022 Walter Simonson^[32][33]
• 2023 Nir Levie^[34][35][36]
• 2024 Salvador Larroca^[37][38]

Special Recognition Award

The Special Recognition Award AKA the Stacey Aragon Special Recognition Award in honor of the Inkwells supporter "who passed after a decade-long battle with cancer".^[23]

• 2015 Bernie Wrightson^[21]
• 2016 Vince Colletta^[22]
• 2017 Allen Milgrom and Violet Barclay.^[23][24] The award for Violet Barclay was accepted posthumously by Allen Bellman.^[23][24]
• 2018 Russ Heath^[25]
• 2019 Jack Davis and Marie Severin^[26][27]
• 2020 Allen Bellman, Sal Buscema, and Norman Lee^[28][8][29]
• 2021 Wendy Pini, Alfredo Alcala, and Frank Frazetta^[30][31]
• 2022 George Pérez, Gene Day, John Severin, and Dave Stevens^[41]
• 2023 Danny Bulanadi, Reed Crandall, and Dave Simons^[42][43][44]
• 2024 John Totleben, George Klein, and Graham Ingels^[45][46]

The Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award

A hall of fame designation for an inking career in American comic books (lifetime achievement, 25 years minimum; two winners chosen annually).

• 2008 Joe Sinnott^[14]
• 2009 Terry Austin and Dick Giordano^[15]
• 2010 Klaus Janson and Al Williamson^[16]
• 2011 Wally Wood and Kevin Nowlan^[17][47][48]
• 2012 Mark McKenna and Scott Williams^[18]
• 2013 Dick Ayers and Murphy Anderson^[19]
• 2014 Joe Simon and Tom Palmer^[20]
• 2015 Joe Kubert and Steve Ditko^[21]
• 2016 Frank Giacoia and Josef Rubinstein^[22]
• 2017 Jerry Ordway and Rudy Nebres^[23][24]
• 2018 Joe Giella and Bob McLeod^[25]
• 2019 Neal Adams and Dan Adkins^[26][27]
• 2020 Bob Layton, John Romita Sr., and Bernie Wrightson^[28][8][29]
• 2021 Mike Esposito, Pablo Marcos, Sal Buscema, and Mike Royer^[30][31]
• 2022 Brett Breeding and Bob Wiacek^[41]
• 2023 Frank Frazetta and Syd Shores^[42][43][44]
• 2024 Chic Stone and Ernie Chan^[45][46]

Above and Beyond Award

In celebration of the 10th anniversary in 2018, Almond created this award for organization members or non-members who have made "special efforts".

• 2018: Hailey Skaza-Gagne^[49] for her fundraising and event contributions; Robert Haines, for his 10 years on the Inkwell Nomination Committee; Mark Sinnott for his work as Senior Inkwell Contributor for a decade and for his work in fundraising for the Inkwells.^[25]
• 2019: Michael Hoskin, the second member to annually serve on the Inkwell Awards nomination committee; Shelton Drum, organizer/promoter of Heroes Con, the show to host the Inkwell Awards ceremonies from 2011 to 2018.
• 2020: none^[29]
• 2021: Bob Bretall and Johnny B. Gerardy^[30][31] for ten years of Nomination Committee service.
• 2022: Michele Witchipoo^[32][33] for ten years of Nomination Committee service.
• 2023: Rik Offenberger and Tony Parker for ten years of Nomination Committee service; Keith Williams for involvement in the Joe Sinnott Inking and Tribute Challenges.^[50][51]
• 2024: Edward Harris, Jim Johnson, Michael Hoskin, and Mike Pascale.^[37][38]