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Inkpot Award

The Inkpot Award, bestowed annually since 1974 by Comic-Con International, is given to professionals in comic book, comic strip, animation, science fiction, and related pop-culture fields, who are guests of that organization's yearly multigenre fan convention, commonly known as Comic-Con or the 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 (writers, artists, letterers, colorists), editors, or publishers, unless otherwise noted.

Awards by year

1974

Forrest J. Ackerman (magazine editor)
Ray Bradbury (prose writer)
Kirk Alyn (actor)
Milton Caniff
Frank Capra (filmmaker)
Bob Clampett (animator)
June Foray (voice actress)
Eric Hoffman (film historian)
Chuck Jones (animator)
Jack Kirby
Stan Lee
Bill Lund / William R. Lund (actor/writer/founding member of San Diego Comic-Con)
Russ Manning
Russell Myers (creator of 'Broom Hilda' comic strip)
Charles Schulz
Phil Seuling (Comic Art Convention founder)
Roy Thomas
Bjo Trimble (science-fiction fandom figure)

1975

Barry Alfonso (writer/founding member of San Diego Comic-Con)
Brad Anderson
Robert Bloch (prose writer)
Vaughn Bodé
Edgar Rice Burroughs (prose writer)
Daws Butler (voice actor)
Richard Butner (Comic-Con Chair-person; NO relation to prose writer)
Shel Dorf ('Founding Father' of San Diego Comic-Con)
Will Eisner
Mark Evanier
Gil Kane
Alan Light
Dick Moores
George Pal (filmmaker)
Rod Serling (screenwriter)
Joe Shuster
Jerry Siegel
Barry Windsor-Smith
Jim Starlin
Jim Steranko
Ted Sturgeon (prose writer)
Larry ("Seymour") Vincent (TV horror-movie host)

1979

1980

Terry Austin
Murray Bishoff
Pat Boyette
John Byrne
Canadian Film Board
Ernie Chan
Chris Claremont
Shary Flenniken
Mike Friedrich
Rick Geary
Don Glut
S. Gross
Al Hartley
B. Kliban
Jerry Muller
George Olshevsky
Joe Orlando
Fred Patten
Don Phelps
Richard Pini
Wendy Pini
David Raskin
Scott Shaw! (artist/animator/founding member of San Diego Comic-Con)
Jim Shooter
John Stanley
B. K. Taylor
Osamu Tezuka (animator)
Adam West (actor)
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, also known as Dick 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 (actor)
Richard Kyle
Lee Marrs
Frank Marshall
John Pound(artist/founding member of San Diego Comic-Con)
Tony Raiola
Steven Spielberg (filmmaker)
Leonard Starr
Robert Williams

1983

1984

Murphy Anderson
Ramon Arambola
Greg Bear (prose writer/founding member of San Diego Comic-Con)
Fae (Gates) Desmond, Comic-Con Executive Director
Stan Drake
John Field
Rick Hoberg
Greg Jein
Ollie Johnston
Brant Parker
Robert Shayne (actor)
Curt Swan
Frank Thomas
Jim Valentino
Al Williamson

1985

1986

1987

Harlan Ellison (prose writer)
Larry Geeck
Ward Kimball
Deni Loubert
Bill Messner-Loebs
Mike Peters
Bill Schanes
Steve Schanes
Robert Silverberg (prose writer)
Art Spiegelman
Bernie Wrightson
Ray Zone (3-D historian)
Steve Ditko was presented an Inkpot Award in absentia, accepted on his behalf by Renegade Press publisher Deni Loubert, who had published Ditko's World in 1986. Ditko refused the award, and returned it to Loubert after having phoned her to say, "Awards bleed the artist and make us compete against each other. They are the most horrible things in the world. How dare you accept this on my behalf". At his behest, Loubert returned the award to the convention organizers.