# 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 (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 (cartoonist)
* 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
* Theodore Sturgeon (prose writer)
* Larry "Seymour" Vincent (TV horror-movie host)

#### 1976

* Neal Adams
* Sergio Aragonés
* Mel Blanc (voice actor)
* Frank Brunner
* Rick Griffin
* Johnny Hart
* George Clayton Johnson (screenwriter)
* Vicky Kelso (long-time Secretary of San Diego Comic-Con)
* Mel Lazarus
* Sheldon Mayer
* Dale Messick
* Alex Niño
* Don Rico
* Don Thompson
* Maggie Thompson

#### 1977

* Alfredo Alcala
* Carl Barks
* C. C. Beck
* Howard Chaykin
* Lester Dent (prose writer)
* Jackie Estrada
* Hal Foster
* Walter "The Shadow" Gibson (prose writer)
* Jim Harmon (writer/old radio & movie serial historian)
* Robert A. Heinlein (prose writer)
* Gene Henderson (San Diego Comic-Con's Historian & Director-at-Large)
* Michael Kaluta
* Joe Kubert
* Harvey Kurtzman
* George Lucas (filmmaker)
* Stan Lynde
* Byron Preiss
* Trina Robbins
* Stanley Ralph Ross
* Bill Scott
* David Scroggy
* Jay Ward (TV producer)
* Len Wein

#### 1978

* John Buscema
* Al Capp
* Gene Colan
* Gill Fox
* Tom French
* Steve Gerber
* Chester Gould
* Burne Hogarth
* Bob Kane
* Ken Krueger (founding member of San Diego Comic-Con)
* Bernie Lansky
* Gray Morrow
* Clarence Nash
* Grim Natwick
* Bill Rotsler
* Mike Royer
* Gilbert Shelton
* Dave Sheridan
* Bill Stout
* Frank Thorne
* Boris Vallejo
* Mort Weisinger
* Elmer Woggon

#### 1979

* Craig Anderson
* Steve Englehart
* Dale Enzenbacher
* Kelly Freas
* Virginia French
* H. R. Giger (painter)
* Gene Hazelton
* Carl Macek
* Victor Moscoso
* Larry Niven (prose writer)
* 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 (Illustration)
* 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 (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

* Douglas Adams (prose writer)
* Maeheah Alzmann
* Jim Aparo
* 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 (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

* Brent Anderson
* Ben Bova (book/magazine editor)
* David Brin
* Jack Cummings
* Jack Davis
* Alan Moore
* Dan O'Bannon (filmmaker)
* Tom Orzechowski
* John Rogers
* Alex Schomburg
* Walt Simonson

#### 1986

* Poul Anderson (prose writer)
* Marion Zimmer Bradley (prose writer)
* 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 (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)

#### 1988

* Frank Alison, Comic-Con Director-at-Large
* Robert Asprin (prose writer)
* Mike Baron
* Lynda Barry
* John Bolton
* Jules Feiffer
* Raymond Feist (prose writer)
* Matt Groening
* Gary Groth
* George R. R. Martin (prose writer)
* Mike Pasqua (Comic Con Executive Vice President)
* Steve Rude
* Marie Severin
* Matt Wagner

#### 1989

* Richard Alf (founding member of San Diego Comic-Con)
* R. Crumb
* Howard Cruse
* Kevin Eastman
* Lee Falk
* Ron Goulart (prose writer)
* Walt Kelly
* Peter Laird
* Syd Mead (industrial designer)
* Andre Norton (prose writer)
* Jerry Robinson
* Diana Schutz
* Janet Tait
* Ron Turner
* Gahan Wilson

### 1990s
#### 1990

* Karen Berger
* Bob Burden
* Tom DeFalco
* William Gaines
* Jim Henson (puppeteer)
* Randy and Jean-Marc Lofficier
* Grant Morrison
* Bob Overstreet
* Mary Reynante
* Bob Schreck
* Ken Steacy
* Rick Sternbach (film / television illustrator)
* Charles Vess

#### 1991

* Alicia Austin
* Clive Barker (prose writer)
* Dan Barry
* Dan DeCarlo
* Creig Flessel
* Neil Gaiman
* Ted "Dr. Seuss" Geisel
* Keith Giffen
* George Gladir
* Joe Haldeman (prose novelist)
* 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 (filmmaker)
* Robin Doig
* Alan Grant
* Bill Griffith
* Ray Harryhausen (filmmaker)
* Marc Hempel
* Jim Lee
* Milo Manara
* Scott McCloud
* Todd McFarlane
* Rowena Morrill (book/magazine illustrator)
* Diane Noomin
* Louise Simonson
* Dick Sprang
* Vernor Vinge (prose writer)
* Mark Wheatley

#### 1993

* Jim Aparo
* Gary Carter (comics historian)
* 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 (artist)
* Roger Zelazny (prose writer)

#### 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 (prose writer)
* Mickey Spillane (prose writer)
* J. Michael Straczynski
* Rumiko Takahashi

#### 1995

* Roger Corman (filmmaker)
* Greg Hildebrandt (Brothers Hildebrandt)
* Tim Hildebrandt (Brothers 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 (prose writer)
* Bob Haney
* Russ Heath
* Carol Lay
* Michael Moorcock (prose writer)
* Janice Tobias
* George Tuska

#### 1998

* 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 (filmmaker)

#### 1999

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

### 2000s
#### 2000

* Will Elder
* Ric Estrada, sometimes (incorrectly) 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
* Joe R. Lansdale
* Spider and Jeanne Robinson (prose writers)
* Alvin Schwartz
* Jeff Smith
* Kim Thompson

#### 2002

* Eddie Ibrahim, Comic-Con Director of Programming
* Frank Jacobs
* Jason
* Paul Levitz
* 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 (games manufacturer)
* Sid Jacobson
* Larry Lieber
* Terry Moore
* Howard Post

#### 2004

* Jack Adler
* Tom Gill
* Harry Harrison (prose writer)
* Bruce Jones
* Batton Lash
* Mike Mignola
* Bill Plympton (animator)
* 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 (Outstanding Achievement in Science Fiction and Fantasy)
* Art Clokey (animator)
* Luis Dominguez
* Basil Gogos
* Everett Raymond Kinstler (former comics artist; presidential portrait painter)
* 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 (prose writer)
* Lily Renée Phillips
* Mike Ploog
* Mary Sturhann, Comic-Con Secretary
* Dan Vado
* Mark Verheiden
* F. Paul Wilson (prose writer)

#### 2008

Official list
* Kyle Baker
* Ralph Bakshi (animator)
* Mike W. Barr
* Ed Brubaker
* Kim Deitch
* Victor Gorelick
* Al Jaffee
* Todd Klein (letterer)
* Tite Kubo
* Noel Neill (actress)
* Floyd Norman
* Al Plastino
* Jeff Watts
* Bill Willingham
* Connie Willis
* Jim Woodring

#### 2009

Official list
* Mike Allred
* LaFrance Bragg
* Nick Cuti
* Dwayne McDuffie
* Stan Freberg
* Terry Gilliam
* John Kricfalusi
* John Lasseter
* Hayao Miyazaki
* Patrick Oliphant
* Chris Oliveros
* Seth
* Barry Short
* Mike Towry
* Ramón Valdiosera
* Bob Wayne
* Phil Yeh

### 2010s
#### 2010

* Peter Bagge
* Brian Michael Bendis
* Berkeley Breathed
* Kurt Busiek
* Dave Dorman
* Moto Hagio
* Charlaine Harris
* Stuart Immonen
* Phil Jimenez
* Jenette Kahn
* Keith Knight
* Milo Manara
* Andy Manzi
* Larry Marder
* Tom Palmer
* Drew Struzan
* James Sturm
* Carol Tyler
* Anna-Marie Villegas
* Al Wiesner
* Nixon Pickles

#### 2011

* Anina Bennett
* Jordi Bernet
* Joyce Brabner
* Chester Brown
* Seymour Chwast
* Alan Davis
* Dick DeBartolo
* Dawn Devine
* Tony DeZuniga
* Eric Drooker
* Joyce Farmer
* Tsuneo Gōda
* Paul Guinan
* John Higgins
* Jamal Igle
* Peter Kuper
* Richard A. Lupoff
* Pat Lupoff
* Steve Sansweet
* Bill Schelly
* Steven Spielberg (filmmaker)
* Frank Stack
* Jeff Walker ("genre consultant")

#### 2012

* Charlie Adlard
* Bill Amend
* Alison Bechdel
* Tim Bradstreet
* Mike Carey (writer)
* Peter Coogan
* Geof Darrow
* Randy Duncan of Comics Arts Conference
* Ben Edlund
* Gary Gianni
* Larry Hama
* Peter F. Hamilton (prose writer)
* Mario Hernandez
* Klaus Janson
* Joe Jusko
* Robert Kirkman
* Erik Larsen
* Rob Liefeld
* Andy Mangels
* Rudy Nebres
* Whilce Portacio
* James Robinson
* Lou Scheimer
* Arnold Schwarzenegger (actor)
* Jim Silke
* Marc Silvestri
* Michael E. Uslan
* Trevor Von Eeden
* Mark Waid
* Thomas Yeates

#### 2013

* Jon Bogdanove
* Alan Campbell
* Gerry Conway
* Denys Cowan
* Michael Davis
* Gene Deitch
* José Delbo
* Derek T. Dingle
* Paul Dini
* Ellen Forney
* Gary Frank
* Jenny Blake Isabella
* Dan Jurgens
* Sam Kieth
* Jack Larson
* Elliot S. Maggin
* Leonard Maltin (film critic)
* Jeff Mariotte
* Val Mayerik
* Dean Mullaney
* Martin Pasko
* Fred Perry
* Ruth Sanderson
* Romeo Tanghal
* Bruce Timm

#### 2014

* Ray Billingsley
* June Brigman
* Mark Brooks
* Amanda Conner
* Brian Crane
* Chuck Dixon
* Jane Espenson
* Bill Finger
* Drew Friedman
* Michael T. Gilbert
* Brian Haberlin
* Willie Ito
* Kelley Jones
* Katherine Morrison
* Julie Newmar (actress)
* Graham Nolan
* Michelle Nolan
* Jimmy Palmiotti
* Benoît Peeters
* John Picacio
* Mimi Pond
* Joe Quesada
* Sam Raimi (film director)
* Don Rosa
* Brian Stelfreeze
* Burt Ward (actor)

#### 2015

* Jerry Beck
* Greg Capullo
* Mike Catron
* Carlos Ezquerra
* Andrew Farago
* Dave Garcia
* Tom Grummett
* Jackson Guice
* Chip Kidd
* Steve Lieber
* Laura Martin
* Dave McCaig
* Bill Mumy (actor)
* Kevin Nowlan
* Joe Phillips
* Hilary B. Price
* Humberto Ramos
* Jimmie Robinson
* Luis Royo
* Jen Sorensen
* Richard Starkings
* Kazuki Takahashi
* Jill Thompson
* Jhonen Vasquez
* Craig Yoe

#### 2016

* Jason Aaron
* Derf Backderf
* Michael Barrier (animation historian)
* Luc Besson (film director)
* Peggy Burns
* Peter David
* Jim Davis
* Tom Devlin
* Ben Dunn
* Matt Fraction
* William Gibson (novelist)
* Kieron Gillen
* Mike Judge (animator)
* Hidenori Kusaka
* Ed McGuinness
* Jamie McKelvie
* Tsutomu Nihei
* Christopher Priest
* Phil Roman (animator)
* Alex Sinclair
* John Trimble
* Satoshi Yamamoto

#### 2017

* Andrew Aydin
* Alan Burnett
* Joyce Chin
* Kevin Feige
* Robin Hobb
* John Lewis
* Jeph Loeb
* Jonathan Maberry
* Glenn McCoy
* Keith Pollard
* Nate Powell
* Brian Selznick
* R. Sikoryak
* Alex Simmons
* Gail Simone
* R. L. Stine
* Ron Wilson

#### 2018

* Yoshitaka Amano
* Marc Bernardin
* Cory Doctorow
* Brian Fies
* Richard Friend
* Alex Grecian
* Deborah Harkness
* Elizabeth Hand
* Larry Houston
* David W. Mack
* Nichelle Nichols
* Liniers
* Brian Pulido
* Randy Reynaldo
* Eric Reynolds
* Kevin Smith
* Peter Tomasi
* Shannon Wheeler
* Rafael Albuquerque

#### 2019

* Craig Fellows (Vice President Operations, Board Member, Artist)
* Wendy All
* Leigh Bardugo
* Jon B. Cooke
* Mary Fleener
* Gene Ha
* Jonathan Hickman
* Arvell Jones
* Charlie Kochman
* Craig Miller
* Paco Roca
* Scott Snyder
* Billy Tucci
* Chris Ware
* Maryelizabeth Yturralde
* William Curtis

### 2020s
#### 2022

* Cecil Castellucci
* Ruth Clampett
* Danny Fingeroth
* Shaenon K. Garrity
* Marie Javins
* Jock
* Barbara Kesel
* Phil LaMarr
* Miriam Libicki
* Trino Monero
* Bill Morrison
* John J. Murakami
* Steve Niles
* Steve Saffel
* Dan Slott
* Lilah Sturges
* Hidetaka Tenjin

#### 2023

* Becky Cloonan
* Felicia Day
* Junji Ito
* Ben Saunders
* Raina Telgemeier
* Beau Smith
* David F. Walker
* Ricardo Cate (Without Reservations)

#### 2024

* Hitoshi Ariga
* Jo Duffy
* Keanu Reeves
* Kenichi Sonoda
* Mariko Tamaki
* Tom Sito
* Charles Ardai