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8-18-10: Inkwell Awards Voting Is Underway!!
The 2010 Inwell Awards voting has begun! From now until September 15th, you can head over to
www.inkwellawards.com and vote to recognize the work of inkers in six different categories. Once the voting period has closed, the winners will be announced, and an awards ceremony will be sponsored by Wizard Entertainment and take place at Wizardworld: New England (Boston) at the Hynes Convention Center on the weekend of October 15-17 (http://www.wizardworld.com/home-newengland.html).
Here are this year's categories and nominees:
Favorite Inker: favorite inker over the pencil work of another artist from '09 cover-dated interior comic book material
*Christian Alamy (Green Lantern, Final Crisis)
*Oclair Albert (Blackest Night)
*Mark Morales (Thor, Mighty Avengers, Dark Reign: The List, Wolverine)
*Jon Sibal (Superman: Secret Origin, Supergirl, Dark Avengers/X-men: Utopia)
Most-adaptable: showing exceptional ink style versatility over other pencil artists in '09 cover-dated interior comic book material
*Scott Hanna (War of Kings: Ascension, Dark Reign: Hawkeye, Nova, Thunderbolts, R.E.B.E.L.S.)
*Victor Olazaba (Avengers: The Initiative, Guardians of the Galaxy)
*Andy Owens (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Trinity, Strange Adventures, Batman Confidential, Red Circle)
*Dan Parsons (Star Wars: Legacy, Star Wars: Clone Wars)
Props award: inker deserving of more attention for their work over other pencilers from '09 cover-dated interior comic book material
*Christian Alamy (Green Lantern, Final Crisis)
*Rebecca Buchman (Green Lantern Corps)
*Jonathan Glapion (Batman & Robin, Green Lantern)
*Jackson (Butch) Guice (Captain America, Cap: Reborn)
The S.P.A.M.I: for favorite Small Press And Mainstream-Independent '09 cover-dated interior comic book ink work over another pencil artist (Non-Marvel or DC work)
*Todd McFarlane (Haunt)
*Andy Owens (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Trinity, Red Circle)
*Dan Parsons (Star Wars: Legacy, Star Wars: Clone Wars)
*Cliff Rathburn (Invincible, Walking Dead)
All-in-one award: for favorite artist known for inking his/ her own pencil work in '09 cover-dated interior comic book material
Amanda Conner (Powergirl)
*Peter Krause (Irredeemable)
*Tim Vigil (Frank Frazetta's Dark Kingdom)
*J.H. Williams (Detective Comics)
JOE SINNOTT AWARD (a hall of fame designation for an inking career of outstanding accomplishment in comic books (lifetime achievement, 25-years minimum- two winners chosen annually)
*Murphy Anderson
*Dick Ayers
*John Beatty
*Ernie Chan
*Frank Giacoia
*Klaus Janson
*Bob McLeod
*Kevin Nowlan
*Tom Palmer
*Al Williamson
*Wally Wood