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.
^Ditko was presented the award in absentia, accepted on his behalf by Renegade Press publisher Deni Loubert, who had published Ditko's World the previous year. Ditko refused the award and returned it to Loubert saying, "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".[5]
References
^"Inkpot Award". Comic-Con International: San Diego. December 6, 2012.
^Hahn, Joel (ed.). "Inkpot Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on November 30, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
^"Congratulations to the recipients of the 2011 Inkpot Awards". San Diego Comic-Con International. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
^"Inkpot Awards". San Diego Comic-Con International. 6 December 2012. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.