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Inkpot Award Winners
(Given for lifetime achievement in comics and related areas, particularly by Comic-Con convention guests and also members of the convention's committee & Board of Directors. Awarded at the Comic-Con International San-Diego; currently in conjunction with the Eisners.)

1974
Forrest J. Ackerman, Kirk Alyn, Ray Bradbury, Milton Caniff, Frank Capra, Bob Clampett, June Foray, Eric Hoffman, Chuck Jones, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Bill Lund, Russ Manning, Russell Myers, Charles Schulz, Phil Seuling, Roy Thomas, Bjo Trimble

1975
Barry Alfonso, Brad Anderson, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Daws Butler, Richard Butner, Robert Bloch, Vaughn Bode, Shel Dorf, Will Eisner, Mark Evanier, Gil Kane, Alan Light, Dick Moores, George Pal, Rod Serling, Joe Shuster, Jerry Siegel, Jim Starlin, Jim Steranko, Ted Sturgeon, Larry ("Seymour") Vincent, Barry Winsor-Smith

1976
Neal Adams, Sergio Aragonés, Mel Blanc, Frank Brunner, Rick Griffin, Johnny Hart, George Clayton Johnson, Vicky Kelso, Mell Lazarus, Sheldon Mayer, Dale Messick, Alex Nino, Don Rico, Noel Sickles, Don Thompson, Maggie Thompson

1977
Alfredo Alcala, Carl Barks, C.C. Beck, Howard Chaykin, Lester Dent, Jackie Estrada, Hal Foster, Walter Gibson, Jim Harmon, Robert Heinlein, Gene Henderson, Michael Kaluta, Joe Kubert, Harvey Kurtzman, George Lucas, Stan Lynde, Byron Preiss, Trina Robbins, Stanley Ralph Ross, Bill Scott, David Scroggy, Jay Ward, Len Wein

1978
John Buscema, Al Capp, Gene Colan, Tom French, Steve Gerber, Chester Gould, Gil Fox, Burne Hogarth, Bob Kane, Ken Krueger, Bernie Lansky, Gray Morrow, Clarence Nash, Grim Natwick, Bill Rotsler, Mike Royer, Gilbert Shelton, Dave Sheridan, Bil Stout, Frank Thorne, Boris Vallejo, Mort Weisinger, Elmer Woggon

1979
Craig Anderson, Steve Englehart, Dale Enzenbacher, Kelly Freas, Virginia French, H.R. Giger, Gene Hazelton, Carl Macek, Victor Moscoso, Larry Niven, Dan O'Neill, Virgil Partch, Jerry Pournelle, Nestor Redondo, Marshall Rogers, John Romita Sr., Bill Spicer, Mort Walker, Marv Wolfman

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!, Jim Shooter, John Stanley, B.K. Taylor, Osamu Tezuka, Adam West, 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, Dennis O'Neil, Gary Owens, Monkey Punch, 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 Allen Collins, Chase Craig, Archie Goodwin, Mike Grell, Bruce Hamilton, Howard Kazanjian, Jack Katz, Hank Ketcham, Walter Koenig, Richard Kyle, Lee Marrs, Frank Marshall, John Pound, Tony Raiola, Stephen Spielberg, Leonard Starr, Robert Williams

1983
Douglas Adams, Maeheah Alzmann, Don Bluth, Floyd Gottfredson, Norman Maurer, George Perez, Arn Saba, Dan Spiegel, Joe Staton, Cat Yronwode, James Van Hise

1984
Murphy Anderson, Ramon Arambola, Greg Bear, Fae (Gates) Desmond, Stan Drake, John Field, Rick Hoberg, Greg Jein, Ollie Johnston, Brant Parker, Robert Shayne, Curt Swan, Frank Thomas, Jim Valentino, Al Williamson

1985
Brent Anderson, Ben Bova, David Brin, Jack Cummings, Jack Davis, Alan Moore, Dan O'Bannon, Tom Orzechowski, John Rogers, Alex Schomberg, Walt Simonson

1986
Poul Anderson, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Dave Gibbons, Jean ("Moebius") Giraud, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Denis Kitchen, Steve Leialoha, Marty Nodell, Harvey Pekar, Mark Stadler, Dave Stevens

1987
Harlan Ellison, Larry Geeck, Ward Kimball, Deni Loubert, Bill Schanes, Bill Messner-Loebs, Mike Peters, Steve Schanes, Robert Silverberg, Art Spiegelman, Berni Wrightson, Ray Zone

1988
Robert Asprin, Mike Baron, Lynda Barry, John Bolton, Jules Feiffer, Raymond Feist, Matt Groening, Gary Groth, George R.R. Martin, Mike Pasqua, Steve Rude, Marie Severin, Matt Wagner,

1989
Richard Alf, Robert Crumb, Howard Cruse, Kevin Eastman, Lee Falk, Ron Goulart, Walt Kelly, Peter Laird, Syd Mead, Andre Norton, Jerry Robinson, Diana Schutz, Janet Tait, Ron Turner, Gahan Wilson

1990
Karen Berger, Bob Burden, Tom DeFalco, William Gaines, Jim Henson, Randi and Jean-Marc Lofficier, Grant Morrison, Bob Overstreet, Mary Reynante, Bob Schreck, Ken Steacy, Rick Sternbach, Charles Vess,

1991
Alicia Austin, Clive Barker, Dan Barry, Dan DeCarlo, Neil Gaiman, Ted (Dr. Seuss) Geisel, George Gladir, Keith Giffen, Joe Haldeman, Lynn Johnston, Carol Kalish, Don Maitz, Sheldon Moldoff, Steve Oliff, Julie Roloff, Stan Sakai

1992
Carina Burns-Chenelle, Bob Chapman, Francis Ford Copolla, Robin Doig, Alan Grant, Bill Griffith, Creig Flessel, Ray Harryhausen, Marc Hempel, Jim Lee, Milo Manara, Scott McCloud, Todd McFarlane, Rowena Morrill, Diane Noomin, Louise Simonson, Dick Sprang, Vernor Vinge, Mark Wheatley

1993
Jim Aparo, Gary Carter, 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, Roger Zelazny

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, Mickey Spillane, J. Michael Stracynski, Rumiko Takahashi

1995
Roger Corman, Greg Hildebrandt, Tim Hildebrant, Ryuichi Ikegami, Irv Novick, Joe Sinnott

1996
Donna Barr, Mort Drucker, Joe Giella, Jim Mooney, Kurt Schaffenberger, Francoise Schuiten, David Siegel

1997
Dick Ayers, Steve Bissette, Terry Brooks, Bob Haney, Russ Heath, Carol Lay, Michael Moorcock, Janice Tobias, George Tuska

1998
Frank Alison, John Broome, Eddie Campbell, Nick Cardy, David Glanzer, Fred Guardineer, Lorenzo Mattotti, Paul S. Newman, John Severin, Joe Simon, Naoko Takeuchi, Mark Yturralde

1999
Tom Batiuk, Chuck Cuidera, Samuel R. Delany, Arnold Drake, Sam Glanzman, Larry Gonick, Irwin Hasen, Sue Lord

2000
Will Elder, Rick Estrada, Phoebe Gloeckner, Beth Holley, Carmine Infantino, Jack Kamen, Ben Katchor, Harry Lampert, Bryan Talbot, Angelo Torres, Lewis Trondheim

2001
Henry Boltinoff, Irwin Donnenfeld, Brian and Wendy Froud, Joe R. Lansdale, Spider & Jeanne Robinson, Alvin Schwartz, Jeff Smith, Kim Thompson

2002
Frank Jacobs, Jason, Paul Levitz, Bob Lubers, Bob Oxner, Hal Schurman, Lou Shwartz, Herb Trimpe, William Wofolk

2003
Charles Berberian & Phillipe Depuy, Frank Bolle, Sal Buscema, Steve Jackson, Sid Jacobson, Howie Post, Terry Moore, Larry Lieber

2004
Jack Adler, Tom Gill, Harry Harrison, Bruce Jones, Batton Lash, Mike Mignola, Bill Plympton, Frank Springer, John Totleben

2005
[None]

2006
Art Clokey, Luis Dominguez, Basil Gogos, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Kazuo Koike, Yoshihiro Tatsumi.

2007
Allen Bellman, Renée French, Gary Friedrich, Adam Hughes, Miriam Katin, Mel Keefer, Joseph Michael Linsner, David Morrell, Lily Renée Phlllips, Mike Ploog, Mary Sturhann, Dan Vado, Mark Verheiden, F. Paul Wilson