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TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3162: Yesterday I spent most of the day at the San Diego Quarterly Comic Con, (which is a new start-up con), and need to catch up with my purchases made there plus sort and categorize photos and new information that I picked up there for future blogging... So what I want to do this morning is to update you all on what happened last weekend at the 2010 Heroes Con...on the Inkwell Awards. I've blogged about the Inkwell Awards several times before, (click here for earlier blogs), and thus updates on this great award program is something I want to blog here as the year goes on: Inkwell Awards: 2010 Heroes Con a hit! The Inkwell Awards made their first visit down south to the legendary Charlotte, NC Heroes Con on June 4-6 and it was undoubtedly a resounding success. This event marked the second appearance of their spokesperson Ms. Inkwell, this time portrayed by model Hanna Pawlowska. "I thought Ms. Inkwell at Pittsburgh Con was a hit but this time she brought it to a new level" said Bob Almond, Director of the non-profit organization. "She introduced herself to the artist community at the venue requesting fundraising donations. We cannot get over the support from both the community and the fans and we received a lot of positive and inspiring vocal feedback. I want to give special thanks to our model liaison artist Louis Small, Jr., Bob Shaw, and the volunteers who made this work out so smoothly. We're still learning but it's nice to know that we're doing something right and have struck a positive chord within the industry. We're planning a Ms. Inkwell-themed donation book next year, with an introduction by our Hall of Fame namesake Joe Sinnott, which will consist of all design info and art for the character as well as a gallery of artist interpretations of the sexy Ms. India Wells, inspired by Randy Green's design and the models who've portrayed her. She's on the cover of the recent 2010 Donation Drive book."
Bob said "Mark has been in touch with me since the beginning in early 2008 offering his aid to our mission and last fall I asked him to join our Nomination Committee but there was regrettably a schedule conflict that occurred and he had to back out. But upon talking to him at Heroes we came to the conclusion that this role would fit him best and he could actively assist us from time to time as his schedule warranted. Mark joins a short list of notable names on our ambassador list such as editor Mike Marts and artists Ethan Van Sciver and Adam Hughes and he marks our first Marvel Comics-based talent. It warms my heart to no end to have such notable comic book creators aboard in support."
Then it will be Wizard World: New England on October 15-17 when Wizard Entertainment will sponsor the first Inkwell Awards live awards ceremony with Ms. Inkwell and tentatively Joe Sinnott appearing for the festivities. More info can be found at Wizard World as those event dates get closer. The Inkwell Awards is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and educate about the craft of comic book inking and to annually recognize and award the ink artists and their work. Now in their third year, the organization is overseen by a number of industry professionals such as founder & director Bob Almond, Daniel Best, Jimmy Tournas, Bob Shaw, Nathan Massengill and fully-supported by ambassadors DC editor Mike Marts and artists Adam Hughes and Ethan Van Sciver, all of whom make up the Inkwell Awards committee. They sponsor the Dave Simons Inkwell Memorial Scholarship Fund for the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon & Graphic Art and host the Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award. My thanks to Bob Almond and the Inkwell Awards committee for sharing the above press release info with me. I normally don't run PRs verbatim, but again, I'm just back from a full day at a comic con yesterday, and the above is near & dear to my heart, as inkers just haven't had the respect they have deserved all these years! Plus: My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our earlier archived blog posts, now numbering over 3,160 in number! ~ Michael D Hamersky @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com
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Another exciting development is the recruitment of superstar Marvel artist Mark Brooks to the team as the newest ambassador to lend his name to the organization is support. 
Heroes Con capped the Inkwell Awards show schedule for now which will resume at Wizard World: Big Apple on October 1-3.
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As mentioned in today's Main Feature above... To the left is Joe Sinnott, of whom the 'Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award' is named for.
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