List of Awards

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American Awards

Alley Award (1961-1969)

Shazam Award (1970-1974)

Goethe Award (1970-1974)

Later renamed "Comic Fan Art Awards"

Ignatz Awards (OrlandoCon; 1974=1994)

Inkpot Awards (1974-Present)

Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards (1982-2008)

Russ Manning Award (1982-Present)

Kirby Award (1985-1987)

Split into Harvey Award and Eisner Award.

Harvey Awards (1988-Present)

Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards (1988-Present)

Don Thompson Awards (1992-1998)

Actual title was the Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum's Don Thompson Awards

Wizard Fan Awards (1993-2006)

Lulu Awards (1997-2011)

Ignatz Awards (Small Press Expo; 1997-Present)

Bill Finger Award (2005-Present)

Glyph Comics Awards (2005-Present)

Inkwell Awards (2008-Present)


The Inkwell Awards promotes this often overlooked and under-appreciated art form by serving as a source of education for inking and recognizing excellence and achievement of individual artists working in the field of comic book sequential illustration.



The following list of winners was pulled August 27, 2016. For a full list of winners and nominees, go to http://www.inkwellawards.com/


Ghastly Awards for Excellence in Horror Comics (2011-Present)

The Ghastly Awards honors excellence in Horror Comics. Found in 2011, the Ghastly Awards recognizes outstanding achievements in Horror Comics over a range of 15 difference categories.

The following list of winners was pulled August 27, 2016. For a full list of winners and nominees, go to http://www.ghastlyawards.com/p/winners-and-nominees.html.



2015 - Best Ongoing Title: Harrow County (Dark Horse Comics) [Skeleton series in GCD]
2015 - Best Limited Series: Archie vs. Predator (Dark Horse Comics) [Complete series in GCD!]
2015 - Best One-Shot: The Goon: Theatre Bizarre (Dark Horse Comics) [Issue available in GCD]
2015 - Best Anthology: John Carpenter’s Tales for a Halloween Night (Storm King Productions) [Series NOT found in GCD]
2015 - Best Short Story in an Anthology: “The Jokes on You” - Bloke’s Terrible Tomb of Terror #12 [Skeleton issue in GCD]
2015 - Best OGN: Hellbound (Dark Horse Comics) [Skeleton issue in GCD]
2015 - Best Archival Collection: Creepy Presents: Alex Toth (Dark Horse Comics) [Skeleton issue in GCD]
2015 - Best Horror Comic Cover: Godzilla in Hell #1 - Subscription by Jeff Zornow (Fan voting determined the Winner) [Cover NOT uploaded in GCD!]

2015 - Best Writer: Cullen Bunn (Army of Darkness, Harrow County, Hellbreak, The Sixth Gun)
2015 - Best Artist: Raymund Bermudez (ExMortis)
2015 - Best Colorist: Luca Saponti (Hellbound)
2015 - Hall of Fame Inductees: Stephen R. Bissette
2015 - Hall of Fame Inductees: Richard Corben
2015 - Normanton Award Honoree: Dan Braun



2014 - Best Ongoing Title: Rachel Rising (Abstract Studios) [Complete series in GCD!]
2014 - Best Limited Series: Deadworld: Restoration (IDW Publishing) [Skeleton series in GCD]
2014 - Best One-Shot: Edgar Allan Poe’s Morella and the Murders in the Rue Morgue (Dark Horse Comics) [Issue available in GCD]
2014 - Best Anthology: In the Dark (Tiny Behemoth Press / IDW Publishing) [Series NOT found in GCD]
2014 - Best Short Story in an Anthology: Beneath the Surface (Blokes Terrible Tomb of Terror #10) [Skeleton issue in GCD]
2014 - Best OGN: Monsters & Other Stories (Dark Horse Comics) [Skeleton issue in GCD]
2014 - Best Archival Collection: The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics: The Worst of Eerie Publications (IDW Publishing/Yoe Books) [Skeleton issue in GCD]
2014 - Best Horror Comic Cover: '68 Rule of War #1 (Fan voting determined the Winner) [Cover Uploaded in GCD!]

2014 - Best Writer: Terry Moore (Rachel Rising)
2014 - Best Artist: Francesco Francavilla (Afterlife with Archie)
2014 - Best Inker: Mike Wolfer/Dan Parsons (The Curse of Ragdoll)
2014 - Best Letterer: Terry Moore (Rachel Rising)
2014 - Best Colorist: Jay Fotos ('68 Rule of War, '68 Homefront, Wraith: Welcome to Christmasland)
2014 - Hall of Fame Inductees: Al Hewetson
2014 - Hall of Fame Inductees: Jack Davis
2014 - Normanton Award Honoree: Peter Normanton



2013 - Best Ongoing Title: Afterlife with Archie (Archie Comics) [Complete series in GCD!]
2013 - Best Mini-Series: Locke & Key: Omega (IDW Publishing) [Complete series in GCD!]
2013 - Best One-Shot: Edgar Allan Poe: The Raven & The Red Death (Dark Horse) [Issue available in GCD]
2013 - Best New Series (Fans Will Decide the Winner): Afterlife with Archie (Archie Comics) [Complete series in GCD!]
2013 - Best Anthology: Bloke's Terrible Tomb of Terror (Independent) [Skeleton issues in GCD]
2013 - Best OGN: Hellboy: The Midnight Circus (Dark Horse) [Skeleton issue in GCD]
2013 - Best Archival Collection: Steve Ditko Monsters Vol. 1: Gorgo (IDW Publishing/Yoe Books) [Complete issue in GCD!]

2013 - Best Writer: Joe Hill (Locke & Key: Omega)
2013 - Best Artist: Richard Corben (Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven and the Red Death)
2013 - Best Inker: Terry Moore (Rachel Rising)
2013 - Best Letterer: Clem Robins (B.P.R.D., Baltimore, Hellboy in Hell, The Strain)
2013 - Best Colorist: Francesco Francavilla (Afterlife with Archie)
2013 - Hall of Fame Inductees: Gene Colan
2013 - Hall of Fame Inductees: Archie Goodwin



2012 - Best Ongoing Title: The Walking Dead (Image Comics) [Series available in GCD]
2012 - Best Mini-Series: Deadworld: War of the Dead (IDW Publishing) [Skeleton series in GCD]
2012 - Best One-Shot: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Conqueror Worm (Dark Horse) [Complete issue in GCD!]
2012 - Best New Series (Fan Voting Decided Winner): Mars Attacks (IDW Publishing) [Issues available in GCD]
2012 - Best Anthology: Creepy (Dark Horse) [Series available in GCD]
2012 - Best OGN: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Book 1 (Heavy Metal) [Issue NOT available in GCD]
2012 - Best Archival Collection: The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics: Zombies [Series] (IDW Publishing/Yoe Books) [Complete issue in GCD!]

2012 - Best Writer: Steve Niles (Criminal Macabre, 30 Days of Night, Transfusion)
2012 - Best Artist: Simon Bisley (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Hellblazer)
2012 - Best Inker: Bernie Wrightson (Frankenstein Alive, Alive)
2012 - Best Letterer: Nate Piekos (Creepy, The Goon, Ragemoor)
2012 - Best Colorist: Dave Stewart (B.P.R.D.)
2012 - Hall of Fame Inductees: Al Feldstein & Bill Gaines
2012 - Hall of Fame Inductees: Bernie Wrightson



2011 - Best Ongoing Title: Sixth Gun (Oni Press) [Series found in GCD]
2011 - Best Mini-Series: ’68 (Image Comics) [Skeleton series in GCD]
2011 - Best One-Shot: Hellblazer Annual 2011 (Vertigo) [Complete issue in GCD!]
2011 - Best New Series: Green Wake (Image Comics) [Skeleton series in GCD]
2011 - Best Anthology: Creepy (Dark Horse) [Series available in GCD]
2011 - Best OGN: Flesh & Blood (Monsterverse) [Issue NOT in GCD]
2011 - Best Archival Collection: Bob Powell’s Terror (IDW Publishing) [Complete issue in GCD!]

2011 - Best Writer: Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun)
2011 - Best Artist: Riley Rossmo (Green Wake)
2011 - Best Inker: Mark Bloodworth (Deadworld Last Siesta)
2011 - Best Letterer: Menton Matthews III (Monocyte)
2011 - Best Colorist: Jay Fotos (Locke & Key, ’68)
2011 - Hall of Fame Inductee: "Ghastly" Graham Ingels