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UPDATE for the Bob Almond/Inkwell Awards 2024 convention tour schedule! Now that the spring season is passing and a couple of events have been celebrated we have several shows on the docket for those keeping track: Garden State Comic Fest in Morristown, NJ on June 22-23 https://www.gardenstatecomicfest.com Hershey Comic Con in Grantville, PA on June […]
This was our third take 2 days ago at this after two failed attempts due to tech difficulties in the past week. It was cut down from an hour to 40 minutes so I was conscious of keeping answers condensed without drifting away into digressions. I’ve heard it’s really good so that’s rewarding but, like […]
Yesterday I posted about the release of the BLACK PANTHER by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST V2 OMNIBUS HC on my Facebook newsfeed . This was really advance solicited so it felt like eons since the first volume dropped for me. But worth the wait and proud to have it on my shelf of file copies & collections […]
It’s a little late in the game after my announcement about this previously with the Batman Day signing at That’s Entertainment a measly 3 days from now but better late than never (due to my workload). Besides the obvious info listed on this promotional banner (you’ll notice that we’re NOT doing the free print giveaway […]
As mentioned on my Facebook feed 3/25 Marvel has solicited the second edition of this series scheduled to ship 10/18/23. One cover will be from BP#35 by Sal Velluto & myself. However, the first edition was supposed to have the cover to BP#33 and that decision was changed, so who knows. Below is the solicitation description. […]
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Excellent show! Awesome turnout! But long lines, as seen in the photos posted on Facebook taken by Amy Fletcher, Sarah Montani, Mike Gelbwasser, Zante Kry, Rick Fonseca,and others at the location of the Westin Boston Waterfront on April 10-11. I’m a huge Joss Whedon fan and I’ve taken photos with Clare Kramer and Julie Benz […]
Mike Gelbwasser did a feature (“Comic Con a Big Draw”) on the upcoming Boston Comic Con and was cool about mentioning me and my Inkwell Awards charity!
I’ve been writing my inker-centric ‘Inkblots’ column for Sketch Magazine since 2006 from issues 30-39 but there’s been a several month gap since that issue and the publisher hasn’t offered any status updates leaving me with no answers for inquirying fans at the conventions I attend. So with my editor’s understanding I have accepted the […]
I just got in two of the three color versions of the Pittsburgh Comicon t-shirt art as mentioned in the last column. They were done by artist Koa Beam. Only the black background isn’t here. Which version do you like better?
Bob is the inking half of the Sal Velluto art team collaboration on such projects as Marvel’s critically-acclaimed BLACK PANTHER,’99-’02 leading to a 2003 Comicboards “Ooks” Award for “Best Inker” & two “Squiddies” awards for “Best Inker” (2001 along with “Best Creative Team” win and 2002 tied with Mark Farmer and tied for “Best Multi-Part Story”), and many other projects with Sal since 1997 and other artists at Marvel, DC, Acclaim, Malibu, Penny-Farthing Press, Power Comics, IDW, Kingstone, Thrilling Nostalgia Comics, Harris Comics, Topps, Wildstorm, New England Comics, Valiant and several others. While he’s been primarily an ink artist he’s also been a columnist for Sketch magazine and First Comics News. Bob’s a comic book collector and unofficial historian who has acted as a “Master of the Obscure” at the Marvel Appendix site, been a longtime member of the “Jarvis Heads” and a “group expert” at Facebook groups. He’s the founder/director of the official non-profit Inkwell Awards and advocate since 2008. Bob has been credited with “Special Thanks” along with his “Storyteller” colleagues Christopher Priest & Sal Velluto in the record-breaking film BLACK PANTHER (2018) and BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (2022).
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