Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award

WinC to Receive 2024 Clampett Humanitarian Award

Comic-Con is proud to announce that the recipient for the 2024 Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award is Women in Comics Collective International.

Women in Comics Collective International (WinC for short, pronounced “wink”) is an artistic and informative initiative that began in May 2012. WinC “serves to highlight the merit and craftwork of marginalized voices, especially that of women and Queer folx of color, who work in various industries, such as comics, publishing, gaming, media, education, and multimedia.” The organization hosts educational and professional events across the country. With traveling art exhibitions, workshops, and a long-running panel series, WinC has been hosted by institutions such as the New York Public Library System, the San Diego Public Library, the Schomburg Center for Black Culture & Research, and Fordham University, among others. The WinC Media Fellowship provides funding to support the creative endeavors of WinC members, especially students and up-and-coming professionals.

Comic-Con’s Humanitarian Award is presented in the name of famed animator Bob Clampett, who created the TV series Beany and Cecil, designed such popular characters as Porky Pig and Tweety Bird, and directed 84 classic Warner Bros. cartoons. Clampett was a regular guest at Comic-Con in the 1970s and early 1980s. After his death in 1984, the award was created to honor those people in comics and the popular arts who have worked to help others. The recipients are chosen by the Comic-Con Committee.The award will be presented to WinC founder Regine Sawyer by Ruth Clampett (Bob’s daughter) during the Eisner Awards ceremony on Friday, July 26, at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel.

Comic-Con’s Humanitarian Award is presented in the name of famed animator Bob Clampett, who created the TV series Beany and Cecil, designed such popular characters as Porky Pig and Tweety Bird, and directed 84 classic Warner Brothers cartoons. Clampett was a regular guest at Comic-Con in the 1970s and early 1980s. After his death in 1984, the award was created to honor those people in comics and the popular arts who have worked to help others. The recipients are chosen by the Comic-Con Committee.

The award will be presented by Ruth Clampett (Bob’s daughter) during the Eisner Awards ceremony on Friday, July 21 at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel.

The Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award

Comic-Con International’s Humanitarian Award is presented in the name of famed animator Bob Clampett, who created the TV series Beany and Cecil, designed such popular characters as Porky Pig and Tweety Bird, and directed 84 classic Warner Brothers cartoons. Clampett was a regular guest a Comic-Con in the 1970s and early 1980s. After his death in 1984, the humanitarian award was created to honor those people in comics and the popular arts who have worked to help others.

AWARD RECIPIENTS

2010-Present

2023: Beth Accomando and Scott Dunbier
2022: Annie Koyama, Koyama Provides Program
2019: Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez and Kyung Jeon-Miranda, La Borinqueña Grants Program
2019: Lisa Wood (Tula Lotay), Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival
2018: Frederick Joseph, Comics4Kids
2017: Marc Andreyko; Joe Ferrara
2016: Matthew Inman (TheOatmeal.com)
2015: Bill and Kayre Morrison
2014: Joe Field
2013: Chris Sparks and Team Cul de Sac
2012: Morrie Turner
2011: Patrick McDonnell
2010: Jeannie Schulz

2000s

2009: Denis Kitchen
2008: Paul Levitz
2007: Neil Gaiman
2006: Calvin Reid
2005: George Pérez
2004: Mimi Cruz
2003: Alex Ross
2002: Herb Trimpe
2001: Mark Evanier
2000: Peter Laird

1990s

1999: Jerry Robinson
1998: Frank Miller
1997: Joe Kubert
1996: Andrew Vachss
1995: Maggie Thompson
1994: Will Eisner
1993: Jack Kirby
1992: Archie Goodwin
1991: The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
1990: Sergio Aragonés

1980s

1989: Phil Yeh
1988: June Foray
1987: Ray Bradbury
1986: Bernie Wrightson and Jim Starlin
1985: Robert A. Heinlein
1984: Forrest J Ackerman