Premio umanitario Bob Clampett
2026 Clampett Humanitarian Award Goes to Richard and Wendy Pini
Comic-Con is proud to announce that the recipients for the 2026 Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award are Elfquest creators Richard and Wendy Pini, for donating $500,000 to establish the Wendy and Richard Pini Comics and Cartoon Endowment at Columbia University.
According to Karen Green, the Curator for Comics and Cartoons at Columbia’s Butler Library, “There are three main areas where the endowment will be used: acquisitions, obviously, but also conservation, and stewardship. That last can include processing, digitizing, promoting—anything that makes the collection more accessible.”
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 by Ruth Clampett (Bob’s daughter) during the Eisner Awards ceremony on Friday, July 24 at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel.
Premio umanitario Bob Clampett
Il premio umanitario del Comic-Con International viene assegnato in nome del famoso animatore Bob Clampett, che ha creato la serie televisiva Beany e Cecil, ha disegnato personaggi popolari come Porky Pig e Tweety Bird e ha diretto 84 cartoni animati classici della Warner Brothers. Clampett era un ospite regolare del Comic-Con negli anni Settanta e nei primi anni Ottanta. Dopo la sua morte, avvenuta nel 1984, è stato creato il premio umanitario per onorare le persone che, nel campo dei fumetti e delle arti popolari, hanno lavorato per aiutare gli altri.
DESTINATARI DEL PREMIO
2010-oggi
- 2025: L.A. Strong Charity Comic
- 2024: Women in Comics Collective International (WinC)
- 2023: Beth Accomando e Scott Dunbier
- 2022: Annie Koyama, Programma Koyama Provides
- 2019: Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez e Kyung Jeon-Miranda, Programma di sovvenzioni La Borinqueña
- 2019: Lisa Wood (Tula Lotay), Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival
- 2018: Federico Giuseppe, Comics4Kids
- 2017: Marc Andreyko; Joe Ferrara
- 2016: Matthew Inman (TheOatmeal.com)
- 2015: Bill e Kayre Morrison
- 2014: Joe Field
- 2013: Chris Sparks e il 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: Il Fondo di difesa legale del fumetto
- 1990: Sergio Aragonés
1980s
- 1989: Phil Yeh
- 1988: Giugno Foray
- 1987: Ray Bradbury
- 1986: Bernie Wrightson e Jim Starlin
- 1985: Robert A. Heinlein
- 1984: Forrest J. Ackerman