Ringo Awards 2019 Nominees Announced

The 2019 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards are to be presented on the evening of Saturday, October 19, 2019 as part of the fan - and pro - favorite convention, The Baltimore Comic-Con. The Ringo Awards has completed the 2019 nomination process, which was inclusive of fans and comic book professionals alike, and both communities continued to show strong support, both in promoting the nomination process on their websites, blogs, and social media feeds, and by submitting their nominations.

Voting on the 2019 Final Ballot is restricted to comic book industry creative community -- anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally. Presenting the 2019 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards Final Ballot.

Fan and Pro Nomination Categories

Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)

• Echorise
• Enjelicious
• Terry Moore
• Sean Murphy
• Jim Woodring

Best Writer

• Brian Michael Bendis
• Richard Dent
• Rylend Grant
• Jeff Lemire
• Scott Snyder
• Brian K. Vaughan

Best Artist or Penciller

• Joe Bennett
• Shawn Daley
• Ezra Claytan Daniels
• Steve Ellis
• Ronilson Freire
• Dan Mora
• Dustin Nguyen
• Ryan Ottley
• Sean Phillips

Best Inker

• J.P. Mayer
• Mark Morales
• Ron Randall
• Fiona Staples
• Sana Takeda

Best Letterer

• David Aja
• Arechan
• Taylor Esposito
• Jared K. Fletcher
• Todd Klein

Best Colorist

• Tamra Bonvillain
• Steve Conley
• Matt Hollingsworth
• Rachel Smythe
• Dave Stewart
• Matt Wilson
• YaongYi

Best Cover Artist

• Travis Charest
• Nick Derington
• Dan Mora
• Sara Richard
• Alex Ross
• Fiona Staples
• Jim Woodring

Best Series

• Batman: White Knight, DC Comics
• Bitter Root, Image Comics
• Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Dark Horse Comics
• Blammo, Kilgore Books
• The Highest House, IDW Publishing
• The Immortal Hulk, Marvel Comics
• Venom, Marvel Comics

Best Single Issue or Story

• Aberrant #4, Danger Zone
• Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise, Dark Horse Comics
• Champions #24, Marvel Comics
• Klaus and the Crying Snowman, BOOM! Studios
• Swamp Thing Winter Special, DC Comics

Best Original Graphic Novel

• The Ghost, The Owl, Action Lab Entertainment
• My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, Image Comics
• Son of Hitler, Image Comics
• Upgrade Soul, Lion Forge
• Woman World, Drawn & Quarterly

Best Anthology

• Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman , DC Comics
• All We Ever Wanted: Stories of a Better World, A Wave Blue World
• Femme Magnifique: 50 Magnificent Women Who Changed the World, Black Crown/IDW Publishing
• Grief, Source Point Press
• Twisted Romance, Image Comics
• Where We Live, A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas, Image Comics

Best Humor Comic

• Bluechair, Line Webtoon
• Get Naked, Image Comics
• Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell, Line Webtoon
• MAD, DC Comics
• Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons , IDW Publishing

Best Comic Strip or Panel

• Amazing Spider-Man, Stan Lee/Larry Lieber, King Features Syndicate
• Bloom County, Berkeley Breathed, Andrews McMeel Universal
• Doonsbury, Garry Trudeau, Andrews McMeel Universal
• Garfield, Jim Davis, King Features Syndicate
• Luann, Greg Evans, Andrews McMeel Universal
• Nancy, Olivia Jaimes, Andrews McMeel Universal
• Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, Andrews McMeel Universal

Best Webcomic

• Age Matters, Enjelicious, (https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/age-matters/list?title_no=1364&page=1)
• Aztec Empire, Paul Guinan, Anina Bennett, David Hahn (https://www.bigredhair.com/books/aztec-empire/about/)
• The Contradictions, Sophie Yanow (http://www.thecontradictions.com/)
• Existential Comics, Corey Mohler (https://existentialcomics.com/)
• Lavender Jack, Dan Schkade (https://www.webtoons.com/en/thriller/lavender-jack/list?title_no=1410&page=1)
• Luff, Arechan, (https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/luff/list?title_no=1489&page=1)
• The Nib, various (https://thenib.com/)
• Nothing Special, Katie Cook (https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/nothing-special/list?title_no=1188&page=1)

Best Non-fiction Comic Work

• All the Answers, Simon & Schuster
• The Bridge: How the Roeblings Connected Brooklyn to New York, Abrams ComicArts
• Hey, Kiddo, Graphix
• I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation, BOOM! Studios
• Let's Make Comics!, Watson-Guptill
• Where We Live, A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas, Image Comics

Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel

• Aquacorn Cove, Oni Press
• Be Prepared, First Second Books
• Jupiter Jet, Action Lab Entertainment
• The Nameless City: The Divided Earth, First Second Books
• The Prince and the Dressmaker, First Second Books
• Punk Taco, Adam Wallenta Entertainment

Best Presentation in Design

• Absolute Sandman Overture, DC Comics
• Berlin, Drawn & Quarterly
• Madman Quarter Century Shindig, IDW Publishing
• My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, Image Comics
• Only Living Boy Omnibus, Papercutz
• Persephone, BOOM! Studios
• Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise Gallery Edition, Abstract Studio/Graphitti Designs
• Yellow Negros and Other Imaginary Creatures, New York Review Comics

Comic pros can navigate to the Ringo Awards website to submit their vote. Voting will close September 18, 2019.

In addition to Final Ballot categories, both Fan-Only Favorites from the nomination ballot and Hero Initiative Awards (The Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award and The Dick Giordano Humanitarian Award) will be presented at the Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards ceremony the evening of October 19, 2019.

"Our second year was another success," said Marc Nathan, Baltimore Comic-Con promoter. "The Ringos were very well-received in our inaugural year, and the trend continued in 2018, with voter global footprint and total participation numbers really growing. Now, the comic book industry gets to determine which nominees will receive 2019 awards, so if you are a comics industry creative professional, please take a few minutes to cast your ballot!"