2020 Ringo Awards Final Ballot Nominees Announced

Celebrating The Best In Comic Talent

The 2020 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards Nominees have been announced with the release of the final ballot. While normally presented in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con, the 2020 Ringo Awards will be presented virtually, via Facebook and YouTube video, on Saturday, 24 October 2020…

Fan and Pro Nomination Categories

* Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)

Sarah Andersen
Eleanor Davis
Jaime Hernandez
Kevin Huizenga
Junepurr
Stan Sakai
Raina Telgemeier
David Jesus Vignolli

* Best Writer

Drew Edwards
Jeff Lemire
Mark Russell
Erica Schultz
Mariko Tamaki

* Best Artist or Penciller

Chris Campana
Colleen Doran
Sanford Greene
Rosemarie Valero-O’Connell
Marianna Pescosta

* Best Inker

Keith Champagne
Marika Cresta
Sandra Hope
Maria Llovet
Dan Mora
Hyeondo Park

* Best Letterer

Deron Bennett
Jim Campbell
Clayton Cowles
Jared K. Fletcher
HdE
Nate Piekos
Cardinal Rae

* Best Colorist

Jordie Bellaire
Alessandro de Fornasari
Edson Ferreira
Laura Martin
Dave Stewart

* Best Cover Artist

Fabio Alves
Natasha Alterici
Stephanie Hans
Sana Takeda
Christian Ward

* Best Series

Banjax, Danger Zone (Action Lab Entertainment)
Bitter Root, Image Comics
Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Dark Horse Comics
Forgotten Home, Vices Press/comiXology Originals
Something is Killing the Children, BOOM! Studios

* Best Single Issue or Story

Bitter Root Red Summer Special, Image Comics
“Hot Comb” in Hot Comb, Drawn & Quarterly
Second Coming #1, AHOY Comics
Spencer & Locke 2 #1, Danger Zone (Action Lab Entertainment)
Tales of the Night Watchman: The Steam Banshee, So What? Press
Usagi Yojimbo #6, IDW Publishing

* Best Original Graphic Novel

The Adventures of Parker Reef – To Save a Soul, Chris Campana
BTTM FDRS, Fantagraphics
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls, Graphix/Scholastic
The Hard Tomorrow, Drawn & Quarterly
Hot Comb, Drawn & Quarterly
New World, BOOM! Studios
Penny Nichols, Top Shelf Productions (IDW Publishing)
Simon Says, Image Comics
Snow, Glass, Apples, Dark Horse Comics

* Best Anthology

Dead Beats, A Wave Blue World
Drawing Power, Abrams ComicArts
Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Sirens, Archaia (BOOM! Studios)
Strange Tails, Vices Press
Thought Bubble 2019, Image Comics

* Best Humor Comic

Fangs, Tapas
The Handbook to Lazy Parenting, Drawn & Quarterly
Rick & Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons, IDW Publishing
Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, DC Comics
Twizted: Haunted High-Ons, Source Point Press
Wonder Twins, DC Comics

* Best Comic Strip or Panel

The Middle Age, Steve Conley, Andrews McMeel Universal
Nancy, Olivia Jaimes, Andrews McMeel Universal
The Nib Editorial Cartoons by Pia Guerra, thenib.com
Rhymes With Orange, Hilary Price, King Features Syndicate
Sarah’s Scribbles, Sarah Andersen, Andrews McMeel Universal
Wawawiwa, Andres J. Colmenares

* Best Webcomic

The Croaking, echorise, (https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/the-croaking/list?title_no=1494)
Lore Olympus, Rachel Smythe (https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320)
Fried Rice, Erica Eng (https://friedricecomic.com/)
Penny Arcade, Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, (https://www.penny-arcade.com/)
Rocío Diestra, Rocío Diestra (https://www.instagram.com/rociodiestra/)
Stand Still, Stay Silent, Minna Sundberg (http://www.sssscomic.com/)
SubZero, Junepurr (https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/subzero/list?title_no=1468&page=1)

* Best Non-fiction Comic Work

Coin-Op Carnival, coinopcarnival.com
Grass, Drawn & Quarterly
In Waves, Nobrow/Flying Eye Books
They Called Us Enemy, Top Shelf (IDW Publishing)
The Twilight Man, Humanoids

* Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel

Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls, Graphix/Scholastic
Guts, Graphix/Scholastic
New Kid, Harper Collins
Science! The Elements of Dark Energy, Bedside Press
The Underfoot: The Mighty Deep, Lion Forge (Oni Press)

* Best Presentation in Design
Going to the Chapel, Danger Zone (Action Lab Entertainment)
Making Comics, Drawn & Quarterly
Marvel Masterwork Pin-Ups, Yoe Books (IDW Publishing)
Moomin: The Deluxe Lars Jansson Edition, Drawn & Quarterly
New World, BOOM! Studios
Snow White Zombie Apocalypse, Scout Comics
Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo: The Complete Grasscutter Artist Select, IDW Publishing 3D Sweeties, Fantagraphics

People can vote here

About Mike Wieringo

Michael Lance “Mike” Wieringo was known to fans and friends as “Ringo”, which is how he signed his artwork. His comics art graced the pages of DC Comics’ The Flash, Adventures of Superman, Batman, and Robin, Marvel Comics’ Fantastic Four, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Sensational Spider-Man, and Rogue, and his co-creation Tellos. He passed away on August 12, 2007 at the young age of 44 from an apparent heart attack.