The 2022 Ringo Awards Announce Their Winners

Celebrating US Comic Talent

At the weekend, the 2022 Ringo Awards announced their winners at the Baltimore Comic Con and here’s the nominations and the winners in bold…

• Best Series: Something is Killing the Children, BOOM! Studios
  Locke & Key/The Sandman Universe: Hell & Gone, IDW Publishing
  Many Deaths of Laila Starr, BOOM! Studios
  Something is Killing the Children, BOOM! Studios
  Stray Dogs, Image Comics
  Syphon, Image Comics
• Best Original Graphic Novel: Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?, Albatross Funnybooks
  Ballad for Sophie, Top Shelf Productions
  Blowback, self-published
  Djeliya, TKO Studios
  Save it for Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest, Abrams Books
  This is Where We Fall, Z2
• Best Single Issue or Story: Something is Killing the Children #20, BOOM! Studios
  Commander RAO #1, Scout Comics
  Mamo #1, BOOM! Studios
  The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #3, BOOM! Studios
  Tales of the Night Watchman: Under the Surface, So What? Press
• Best Anthology: DC Pride 2021, DC
  SENSORY: Life on the Spectrum, self-published
  Smut Peddler Presents: Sordid Past, Iron Circus Comics
  You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife, Iron Circus Comics
  Yule: Dreadful Tales for the Holiday Season, self-published
• Best Writer: James Tynion IV
  Jeff Lemire
  Merryweather
  Chris Miskiewicz
  Tom Taylor
• Best Artist or Penciller: Filipe Andrade
  Juan Cavia
  Tyler Crook
  Jeff Edwards
  Jock
  PokuriMio
  Gabriel Rodriguez
• Best Inker: Sal Buscema
  Adelso Corona
  Eber Ferreira
  Jonathan Glapion
  Sandra Hope
  Mark Morales
  Norm Rapmund
• Best Colorist: Dave McCaig
  Juan Cavia
  Bruna Costa
  Dijjo Lima
  K. O’Neill
  Sandro Pacucci
  Santiago R. Villa
• Best Letterer: Taylor Esposito
  Andworld Design
  Clayton Cowles
  Crank!
  Taylor Esposito
  DC Hopkins
  Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
• Best Cover Artist: Simone Di Meo
  Jeff Edwards
  Stephanie Hans
  Javan Jordan
  Jeff Lemire
  Peach Momoko
  Sana Takeda
• Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist): Jeff Lemire
  Sas Milledge
  Eric Powell
  Caytlin Vilbrandt
  Thom Zahler

• Best Non-fiction Comic Work: Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?, Albatross Funnybooks
  The Comic Book History of Animation, IDW Publishing
  Elvis: The Official Graphic Novel, Z2
  Hakim’s Odyssey, Book 1: From Syria to Turkey, Graphic Mundi
  Run: Book One, Abrams Books
  Yummy: A History of Desserts, Random House Children’s Books
• Best Webcomic: Lore Olympus, WEBTOON (https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320)
  Archie Comics: Big Ethel Energy, WEBTOON
  Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, WEBTOON
  I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp, Insider
  Let’s Play, WEBTOON
• Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel: Avatar: The Last Airbender–Suki, Alone. Dark Horse Comics
  Better Place, Top Shelf Productions
  Just Roll With It, Random House Children’s Books
  Nobody Likes You, Greta Grump, Fantagraphics
  Rainbow Bridge, AfterShock Comics
  The Underfoot: Into the Sun, Oni Press
• Best Humor Comic: Not All Robots, AWA Studios
  Cyclopedia Exotica, Drawn & Quarterly
  Love and Capes: In the Time of Covid, Maerkle Press
  Twiztid Haunted High-Ons: Curse of the Green Book, Source Point Press
  Wicked Things, BOOM! Studios
• Best Presentation in Design: Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?, Albatross Funnybooks
  EC Covers Artist’s Edition, IDW Publishing
  Friday Foster: The Ultimate Collection, ABLAZE Comics
  Jim Lee’s X-Men Artist’s Edition, IDW Publishing
  Locke & Key: Keyhouse Compendium, IDW Publishing
  Stake, Scout Comics
• Best Humor Webcomic: Sarah’s Scribbles, Tapas Media
  The Little Trashmaid, Tapas Media
  Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell, WEBTOON
  The Middle Age, middleagecomic.com
  Mr. Lovenstein, Tapas Media
  Rosebuds, GoComics
• Mike Wieringo Spirit Award: Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters, Oni Press
• Dick Giordano Humanitarian of the Year Award: Scott Dunbier
• Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award: Steve Geppi