Tripwire Announces Its Sixth Award Winners

Celebrating Another Year In Comics

At London’s Cartoon Museum this evening 24 oct 2024, Tripwire announced the winners of its sixth annual Tripwire Awards. Hosted by the Convention Collective’s Leonard Sultana with Tripwire editor-in-chief Joel Meadows, here’s the nominations and winners of each category in bold…

Best Writer

Jim Zub (Conan The Barbarian, Titan)

Kelly Thompson (Birds of Prey (DC)

Tom King (Helen Of Wyndhorn, Dark Horse)

Rob Williams (Petrol Head, image)

Torunn Gronbekk (Catwoman, DC, Red Sonja, Dynamite)

Best Artist

Bruno Redondo (Nightwing (DC)

Bilquis Evely (Helen Of Wyndhorn, Dark Horse)

Dan Mora (World’s Finest, DC)

Rafael Grampa (Gargoyle Of Gotham, DC)

Anna Morozova (Lowborn High, 2000AD)

Best Cover Artist

Annie Wu (Barbarella)

Alex Ross (various)

Jacob Phillips (Enfield Gang Massacre, Newburn, Image)

Dan Panosian (Conan, various)

Liam Sharp (StarHenge)

Best Colourist

Sanford Greene (Napalm Lullaby #1 (Image)

Lee Loughridge (The Devil’s Cut, Gone & Somna (DSTLRY)

Jean Francois Beaulieu (Invincible, Image)

Ellie Wright (Red Sonja, Dynamite, various)

Brennan Wright (Grendel, Dark Horse)

Best Letterer

Simon Bowland (Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, DC)

Clayton Cowles (Jenny Sparks, DC)

Justin Birch (Nottingham, Mad Cave Studios)

Aditya Bidikar (Dawnrunner, Dark Horse Comics)

Becca Carey (Plastic Man No More, DC)

Best New Talent

Martin Simpson (Rasp, Nord)

Aly Fell (Misty, The Kissing Gate)

Arielle Jovellanos (Girl Taking Over: Lois Lane)

Niall O’Rourke (The Crying Boy)

Sedat Oezgen (various)

Best New Series

Flash Gordon by Jeremy Adams and Will Conrad (Mad Cave)

Conan The Barbarian by Jim Zub and various (Titan Comics)

Helen Of Wyndhorn by Tom King and Bilquis Evely (Dark Horse Comics)

Blood Brothers Mother by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso (DSTLRY)

Batman/ Dylan Dog by Roberto Recchioni, Gigi Cavenago and Werther Dell’edera (DC Comics)

Best Publisher

Mad Cave Studios

Dark Horse Comics

Image Comics

Rebellion

Boom!

Best Original Graphic Novel

Night Fever by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)

Watership Down adapted by James Sturm and Joe Sutphin (Penguin Books)

Barda, Ngozi Ukazu (DC)

Monica by Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)

Best Collection

Batman Year One Artists Edition by Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli (IDW)

Fatale complete edition by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image Comics)

The World of Black Hammer Omnibus Vol. 3 by Jeff Lemire, Tate Brombal, Tyler Crook and Gabriel Walta (Dark Horse)

StarHenge by Liam Sharp (Image Comics)

Nottingham Vol.1 by David Hazan and Shane Connery Volk (Mad Cave Comics)

Best Comics-Related Website / Publication

Tripwire https://tripwiremagazine.co.uk/

Broken Frontier https://www.brokenfrontier.com/

Down The Tubes https://downthetubes.net/

Bleeding Cool https://bleedingcool.com/

https://comicon.com/

Best Small Press / Independent (UK)

Time Bomb Comics

Self Made Hero

The 77

Avery Hill

Mad Robot Comics

Best Small Press / Independent (US)

Dynamite Editions

DSTLRY

Ablaze Editions

Magnetic Press

FairSquare Graphics

Best Editor:

Mike Marts, Mad Cave Studios

Will Dennis, DSTLRY

Matt Smith, 2000AD

Katii O’Brien, Dark Horse Comics

Brady Webb, Panini

Best Designer

Rian Hughes

Tom Muller

Darran Robinson

Tim Daniel

Best Crowdfunding Campaign

John Benteen’s Fargo: Hell on Wheels by Howard Chaykin (Zoop)

Full Tilt by Jason Copland (Zoop)

Death Sentence: Cyberpunk by Monty Nero (Kickstarter)

Dracula Volume 1: The Impaler by Matt Wagner and Kelley Jones (Kickstarter)

Just Putting My Face on by Emma Raven (Kickstarter)

Best Convention

Thought Bubble

London Film and Comic Con

New York Comic Con

Macc Poww

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival

Best Audio/ Live Action or Animated Adaptation

Marvel’s Wastelanders (Sirius XM)

Deadpool vs Wolverine (Marvel)

The Boys (Amazon Prime)

Spider-man: Across The Spider-verse (Sony)

Sweet Tooth (Netflix)

Best Humour Comic – Print

The Beano (DC Thomson)

Groo (Dark Horse)

The Phoenix

Garfield (Boom!)

Batman And Scooby Doo Mysteries (DC)

Person Of The Year

Mark London

Chip Mosher

Scott Dunbier

Steve Geppi, Diamond

Marie Javins, DC

Christina Merkler, Lunar

The Roll Of Honour

Frank Frazetta

Louise Simonson

Walt Simonson

Trina Robbins

Neal Adams

Howard Chaykin

Dennis Kitchen

Ian Gibson

Bryan Talbot

Michael Zulli

Tim Sale

Billy Graham

Denys Cowan

John Wagner

“We are proud to have another year of supporting comics and the comics industry and we are already thinking about how we can top this year in 2025,” Tripwire editor-in-chief Joel Meadows said.

Tripwire’s home on the web is at https://tripwiremagazine.co.uk/