This year’s Ringo Awards winners were announced last night during a ceremony at the Baltimore Comic-Con.
This marks the eighth year for the awards program named for artist Mike Wieringo, the artist of Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Tellos and more who died in 2007.
Besides the Ringo Awards themselves, other awards were given out during the ceremony, including three from the Hero Initiative. Marvel Executive Editor Tom Brevoort received The Dick Giordano Humanitarian of the Year Award, while artist Klaus Janson received the Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award.
Artist Tom Raney received the first Brogan Fidelity Award. According to the Hero Initiative,”this new award honors creators who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to the comic book medium and its fans, embodying the spirit of perseverance, passion and excellence, in the spirit of the late Dr. Kevin Brogan.”
The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Spirit Award went to the comic The Hunger and the Dusk, by G. Willow Wilson and Chris Wildgoose, and published by IDW. This award is selected every year by perennial jurors Todd Dezago, Craig Rousseau, Mark Waid and Matt Wieringo, Mike’s brother.
Congratulations to this year’s winners:
Best Cartoonist (Writer and Artist)
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- K. O’Neill
- Ed Piskor
- Winner: Jeff Smith
- Jillian Tamaki
Best Writer
- Dan Abnett
- Ed Brubaker
- Tom King
- Winner: Mariko Tamaki
- Kit Trace
Best Artist or Penciller/Inker Team
- Winner: Elsa Charretier
- Duncan Fegredo
- Abdullah Hadia
- Vincent Mallié
- Sean Phillips
- Peter Rostovsky
Best Letterer
- Clayton Cowles
- Taylor Esposito
- Lucas Gattoni
- Stephen Kok
- Micah Myers
- Winner: Stan Sakai
Best Colorist
- Brad Anderson
- Jordie Bellaire
- Winner: Tamra Bonvillain
- Stephan Franck
- Jacob Phillips
- Rico Renzi
Best Cover Artist
- Colin Griffin
- Tula Lotay
- Dan Parent
- Winner: Chris Samnee
- Bill Sienkiewicz
- Fiona Staples
Best Series
- Winner: Geiger: Ground Zero, Image Comics
- The Night Eaters, Abrams ComicArts
- Phantom Road, Image Comics
- Rare Flavours, BOOM! Studios
- Sirens of the City, BOOM! Studios
- Tower, A Wave Blue World
Best Single Issue or Story
- Winner: Animal Pound #1, BOOM! Studios
- By The Horns: Dark Earth #7, Scout Comics
- Etheres, Source Point Press
- Rare Flavours #1, BOOM! Studios
- Somna, DSTLRY
- Star Trek: Day of Blood – Shaxs’ Best Day, IDW Publishing
Best Original Graphic Novel
- Winner: Monica, Fantagraphics
- Parasocial, Image Comics
- Roaming, Drawn & Quarterly
- Slightly Exaggerated, Dark Horse Comics
- Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy, Abrams ComicArts
Best Anthology
- The Devil’s Cut, DSTLRY
- Dwellings, Oni Press
- Hairology, Lifeline Comics
- Ice Cream Man, Image Comics
- Winner: The Rocketeer One-Shot, IDW
- Swan Songs, Image Comics
Best Humor Comic
- Asterix and the White Lotus (Vol. 40), Papercutz
- Betty & Veronica Friends Forever: Game On #1, Archie Comics
- Winner: Bone: More Tall Tales, Scholastic
- Dwellings, Oni Press
- Girl Juice, Drawn & Quarterly
- Great British Bump-Off, Dark Horse Comics
- Snow White Zombie Apocalypse, Scout Comics
Best Webcomic
- Countdown to Love, Manta
- The Guy Upstairs, WEBTOON
- Hungry Heart, Tapas
- I’m Dating a Psychopath, WEBTOON
- Winner: Lore Olympus, WEBTOON
- Nevermore, WEBTOON
- Señorita Cometa, WEBTOON
Best Humor Webcomic
- Beetle Moses, Comics Kingdom
- Winner: Blue Chair, WEBTOON
- The Deviless’s Impression of a Princess, Manta
- The Fantastical After-School Writing Club, Manta
- Not So Shoujo Love Story, WEBTOON
- Vibe Check!, WEBTOON
Best Non-fiction Comic Work
- Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz, Top Shelf
- Memento Mori, Oni Press
- Winner: Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound, Z2 Comics
- My Picture Diary, Drawn & Quarterly
- The Odyssey of the Adriana, Business Insider
- Tasty, Random House Children’s Books
Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel
- Archie Horror Presents…Chilling Adventures. Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Winner: The Batman Scooby-Doo Mysteries, DC Comics
- Big Ethel Energy Vol. 2, Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brownstone’s Mythical Collection: Luna and the Treasure of Tlaloc, Flying Eye Books/Nobrow
- Dear Rosie, Random House Children’s Books
- The Glopple, Legends Comics
- Lights, Oni Press
- Squish and Squash, Keenspot Entertainment
Best Presentation in Design
- Complete Klaus Deluxe Edition, BOOM! Studios
- Faithless Deluxe Edition with Slipcase, BOOM! Studios
- Grendel: Devil by the Deed–Master’s Edition, Dark Horse Comics
- Metaphorical HER, Rocketship Entertainment
- Palookaville #24, Drawn & Quarterly
- Winner: Richard Stark’s Parker: The Complete Collection, IDW Publishing
- Thalamus: The Art of Dave McKean, Dark Horse Comics
- Watership Down, Ten Speed Press
Nominees for the above awards were chosen by fans and a panel of judges, and the awards period included any materials published in 2023. Winners were chosen by a vote by the comics creative community. The Ringo Awards also feature the annual “fan favorite” awards, where winners are selected by an open voting process. This year’s winners includued:
- Favorite Villain: Montresor – Nevermore (WEBTOONS)
- Favorite New Series: City of Blank (WEBTOON)
- Favorite New Talent: Danny Earls
- Favorite Publisher: Image Comics
- Favorite Hero: Lenore – Nevermore (WEBTOON)