Awards
Ringo Awards Announces Its Winners At Baltimore Comic Con 2018
Celebrating Comic Talent
♦ Last night, the winners of the Ringo Awards, named as a tribute to comic artist Mike Wieringo, were announced at Baltimore Comic Con so here’s the results. The winners are in bold and come from out friends at Comiccon.com…
The jury for this year included:
MICHAEL CAVNA
Cartoonist, journalist, and creator of The Washington Post‘s Eisner-nominated Comic Riffs column.
MARTY GROSSER
Editor of Diamond Comic Distributors’ PREVIEWS catalog.
KARLA MARSH-SOUTHERN
Event and Exhibitor Coordinator for Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find and the Heroes Convention, in Charlotte, NC.
ROB STULL
Illustrator, curator, teacher, penciler, inker, and designer with credits including: Tellos, Spider-Man Adventures, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, and more!
GUS VAZQUEZ
Illustrator for comic books, trading cards, storyboarding, commercials, animation, film, and more with credits including Deadpool, X-Force, Sunfire, and Big Hero 6.
The winners of the jury-voted categories of The Ringo Awards 2018 appear below in bold.
Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)
- Guy Delisle
- Emil Ferris
- Monica Gallagher
- Joelle Jones
- Quimchee
- Jillian Tamaki
Best Writer
- Jason Aaron
- Neil Gaiman
- Matt Kindt
- Tom King
- Jeff Lemire
- Aline Brosh McKenna
- David Pepose
Best Artist or Penciller
- Gary Frank
- Mitch Gerads
- Chris Samnee
- Stjepan Sejic
- Lee Weeks
Best Inker
- Jonathan Glapion
- Mark McKenna
- Danny Miki
- Mark Morales
- Scott Williams
Best Letterer
- Colin Bell
- Justin Birch
- Todd Klein
- David Rubin
- John Workman
Best Colorist
- Dijjo Lima
- Laura Martin
- Dave McCaig
- Jasen Smith
- Dave Stewart
Best Cover Artist
- Michael Cho
- Fay Dalton
- Simon Fraser
- Joelle Jones
- David Mack
- Jorge Santiago Jr.
Best Series
- Batman, DC Comics
- Lady Killer, Dark Horse Comics
- Mister Miracle, DC Comics
- Spencer & Locke, Action Lab Entertainment
- Sunstone, Image Comics
Best Single Issue or Story
- Batman Annual #2, DC Comics
- Batman/Elmer Fudd Special, DC Comics
- Doomsday Clock #1, DC Comics
- I Am Groot, Marvel Comics
- Mister Miracle #5, DC Comics
Best Original Graphic Novel
- The Aggregate, Split Decision Comics
- The Best We Could Do, Abrams ComicArts
- Hostage, Drawn & Quarterly
- My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Fantagraphics
- Spinning, First Second
Best Anthology
- Magic Bullet, D.C. Conspiracy
- Mine! A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefiting Planned Parenthood, ComicMix
- Mirror, Mirror II, 2dcloud
- Overwatch: Anthology Volume 1, Dark Horse Comics
- SpongeBob Comics: Treasure Chest, Harry N. Abrams
Best Humor Comic
- Baking with Kafka, Drawn & Quarterly
- Batman/Elmer Fudd Special, DC Comics
- Boyfriend of the Dead, Line Webtoon
- Giant Days, BOOM! Studios
- My Giant Nerd Boyfriend, Line Webtoon
- Sh*t My President Says, Top Shelf Productions
Best Comic Strip or Panel
- Bloom County, Berkeley Breathed, Andrews McMeel Universal
- Mutts, Patrick McDonnell, King Features Syndicate
- Peanizles, Don Mathias, www.peanizles.com
- Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, Andrews McMeel Universal
- Sarah’s Scribbles, Sarah Andersen, Andrews McMeel Universal
Best Webcomic
- 1000, Chuck Brown and Sanford Greene (www.webtoons.com/en/action/one-thousand/list?title_no=1217&page=1)
- I Love Yoo, Quimchee (www.webtoons.com/en/romance/i-love-yoo/list?title_no=986&page=1)
- The Middle Age, Steve Conley (www.middleagecomic.com/)
- Siren’s Lament, instantmiso (www.webtoons.com/en/romance/sirens-lament/list?title_no=632&page=1)
- War Cry, Dean Haspiel (www.webtoons.com/en/super-hero/war-cry/list?title_no=1247&page=1)
Best Non-fiction Comic Work
- The Best We Could Do, Abrams ComicArts
- Everything is Flammable, Uncivilized Books
- Going into Town: A Love Letter to New York, Bloomsbury Publishing
- Hostage, Drawn & Quarterly
- Poppies of Iraq, Drawn & Quarterly
- ReDistricted, redistrictedcomics.com
- Spinning, First Second
Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel
- Bolivar, Archaia/BOOM! Studios
- Cyko KO: A Comic Book Adventure You Can Color, Alterna Comics
- DC SuperHero Girls, DC Comics
- Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties, Graphix
- Home Time (Book One), Top Shelf Productions
- If Found…Please Return To Elise Gravel, Drawn & Quarterly
- Jem and the Holograms, IDW Publishing
- Pizza Tree, Arcana Comics
- Red’s Planet: Friends and Foes, Harry N. Abrams
Best Presentation in Design
- Jane, BOOM! Studios
- Monograph by Chris Ware, Rizzoli
- Monsters Vol. 1: The Marvel Monsterbus, Marvel Comics
- My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Fantagraphics
- Saga, Image Comics
- Skybourne, BOOM! Studios
- X-Men: Grand Design, Marvel Comics
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