2021 Ringo Awards Live Streaming Tonight!
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - October 23, 2021 - The 2021 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards are to be presented at the Ringo Awards Banquet and Ceremony in conjunction with the 2021 Baltimore Comic-Con this evening, Saturday, October 23, 2021.
Please Like and tune in to our Ringo Awards Facebook page, our Baltimore Comic-Con Facebook page, and Subscribe and tune into our Baltimore Comic-Con YouTube channel. Our ceremony will begin at approximately 9pm ET (and there may be some pre-ceremony coverage as well!).
Ringo Awards Winner logo
Tune in to see winners in the following Fan and Pro Categories:
* Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)

  • Derf Backderf
  • Leeanne M. Krecic (Mongie)
  • Stan Sakai
  • Rachel Smythe
  • Adrian Tomine
  • Sophie Yanow
* Best Writer

  • Penelope Bagieu
  • Anthony Del Col
  • Jason Douglas
  • N.K. Jemisin
  • Marjorie Liu
  • James Tynion IV
  • Ram V
* Best Artist or Penciller

  • Josh Adams
  • Jamal Campbell
  • Elsa Charretier
  • Hanza Art
  • Sana Takeda
* Best Inker

  • Sanford Greene
  • Brett Hobson
  • Jjolee
  • Gabriel Hernandez Walta
  • Tonci Zonjic
* Best Letterer

  • Deron Bennett
  • Aditya Bidikar
  • DC Hopkins
  • Micah Myers
  • Chas! Pangburn
* Best Colorist

  • Toyin Ajetunmobi
  • Laura Allred
  • Tamra Bonvillain
  • Aladdin Lee Grant Rutledge Collar
  • Jacob Phillips
  • Joe Todd-Stanton
  • Christian Ward
* Best Cover Artist

  • Gian Carlo Bernal
  • Stephanie Hans
  • Maan House
  • Steve Lieber
  • Peach Momoko
  • Kevin O'Neill
  • Joe Todd-Stanton
* Best Series

  • The Department of Truth, Image Comics
  • Far Sector, DC
  • Lore Olympus, WEBTOON
  • My Deepest Secret, WEBTOON
  • Usagi Yojimbo, IDW Publishing
  • Wonder Woman: Dead Earth, DC
* Best Single Issue or Story

  • All-America Comix #1, Image Comics
  • Firefly: The Outlaw Ma Reynolds, BOOM! Studios
  • Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx, Flying Eye Books (US) / Nobrow Press
  • "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin" from Ice Cream Man Present Quarantine Comix Special #1, Image Comics
  • The O.Z., self-published
  • Parallel, Source Point Press
* Best Original Graphic Novel

  • Buried But Not Dead, Source Point Press
  • Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, Abrams Books
  • The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, Drawn & Quarterly
  • Moms, Drawn & Quarterly
  • Pulp, Image Comics
* Best Anthology

  • Be Gay, Do Comics, IDW Publishing
  • Hey, Amateur! Go From Novice to Nailing It in 9 Panels, IDW Publishing
  • Maybe Someday: Stories of Promise, Visions of Hope, A Wave Blue World
  • Pandemix: Quarantine Comix in the Age of 'Rona, self-published
  • Votes for Women: The Battle for the 19th Amendment, Little Red Bird Press
* Best Humor Comic

  • Akissi: Even More Tales of Mischief, Flying Eye Books (US) / Nobrow Press
  • ArkhaManiacs, DC
  • Billionaire Island, AHOY Comics
  • Love and Capes: The Family Way, Maerkle Press/IDW Publishing
  • Metalshark Bro 2: Assault on Hamzig Island, Scout Comics
  • Moms, Drawn & Quarterly
  • Wicked Things, BOOM! Studios
* Best Humor Webcomic

* Best Non-fiction Comic Work

  • Banned Book Club, Iron Circus Comics
  • Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker In California, Z2 Comics
  • Come Home Indio, Street Noise Books
  • Dancing After TEN, Fantagraphics Books
  • Grateful Dead - Origins, Z2 Comics
  • Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, Abrams Books
  • We'll Soon Be Home Again, Dark Horse Comics
* Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel

  • Akissi: Even More Tales of Mischief, Flying Eye Books (US) / Nobrow Press
  • Cat Kid Comic Club #1, Scholastic Graphix
  • Jupiter Jet and the Forgotten Radio, Action Lab Entertainment
  • Max Meow: Cat Crusader, Random House
  • The Perhapanauts: First Blood, Black Caravan/Scout Comics
  • Twins, Scholastic Graphix
* Best Presentation in Design

  • Crescent City Monsters, Dream Fury Comics
  • Dave Cockrum’s X-Men Artifact Edition, IDW Publishing
  • The Electric Black, Black Caravan/Scout Comics
  • The Harrowing of Hell, Iron Circus Comics
  • Heavy Metal #300, Heavy Metal
  • Impossible Jones, Volume 1: Grin & Gritty, Panic Button Press
  • Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx, Flying Eye Books (US) / Nobrow Press
Plus Fan Favorite category announcements and The Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement and The Dick Giordano Humanitarian Awards.
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About Mike Wieringo
Michael Lance "Mike" Wieringo was known to fans and friends as "Ringo", which is how he signed his artwork. His comics artist 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.
About the Ringo Awards

The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards is an annual celebration of the creativity, skill and fun of comics. The Ringo Awards recognize outstanding achievements in over 20 categories, and are the only industry awards nominated by fans and pros alike, with final voting by the comic professional community. Launched in 2017, the awards ceremony is held annually at the Baltimore Comic-Con. Further details are available at www.ringoawards.com.

About The Baltimore Comic-Con
 
The Baltimore Comic-Con is celebrating its 22nd year of bringing the comic book industry to the Baltimore and Washington D.C. area. For more information, please visit www.baltimorecomicconlive.com.
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