Announcing the 2022 Ringo Awards Final Ballot | |
The Ringo Awards are thrilled to announce the 2022 nominees. The nomination process was completed with the participation of our esteemed 2022 jury as well as the voting public. Fans and comic book professionals alike showed strong support in promoting the voting process on their websites, channels, and via social media. | |
Voting on the 2022 Final Ballot is restricted to comic book industry creative community -- anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally. We now present the 2022 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards Final Ballot. | |
Fan and Pro Nomination Categories | |
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* Best Cartoonist (Writer andArtist)
- Jeff Lemire
- Sas Milledge
- Eric Powell
- Caytlin Vilbrandt
- Thomas Zahler
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* Best Writer
- Jeff Lemire
- MerryWeather
- Chris Miskiewicz
- Tom Taylor
- James Tynion IV
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* Best Artist or Penciller
- Filipe Andrade
- Juan Cavia
- Tyler Crook
- Jeff Edwards
- Jock
- PokuriMio
- Gabriel Rodriguez
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* Best Inker
- Sal Buscema
- Adelso Corona
- Eber Ferreira
- Jonathan Glapion
- Sandra Hope
- Mark Morales
- Norm Rapmund
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* Best Letterer
- Andworld Designs
- Clayton Cowles
- Crank!
- Taylor Esposito
- DC Hopkins
- Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
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* Best Colorist
- Juan Cavia
- Bruna Costa
- Dijjo Lima
- Dave McCaig
- K. O’Neill
- Sandro Pacucci
- Santiago R. Villa
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* Best Cover Artist
- Simone Di Meo
- Jeff Edwards
- Stephanie Hans
- Javan Jordan
- Jeff Lemire
- Peach Momoko
- Sana Takeda
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* Best Series
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Locke & Key/The Sandman Universe: Hell & Gone, IDW Publishing
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Many Deaths of Laila Starr, BOOM! Studios
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Something is Killing the Children, BOOM! Studios
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Stray Dogs, Image Comics
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Syphon, Image Comics
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* Best Single Issue or Story
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Commander RAO #1, Scout Comics
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Mamo #1, BOOM! Studios
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The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #3, BOOM! Studios
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Something is Killing the Children #20, BOOM! Studios
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Tales of the Night Watchman: Under the Surface, So What? Press
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* Best Original Graphic Novel
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Ballad for Sophie, Top Shelf Productions
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Blowback, self-published
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Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?, Albatross Funnybooks
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Djeliya, TKO Studios
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Save it for Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest, Abrams Books
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This is Where We Fall, Z2
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* Best Anthology
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DC Pride 2021, DC
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SENSORY: Life on the Spectrum, self-published
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Smut Peddler Presents: Sordid Past, Iron Circus Comics
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You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife, Iron Circus Comics
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Yule: Dreadful Tales for the Holiday Season, self-published
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* Best Humor Comic
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Cyclopedia Exotica, Drawn & Quarterly
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Love and Capes: In the Time of Covid, Maerkle Press
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Not All Robots, AWA Studios
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Twiztid Haunted High-Ons: Curse of the Green Book, Source Point Press
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Wicked Things, BOOM! Studios
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* Best Non-fiction Comic Work
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The Comic Book History of Animation, IDW Publishing
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Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?, Albatross Funnybooks
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Elvis: The Official Graphic Novel, Z2
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Hakim's Odyssey, Book 1: From Syria to Turkey, Graphic Mundi
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Run: Book One, Abrams Books
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Yummy: A History of Desserts, Random House Children’s Books
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* Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel
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Avatar: The Last Airbender--Suki, Alone. Dark Horse Comics
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Better Place, Top Shelf
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Just Roll With It, Random House Children’s Books
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Nobody Likes You, Greta Grump, Fantagraphics
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Rainbow Bridge, Aftershock
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The Underfoot: Into the Sun, Oni Press
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* Best Presentation in Design
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Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?, Albatross Funnybooks
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EC Covers Artist’s Edition, IDW Publishing
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Friday Foster: The Ultimate Collection, ABLAZE Comics
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Jim Lee's X-Men Artist's Edition, IDW Publishing
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Locke & Key: Keyhouse Compendium, IDW Publishing
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Stake, Scout Comics
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Comic pros can navigate to our website to submit their vote.
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In addition to Final Ballot categories, both Fan-Only Favorites from the nomination ballot and Hero Initiative Awards (The Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award and The Dick Giordano Humanitarian Award) will be presented at the Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards ceremony the evening of October 29, 2022. | |
Companies, organizations, or individuals interested in sponsorship of the 2022 Ringo Awards may discuss opportunities to do so by emailing us at [email protected]. | |
"The Ringo Awards administrators were really pleased with how this year's ballot shaped up," said Marc Nathan, Baltimore Comic-Con promoter. "What we have for the comics pros to vote on is a fantastic ballot with tough choices. It's a great opportunity to check out creators and their works that were nominated with which you might not be familiar and enjoy some amazing comics and graphic novels! The fans were excited for their contributions to the final ballot, and the jurors found great titles and creators to share with you. We hope everyone, both eligible voters and comics readers, will give them a read!" | |
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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.
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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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