The Ringo Awards are thrilled to announce the 2025 nominees. The nomination process was completed with the participation of our esteemed 2025 jury as well as the voting public. Fans and comic book professionals alike showed strong support in promoting the voting process on their websites and social media feeds. | | Voting on the 2025 Final Ballot is restricted to comic book industry creative community -- anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally. We now present the 2025 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards Final Ballot. | | Fan and Pro Nomination Categories | | |
* Best Cartoonist (Writer and Artist)
- Arechan
- Megan Grey
- Patrick Horvath
- Mikaël
- Eric Powell
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* Best Writer
- Jason Douglas
- Tom King
- Oscar Osorio
- Scott Snyder
- Kelly Thompson
- James Tynion IV
- David F. Walker
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* Best Artist or Penciller/Inker Team
- Bilquis Evely
- Kate Flynn
- Daniel HDR
- Eduardo Risso
- Chris Samnee
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* Best Letterer
- Aditya Bidikar
- Clayton Cowles
- Amal Desai
- DC Hopkins
- Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
- Richard Starkings
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* Best Colorist
- Michael Adams
- Jordie Bellaire
- Lee Loughridge
- Sabine Rich
- Dave Stewart
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* Best Cover Artist
- Oliver Barrett
- Evan Cagle
- Francine Delgado
- Bilquis Evely
- Francesca Fantini
- Greg Smallwood
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* Best Series
- Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, IDW Publishing
- The Blood Brothers Mother, DSTLRY
- Helen of Wyndhorn, Dark Horse Comics
- Masters of the Universe: Revolution, Dark Horse Comics
- The Pedestrian, Magma Comix
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* Best Single Issue or Story
- Batman and Robin Year One #1, DC Comics
- "A Blue Flame" in Second Hand Love, Drawn & Quarterly
- The Crying Boy, Keenspot Entertainment
- Death Ratio'd, AWA Studios
- FML #1, Dark Horse Comics
- Helen of Wyndhorn, Dark Horse Comics
- Navigating with You, Maverick
- A Never-Ending Adventure, Oscar Osorio
- Trinity Special: World's Finest #1, DC Comics
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* Best Original Graphic Novel
- Big Jim and the White Boy, Ten Speed Graphic
- The Deep Dark, Scholastic/Graphix
- ERASED: An Actor of Color's Journey Through the Heyday of Hollywood, NBM Grpahic Novels
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Homestead, Source Point Press
- Jane American, self-published
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* Best Anthology
- DC Power 2024, DC Comics
- EC Cruel Universe, Oni Press
- Hello Darkness, BOOM! Studios
- The Savage Sword of Conan, Titan Comics
- Tales from the New World, Oscar Osorio
- Transphoria, Lifeline Comics
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* Best Humor Comic
- Action Philosophers: Omnipotence for Dummies, Rocketship Entertainment
- Archie: The Decision, Archie Comics
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Forces of Nature, Drawn & Quarterly
- Kids Are Still Weird: And More Observations from Parenthood, NBM Graphic Novels
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Smut #1, self-published
- Space Circus, Dark Horse Comics
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* Best Non-fiction Comic Work
- Adrift on a Painted Sea, Avery Hill
- Brittle Joints, Street Noise Books
- Djuna, Street Noise Books
- Feeding Ghosts, MCD
- In the Shadows of Stalin: The Story of Mr. Jones, Oni Press
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* Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel
- Double Booking, Papercutz/Mad Cave Studios
- Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine, Dark Horse Comics
- Hilda and Twig Hide from the Rain, Flying Eye Books
- The Legend of Tiger and Tail-Flower, Levine Querido
- The New Girl, Scholastic/Graphix
- Night Stories, Astra Books for Young Readers
- ZOR, Keenspot Entertainment
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* Best Presentation in Design
- Coins of Judas, Orange Cone Productions/Band of Bards
- David Mazzucchelli's Batman Year One Artist's Edition, IDW Publishing
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff and Bram Stoker's Dracula starring Bela Lugosi Casket Edition, Rocketship Entertainment
- One Bite at a Time: The First 20 Years of Elephant Eater Comics, Elephant Eater Comics
- Scott Pilgrim 20th Anniversary Hardcover Box Set, Oni Press
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Warm Fusion, DSTLRY
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Comic pros can navigate to our website to submit their vote.
| | 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 18, 2025. | | Companies, organizations, or individuals interested in sponsorship of the 2025 Ringo Awards may discuss opportunities to do so by emailing us at contact@ringoawards.com. | | "This year's ballot is fantastic," said Marc Nathan, Baltimore Comic-Con promoter. "We have an amazing selection of some of the best comics from 2024 on this list, featuring a broad array of creators, genres, titles, and publishers. From gorgeous books in the Best Presentation in Design category to page-turners throughout, not to mention some of the most talented and, in some cases, up-and-coming creators out there, there are hours of amazing reading opportunities represented. We can't wait to see what the comics professionals choose as the winners in 2025!" | | Please follow us on social media! | | |
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.
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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 26th year of bringing the comic book industry to the Baltimore and Washington D.C. area. For more information, please visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com.
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