Ringo Awards 2025 Nominations Now Open

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - April 4, 2025 - The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards is an annual celebration of the creativity, skill, and fun of comics. The awards return for their ninth year on Saturday, October 18, 2025 as part of the fan- and pro-favorite convention, the Baltimore Comic-Con.

More than 20 categories will be celebrated with top honors being given at the awards ceremony in October.

Are you following us on social media yet?

Fan and Pro Nominations

Fan and pro-jury voting are tallied independently, and the combined nomination ballot is compiled by the Ringo Awards Committee. The top two fan choices become nominees, and the jury's selections fill the remaining three slots for five total nominees per category. Ties may result in more than five nominees in a single category. Nominees will be listed on the ballot alphabetically. Nomination ballot voting is open to the public (fans and pros) between April 4, 2025 and June 19, 2025.

Final Ballot Voting

After processing by the Ringo Awards Committee and Jury, the Final Ballots are targeted to be available to comic creative professionals for voting on August 20, 2025 and will be due by September 17, 2025 for final tallying. Presentation of the winners will occur at the Baltimore Comic-Con on the evening of Saturday, October 18, 2025.

Nomination Eligibility

Eligibility for creators and creative works is determined by publication in the preceding calendar year (January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024) - print publication date takes precedence over electronic publication date. For electronic works, the date of publication is time-stamped with most publications and at least 3 episodes/installments of continuing works must have appeared during the eligibility period.

Fan and Pro Nomination Categories

* Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)

* Best Writer

* Best Artist or Penciller/Inker Team

* Best Letterer

* Best Colorist

* Best Cover Artist

* Best Series

* Best Single Issue or Story

* Best Original Graphic Novel

* Best Anthology

* Best Humor Comic

* Best Webcomic

* Best Humor Webcomic

* Best Non-fiction Comic Work

* Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel

* Best Presentation in Design

Perennial Jury-Only Nomination

* The Mike Wieringo Spirit Award

Fan-Only Favorite Categories

* Favorite Hero

* Favorite Villain

* Favorite New Series

* Favorite New Talent

* Favorite Publisher

Hero Initiative Award (selected by the Hero Initiative)

* The Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award

* The Dick Giordano Humanitarian Award

"Every spring, we are excited to see what the readers felt was the best of last year's comics and creators," said Marc Nathan, Baltimore Comic-Con promoter. "With an amazing array of new content available, it'll be tough to single out favorites! Our jury is already hard at work reviewing publisher submissions that have arrived, and we hope everyone helps to spread the word that the Ringos nomination phase is open to all comics readers -- submit your vote today!"

Thank You to our 2024 Sponsors

The Ringo Awards Committee would like to thank our 2024 sponsors and encourage you to take a look at what they have to offer:

• Baltimore Comic-Con
• Cards, Comics & Collectibles
• Act 4 Publishing
• A Wave Blue World
• Bad Idea
• Big Lick Comic-Con
• BOOM! Studios
• Comix Well Spring
• Hard Rock Cafe
• IDW Publishing
• Image Comics
• Kickstarter
• Mad Cave Studios
• Oni Press
• Prana: Direct Market Solutions
• Rocketship Entertainment
• Scholastic/Graphix
• SHP Comics

If you would like to sponsor the Ringo Awards in 2025, please email us at contact@ringoawards.com for more information.

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.

mattAbout 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.