Award Season Not Done Yet

The Ringo! Awards are coming up fast!

The biggest award night of the year for the comic book industry has come and gone with SDCC. The Eisner Awards were given out that weekend, resulting in some big winners, such as James Tynion IV taking home the award for Best Writer for the second year in a row plus Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo, who won the award for Best Continuing Series (Nightwing, DC).

Just because the Eisners are over, that doesn’t mean that award season is done for the comic book industry. The 6th annual Ringo! Awards are just around the corner in September, and they have just recently released their list of nominations! Before we go over the nominees, let’s learn a little bit more about the Ringo! Awards themselves.

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History Of The Ringo! Awards

The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards, more commonly referred to as simply, The Ringo! Awards began in 2017 at Baltimore Comic-Con. They began as a replacement for the departing Harvey Awards, which had left the convention the year prior. 

The awards are named after comic book artist Mike Wieringo, best known for his work on titles such as The Flash (DC), Fantastic Four (Marvel) and the co-creation of Tellos (Image) with Todd Dezago. Mike passed away in 2007, and his classic “Ringo!” signature was incorporated into the design for the awards named after him.

The awards have quickly become one of the more sought after awards in the comic book industry, particularly for independent creators and publishers. The nominations are determined by popular vote, with fans and pros alike able to vote for their favorite projects. With over 20 categories, it’s also an award that offers ample opportunity for new and veteran creators alike.

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And The Nominees Are…

In today’s article, we will show you some of the bigger awards nominees as well as list the remaining categories at the end! Let’s take a look at the 2023, Ringo! Awards nominations!

Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)

The nominees for the Best Cartoonist award are:

• Jenny Jiny (Living Reaper)
• Alexis Deacon (Curse of the Chosen)
• Zoe Thorogood (It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth)
• Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo)
• Wes Craig (KAYA)
• Kate Beaton (Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands)
• Snailords (Death Rescheduled)

Best Series

The Nominees for the Best Series award are:

• Season of the Bruja (Oni Press)
• Something is Killing the Children (Boom! Studios)
• Parker Girls (Abstract Studio Comics)
• Saga (Image Comics)
• Fractured Shards (Comics2Movies)

Best Single Issue or Story

The nominees for the Best Single Issue or Story award are:

• 88 Days of Hell (Insider)
• Thieves (Nobrow)
• Punisher #1-2022 (Marvel)
• Jonna and the Unstoppable Monsters (Oni Press)
• DC Pride 2022 (DC)
• A Hunter’s Tale (Ryan Clayton)
• You Were My Joker That Night (Anatola Howard)

Best Original Graphic Novel

The nominees for the Best Original Graphic Novel award are:

• Tokyo Rose—Zero Hour: A Japanese American Woman’s Persecution and Ultimate Redemption After World War II (Tuttle Publishing)
• It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth (Image)
• Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Chivalry (Dark Horse)
• Twilight Custard (Ghostpod Publishing)

Best Artist or Penciller

The nominees for the Best Artist or Penciller award are:

• Evan “Doc” Shaner (The New Champion of Shazam!)
• Nicola Scott (Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons)
• Fhamida Azim (Bulldozer Injustice)
• Kate Flynn (Siloh & Nevermore)
• Molly Mendoza (Skip)

Best Writer

The nominees for the Best Artist or Penciller award are:

• Ed Brubaker (The Ghost In You)
• Drew Edwards (Halloween Man)
• Brian K. Vaughan (Saga)
• Scott Snyder (Canary)
• Anthony Del Col (Offside)

Remaining Nominees

Best Colorist

• Daniela Barisone
• Jordie Bellaire
• Chris O’Halloran
• Jacob Phillips
• Dave Stewart
• Ellie Wright

Best Webcomic

• 88 Days of Hell: One Ukrainian Man’s Experience in the Russian Filtration, Insider
• The All-Nighter, Comixology Originals
• The Guy Upstairs, WEBTOON
• I Love Yoo, WEBTOON
• Lore Olympus, WEBTOON
• Offside: I Was a Pro Football Player. I Was Tricked into Going to Qatar to Work Construction, Insider
• You Were My Joker That Night, Anatola Howard

Best Cover Artist

• Wylie Beckert
• Jason Muhr
• Bryan Silverbax
• Greg Smallwood
• JH Williams III

Best Humor Webcomic

• Background Noise, backgroundnoisecomic.com
• Evil Inc., evil-inc.com
• Finding Fiends, WEBTOON
• Live with Yourself!, WEBTOON
• Vampire Husband, WEBTOON

Best Non-fiction Comic Work

• 88 Days of Hell: One Ukrainian Man’s Experience in the Russian Filtration, Insider
• A Game for Swallows Expanded Edition, Graphic Universe – Lerner Publishing Group
• Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, Drawn & Quarterly
• I’m Still Alive, Archaia – BOOM! Studios
• Just Another Meat-Eating Dirtbag, Street Noise Books
• Radium Girls, Iron Circus Comics
• The Third Person, Drawn & Quarterly

Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel

• The Aquanaut. Scholastic Graphix
• Frizzy, First Second Books
• The Ghoul Agency, Action Lab Entertainment
• Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters, Oni Press
• Kaya, Image Comics
• PAWS: Gabby Gets It Together, Razorbill Books, Penguin Random House
• Punk Taco 2, Adam Wallenta Entertainment
• Tin Man, Abrams ComicArts

Best Presentation in Design

• Beneath an Alien Sky, Rocketship Entertainment
• Best of EC Stories Artisan Edition, IDW Publishing
• Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition—Last Call, IDW Publishing
• Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars, Abrams ComicArts
• Sara Deluxe Hardcover, TKO Studios