2019 RINGO AWARD Nominees Announced

Announcing the 2019 Ringo Awards Final Ballot BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - August 21, 2019 - The 2019 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards are to be presented on the evening of Saturday, October 19, 2019 as part of the fan- and pro-favorite convention, The Baltimore Comic-Con. The Ringo Awards has completed the 2019 nomination process, which was inclusive of fans and comic book professionals alike, and both communities continued to show strong support, both in promoting the nomination process on their websites, blogs, and social media feeds, and by submitting their nominations. Voting on the 2019 Final Ballot is restricted to comic book industry creative community -- anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally. We now present the 2019 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards Final Ballot.  Fan and Pro Nomination Categories * Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist) Echorise Enjelicious Terry Moore Sean Murphy Jim Woodring * Best Writer Brian Michael Bendis Richard Dent Rylend Grant Jeff Lemire Scott Snyder Brian K. Vaughan * Best Artist or Penciller Joe Bennett Shawn Daley Ezra Claytan Daniels Steve Ellis Ronilson Freire Dan Mora Dustin Nguyen Ryan Ottley Sean Phillips * Best Inker J.P. Mayer Mark Morales Ron Randall Fiona Staples Sana Takeda * Best Letterer David Aja Arechan Taylor Esposito Jared K. Fletcher Todd Klein * Best Colorist Tamra Bonvillain Steve Conley Matt Hollingsworth Rachel Smythe Dave Stewart Matt Wilson YaongYi * Best Cover Artist Travis Charest Nick Derington Dan Mora Sara Richard Alex Ross Fiona Staples Jim Woodring * Best Series Batman: White Knight, DC Comics Bitter Root, Image Comics Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Dark Horse Comics Blammo, Kilgore Books The Highest House, IDW Publishing The Immortal Hulk, Marvel Comics Venom, Marvel Comics * Best Single Issue or Story Aberrant #4, Danger Zone Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise, Dark Horse Comics Champions #24, Marvel Comics Klaus and the Crying Snowman, BOOM! Studios Swamp Thing Winter Special, DC Comics * Best Original Graphic Novel The Ghost, The Owl, Action Lab Entertainment My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, Image Comics Son of Hitler, Image Comics Upgrade Soul, Lion Forge Woman World, Drawn & Quarterly * Best Anthology Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman, DC Comics All We Ever Wanted: Stories of a Better World, A Wave Blue World Femme Magnifique: 50 Magnificent Women Who Changed the World, Black Crown/IDW Publishing Grief, Source Point Press Twisted Romance, Image Comics Where We Live, A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas, Image Comics * Best Humor Comic Bluechair, Line Webtoon Get Naked, Image Comics Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell, Line Webtoon MAD, DC Comics Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons, IDW Publishing * Best Comic Strip or Panel Amazing Spider-Man, Stan Lee/Larry Lieber, King Features Syndicate Bloom County, Berkeley Breathed, Andrews McMeel Universal Doonsbury, Garry Trudeau, Andrews McMeel Universal Garfield, Jim Davis, King Features Syndicate Luann, Greg Evans, Andrews McMeel Universal Nancy, Olivia Jaimes, Andrews McMeel Universal Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, Andrews McMeel Universal * Best Webcomic Age Matters, Enjelicious, (https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/age-matters/list?title_no=1364&page=1) Aztec Empire, Paul Guinan, Anina Bennett, David Hahn (https://www.bigredhair.com/books/aztec-empire/about/) The Contradictions, Sophie Yanow (http://www.thecontradictions.com/) Existential Comics, Corey Mohler (https://existentialcomics.com/) Lavender Jack, Dan Schkade (https://www.webtoons.com/en/thriller/lavender-jack/list?title_no=1410&page=1) Luff, Arechan, (https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/luff/list?title_no=1489&page=1) The Nib, various (https://thenib.com/) Nothing Special, Katie Cook (https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/nothing-special/list?title_no=1188&page=1) * Best Non-fiction Comic Work All the Answers, Simon & Schuster The Bridge: How the Roeblings Connected Brooklyn to New York, Abrams ComicArts Hey, Kiddo, Graphix I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation, BOOM! Studios Let's Make Comics!, Watson-Guptill Where We Live, A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas, Image Comics * Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel Aquacorn Cove, Oni Press Be Prepared, First Second Books Jupiter Jet, Action Lab Entertainment The Nameless City: The Divided Earth, First Second Books The Prince and the Dressmaker, First Second Books Punk Taco, Adam Wallenta Entertainment * Best Presentation in Design Absolute Sandman Overture, DC Comics Berlin, Drawn & Quarterly Madman Quarter Century Shindig, IDW Publishing My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, Image Comics Only Living Boy Omnibus, Papercutz Persephone, BOOM! Studios Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise Gallery Edition, Abstract Studio/Graphitti Designs Yellow Negros and Other Imaginary Creatures, New York Review Comics Comic pros can visit our website to submit their vote. In addition to Final Ballot categories, both Fan-Only Favorites from the nomination ballot and Hero Initiave 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 19, 2019. Companies, organizations, or individuals interested in sponsorship of the 2019 Ringo Awards may discuss opportunities to do so by emailing us at contact@ringoawards.com. "Our second year was another success," said Marc Nathan, Baltimore Comic-Con promoter. "The Ringos were very well-received in our inaugural year, and the trend continued in 2018, with voter global footprint and total participation numbers really growing. Now, the comic book industry gets to determine which nominees will receive 2019 awards, so if you are a comics industry creative professional, please take a few minutes to cast your ballot!" FOLLOWING US YET?   About Mike Wieringo Michael Lance "Mike" Wieringo was known to fans and friends as "Ringo", which is how he signed his artwork. His comics art 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 20th year of bringing the comic book industry to the Baltimore and Washington D.C. area. For more information, please visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com