The 2021 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards are to be presented at the Ringo Awards Banquet and Ceremony in conjunction with the 2021 Baltimore Comic-Con this evening, Saturday, October 23, 2021.
Please Like and tune in to our Ringo Awards Facebook page, our Baltimore Comic-Con Facebook page, and Subscribe and tune into our Baltimore Comic-Con YouTube channel. Our ceremony will begin at approximately 9pm ET (and there may be some pre-ceremony coverage as well!).
Tune in to see winners in the following Fan and Pro Categories:
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* Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)
- Derf Backderf
- Leeanne M. Krecic (Mongie)
- Stan Sakai
- Rachel Smythe
- Adrian Tomine
- Sophie Yanow
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* Best Writer
- Penelope Bagieu
- Anthony Del Col
- Jason Douglas
- N.K. Jemisin
- Marjorie Liu
- James Tynion IV
- Ram V
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* Best Artist or Penciller
- Josh Adams
- Jamal Campbell
- Elsa Charretier
- Hanza Art
- Sana Takeda
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* Best Inker
- Sanford Greene
- Brett Hobson
- Jjolee
- Gabriel Hernandez Walta
- Tonci Zonjic
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* Best Letterer
- Deron Bennett
- Aditya Bidikar
- DC Hopkins
- Micah Myers
- Chas! Pangburn
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* Best Colorist
- Toyin Ajetunmobi
- Laura Allred
- Tamra Bonvillain
- Aladdin Lee Grant Rutledge Collar
- Jacob Phillips
- Joe Todd-Stanton
- Christian Ward
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* Best Cover Artist
- Gian Carlo Bernal
- Stephanie Hans
- Maan House
- Steve Lieber
- Peach Momoko
- Kevin O’Neill
- Joe Todd-Stanton
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* Best Series
- The Department of Truth, Image Comics
- Far Sector, DC
- Lore Olympus, WEBTOON
- My Deepest Secret, WEBTOON
- Usagi Yojimbo, IDW Publishing
- Wonder Woman: Dead Earth, DC
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* Best Single Issue or Story
- All-America Comix #1, Image Comics
- Firefly: The Outlaw Ma Reynolds, BOOM! Studios
- Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx, Flying Eye Books (US) / Nobrow Press
- “Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin” from Ice Cream Man Present Quarantine Comix Special #1, Image Comics
- The O.Z., self-published
- Parallel, Source Point Press
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* Best Original Graphic Novel
- Buried But Not Dead, Source Point Press
- Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, Abrams Books
- The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, Drawn & Quarterly
- Moms, Drawn & Quarterly
- Pulp, Image Comics
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* Best Anthology
- Be Gay, Do Comics, IDW Publishing
- Hey, Amateur! Go From Novice to Nailing It in 9 Panels, IDW Publishing
- Maybe Someday: Stories of Promise, Visions of Hope, A Wave Blue World
- Pandemix: Quarantine Comix in the Age of ‘Rona, self-published
- Votes for Women: The Battle for the 19th Amendment, Little Red Bird Press
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* Best Humor Comic
- Akissi: Even More Tales of Mischief, Flying Eye Books (US) / Nobrow Press
- ArkhaManiacs, DC
- Billionaire Island, AHOY Comics
- Love and Capes: The Family Way, Maerkle Press/IDW Publishing
- Metalshark Bro 2: Assault on Hamzig Island, Scout Comics
- Moms, Drawn & Quarterly
- Wicked Things, BOOM! Studios
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* Best Non-fiction Comic Work
- Banned Book Club, Iron Circus Comics
- Chasin’ the Bird: Charlie Parker In California, Z2 Comics
- Come Home Indio, Street Noise Books
- Dancing After TEN, Fantagraphics Books
- Grateful Dead – Origins, Z2 Comics
- Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, Abrams Books
- We’ll Soon Be Home Again, Dark Horse Comics
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* Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel
- Akissi: Even More Tales of Mischief, Flying Eye Books (US) / Nobrow Press
- Cat Kid Comic Club #1, Scholastic Graphix
- Jupiter Jet and the Forgotten Radio, Action Lab Entertainment
- Max Meow: Cat Crusader, Random House
- The Perhapanauts: First Blood, Black Caravan/Scout Comics
- Twins, Scholastic Graphix
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* Best Presentation in Design
- Crescent City Monsters, Dream Fury Comics
- Dave Cockrum’s X-Men Artifact Edition, IDW Publishing
- The Electric Black, Black Caravan/Scout Comics
- The Harrowing of Hell, Iron Circus Comics
- Heavy Metal #300, Heavy Metal
- Impossible Jones, Volume 1: Grin & Gritty, Panic Button Press
- Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx, Flying Eye Books (US) / Nobrow Press
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Plus Fan Favorite category announcements and The Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement and The Dick Giordano Humanitarian Awards.
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