Ringo Award nominees revealed

By John Freeman on September 2, 2022

The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards, also known as the Ringo Awards, have announced the 2022 nominees that will be presented on Saturday, 29th October 2022, at Baltimore Comic-Con.

Nominees were chosen by a jury of industry professionals and fans. Voting on the final ballot for 2022 will be restricted to the comic industry pros who have been involved in and credited with creating comics professionally.

Below is the list of 2022 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards final ballot fan and pro nominations.

Best Cartoonist (Writer and Artist)

Jeff Lemire
Sas Milledge
Eric Powell
Caytlin Vilbrandt
Thomas Zahler

Best Writer

Jeff Lemire
MerryWeather
Chris Miskiewicz
Tom Taylor
James Tynion IV

Best Artist or Penciller

Filipe Andrade
Juan Cavia
Tyler Crook
Jeff Edwards
Jock
PokuriMio
Gabriel Rodriguez

Best Inker

Sal Buscema
Adelso Corona
Eber Ferreira
Jonathan Glapion
Sandra Hope
Mark Morales
Norm Rapmund

Best Letterer

Andworld Designs
Clayton Cowles
Crank!
Taylor Esposito
DC Hopkins
Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

Best Colourist

Juan Cavia
Bruna Costa
Dijjo Lima
Dave McCaig
K. O’Neill
Sandro Pacucci
Santiago R. Villa

Best Cover Artist

Simone Di Meo
Jeff Edwards
Stephanie Hans
Javan Jordan
Jeff Lemire
Peach Momoko
Sana Takeda

Best Series

Locke & Key/The Sandman Universe: Hell & Gone, IDW Publishing
Many Deaths of Laila Starr, BOOM! Studios
Something is Killing the Children, BOOM! Studios
Stray Dogs, Image Comics
Syphon, Image Comics

Best Single Issue or Story

Commander RAO #1, Scout Comics
Mamo #1, BOOM! Studios
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #3, BOOM! Studios
Something is Killing the Children #20, BOOM! Studios
Tales of the Night Watchman: Under the Surface, So What? Press

Best Original Graphic Novel

Ballad for Sophie, Top Shelf Productions
Blowback, self-published
Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?, Albatross Funnybooks
Djeliya, TKO Studios
Save it for Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest,Abrams Books
This is Where We Fall, Z2

Best Anthology

DC Pride 2021, DC
SENSORY: Life on the Spectrum, self-published
Smut Peddler Presents: Sordid Past, Iron Circus Comics
You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife, Iron Circus Comics
Yule: Dreadful Tales for the Holiday Season, self-published

Best Humour Comic

Cyclopedia Exotica, Drawn & Quarterly
Love and Capes: In the Time of Covid, Maerkle Press
Not All Robots, AWA Studios
Twiztid Haunted High-Ons: Curse of the Green Book, Source Point Press
Wicked Things, BOOM! Studios

Best Webcomic

Archie Comics: Big Ethel Energy, WEBTOON
Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, WEBTOON
I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp, Insider
Let’s Play, WEBTOON
Lore Olympus, WEBTOON

Best Humour Webcomic

The Little Trashmaid, Tapas Media
Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell, WEBTOON
The Middle Age, middleagecomic.com
Mr. Lovenstein, Tapas Media
Rosebuds, GoComics
Sarah’s Scribbles, Tapas

Best Non-Fiction Comic Work

The Comic Book History of Animation, IDW Publishing
Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?, Albatross Funnybooks
Elvis: The Official Graphic Novel, Z2
Hakim’s Odyssey, Book 1: From Syria to Turkey, Graphic Mundi
Run: Book One, Abrams Books
Yummy: A History of Desserts, Random House Children’s Books

Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel

Avatar: The Last Airbender – Suki, Alone, Dark Horse Comics
Better Place, Top Shelf
Just Roll With It, Random House Children’s Books
Nobody Likes You, Greta Grump, Fantagraphics
Rainbow Bridge, Aftershock
The Underfoot: Into the Sun, Oni Press

Best Presentation in Design

Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?, Albatross Funnybooks
EC Covers Artist’s Edition, IDW Publishing
Friday Foster: The Ultimate Collection, ABLAZE Comics
Jim Lee’s X-Men Artist’s Edition, IDW Publishing
Locke & Key: Keyhouse Compendium, IDW Publishing
Stake, Scout Comics

The Ringo Awards event will also include the fan only favourites categories and the Hero Initiative Awards (the Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award and The Dick Giordano Humanitarian Award).

• Ringo Awards: ringoawards.com

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.