The winners of the Tripwire Awards 2020 have been announced, first conceived to celebrate the best in UK and US comics over the past twelve months.
Voted for by the members of the public around the world, the awards were originally scheduled to take place this year at Portsmouth Comic Con. But when that show was put back to 2021, the team thought people would like something to cheer them up in this strange time…
So, last night, Tripwire magazine’s editor-in-chief Joel Meadows and contributing writer and head honcho of The Convention Collective Leonard Sultana presented the awards for 2020 on the title’s YouTube channel.
The awards 2020 nominations were gathered together by Tripwire’s editor-in-chief Joel Meadows, Comicon.com’s senior editor Olly Macnamee, Mass Movement’s Tim Cundle and The Convention Collective’s Leonard Sultana.
“Despite the fact that we couldn’t do a physical ceremony, we felt that we had to do something to announce these awards to the comics community,” Tripwire editor-in-chief Joel Meadows said.
“And so many people from our community have stepped up to give us their acceptance speeches via video. Comics creators and publishers are always keen to support each other and we have been very gratified by what we have received.”
Our congratulations to all the winners – downthetubes was honoured to be nominated in the category of “Best Comics-Related Website” this year.
Here’s the list of all the nominees and winners.
The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2020: Best Writer Nominations
GRANT MORRISON (The Green Lantern, DC Comics)
RAM V (These Savage Shores, Vault Comics / Justice League Dark, DC Comics)
KIERON GILLEN (Die, Image Comics / Once & Future, BOOM! Studios)
KELLY THOMPSON (Captain Marvel, Marvel Comics)
AL EWING (The Immortal Hulk, Marvel Comics)
Winner: GRANT MORRISON (The Green Lantern, DC Comics)
The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2020: Best Artist Nominations
JOELLE JONES (Catwoman, DC Comics)
LIAM SHARP (The Green Lantern, DC Comics)
MARCO CHECCHETTO (Star Wars / Spider-Man, Marvel Comics)
STEPHANIE HANS (Die, Image Comics)
SANFORD GREENE (Bitter Root, Image Comics)
Winner: JOELLE JONES (Catwoman, DC Comics)
The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2020: Best Cover Artist Nominations
DAVID MACK
ALEX ROSS
LIAM SHARP
JENNY FRISON
JOCK
Winner: ALEX ROSS
The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2020: Best Colourist Nominations
TAMRA BONVILLAIN (Wayward, Image Comics)
DAVE STEWART (Hellboy, Dark Horse Comics)
TRIONA FARRELL (Hit-Girl In Mumbai, Image Comics)
ASTONE VITTORIO (These Savage Shores, Vault Comics)
LAURA ALLRED (Bowie, Insight Comics)
Winner: DAVE STEWART (Hellboy, Dark Horse Comics)
The TRIPWARE AWARDS 2020: Best Letterer Nominations
ADITYA BIDIKAR (These Savage Shores, Vault Comics)
TOM ORZECHOWSKI (The Green Lantern, DC Comics)
TRAVIS LANHAM (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Marvel Comics)
JIM CAMPBELL (Giant Days, BOOM! Studios)
CLEM ROBINS (Hellboy, Dark Horse Comics)
Winner: TOM ORZECHOWSKI (The Green Lantern, DC Comics)
The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2020: Best New Series Sponsored by Ace Comics Nominations
CONAN THE BARBARIAN (Jason Aaron / Mahmud Asrar, Marvel Comics)
HELLBLAZER (Si Spurrier / Aaron Campbell, Black Label/DC Comics)
CHAMPIONS (Jim Zub / Steven Cummings, Marvel Comics)
DYING IS EASY (Joe Hill / Martin Simmonds, IDW Publishing)
THE PLOT (Michael Moreci / Tim Daniel / Joshua Hixson, Vault Comics)
Winner: CONAN THE BARBARIAN (Jason Aaron / Mahmud Asrar, Marvel Comics)
The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2020: Best Publisher Nominations
IDW PUBLISHING
DARK HORSE COMICS
BOOM! STUDIOS
AHOY COMICS
TKO PRESENTS
Winner: DARK HORSE COMICS
The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2020: Best New Talent sponsored by The Con Collective Nominations
JORGE FORNES (Batman, DC Comics)
MICHAEL MORECI (Vault Comics / DC Comics)
J.P. AHONEN (Belzebubs)
JACOB PHILLIPS (My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies / Criminal, Image Comics)
ZOE THOROGOOD (Angel, Self-Published)
Winner: JORGE FORNES (Batman, DC Comics)
The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2020: Best Original Graphic Novel Nominations
HILDA & THE MOUNTAIN KING (Luke Pearson, Flying Eye Books)
BAD WEEKEND (Ed Brubaker / Sean Phillips, Image Comics)
SNOW, GLASS, APPLES (Neil Gaiman / Colleen Doran, Dark Horse)
OUR ENCOUNTERS WITH EVIL (Mike Mignola / Warwick Johnson-Cadwell, Dark Horse Comics)
LIEBESTRASSE (Greg Lockard / Tom Fish, Comixology)
Winner: BAD WEEKEND (Ed Brubaker / Sean Phillips, Image Comics)
The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2020: Best Collection Nominations
JUDGE DREDD: THE SMALL HOUSE (Rebellion Publishing)
BILL SIENKIEWICZ: REVOLUTION VOLUME 1 (Six Foot Press)
THE GREEN LANTERN (DC Comics)
THESE SAVAGE SHORES (Vault Comics)
LITTLE BIRD (Image Comics)
Winner: BILL SIENKIEWICZ: REVOLUTION VOLUME 1 (Six Foot Press)
The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2020: Best Editor Nominations
KAREN BERGER
BRADY WEBB
SHELLY BOND
CHRIS RYALL
MARK DOYLE
Winner: KAREN BERGER
The TRIPWIRE AWARDS: Best Comics-Related Website / Publications Nominations
‘PANELXPANEL’
‘NEWSARAMA’
‘DOWN THE TUBES’
‘COMIC SCENE UK’
‘BROKEN FRONTIER’
Winner: ‘NEWSARAMA’
The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2020: Best Small Press / Independent – UK sponsored by Knockabout Comics
SELFMADEHERO
TIME BOMB
ACCENT UK
UNBOUND
BHP PUBLISHING
Winner: SELFMADEHERO
The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2020: Best Small Press / Independent – US Nominations
TKO PRESENTS
DYNAMITE EDITIONS
DRAWN & QUARTERLY
HUMANOIDS
VAULT COMICS
Winner: VAULT COMICS
The TRIPWIRE AWARDS: The Roll Of Honour Sponsored By Soaring Penguin Press Nominations
MIKE MIGNOLA
JOE KUBERT
PAT MILLS
ALEX ROSS
P. CRAIG RUSSELL
ALAN MOORE
DAVE GIBBONS
LOUISE SIMONSON
ERIC STEPHENSON
Winners: Mike Mignola and Alan Moore
Tripwire is one of the UK’s leading comics and genre websites. It began as a print magazine in 1992 and switched to the web in 2015. It has interviewed every mover and shaker in the worlds of comics, film, TV and genre. This October, it will also be returning to print with a brand new high production value magazine.
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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.
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