The 2021 Ringo Awards Final Ballot Revealed

The 2021 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards are to be presented on the evening of Saturday, October 23, 2021 as part of the fan- and pro-favorite convention, The Baltimore Comic-Con.

The Ringo Awards have announced the 2021 nominees. The nomination process was completed with the participation of the 2021 jury as well as the voting public. Fans and comic book professionals alike showed strong support in promoting the voting process on their websites, channels, and via social media.

Voting on the 2021 Final Ballot is restricted to comic book industry creative community — anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally. We now present the 2021 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards Final Ballot. Congrats to all of the nominees!

Fan and Pro Nomination Categories

Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)

• Derf Backderf
• Mongie
• Stan Sakai
• Rachel Smythe
• Adrian Tomine
• Sophie Yanow

Best Writer

• Penelope Bagieu
• Anthony Del Col
• Jason Douglas
• N.K. Jemisin
• Marjorie Liu
• James Tynion IV
• Ram V

Best Artist or Penciller

• Josh Adams
• Jamal Campbell
• Elsa Charretier
• Hanza Art
• Sana Takeda

Best Inker

• Sanford Greene
• Brett Hobson
• Jjolee
• Gabriel Hernandez Walta
• Tonci Zonjic

Best Letterer

• Deron Bennett
• Aditya Bidikar
• DC Hopkins
• Micah Myers
• Chas! Pangburn

Best Colorist

• Toyin Ajetunmobi
• Laura Allred
• Tamra Bonvillain
• Aladdin Lee Grant Rutledge Collar
• Jacob Phillips
• Joe Todd-Stanton
• Christian Ward

Best Cover Artist

• Gian Carlo Bernal
• Stephanie Hans
• Maan House
• Steve Lieber
• Peach Momoko
• Kevin O’Neill
• Joe Todd-Stanton

Best Series

• The Department of Truth, Image Comics
• Far Sector, DC Comics
• Lore Olympus, WEBTOON
• My Deepest Secret, WEBTOON
• Usagi Yojimbo, IDW Publishing
• Wonder Woman: Dead Earth, DC

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

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

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

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

Best Webcomic

• DPS Only! (tapas.io/series/dpsonly/)
• Fangs (tapas.io/series/fangscomic/)
• Heart of the City (gocomics.com/heartofthecity/)
• Midnight Poppy Land (webtoons.com/en/romance/midnight-poppy-land/list?title_no=1798)
• Shiloh (webtoons.com/en/thriller/shiloh/list?title_no=1649)
• Totally Under Control (insider.com/comic-how-united-states-lost-control-of-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-9)

Best Humor Webcomic

• The Abominable Charles Christopher (karlkerschl.com/abominable/)
• Bagel High (instagram.com/yoyorobot/)
• Beware of Toddler (bewareoftoddler.com)
• Cassandra Comics (tapas.io/series/CassandraComics/)
• Cursed Princess Club (webtoons.com/en/comedy/cursed-princess-club/list?title_no=1537)
• The Middle Age (steveconley.com/the-middle-age/)
• Sarah’s Scribbles (tapas.io/series/Doodle-Time/)
• xkcd (xkcd.com)

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

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, Scout Comics
• Twins, Scholastic Graphix

Best Presentation in Design

• Crescent City Monsters, Dream Fury Comics
• Dave Cockrum’s X-Men Artifact Edition, IDW Publishing
• The Electric Black, 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

In addition to Final Ballot categories, both Fan-Only Favorites from the nomination ballot and Hero Initiative 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 23, 2021.

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