The 2023 Mike Wieringo Awards – aka the Ringo Awards – have announced the nominees in the running for the industry award.
Described as “an annual celebration of the creativity, skill and fun of comics”, the nominations of the 2023 Ringo Award were decided by a mix of fans and comics industry professionals. The final ballot, open exclusively to comics industry professionals, has officially opened. Winners will be declared on Saturday, September 9 2023 as part of Baltimore Comic-Con weekend.
BEST CARTOONIST (Writer/Artist)
Kate Beaton
Wes Craig
Alexis Deacon
Jenny Jinya
Snailords
Stan Sakai
Zoe Thorogood
BEST WRITER
Ed Brubaker
Anthony Del Col
Drew Edwards
Scott Snyder
Brian K. Vaughan
BEST ARTIST OR PENCILLER
Fahmida Azim
Kate Flynn
Molly Mendoza
Nicola Scott
Evan “Doc” Shaner
BEST INKER
Gigi Baldassini
Scott Hanna
Sandra Hope
Klaus Janson
Mark Morales
BEST LETTERER
Justin Birch
Jerome Gagnon
Todd Klein
Micah Myers
Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Stan Sakai
BEST COLORIST
Daniela Barisone
Jordie Bellaire
Chris O’Halloran
Jacob Phillips
Dave Stewart
Ellie Wright
BEST COVER ARTIST
Wylie Beckert
Jason Muhr
Bryan Silverbax
Greg Smallwood
JH Williams III
BEST SERIES
Fractured Shards, Comics2Movies
Parker Girls, Abstract Studios
Saga, Image Comics
Season of the Bruja, Oni Press
Something is Killing the Children, BOOM! Studios
BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR STORY
88 Days of Hell: One Ukrainian Man’s Experience in the Russian Filtration, Insider
A Hunter’s Tale, Elephant Eater Comics
Finding Batman, DC Comics
Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters, Oni Press
Punisher #1, Marvel Comics
Thieves, Nobrow
You Were My Joker That Night, Anatola Howard
BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL
Chivalry, Dark Horse Comics
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, Drawn & Quarterly
It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth, Image Comics
Tokyo Rose—Zero Hour: A Japanese American Woman’s Persecution and Ultimate Redemption After World War II, Tuttle Publishing
Twilight Custard, Ghostpod Publishing
BEST ANTHOLOGY
Cthulu Invades Wonderland, Orange Cone Productions
Lower Your Sights, Mad Cave Studios
The Silver Coin, Image Comics
Voices That Count, IDW Publishing
Young Men in Love, A Wave Blue World
BEST HUMOR COMIC
Breaking Cat News, GoComics
Crash and Troy, A Wave Blue World
Grumpy Monkey: Who Threw That?, Random House Children’s Books
The Illustrated Al: The Songs of “Weird Al” Yankovic, Z2 Comics
Little Tunny’s Snail Diaries, Silver Sprocket
My Bad, AHOY Comics
Revenge of the Librarians, Drawn & Quarterly
Whatzit, Heavy Metal
BEST WEBCOMIC
88 Days of Hell: One Ukrainian Man’s Experience in the Russian Filtration, Insider
The All-Nighter, Comixology Originals
The Guy Upstairs, WEBTOON
I Love Yoo, WEBTOON
Lore Olympus, WEBTOON
Offside: I Was a Pro Football Player. I Was Tricked into Going to Qatar to Work Construction, Insider
You Were My Joker That Night, Anatola Howard
BEST HUMOR WEBCOMIC
Background Noise, backgroundnoisecomic.com
Evil Inc., evil-inc.com
Finding Fiends, WEBTOON
Live with Yourself!, WEBTOON
Vampire Husband, WEBTOON
BEST NON-FICTION COMIC WORK
88 Days of Hell: One Ukrainian Man’s Experience in the Russian Filtration, Insider
A Game for Swallows Expanded Edition, Graphic Universe – Lerner Publishing Group
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, Drawn & Quarterly
I’m Still Alive, Archaia – BOOM! Studios
Just Another Meat-Eating Dirtbag, Street Noise Books
Radium Girls, Iron Circus Comics
The Third Person, Drawn & Quarterly
BEST KIDS COMIC OR GRAPHIC NOVEL
The Aquanaut, Scholastic Graphix
Frizzy, First Second Books
The Ghoul Agency, Action Lab Entertainment
Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters, Oni Press
Kaya, Image Comics
PAWS: Gabby Gets It Together, Razorbill Books, Penguin Random House
Punk Taco 2, Adam Wallenta Entertainment
Tin Man, Abrams ComicArts
BEST PRESENTATION IN DESIGN
Beneath an Alien Sky, Rocketship Entertainment
Best of EC Stories Artisan Edition, IDW Publishing
Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition—Last Call, IDW Publishing
Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars, Abrams ComicArts
Sara Deluxe Hardcover, TKO Studios
