Press Release:
The 2017 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards are to be presented on the evening of Saturday, September 23, 2017 as part of the fan- and pro-favorite convention, the Baltimore Comic-Con. The Ringo Awards has completed the 2017 nomination process, which was inclusive of fans and comic book professionals alike, and both communities showed strong support, both in talking about us on their websites, blogs, and social media feeds, and by submitting their nominations.
With the nomination deadline looming, we continued to see significant volume each day, and determined we needed to extend our original voting deadline to accommodate as many interested participants as we reasonably could without adversely impacting our ability to release and provide sufficient voting time for the final ballot. The augmentation in participation during the nomination extension ended up being significant.
Voting on the 2017 Final Ballot is restricted to comic book industry creative community — anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally. We now present the inaugural Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards Final Ballot.
Fan and Pro Nomination Categories
* Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)
- Daniel Clowes
- Steve Conley
- Hernandez Brothers
- Aydin Anh Huynh (Snailords)
- Kaitlyn Narvaza (instantmiso)
- Skottie Young
* Best Writer
- PJ Haarsma & Alan Tudyk
- Jody Houser
- Tom King
- Robert Kirkman
- Jeff Lemire
- Alan Moore
- Mark Waid
- David Walker
- Gerard Way
* Best Artist or Penciller
- Kaare Andrews
- Cliff Chiang
- Rafael de Latorre
- Mitch Gerards
- Jason Johnson
- Jason Latour
- Dustin Nguyen
- Fiona Staples
* Best Inker
- Mark Brooks
- Jeremy Freeman
- Jonathan Glapion
- Jason Latour
- Jae Lee
- Danny Miki
- Sean Murphy
- Victor Olazaba
* Best Letterer
- Clayton Cowles
- Taylor Esposito
- Todd Klein
- Troy Peteri
- John Workman
* Best Colorist
- Jordie Bellaire
- Tamra Bonvillain
- Elizabeth Breitweiser
- Laura Martin
- Rico Renzi
- Sarah Stone
- Matt Wilson
* Best Cover Artist
- Frank Cho
- Mike Del Mundo
- JG Jones
- Phil Noto
- Ryan Sook
- Fiona Staples
- Sana Takeda
* Best Series
- Faith, Valiant Entertainment
- Paper Girls, Image Comics
- Saga, Image Comics
- Spectrum, Automatic Pictures
- Vision, Marvel Comics
* Best Single Issue or Story
- Deadly Hands of Criminal, Image Comics
- DC Universe Rebirth #1, DC Comics
- Emancipation Day, Redistrictedcomics.com
- Faith #1, Valiant Entertainment
- Locke & Key: Small World, IDW Publishing
* Best Original Graphic Novel
- Ghosts, Scholastic/Graphix
- March: Book III, Top Shelf Productions
- Patience, Daniel Clowes, Fantagraphics
- Tetris: The Games People Play, First Second
- Wonder Woman: The True Amazon, DC Comics
* Best Anthology
- Dark Horse Presents, Dark Horse Comics
- Island, Image Comics
- Love is Love, DC Comics/IDW Publishing
- ReDistrictedComics.com
- Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary Special, DC Comics
* Best Humor Comic
- Adventures of God, Line Webtoons
- Blue Chair, Line Webtoons
- Giant Days, BOOM! Studios
- I Hate Fairyland, Image Comics
- Jughead, Archie Comics
- Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Marvel Comics
* Best Comic Strip or Panel
- Bloom County, Berkeley Breathed, Universal Uclick
- Dick Tracy, Joe Staton & Mike Curtis, Tribune Media Services
- Foxtrot, Bill Amend, Universal Press Syndicate
- Mutts, Patrick McDonnell, King Features Syndicate
- Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, Universal Uclick
* Best Webcomic
- Girl Genius, Phil Foglio
- Siren’s Lament, Kaitlyn Narvaza (instantmiso)
- The Middle Age, Steve Conley
- The Red Hook, Dean Haspiel
- unOrdinary, uru-chan
* Best Non-fiction Comic Work
- Cooking Comically
- Dark Night, A True Batman Story, DC Comics
- March: Book Three, Top Shelf Productions
- ReDistrictedComics.com
- Rolling Blackouts, Drawn and Quarterly
- Tetris: The Games People Play, First Second
* Best Presentation in Design
- Aliens 30th Anniversary: The Original Comic Series, Dark Horse Comics
- Al Williamson’s Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Artist Edition, IDW Publishing
- Britannia, Valiant Entertainment
- Legacy of Luther Strode, Image Comics
- Mike Mignola’s Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects: Artist’s Edition Hardcover, IDW Publishing
- Moebius Library: The World of Edena, Dark Horse Books
- The ODY-C: Cycle One Hardcover, Image Comics
- Spectrum, Automatic Pictures
Comic pros can navigate to the website to submit their vote.
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 September 23, 2017.
