BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – July 12, 2023 – The 2023 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards Nominees have been announced with the release of the final ballot. The awards are to be presented at the Ringo Awards Banquet and Ceremony in conjunction with the 2023 Baltimore Comic-Con on the evening of Saturday, September 9, 2023.
Voting on the 2023 Final Ballot is now open, and is restricted to the comic book industry creative community — anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally. Thank you to all pros who have already participated in our nomination process. Final ballots can be submitted directly or via our website, and voting will close on August 9, 2023. We now present the 2023 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards Final Ballot.
Fan and Pro Nomination Categories
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* Best Cartoonist (Writer and Artist)
- Kate Beaton
- Wes Craig
- Alexis Deacon
- Jenny Jinya
- Snailords
- Stan Sakai
- Zoe Thorogood
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* Best Writer
- Ed Brubaker
- Anthony Del Col
- Drew Edwards
- Scott Snyder
- Brian K. Vaughan
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* Best Artist or Penciller
- Fahmida Azim
- Kate Flynn
- Molly Mendoza
- Nicola Scott
- Evan “Doc” Shaner
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* Best Inker
- Gigi Baldassini
- Scott Hanna
- Sandra Hope
- Klaus Janson
- Mark Morales
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* Best Letterer
- Justin Birch
- Jerome Gagnon
- Todd Klein
- Micah Myers
- Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
- Stan Sakai
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* Best Colorist
- Daniela Barisone
- Jordie Bellaire
- Chris O’Halloran
- Jacob Phillips
- Dave Stewart
- Ellie Wright
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* Best Cover Artist
- Wylie Beckert
- Jason Muhr
- Bryan Silverbax
- Greg Smallwood
- JH Williams III
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* 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
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* 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” in DC Pride 2022, DC Comics
- Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters, Oni Press
- Punisher #1, Marvel Comics
- Thieves, Nobrow
- You Were My Joker That Night, Anatola Howard
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* 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
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* 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
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* 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
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* 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
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* 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
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* 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
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The final ballot represents an aggregate of jury and fan top nominations. Congratulations to all of the nominees. Comic pros can click the button below to submit their votes.
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