The 2018 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards were presented on the evening of Saturday, September 29, 2018.
Mike Wieringo Spirit Award
- Mech Cadet Yu, BOOM! Studios
Winners of the Fan Favorite categories
- Favorite Hero: Mags (Assassin Roommate)
- Favorite Villain: Arlo (unOrdinary)
- Favorite New Series: I Love Yoo
- Favorite New Talent: Quimchee
- Favorite Publisher: Line Webtoon
Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)
- Guy Delisle
- Emil Ferris
- Monica Gallagher
- Joelle Jones – Winner
- Quimchee
- Jillian Tamaki
Best Writer
- Jason Aaron
- Neil Gaiman
- Matt Kindt
- Tom King – Winner
- Jeff Lemire
- Aline Brosh McKenna
- David Pepose
Best Artist or Penciller
- Gary Frank
- Mitch Gerads
- Chris Samnee
- Stjepan Sejic
- Lee Weeks – Winner
Best Inker
- Jonathan Glapion
- Mark McKenna
- Danny Miki
- Mark Morales – Winner
- Scott Williams
Best Letterer
- Colin Bell
- Justin Birch
- Todd Klein – Winner
- David Rubin
- John Workman
Best Colorist
- Dijjo Lima
- Laura Martin
- Dave McCaig
- Jasen Smith
- Dave Stewart
Best Cover Artist
- Michael Cho – Winner
- Fay Dalton
- Simon Fraser
- Joelle Jones
- David Mack
- Jorge Santiago Jr.
Best Series
- Batman, DC Comics
- Lady Killer, Dark Horse Comics
- Mister Miracle, DC Comics – Winner
- Spencer & Locke, Action Lab Entertainment
- Sunstone, Image Comics
Best Single Issue or Story
- Batman Annual #2, DC Comics
- Batman/Elmer Fudd Special, DC Comics – Winner
- Doomsday Clock #1, DC Comics
- I Am Groot, Marvel Comics
- Mister Miracle #5, DC Comics
Best Original Graphic Novel
- The Aggregate, Split Decision Comics
- The Best We Could Do, Abrams ComicArts
- Hostage, Drawn & Quarterly
- My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Fantagraphics – Winner
- Spinning, First Second
Best Anthology
- Magic Bullet, D.C. Conspiracy
- Mine! A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefiting Planned Parenthood, ComicMix – Winner
- Mirror, Mirror II, 2dcloud
- Overwatch: Anthology Volume 1, Dark Horse Comics
- SpongeBob Comics: Treasure Chest, Harry N. Abrams
Best Humor Comic
- Baking with Kafka, Drawn & Quarterly
- Batman/Elmer Fudd Special, DC Comics – Winner
- Boyfriend of the Dead, Line Webtoon
- Giant Days, BOOM! Studios
- My Giant Nerd Boyfriend, Line Webtoon
- Sh*t My President Says, Top Shelf Productions
Best Comic Strip or Panel
- Bloom County, Berkeley Breathed, Andrews McMeel Universal
- Mutts, Patrick McDonnell, King Features Syndicate
- Peanizles, Don Mathias, www.peanizles.com
- Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, Andrews McMeel Universal
- Sarah’s Scribbles, Sarah Andersen, Andrews McMeel Universal – Winner
Best Webcomic
- 1000, Chuck Brown and Sanford Greene (www.webtoons.com/en/action/one-thousand/list?title_no=1217&page=1) – Winner
- I Love Yoo, Quimchee (www.webtoons.com/en/romance/i-love-yoo/list?title_no=986&page=1)
- The Middle Age, Steve Conley (www.middleagecomic.com/)
- Siren’s Lament, instantmiso (www.webtoons.com/en/romance/sirens-lament/list?title_no=632&page=1)
- War Cry, Dean Haspiel (www.webtoons.com/en/super-hero/war-cry/list?title_no=1247&page=1)
Best Non-fiction Comic Work
- The Best We Could Do, Abrams ComicArts – Winner
- Everything is Flammable, Uncivilized Books
- Going into Town: A Love Letter to New York, Bloomsbury Publishing
- Hostage, Drawn & Quarterly
- Poppies of Iraq, Drawn & Quarterly
- ReDistricted, redistrictedcomics.com
- Spinning, First Second
Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel
- Bolivar, Archaia/BOOM! Studios
- Cyko KO: A Comic Book Adventure You Can Color, Alterna Comics
- DC SuperHero Girls, DC Comics – Winner
- Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties, Graphix
- Home Time (Book One), Top Shelf Productions
- If Found…Please Return To Elise Gravel, Drawn & Quarterly
- Jem and the Holograms, IDW Publishing
- Pizza Tree, Arcana Comics
- Red’s Planet: Friends and Foes, Harry N. Abrams
Best Presentation in Design
- Jane, BOOM! Studios
- Monograph by Chris Ware, Rizzoli
- Monsters Vol. 1: The Marvel Monsterbus, Marvel Comics
- My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Fantagraphics
- Saga, Image Comics – Winner
- Skybourne, BOOM! Studios
- X-Men: Grand Design, Marvel Comics
The 2018 Ringo Awards Professional Jury...
MICHAEL CAVNA
Cartoonist, journalist, and creator of The Washington Post‘s Eisner-nominated Comic Riffs column.
MARTY GROSSER
Editor of Diamond Comic Distributors’ PREVIEWS catalog.
KARLA MARSH-SOUTHERN
Event and Exhibitor Coordinator for Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find and the Heroes Convention, in Charlotte, NC.
ROB STULL
Illustrator, curator, teacher, penciler, inker, and designer with credits including: Tellos, Spider-Man Adventures, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, and more!
GUS VAZQUEZ
Illustrator for comic books, trading cards, storyboarding, commercials, animation, film, and more with credits including Deadpool, X-Force, Sunfire, and Big Hero 6.
Katie Cook Delivers 2018 Ringo Awards Keynote Address
The Ringo Awards Committee is proud to announce the addition of Katie Cook to the 2018 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards ceremony as the Keynote Address speaker!
Katie Cook is a comic artist and writer that has been in the industry for a while. She’d list just how long here, but isn’t that a faux pas of admitting that she’s old? I mean you can always Wikipedia her birthday if you want to get stuck on this topic. Why are we still talking about this?
She is the creator of the comic Nothing Special on LINE WEBTOON, an all-ages adventure about a girl, a boy with fairy wings, and a dead Radish. It’s her favorite thing and you should read it. Katie also wrote and drew the webcomic Gronk: A Monster’s Story, which lost several awards but is still delightful.
In mainstream comics, Katie has carved out quite the little gallery of titles she’s worked on… Did you ever watch that documentary about this fascinating woman in NYC that puts on a bizarre mix of costume jewelry and eclectic clothes every day? Iris? That’s Katie’s career… A little over here at IDW, a little over there at LucasFilm Press, who thought Katie was a good idea for a Sex Criminals cover, oh look now she’s drawing Spider-Man? A mixed bag of adorable all over this place.
Katie spent several years as one of the primary writers on IDW’s My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and has also done projects with Marvel, BOOM! Studios, and more (she apologizes for referring to some of you as “and more”). She’s also illustrated several Star Wars children’s books for Disney LucasFilm Press, and created artwork for the Disney Wonderground Gallery. Artist and writer! Double threat! (She thinks a triple threat in comics would be when someone is also an excellent editor, but any editor that has ever worked with her will attest that she thinks spell-check is something from Harry Potter.)
Her mother thinks she is funny. Sometimes. Maybe.
“Mike Wieringo once said, ‘I just try to keep things fun. I like to do fun comics’ and that’s the attitude that I love in comics,” said Cook. “It’s my own goal as well… Comics are so many things to so many people, but for me, they are fun. I am thrilled that I was asked to be a part of the Ringo Awards this year as the Keynote speaker, and I hope to get a chance to talk about the things I love in this industry that are bright and wonderful to me and make you to sit in a room and listen to me talk about them. I swear, if I see you get up during it to sneak to the bar, I will call you out – just try me Andy Price. Also, polite applause is mandatory.”
“Katie was my first and only choice to be our Keynote speaker this year,” said Marc Nathan, Baltimore Comic-Con promoter. “She’s witty and entertaining, and I’m sure will give a great speech.”