The winners of the 2024 Ringo Awards were announced last night at Baltimore Comic Con – with many winners being Ringo favorites and past recipients.
The biggest prior multi-award winner of the night was Stan Sakai who received the Best Letterer Ringo Award for the second consecutive year. Overall the Usagi Yojimbo cartoonist has now racked up seven Ringos since 2017 across numerous categories – including Best Cartoonist, Best Single Issue, Best Series, and Best Presentation in Design, and – of course – Lettering.
Another multi-award winner was Sean Phillips who received Best Presentation in Design two years in a row for Darwyn Cooke’s Parker adaptation books (last year for companion book Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition – Last Call). The artist is best known for his partnership with Ed Brubaker on multiple crime comic series and graphic novels – which have earned him wins in the Best Original Graphic Novel (2021, 2019) and Best Penciller categories (2019). On our count this year marks Phillips’ sixth Ringo for the shelf.
Tamra Bonvillain received her third Best Colorist Ringo Award and also the Best Single Issue or Story for their work alongside Tom King and Peter Gross on Animal Pound #1 (BOOM!). Meanwhile Mariko Tamaki received her second Ringo Award for Best Writer (the first since 2020). Rachel Smythe‘s recently concluded, hugely popular Lore Olympus Webtoon series got its third consecutive Ringo Award win in the Best Webcomic category.
Bone creator Jeff Smith received 2 Ringo Awards last night – which we believe to be his first – in the categories Best Cartoonist and Best Humor Comic for Bone: More Tall Tales.
Formally known as the Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards, they are now in their eighth year. The Ringo Awards are voted on by industry professionals with the 2024 edition being chaired over by a judging panel which included Alan Gill (Ultimate Comics stores; NCComicon); writer, editor, educator Robert Greenberger; writer, artist, creator, adjunct professor at the School of Visual Arts Jamal Igle (Molly Danger, The Wrong Earth, Black); author, comics and games writer Sam Maggs (Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins, Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas); and writer-artist Annie Wu (Two Graves, Dead Guy Fan Club).
BEST CARTOONIST (Writer and Artist)
- WINNER: Jeff Smith
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- K. O’Neill
- Ed Piskor
- Jillian Tamaki
BEST WRITER
- WINNER: Mariko Tamaki
- Dan Abnett
- Ed Brubaker
- Tom King
- Trace Kit
BEST ARTIST OR PENCILLER/INKER TEAM
- WINNER: Elsa Charretier
- Duncan Fegredo
- Abdullah Hadia
- Vincent Mallie
- Sean Phillips
- Peter Rostovsky
BEST LETTERER
- WINNER: Stan Sakai
- Clayton Cowles
- Taylor Esposito
- Lucas Gattoni
- Stephen Kok
- Micah Myers
BEST COLORIST
- WINNER: Tamra Bonvillain
- Brad Anderson
- Jordie Bellaire
- Stephan Franck
- Jacob Phillips
- Rico Renzi
BEST COVER ARTIST
- WINNER: Chris Samnee
- Colin Griffin
- Tula Lotay
- Dan Parent
- Bill Sienkiewicz
- Fiona Staples
BEST SERIES
- WINNER: Geiger: Ground Zero, by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, and Brad Anderson (Image Comics)
- The Night Eatersby Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda (Abrams ComicArts)
- Phantom Roadby Jeff Lemire & Gabriel Hernandez Walta (Image Comics)
- Rare Flavorsby Ram V & Filipe Andrade (BOOM! Studios)
- Sirens of the Cityby Joanne Starer & Khary Randolph (BOOM! Studios)
- Tower, by Camrus Johnson, Kelsey Barnhart, ChrisCross, Loyiso Mkize, and Andrew Dalhouse (A Wave Blue World)
BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR STORY
- WINNER: Animal Pound #1by Tom King, Peter Gross, and Tamra Bonvillain (BOOM! Studios)
- By The Horns: Dark Earth #7by Markisan Naso & Jason Muhr (Scout Comics)
- Ethersby Anas Abdulhak & Dennis Menheere (Source Point Press)
- Rare Flavors #1by Ram V & Filipe Andrade (BOOM! Studios)
- Sleep, by Becky Cloonan & Tula Lotay (DSTLRY)
- Star Trek: Day of Blood – Shaxs’ Best Dayby Ryan North & Derek Charm (IDW Publishing)
BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL
- WINNER: Monicaby Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)
- Parasocialby Alex De Campi & Erica Henderson (Image Comics)
- Roamingby Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Slightly Exaggeratedby Curtis Clow, Pius Bak, Roman Titov, Toben Racicot, and Eve of the Cross (Dark Horse Comics)
- Three Rocks – The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancyby Bill Griffith (Abrams ComicArts)
BEST ANTHOLOGY
[Note: Books with more than three creators credited we have summarised as “various”]
- WINNER: The Rocketeer One-Shotby various (IDW)
- The Devil’s Cutby various (DSTLRY)
- Dwellingsby Jay Stephens (Oni Press)
- Hairologyby various (Lifeline Comics)
- Ice Cream Manby W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo & Chris O’Halloran (Image Comics)
- Swan Songsby W. Maxwell Prince et al (Image Comics)
BEST HUMOR COMIC
- WINNER: Bone: More Tall Tales, by Jeff Smith, Thomas Sniegoski, and Steve Hamaker (Scholastic)
- Asterix and the White Iris (Vol. 40)by Fabcaro, Didier Conrad, Thierry Mébarki; translated by Joe Johnson (Papercutz)
- Betty & Veronica Friends Forever: Game On #1by various (Archie Comics)
- Dwellingsby Jay Stephens (Oni Press)
- Girl Juice, by Benji Nate (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Great British Bump-Offby John Allison, Max Sarinand Sammy Boras (Dark Horse Comics)
- Snow White Zombie Apocalypseby Brenton Lengel, Hyeondo Park, Jio Butler, and Luana Vecchio (Scout Comics)
BEST WEBCOMIC
BEST HUMOR WEBCOMIC
BEST NON-FICTION COMIC WORK
- WINNER: Miles Davis and the Search for the Soundby Dave Chisholm (Z2 Comics)
- Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulzby Luca Debus & Francesco Matteuzzi (Top Shelf)
- Memento Moriby Tiitu Takalo; translated by Maria Schroderus (Oni Press)
- My Picture Diaryby Fujiwara Maki; translated by Ryan Holmberg (Drawn & Quarterly)
- The Odyssey of the Adrianaby Anthony Del Col & Abdullah Hadia (Business Insider) — also Available to read via Webtoon
- Tasty: A History of Yummy Experimentsby Victoria Grace Elliott (Random House Children’s Books)
BEST KIDS COMIC OR GRAPHIC NOVEL
- WINNER: The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteriesby various (DC Comics)
- Archie Horror Presents…Chilling Adventures: The Anthology Collectionby various (Archie Comic Publications, Inc.)
- Big Ethel Energy Vol. 2by Keryl Brown Ahmed & Siobhan (Archie Comic Publications, Inc.)
- Brownstone’s Mythical Collection: Luna and the Treasure of Tlalocby Joe Todd-Stanton (Flying Eye Books/Nobrow)
- Dear Rosieby Meghan Boehman & Rachael Briner (Random House Children’s Books)
- The Gloppleby Matt Cole & Jose Chirinos (Legends Comics)
- Lightsby Brenna Thummler (Oni Press)
- Squish and Squashby Niall O’Rourke & Mike Hartigan (Keenspot Entertainment)
BEST PRESENTATION IN DESIGN
- WINNER: Richard Stark’s Parker: The Complete Collectionadapted by Darwyn Cooke; designed by Sean Phillips (IDW Publishing)
- Complete Klaus Deluxe Editionby Grant Morrison & Dan Mora; designed by Marie Krupina & Madison Goyette (BOOM! Studios)
- Faithless Deluxe Edition with Slipcaseby Brian Azzarello & Maria Llovet; designed by Michelle Ankley, Marie Krupina & Madison Goyette (BOOM! Studios)
- Grendel: Devil by the Deed–Master’s Editionby Matt Wagner with Brennan Wagner; designed by Patrick Satterfield (Dark Horse Comics)
- Metaphorical HERby James Maddox, David Stoll, Ray Nadine and Stelladia (Rocketship Entertainment)
- Palookaville 24, by Seth; designed by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Thalamus: The Art of Dave McKeanby Dave McKean; designed by Dave McKean (Dark Horse Comics)
- Watership Downadapted by James Sturm & Joe Sutphin (Ten Speed Press)
MIKE WIERINGO SPIRIT AWARD: The Hunger and the Duskby G. Willow Wilson & Chris Wildgoose (IDW Publishing)
BROGAN FIDELITY AWARD: Tom Raney
HERO INITIATIVE AWARDS
- Dick Giordano Humanitarian of the Year Award: Tom Brevoort
- Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award: Klaus Janson
FAN CATEGORIES:
- Favorite Villain: Montresor – Nevermore (WEBTOONS)
- Favorite New Series: City of Blankby 66 (WEBTOON)
- Favorite New Talent: Danny Earls
- Favorite Publisher: Image Comics
- Favorite Hero: Lenore – Nevermore (WEBTOON)
