Ringo Awards

Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards
Awarded forAchievement in comic books
LocationBaltimore Comic-Con
CountryUnited States
First award2017
Websiteringoawards.com

The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Ringo Awards, are prizes given for achievement in comic books. They are named in honor of artist Mike Wieringo and they were founded by the Reisterstown, Maryland–based Cards, Comics, & Collectibles shop alongside the Ringo Awards Committee in 2017, their ceremony meant to succeed the Harvey Awards which left the Baltimore Comic-Con as its venue in 2016.

The Ringo Awards are nominated by an open vote among comic-book professionals and fans. The winners are selected from the top two fan choices as the first two nominees and the professional jury selects the remaining three nominees in each category.

History

The Ringo Awards were created as an industry award voted by comics professionals and its fans. The first Ringo Awards were presented at the Baltimore Comic-Con on September 23, 2017. The 2018 awards took place at the Baltimore Comic-Con on September 29, 2018. The 2019 awards were held October 19, 2019 at the Baltimore Comic-Con. The 2020 awards were held October 24, 2020 at Baltimore Comic-Con Live, the Baltimore Comic-Con's virtual live-streaming event held during COVID-19.

Categories

The Ringo Awards are awarded in the following categories:

Current

As of 2023, awards are presented in 23 categories for works published in 2020.

Perennial Jury Nomination:

Fan-Only Nominations:

Fan and Pro Nomination Categories:

Past awards

Fan and Pro Nomination Categories:

Award winners

Characters

[Fan] Favorite Hero

Year Character Series Publisher Ref
2017 Cash Wayne Spectrum WEBTOON
2018 Mags Assassin Roommate WEBTOON
2019 Toaster Dude Toaster Dude WEBTOON
2020 Clove SubZero WEBTOON
2021 Persphone Lore Olympus WEBTOON
2022 Sylas Syphon Image Comics
2023 Sam Young Let’s Play WEBTOON
2024 Lenore Nevermore WEBTOON
2025 Alex Señorita Cometa WEBTOON
2026 Batman Batman/Detective Comics DC Comics

[Fan] Favorite Villain

Year Character Series Publisher Ref
2017 Arlo unOrdinary WEBTOON
2018
2019 Lance Cordrey Aberrant Action Lab Entertainment
2020 John unOrdinary WEBTOON
2021 Emma My Deepest Secret WEBTOON
2022 Captain Martell Blowback Self-published
2023 Adam The Guy Upstairs WEBTOON
2024 Montresor Nevermore WEBTOON
2025 Mr. Barnaby Warm Fusion DSTLRY
2026 Doctor Doom Fantastic Four Marvel Comics

Companies

[Fan] Favorite Publisher

Year Publisher Ref
2018 Line Webtoon
2019 Dynamite Entertainment
2020 Tapas
2021 Rocketship Entertainment
2022 Image Comics
2023 Dark Horse Comics
2024 Image Comics
2025 Mad Cave Studios
2026 Etan Comics

People

[Fan] Favorite New Talent

Year Winner Ref
2017 InstantMiso
2018 Quimchee
2019 Enjelicious
2020 Sinran
2021 Lilydusk
2022 Vincent Kings
2023 Ellie Wright
2024 Danny Earls
2025 Annie Wright
2026 Reese Hannigan

Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)

Year Winner Ref
2017 Skottie Young
2018 Joëlle Jones
2019 Terry Moore
2020 Stan Sakai
2021
2022 Jeff Lemire
2023 Kate Beaton
2024 Jeff Smith
2025 Eric Powell
2026 Craig Thompson

Best Writer

Year Winner Ref
2017 Tom King
2018
2019 Brian K. Vaughan
2020 Mariko Tamaki
2021 James Tynion IV
2022
2023 Ed Brubaker
2024 James Tynion IV
2025 Kelly Thompson
2026 Deniz Camp

Best Artist or Penciller

Year Winner Ref
2017 Fiona Staples
2018 Lee Weeks
2019 Sean Philips
2020 Sanford Greene
2021 Jamal Campell
2022 Filipe Andrade
2023 Evan “Doc” Shaner
2024 Elsa Charretier
2025 Chris Samnee
2026 Javier Rodriguez

Best Inker

Year Winner Ref
2017 Sean Murphy
2018 Mark Morales
2019 Fiona Staples
2020 Sandra Hope
2021 Sanford Greene
2022 Sal Buscema
2023 Klaus Janson

Best Letterer

Year Winner Ref
2017 Todd Klein
2018
2019
2020 Nate Piekos
2021 Aditya Bidikar
2022 Taylor Esposito
2023 Stan Sakai (co-winner)
Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (co-winner)
2024 Stan Sakai
2025 Richard Starkings
2026 Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

Best Colorist

Year Winner Ref
2017 Laura Martin
2018 Dave Stewart
2019 Tamra Bonvillain
2020 Jordie Bellaire
2021 Tamra Bonvillain
2022 Dave McCaig
2023 Jordie Bellaire
2024 Tamra Bonvillain
2025 Jordie Bellaire
2026 Dave Stewart

Best Cover Artist

Year Winner Ref
2017 Frank Cho
2018 Michael Cho
2019 Fiona Staples
2020 Sana Takeda
2021 Peach Momoko
2022 Simone Di Meo
2023 Greg Smallwood
2024 Chris Samnee
2025 Bilquis Evely
2026 Javier Rodriguez

Works

Mike Wieringo Spirit Award

Year Winner Publisher Ref
2017 Future Quest #1 DC Comics
2018 Mech Cadet Yu BOOM! Studios
2019 Isola Image Comics
2020 Superman Smashes the Klan DC Comics
2021 Folklords BOOM! Studios
2022 Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters Oni Press
2023 World’s Finest DC Comics
2024 The Hunger and the Dusk IDW Publishing
2025 Welcome to the Maynard Dark Horse Comics
2026 The Avengers in the Veracity Trap Abrams ComicArts

[Fan] Favorite New Series

Year Winner Publisher Ref
2017 Spectrum
2018 I Love Yoo
2019 Luff
2020 Fangs Tapas
2021 Midnight Poppy Land
2022 Clinic of Horros WEBTOON
2023 Nevermore WEBTOON
2024 City of Blank WEBTOON
2025 The Pedestrian Magma Comix
2026 Excavator D4K Studios

Best Series

Year Winner Publisher Ref
2017 Vision Marvel Comics
Faith Valiant Entertainment
Paper Girls Image Comics
Saga Image Comics
Spectrum Automatic Pictures
2018 Mister Miracle DC Comics
Batman DC Comics
Lady Killer Dark Horse Comics
Spencer & Locke Action Lab Entertainment
Sunstone Image Comics
2019 Black Hammer: Age of Doom Dark Horse Comics
The Immortal Hulk Marvel Comics
Bitter Root Image Comics
Blammo Kilgore Books
The Highest House IDW Publishing
Venom Marvel Comics
2020 Bitter Root Image Comics
Banjax Danger Zone (Action Lab Entertainment)
Black Hammer: Age of Doom Dark Horse Comics
Forgotten Home Vices Press/comiXology Originals
Something is Killing the Children BOOM! Studios
2021 Usagi Yojimbo IDW Publishing
The Department of Truth Image Comics
Far Sector DC
Lore Olympus WEBTOON
My Deepest Secret WEBTOON
Wonder Woman: Dead Earth DC
2022 Something is Killing the Children BOOM! Studios
Locke & Key/The Sandman Universe: Hell & Gone IDW Publishing
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr BOOM! Studios
Stray Dogs Image Comics
Syphon Image Comics
2023 Something is Killing the Children BOOM! Studios
Fractured Shards Comics2Movies
Parker Girls Abstract Studios
Saga Image Comics
Season of the Bruja Oni Press
2024 Geiger: Ground Zero Image Comics
The Night Eaters Abrams ComicArts
Phantom Road Image Comics
Rare Flavours BOOM! Studios
Sirens of the City BOOM! Studios
Tower A Wave Blue World
2025 The Pedestrian Magma Comix
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees IDW Publishing
The Blood Brothers Mother DSTLRY
Helen of Wyndhorn Dark Horse Comics
Masters of the Universe: Revolution Dark Horse Comics
2026 Absolute Batman DC Comics
Absolute Martian Manhunter DC Comics
Coexistence Self-published
FML Dark Horse Comics
Granite State Punk Orange Cone Productions
Murder Podcast Ignition Press

Best Single Issue or Story

Also referred to as Best Short Story

Year Winner Publisher Ref
2017 Emancipation Day www.redistrictedcomics.com
Deadly Hands of Criminal Image Comics
DC Universe Rebirth #1 DC Comics
Faith #1 Valiant Entertainment
Locke & Key: Small World IDW Publishing
2018 Batman/Elmer Fudd Special DC Comics
Batman Annual #2 DC Comics
Doomsday Clock #1 DC Comics
I Am Groot Marvel Comics
Mister Miracle #5 DC Comics
2019 Swamp Thing Winter Special DC Comics
Aberrant #4 Danger Zone
Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise Dark Horse Comics
Champions #24 Marvel Comics
Klaus and the Crying Snowman BOOM! Studios
2020 Usagi Yojimbo #6 IDW Publishing
Bitter Root Red Summer Special Image Comics
“Hot Comb” in Hot Comb Drawn & Quarterly
Second Coming #1 Danger Zone (Action Lab Entertainment)
Tales of the Night Watchman: The Steam Banshee So What? Press
2021 The O.Z. Self-published
All-America Comix #1 Image Comics
Firefly: The Outlaw Ma Reynolds BOOM! Studios
Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx Flying Eye Books
"Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin” in Ice Cream Man Presents Quarantine Comix Special #1 Image Comics
2022 Something Is Killing the Children #20 BOOM! Studios
Commander RAO #1 Scout Comics
Mamo #1 BOOM! Studios
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr BOOM! Studios
Tales of the Night Watchman: Under the Surface So What? Press
2023 Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters Oni Press
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
Punisher #1 Marvel Comics
Thieves Nobrow
You Were My Joker That Night Anatola Howard
2024 Animal Pound #1 BOOM! Studios
By The Horns: Dark Earth #7 Scout Comics
Etheres Source Point Press
Rare Flavours #1 BOOM! Studios
Somna DSTLRY
Star Trek: Day of Blood – Shaxs’ Best Day IDW Publishing
2025 Batman and Robin Year One #1 DC Comics
A Blue Flame” in Second Hand Love Drawn & Quarterly
The Crying Boy Keenspot Entertainment
Death Ratio’d AWA Studios
FML #1 Dark Horse Comics
Helen of Wyndhorn Dark Horse Comics
Navigating with You Maverick
A Never-Ending Adventure Oscar Osorio
Trinity Special: World’s Finest #1 DC Comics
2026 Chest Face self-published
“Pied Piper” in Cthulhu Invades Fairy Tales Orange Cone Productions
“The Knife and Gun Club” in Detective Comics #1100 DC Comics
The Fire Breathing Duckling Astra Books for Young Readers
“Red Snapper in the Rea” in Milk White Steed Drawn & Quarterly
Model Five Murder Silver Sprocket

Best Original Graphic Novel

Year Winner Publisher Ref
2017 March: Book III Top Shelf Productions
Ghosts Scholastic/Graphix
Patience Fantagraphics
Tetris: The Games People Play First Second
Wonder Woman: The True Amazon DC Comics
2018 My Favorite Thing is Monsters Fantagraphics
The Aggregate Split Decision Comics
The Best We Could Do Abrams ComicArts
Hostage Drawn & Quarterly
Spinning First Second
2019 My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies Image Comics
The Ghost, The Owl Action Lab Entertainment
Son of Hitler Image Comics
Upgrade Soul Lion Forge
Woman World Drawn & Quarterly
2020 Snow, Glass, Apples Dark Horse Comics
The Adventures of Parker Reef – To Save a Soul Chris Campana
BTTM FDRS Fantagraphics
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls Graphix/Scholastic
The Hard Tomorrow Drawn & Quarterly
Hot Comb Drawn & Quarterly
New World BOOM! Studios
Penny Nichols Top Shelf Productions
Simon Says Image Comics
2021 Pulp Image Comics
Buried But Not Dead Source Point Press
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio Abrams Books
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist Drawn & Quarterly
Moms Drawn & Quarterly
2022 Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? Albatross Funnybooks
Ballad for Sophie Top Shelf Productions
Blowback Self-publiched
Djeliya TKO Studios
Save it for Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest Abrams Books
This is Where We Fall Z2
2023 It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth Image Comics
Chivalry Dark Horse Comics
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands Drawn & Quarterly
Tokyo Rose—Zero Hour: A Japanese American Woman’s Persecution and Ultimate Redemption After World War II Tuttle Publishing
Twilight Custard Ghostpod Publishing
2024 Monica Fantagraphics
Parasocial Image Comics
Roaming Drawn & Quarterly
Slightly Exaggerated Dark Horse Comics
Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy Abrams ComicArts
2025 Jane American Self-published
Big Jim and the White Boy Ten Speed Graphic
The Deep Dark Scholastic/Graphix
ERASED: An Actor of Color’s Journey Through the Heyday of Hollywood NBM Graphic Novels
Homestead Source Point Press
2026 Herobear and the Kid Vol. 1 Papercutz
Black Arms To Hold You Up Pantheon Books
The Corus Wave Avery Hill Publishing
David Dastmalchian’s Through Z2 Comics
Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me Drawn & Quarterly
Drome Macmillan – First Second and 23rd Street
The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief Fantagraphics
Gamemasters: The Comic Book History of Roleplaying Games Clover Press

Best Anthology

Year Winner Publisher Ref
2017 Love is Love IDW Publishing/DC Comics
Dark Horse Presents Dark Horse Comics
Island Image Comics
ReDistrictedComics.com www.redistrictedcomics.com
Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary Special DC Comics
2018 Mine! A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefiting Planned Parenthood ComicMix
Magic Bullet D.C. Conspiracy
Mirror, Mirror II 2dcloud
Overwatch: Anthology Volume 1 Dark Horse Comics
SpongeBob Comics: Treasure Chest Harry N. Abrams
2019 Where We Live, A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas Image Comics
Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman DC Comics
All We Ever Wanted: Stories of a Better World A Wave Blue World
Femme Magnifique: 50 Magnificent Women Who Changed the World Black Crown/IDW Publishing
Grief Source Point Press
Twisted Romance Image Comics
2020 Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Sirens Archaia
Dead Beats A Wave Blue World
Drawing Power Abrams ComicArts
Strange Tails Vices Press
Thought Bubble 2019 Image Comics
2021 Be Gay, Do Comics IDW Publishing
Hey, Amateur! Go From Novice to Nailing It in 9 Panels IDW Publishing
Maybe Someday: Stories of Promise, Visions of Hope A Wave Blue World
Pandemix: Quarantine Comix in the Age of ‘Rona Self-published
Votes for Women: The Battle for the 19th Amendment Little Red Bird Press
2022 DC Pride 2021 DC Comics
Sensory: Life on the Spectrum Self-published
Smut Peddler Presents: Sordid Past Iron Circus Comics
You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife Iron Circus Comics
Yule: Dreadful Tales for the Holiday Season Self-published
2023 Young Men in Love A Wave Blue World
Cthulu Invades Wonderland Orange Cone Productions
Lower Your Sights Mad Cave Studios
The Silver Coin Image Comics
Voices That Count IDW Publishing
2024 The Rocketeer One-Shot IDW Publishing
The Devil’s Cut DSTLRY
Dwellings Oni Press
Hairology Lifeline Comics
Ice Cream Man Image Comics
Swan Songs Image Comics
2025 Transphoria Lifeline Comics
DC Power 2024 DC Comics
EC Cruel Universe Oni Press
Hello Darkness BOOM! Studios
The Savage Sword of Conan Titan Comics
Tales from the New World Oscar Osorio
2026 Bowling with Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown Dark Horse Comics
Flash Gordon Adventures Vol. 2 Papercutz
Jim Henson Presents BOOM! Studios
Knapsack Magazine Volume 2: Butter Lucky Pocket Press
unSEEN/unHEARD: Disability & Neurodivergence Comic Anthology self-published
Young Men in Love: New Romance A Wave Blue World

Best Humor Comic

Year Winner Ref
2017 I Hate Fairyland Image Comics
Adventures of God WEBTOON
Bluechair WEBTOON
Giant Days BOOM! Studios
Jughead Archie Comics
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Marvel Comics
2018 Batman/Elmer Fudd Special DC Comics
Baking with Kafka Drawn & Quarterly
Boyfriend of the Dead WEBTOON
Giant Days BOOM! Studios
My Giant Nerd Boyfriend WEBTOON
Sh*t My President Says Top Shelf Productions
2019 MAD DC Comics
Bluechair WEBTOON
Get Naked Image Comics
Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell WEBTOON
Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons IDW Publishing
2020 Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen DC Comics
Fangs Tapas
The Handbook to Lazy Parenting Drawn & Quarterly
Rick & Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons IDW Publishing
Twiztid: Haunted High-Ons Source Point Press
Wonder Twins DC Comics
2021 Metalshark Bro 2: Assault on Hamzig Island Scout Comics
Akissi: Even More Tales of Mischief Flying Eye Books
ArkhaManiacs DC
Billionaire Island AHOY Comics
Love and Capes: The Family Way Maerkle Press/IDW Publishing
Moms Drawn & Quarterly
Wicked Things BOOM! Studios
2022 Not All Robots AWA Studios
Cyclopedia Exotica Drawn & Quarterly
Love and Capes: In the Time of Covid Maerkle Press
Twiztid Haunted High-Ons: Curse of the Green Book Source Point Press
Wicked Things BOOM! Studios
2023 The Illustrated Al: The Songs of “Weird Al” Yankovic Z2 Comics
Breaking Cat News GoComics
Crash and Troy A Wave Blue World
Grumpy Monkey: Who Threw That? Random House Children’s Books
Little Tunny’s Snail Diaries Silver Sprocket
My Bad AHOY Comics
Revenge of the Librarians Drawn & Quarterly
Whatzit Heavy Metal
2024 Bone: More Tall Tales Scholastic
Asterix and the White Iris Vol. 40 Papercutz
Betty & Veronica Friends Forever: Game On #1 Archie Comics
Dwellings Oni Press
Girl Juice Drawn & Quarterly
Great British Bump-Off Dark Horse Comics
Snow White Zombie Apocalypse Scout Comics
2025 Smut #1 Self-published
Action Philosophers: Omnipotence for Dummies Rocketship Entertainment
Archie: The Decision Archie Comics
Forces of Nature Drawn & Quarterly
Kids Are Still Weird: And More Observations from Parenthood NBM Graphic Novels
Space Circus Dark Horse Comics
2026 The Goon: Them That Don’t Stay Dead Albatross Funnybooks/Dark Horse Comics
The Blues Brothers – The Escape of Joliet Jake Z2 Comics
Everything Sucks: Kings of Nothing Silver Sprocket
How to Survive an Affair self-published
Physics for Cats Drawn & Quarterly

Best Comic Strip or Panel

Year Winner Author Publisher Ref
2017 Bloom County Berkeley Breathed Universal Uclick
2018 Sarah's Scribbles Sarah Andersen Andrews McMeel Universal
2019 Nancy Olivia Jaimes Andrews McMeel Universal
2020 Nancy Olivia Jaimes Andrews McMeel Universal

Best Webcomic

Year Winner Author/Publisher Ref
2017 The Red Hook Dean Haspiel
Girl Genius Phil and Kaja Foglio
Siren’s Lament instantmiso
The Middle Age Steve Conley
unOrdinary uru-chan
2018 1000 Chuck Brown and Sanford Greene
I Love Yoo Quimchee
The Middle Age Steve Conley
Siren’s Lament instantmiso
War Cry Dean Haspiel
2019 The Nib Various
Age Matters Enjelicious
Aztec Empire Paul Guinan, Anina Bennett, David Hahn
The Contradictions http://www.thecontradictions.com/
Existential Comics Corey Mohler
Lavender Jack Dan Schkade
Luff Arechan
Nothing Special Katie Cook
2020 Fried Rice Erica Eng
The Croaking echorise
Lore Olympus Rachel Smythe
Penny Arcade Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins
Rocío Diestra Rocío Diestra
Stand Still, Stay Silent Minna Sundberg
SubZero Junepurr
2021 Fangs Sarah Andersan
DPS Only Tapas
Heart of the City Go Comics
Midnight Poppy Land WEBTOON
Shiloh WEBTOON
Totally Under Control Insider
2022 Lore Olympus Rachel Smythe
Archie Comics: Big Ethel Energy WEBTOON
Batman: Wayne Family Adventures WEBTOON
I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp Insider
Let’s Play WEBTOON
2023 Lore Olympus Rachel Smythe
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
Offside: I Was a Pro Football Player. I Was Tricked into Going to Qatar Insider
You Were My Joker That Night Anatola Howard
2024 Lore Olympus Rachel Smythe
Countdown to Love Manta
The Guy Upstairs WEBTOON
Hungry Heart Tapas
I'm Dating a Psychopath WEBTOON
Nevermore WEBTOON
Señorita Cometa WEBTOON
2025 Renaissance of Raven DC Go!/DC Comics
The Croaking WEBTOON
Daughter of a Thousand Faces Tapas
The Mafia Nanny WEBTOON
Novae novaecomic.com
Under the Oak Tree Manta
Vampire Family WEBTOON
2026 Neon Pantheon neonpantheoncomic.com
Battle Mage Farmer Tapas Entertainment Inc.
Before We Sail Aces Weekly
Daughter of a Thousand Faces Tapas Entertainment Inc.
The Mafia Nanny WEBTOON Entertainment
Marionetta WEBTOON Entertainment

Best Humor Webcomic

Year Winner Publisher Ref
2021 Sarah's Scribbles Sarah Andersen
The Abominable Charles Christopher karlkerschl.com/abominable/
Bagel High instagram.com/yoyorobot/
Beware of Toddler bewareoftoddler.com
Cassandra Comics Tapas
Cursed Princess Club WEBTOON
The Middle Age steveconley.com/the-middle-age/
xkcd xkcd.com
2022 Sarah's Scribbles Sarah Andersen
The Little Trashmaid Tapas Media
Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell WEBTOON
The Middle Age middleagecomic.com
Mr. Lovenstein Tapas Media
Rosebuds GoComics
2023 Evil Inc. evil-inc.com
Background Noise backgroundnoisecomic.com
Finding Fiends WEBTOON
Live with Yourself! WEBTOON
Vampire Husband WEBTOON
2024 Blue Chair WEBTOON
Beetle Moses Comics Kingdom
The Deviless’s Impression of a Princess Manta
The Fantastical After-School Writing Club Manta
Not So Shoujo Love Story WEBTOON
Vibe Check! WEBTOON
2025 Nothing Butt Nightwing DC Go!/DC Comics
Dealing with Demons Manta
Harley Quinn in Paradise DC Go!/DC Comics
High Class Homos WEBTOON Entertainment
Rosebuds Comics Kingdom
Wanna Be Friends? WEBTOON Entertainment
2026 Nothing Butt Nightwing DC Comics / DC Go!
The Bathroom Ghost WEBTOON Entertainment
Evil Inc. evil-inc.com
Harley Quinn in Paradise DC Comics / DC Go!
I Am The Chief iamthechiefcat.com
My Little Warlord DC Comics / DC Go!
Taste of Justice DC Comics / DC Go!

Best Non-fiction Comic Work

Year Winner Publisher Ref
2017 March: Book III Top Shelf Productions
Cooking Comically www.cookingcomically.com
Dark Night, A True Batman Story DC Comics
ReDistrictedComics redistrictedcomics.com
Rolling Blackouts Drawn and Quarterly
Tetris: The Games People Play First Second
2018 The Best We Could Do Abrams ComicArts
Everything is Flammable Uncivilized Books
Going into Town: A Love Letter to New York Bloomsbury Publishing
Hostage Drawn & Quarterly
Poppies of Iraq Drawn & Quarterly
ReDistrictedComics redistrictedcomics.com
Spinning First Second
2019 Where We Live, A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas Image Comics
All the Answers Simon & Schuster
The Bridge: How the Roeblings Connected Brooklyn to New York Abrams ComicArts
Hey, Kiddo Graphix
I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation BOOM! Studios
Let’s Make Comics! Watson-Guptill
2020 They Called Us Enemy IDW Publishing
Coin-Op Carnival coinopcarnival.com
Grass Drawn & Quarterly
In Waves Nobrow/Flying Eye Books
The Twilight Man Humanoids
2021 Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio Abrams Books
Banned Book Club Iron Circus Comics
Chasin’ the Bird: Charlie Parker In California Z2 Comics
Come Home Indio Street Noise Books
Dancing After TEN Fantagraphics Books
Grateful Dead – Origins Z2 Comics
We’ll Soon Be Home Again Dark Horse Comics
2022 Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? Albatross Funnybooks
The Comic Book History of Animation IDW Publishing
Elvis: The Official Graphic Novel Z2
Hakim’s Odyssey, Book 1: From Syria to Turkey Graphic Mundi
Run: Book One Abrams Books
Yummy: A History of Desserts Random House Children’s Books
2023 Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands Drawn & Quarterly
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
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
2024 Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound Z2 Comics
Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz Top Shelf Productions
Memento Mori Oni Press
My Picture Diary Drawn & Quarterly
The Odyssey of the Adriana Business Insider
Tasty Random House Children’s Books
2025 In the Shadows of Stalin: The Story of Mr. Jones Oni Press
Adrift on a Painted Sea Avery Hill
Brittle Joints Street Noise Books
Djuna Street Noise Books
Feeding Ghosts MCD
2026 Surrounded: America’s First School for Black Girls, 1832 Ablaze Publishing/NBM Graphic Novels
Fela: Music is the Weapon Amistad
Ginseng Roots Pantheon Books
Love Letters Every Day Background Noise
Lucas Wars 23rd Street Books
Muybridge Drawn & Quarterly

Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel

Year Winner Publisher Ref
2018 DC SuperHero Girls DC Comics
Bolivar Archaia/BOOM! Studios
Cyko KO: A Comic Book Adventure You Can Color Alterna Comics
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
2019 Punk Taco Adam Wallenta Entertainment
Aquicorn Cove Oni Press
Be Prepared First Second Books
Jupiter Jet Action Lab Entertainment
The Nameless City: The Divided Earth First Second Books
The Prince and the Dressmaker First Second Books
2020 Guts Graphix/Scholastic
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls Graphix/Scholastic
New Kid Harper Collins
Science! The Elements of Dark Energy Bedside Press
The Underfoot: The Mighty Deep Lion Forge
2021 Twins Graphix/Scholastic
Akissi: Even More Tales of Mischief Flying Eye Books
Cat Kid Comic Club #1 Scholastic Graphix
Jupiter Jet and the Forgotten Radio Action Lab Entertainment
Max Meow: Cat Crusader Random House
The Perhapanauts: First Blood Black Caravan/Scout Comics
2022 Avatar: The Last Airbender–Suki, Alone Dark Horse Comics
Better Place Top Shelf Productions
Just Roll With It Random House Children’s Books
Nobody Likes You Fantagraphics
Rainbow Bridge AfterShock Comics
The Underfoot: Into the Sun Oni Press
2023 Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters Oni Press
The Aquanaut Scholastic Graphix
Frizzy First Second Books
The Ghoul Agency Action Lab Entertainment
Kaya Image Comics
PAWS: Gabby Gets It Together Razorbill Books, Penguin Random House
Punk Taco 2 Adam Wallenta Entertainment
Tin Man Tin Man, Abrams ComicArts
2024 The Batman Scooby-Doo Mysteries DC Comics
Archie Horror Presents…Chilling Adventures Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
Big Ethel Energy Vol. 2 Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
Brownstone’s Mythical Collection: Luna and the Treasure of Tlaloc Flying Eye Books/Nobrow
Dear Rosie Random House Children’s Books
The Glopple Legends Comics
Lights Oni Press
Squish and Squash Keenspot Entertainment
2025 Hilda and Twig Hide from the Rain Flying Eye Books
Double Booking Papercutz/Mad Cave Studios
Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine Dark Horse Comics
The Legend of Tiger and Tail-Flower Levine Querido
The New Girl Scholastic/Graphix
Night Stories Astra Books for Young Readers
ZOR Keenspot Entertainment

Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel – Ages 11 and Under

Year Winner Publisher Ref
2026 Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse and the Amazing Lost Ocean Denis-Pierre Filippi and Silvio Camboni; translation by Jonathan Gray Fantagraphics
Brume Vol. 1: The Dragon Awakens Jérôme Pélissier and Carine Hinder Hippo Park/Astra Books for Young Readers
The Fire Breathing Duckling Frank Cammuso Toon Books/Astra Books for Young Readers
The Lost Sunday Ileana Surducan Oni Press
Magda, Intergalactic Chef, vol 1: The Big Tournament Nicolas Wouters and Mathilde Van Gheluwe; translated by Ann Marie Boulanger Graphic Universe/Lerner Publishing Group
Max, A Little Axolotl Joey Spiotto Graphix/Scholastics Inc.
The Mighty Bite #3: Hog Rocket Ruckus Nathan Hale Amulet Books/ABRAMS
The Patchwork Girl of Oz Volume 1 Otis Frampton Image Comics

Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel – Ages 12 and Up

Year Winner Author Publisher Ref
2026 Raised by Ghosts Briana Loewinsohn Fantagraphics
Angelica and the Bear Prince Trung Le Nguyen Archaia/BOOM! Studios
Dracula’s Brunch Club Brian Gonsar and Keenan Gaybba Oni Press
Hello Sunshine Keezy Young Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Hunger’s Bite Taylor Robin Union Square & Co.
Wynd Book Four: The Power of the Blood James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas BOOM! Studios

Best Presentation in Design

Year Winner Publisher Ref
2017 Mike Mignola’s Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects: Artist’s Edition Hardcover IDW Publishing
2018 Saga Image Comics
2019 Absolute Sandman Overture DC Comics
2020 Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo: The Complete Grasscutter Artist Select IDW Publishing
2021 Dave Cockrum’s X-Men Artifact Edition IDW Publishing
Crescent City Monsters Dream Fury Comics
Electric Black Black Caravan/Scout
The Harrowing of Hell Iron Circus Comics
Heavy Metal #300 Heavy Metal
Impossible Jones, Volume 1: Grin & Gritty Panic Button Press
Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx Flying Eye Books
2022 Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? Albatross Funnybooks
EC Covers Artist’s Edition IDW Publishing
Friday Foster: The Ultimate Collection ABLAZE Comics
Jim Lee’s X-Men Artist’s Edition IDW Publishing
Locke & Key: Keyhouse Compendium IDW Publishing
Stake Scout Comics
2023 Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition—Last Call IDW Publishing
Beneath an Alien Sky Rocketship Entertainment
Best of EC Stories Artisan Edition IDW Publishing
Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars Abrams ComicArts
Sara Deluxe Hardcover TKO Studios
2024 Richard Stark’s Parker: The Complete Collection IDW Publishing
Complete Klaus Deluxe Edition BOOM! Studios
Faithless Deluxe Edition with Slipcase BOOM! Studios
Grendel: Devil by the Deed–Master’s Edition Dark Horse Comics
Metaphorical HER Rocketship Entertainment
Palookaville 24 Drawn & Quarterly
Thalamus: The Art of Dave McKean Dark Horse Comics
Watership Down Ten Speed Press
2025 Batman Year One Artist’s Edition IDW Publishing
Coins of Judas Orange Cone Productions/Band of Bards
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff and Bram Stoker’s Dracula starring Bela Lugosi Casket Edition Rocketship Entertainment and Legendary Comics
One Bite at a Time: The First 20 Years of Elephant Eater Comics Elephant Eater Comics
Scott Pilgrim 20th Anniversary Hardcover Box Set Oni Press
Warm Fusion DSTLRY

See also

Other comic-related awards given at the Baltimore Comic-Con:

References

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