The Ringo Awards were held on Saturday, October 24, 2020, during Baltimore Comic-Con’s virtual event. The awards, named to honor the late artist Mike Wieringo, celebrates achievements in comics.
Winners were chosen by a panel of professionals, including Joan Hilty (former senior editor at DC/Vertigo), James Kuhoric (president of American Mythology), Jill Thompson (creator The Scary Godmother), Carol Tilley (associate professor at School of Information Sciences at University of Illinois), and Gene Luen Yang (writer-artist American Born Chinese).
Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)
Winner: Stan Sakai
Nominees: Sarah Andersen, Eleanor Davis, Jaime Hernandez, Kevin Huizenga, Junepurr, Raina Telgemeier, and David Jesus Vignolli
Best Writer
Winner: Mariko Tamaki
Nominees: Drew Edwards, Jeff Lemire, Mark Russell, and Erica Schultz
Best Artist or Penciller
Winner: Sanford Greene
Nominees: Chris Campana, Colleen Doran, Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, and Marianna Pescosta
Best Inker
Winner: Sandra Hope
Nominees: Keith Champagne, Marika Cresta, Maria Llovet, Dan Mora, and Hyeondo Park
Best Letterer
Winner: Nate Piekos
Nominees: Deron Bennett, Jim Campbell, Clayton Cowles, Jared K. Fletcher, HdE, and Cardinal Rae
Best Colorist
Winner: Jordie Bellaire
Nominees: Alessandro de Fornasari, Edson Ferreira, Laura Martin, and Dave Stewart
Best Cover Artist
Winner: Sana Takeda
Nominees: Fabio Alves, Natasha Alterici, Stephanie Hans, and Christian Ward
Best Series
Winner: Bitter Root (Image Comics)
Nominees:
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)
Best Single Issue or Story
Winner: Usagi Yojimbo #6 (IDW Publishing)
Nominees:
Bitter Root Red Summer Special (Image Comics)
Hot Comb (Drawn & Quarterly)
Second Coming #1 (AHOY Comics)
Spencer & Locke 2 #1 (Danger Zone – Action Lab Entertainment)
Tales of the Night Watchman: The Steam Banshee (So What? Press)
Best Original Graphic Novel
Winner: Snow, Glass, Apples (Dark Horse Comics)
Nominees:
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, IDW Publishing)
Simon Says (Image Comics)
Best Anthology
Winner: Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Sirens (Archaia/BOOM! Studios)
Nominees:
Dead Beats (A Wave Blue World)
Drawing Power (Abrams ComicArts)
Strange Tails (Vices Press)
Thought Bubble 2019 (Image Comics)
Best Humor Comic
Winner: Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen (DC Comics)
Nominees:
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)
Best Comic Strip or Panel
Winner: Nancy by Olivia Jaimes (Andrews McMeel Universal)
Nominees:
The Middle Age by Steve Conley (Andrews McMeel Universal)
The Nib Editorial Cartoons by Pia Guerra (thenib.com)
Rhymes With Orange by Hilary Price (King Features Syndicate)
Sarah’s Scribbles by Sarah Andersen (Andrews McMeel Universal)
Wawawiwa by Andres J. Colmenares
Best Webcomic
Winner: Fried Rice by Erica Eng
Nominees:
The Croaking by echorise
Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
Penny Arcade by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins
Rocío Diestra by Rocío Diestra
Stand Still. Stay Silent by Minna Sundberg
SubZero by Junepurr
Best Non-Fiction Comic Work
Winner: They Called Us Enemy (Top Shelf/IDW Publishing)
Nominees:
Coin-Op Carnival (coinopcarnival.com)
Grass (Drawn & Quarterly)
In Waves (Nobrow/Flying Eye Books)
The Twilight Man (Humanoids)
Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel
Winner: Guts (Graphix/Scholastic)
Nominees:
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, Oni Press)
Mike Wieringo Spirit Award: Superman Smashes the Klan (DC Comics)
The following awards were decided solely by fan vote, and sponsored by Rocketship Entertainment:
Favorite Hero: Clove from SubZero (Webtoon)
Favorite Villain: John from unOrdinary (Webtoon)
Favorite New Series: Fangs by Sarah Andersen
Favorite New Talent: Sinran
Favorite Publisher: Tapas Media
