The 2024 Ringo nominations are in! The annual Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards have posted who is in the running for the eighth edition. Voting by comics industry professionals is open until August 21 and the awards will take place the evening of September 21, at Baltimore Comic-Con.

In a press release announcing the full list, the Ringo Awards said:

“The Ringo Awards are thrilled to announce the 2024 nominees. The nomination process was completed with the participation of our esteemed 2024 jury as well as the voting public. Fans and comic book professionals alike showed strong support in promoting the voting process on their websites and social media feeds.

“Voting on the 2024 Final Ballot is restricted to comic book industry creative community — anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally. We now present the 2024 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards Final Ballot.”

Baltimore Comic-Con promotor Marc Nathan said about this year’s awards:

“Every year, the Ringo Awards jurors have the difficult task of ‘picking their favorite child’, so to speak. It is always a challenge to determine what makes the cut and what doesn’t, but as you can see from the final ballot, our jury’s hard work paid off and, with the inclusion of the public votes, we have an outstanding representation of some of comics’ best works from 2023. Creators should make their way to the voting site now and make sure your peers do the same!”

The jury this year comprised 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).

[Note: The original list did not credit the authors behind nominated works. We have endeavoured to match creative teams to their respective books. In the case of anthologies or books with more than four members, we have placed “various”. There are some exceptions, however. Identifiable US releases of foreign works we have endeavoured to track down and credit translators. ‘Best Design’ category we have endeavoured to find designers]

BEST CARTOONIST (Writer and Artist)
  • 66
  • K. O’Neill
  • Ed Piskor
  • Jeff Smith
  • Jillian Tamaki
BEST WRITER
  • Dan Abnett
  • Ed Brubaker
  • Tom King
  • Mariko Tamaki
  • Kit Trace
BEST ARTIST OR PENCILLER/INKER TEAM
  • Elsa Charretier
  • Duncan Fegredo
  • Abdullah Hadia
  • Vincent Mallié
  • Sean Phillips
  • Peter Rostovsky
BEST LETTERER
  • Clayton Cowles
  • Taylor Esposito
  • Lucas Gattoni
  • Stephen Kok
  • Micah Myers
  • Stan Sakai
BEST COLORIST
  • Brad Anderson
  • Jordie Bellaire
  • Tamra Bonvillain
  • Stephan Franck
  • Jacob Phillips
  • Rico Renzi
BEST COVER ARTIST
  • Colin Griffin
  • Tula Lotay
  • Dan Parent
  • Chris Samnee
  • Bill Sienkiewicz
  • Fiona Staples
BEST SERIES
  • Geiger: Ground Zero, by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, and Brad Anderson (Image Comics)
  • The Night Eaters, by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda (Abrams ComicArts)
  • Phantom Road, by Jeff Lemire & Gabriel Hernandez Walta (Image Comics)
  • Rare Flavours, by Ram V & Filipe Andrade (BOOM! Studios)
  • Sirens of the City, by 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

  • Animal Pound #1, by Tom King, Peter Gross, and Tamra Bonvillain (BOOM! Studios)
  • By The Horns: Dark Earth #7, by Markisan Naso & Jason Muhr (Scout Comics)
  • Etheres, by Anas Abdulhak & Dennis Menheere (Source Point Press)
  • Rare Flavours #1, by Ram V & Filipe Andrade (BOOM! Studios)
  • Somna, by Becky Cloonan & Tula Lotay (DSTLRY)
  • Star Trek: Day of Blood – Shaxs’ Best Day, by Ryan North & Derek Charm (IDW Publishing)

BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL

  • Monica, by Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)
  • Parasocial, by Alex De Campi & Erica Henderson (Image Comics)
  • Roaming, by Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Slightly Exaggerated, by Curtis Clow, Pius Bak, Roman Titov, Toben Racicot, and Eva de la Cruz (Dark Horse Comics)
  • Three Rocks – The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy, by Bill Griffith (Abrams ComicArts)

BEST ANTHOLOGY
[Note: Books with more than three creators credited we have summarised as “various”] 

  • The Devil’s Cut, by various (DSTLRY)
  • Dwellings, by Jay Stephens (Oni Press)
  • Hairology, by various (Lifeline Comics)
  • Ice Cream Man, by W. Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo & Chris O’Halloran (Image Comics)
  • The Rocketeer One-Shot, by various (IDW)
  • Swan Songs, by W. Maxwell Prince et al (Image Comics)
BEST HUMOR COMIC
  • Asterix and the White Iris (Vol. 40), by Fabcaro, Didier Conrad, Thierry Mébarki; translated by Joe Johnson (Papercutz)
  • Betty & Veronica Friends Forever: Game On #1, by various (Archie Comics)
  • Bone: More Tall Tales, by Jeff Smith, Thomas Sniegoski, and Steve Hamaker (Scholastic)
  • Dwellings, by Jay Stephens (Oni Press)
  • Girl Juice, by Benji Nate (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Great British Bump-Off, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Sammy Boras (Dark Horse Comics)
  • Snow White Zombie Apocalypse, by Brenton Lengel, Hyeondo Park, Jio Butler, and Luana Vecchio (Scout Comics)
BEST WEBCOMIC
BEST HUMOR WEBCOMIC
BEST NON-FICTION COMIC WORK
  • Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz, by Luca Debus & Francesco Matteuzzi (Top Shelf)
  • Memento Mori, by Tiitu Takalo; translated by Maria Schroderus (Oni Press)
  • Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound, by Dave Chisholm (Z2 Comics)
  • My Picture Diary, by Fujiwara Maki; translated by Ryan Holmberg (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • The Odyssey of the Adriana, by Anthony Del Col & Abdullah Hadia (Business Insider) — also available to read via Webtoon
  • Tasty: A History of Yummy Experiments, by Victoria Grace Elliott (Random House Children’s Books)
BEST KIDS OR GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • Archie Horror Presents…Chilling Adventures: The Anthology Collection, by various (Archie Comic Publications, Inc.)
  • The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries, by various (DC Comics)
  • Big Ethel Energy Vol. 2, by Keryl Brown Ahmed & Siobhan (Archie Comic Publications, Inc.)
  • Brownstone’s Mythical Collection: Luna and the Treasure of Tlaloc, by Joe Todd-Stanton (Flying Eye Books/Nobrow)
  • Dear Rosie, by Meghan Boehman & Rachael Briner (Random House Children’s Books)
  • The Glopple, by Matt Cole & Jose Chirinos (Legends Comics)
  • Lights, by Brenna Thummler (Oni Press)
  • Squish and Squash, by Niall O’Rourke & Mike Hartigan (Keenspot Entertainment)
BEST PRESENTATION IN DESIGN
  • Complete Klaus Deluxe Edition, by Grant Morrison & Dan Mora; designed by Marie Krupina & Madison Goyette (BOOM! Studios)
  • Faithless Deluxe Edition with Slipcase, by Brian Azzarello & Maria Llovet; designed by Michelle Ankley, Marie Krupina & Madison Goyette (BOOM! Studios)
  • Grendel: Devil by the Deed–Master’s Edition, by Matt Wagner with Brennan Wagner; designed by Patrick Satterfield (Dark Horse Comics)
  • Metaphorical HER, by James Maddox, David Stoll, Ray Nadine and Stelladia (Rocketship Entertainment)
  • Palookaville 24, by Seth; designed by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Richard Stark’s Parker: The Complete Collection, adapted by Darwyn Cooke; designed by Sean Phillips (IDW Publishing)
  • Thalamus: The Art of Dave McKean, by Dave McKean; designed by Dave McKean (Dark Horse Comics)
  • Watership Down, adapted by James Sturm & Joe Sutphin (Ten Speed Press)

 

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