2024 Ringo Awards Announced

September 22, 2024 8:13 AM

The 2024 Ringo Awards were announced last night at the Baltimore ComicCon.

The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards, also known as the Ringo Awards, have been celebrating creativity within comics since 2017.

Winners:

Best Cartoonist: Jeff Smith
Best Writer: Mariko Tamaki (Instagram Link)
Best Artist or Penciller/Inker Team: Elsa Charretier
Best Letterer: Stan Sakai
Best Colorist: Tamra Bonvillain
Best Cover Artist: Chris Samnee (instagram link)
Best Series: Geiger: Ground Zero, Image Comics
Best Single Issue or Story: Animal Pound #1, BOOM! Studios
Best Original Graphic Novel: Monica, Dan Clowes, Fantagraphics
Best Anthology: The Rocketeer One-Shot, IDW Publishing
Best Humor Comic: Bone: More Tall Tales, Scholastic
Best Webcomic: Lore Olympus, WEBTOON
Best Humor Webcomic: Blue Chair, WEBTOON
Best NonFiction Comic Work: Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound, Z2 Comics
Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel: The Batman Scooby-Doo Mysteries, DC Comics
Best Presentation in Design: Richard Stark’s Parker: The Complete Collection, IDW Publishing

Fan Favorite New Talent: Danny Earls (Instagram link)
Fan Favorite Hero: Lenore – Nevermore
Fan Favorite Publisher: Image Comics
Fan Favorite New Series: City Of Blank
Fan Favorite Villain: Montresor – Nevermore
Spirit Award: The Hunger and the Dusk



To learn more about Mike Wieringo and the awards you can check out his author page on Marvel, his extensive website, and Randy Tischler interview on his involvment with the Ringo awards.

posted by CMcG (8 comments total)

I had never heard of this award, being pretty out of comics these days, but I'm impressed by the range of winners and the relative lack of superhero comics. Not enough women winning, but I guess that's hardly a surprise. I'm a little shocked to see Ed Piskor on the short list for "Best Cartoonist." I'm glad there's room for webcomics, since there is so much creativity in that arena since it's freed from the constraints of physical pages.
posted by GenjiandProust at 9:19 AM on September 22

Also, I've been thinking about reading Lore Olympus, because it has a fairly unique and appealing style (oh, look previously), but there seems to be an awful lot of it....
posted by GenjiandProust at 9:23 AM on September 22 [2 favorites]

I'm a little shocked to see Ed Piskor on the short list for "Best Cartoonist."

Sadly, I'm not. I'm glad that the voters/judges for this gave the award to someone more deserving.
posted by Halloween Jack at 11:44 AM on September 22 [2 favorites]

I am mildly amused by the idea of a Batman / Scooby-Doo crossover involving time travel.

I was also mildly surprised, given how long it has been since I had any familiarity with what was going on in comics, to recognize a couple of names on the list. Jeff Smith and Daniel Clowes have been making comics since the days when I shared an apartment with a comics fan after college, back in the 90s. Especially in a creative field, that's some serious career longevity and I'm impressed that anyone from that era is still producing work that their peers find relevant and notable.
posted by Nerd of the North at 1:11 PM on September 22 [4 favorites]

The Hunger And The Dusk has been great so far. It's G. Willow Wilson's new venture, and it's basically action AND politics AND culture clash AND sexy orcs. Recommended.
posted by Pallas Athena at 1:24 PM on September 22 [1 favorite]

Glad to see Stan Sakai get another award. He has, deservedly, won many such over his long career.
If you have never read Usagi Yojimbo, you have a wonderful experience in store.
posted by bouvin at 2:29 PM on September 22

NotN, I've had Clowes on my radar since the eighties, when he did Lloyd Llewellyn for Fantagraphics, and while I run hot and cold on his stuff, Ghost World is still a big favorite, and Monica is being compared to that, so I'll have to take a look.
posted by Halloween Jack at 3:29 PM on September 22

I am curious about this - who makes the short list, and who votes for the winner? The Ed Piskor nomination is a huge red flag. But as far as I can tell, Jeff Smith hasn't put out a book since 2022 so is this a best of the year award, or a life time award?
posted by thecjm at 6:03 PM on September 22 [1 favorite]