Pro and Fan Comic Book Awards come to "America's Greatest Comic Book Convention" and YOU GET A VOTE!
The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards is an annual celebration of the creativity, skill and fun of comics.
The 10th annual awards will return as part of the fan- and pro-favorite convention, The Baltimore Comic-Con. Top honors will be announced Saturday, September 26, 2026.
The 2025 Ringo Awards Nominees...
Mike Wieringo Spirit Award
Fan Favorites Winners
- Favorite Hero: Alex from Señorita Cometa, WEBTOON
- Favorite Villain: Mr. Barnaby – Warm Fusion, DSTLRY
- Favorite New Series: The Pedestrian, Magma Comix
- Favorite New Talent: Annie Wright
- Favorite Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Best Cartoonist (Writer and Artist)
- Arechan
- Megan Grey
- Patrick Horvath
- Mikaël
- Eric Powell – Winner
Best Writer
- Jason Douglas
- Tom King
- Oscar Osorio
- Scott Snyder
- Kelly Thompson – Winner
- James Tynion IV
- David F. Walker
Best Artist or Penciller/Inker Team
- Bilquis Evely
- Kate Flynn
- Daniel HDR
- Eduardo Risso
- Chris Samnee – Winner
Best Letterer
- Aditya Bidikar
- Clayton Cowles
- Amal Desai
- DC Hopkins
- Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
- Richard Starkings – Winner
Best Colorist
- Michael Adams
- Jordie Bellaire – Winner
- Lee Loughridge
- Sabine Rich
- Dave Stewart
Best Cover Artist
- Oliver Barrett
- Evan Cagle
- Francine Delgado
- Bilquis Evely – Winner
- Francesca Fantini
- Greg Smallwood
Best Series
- 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
- The Pedestrian, Magma Comix – Winner
Best Single Issue or Story
- Batman and Robin Year One #1, DC Comics – Winner
- “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
Best Original Graphic Novel
- 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 Grpahic Novels
- Homestead, Source Point Press
- Jane American, self-published – Winner
Best Anthology
- 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
- Transphoria, Lifeline Comics – Winner
Best Humor Comic
- 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
- Smut #1, self-published – Winner
- Space Circus, Dark Horse Comics
Best Webcomic
- The Croaking, WEBTOON Entertainment
- Daughter of a Thousand Faces, Tapas Entertainment
- The Mafia Nanny, WEBTOON Entertainment
- Novae, novaecomic.com
- Renaissance of Raven, DC Go!/DC Comics – Winner
- Under the Oak Tree, Manta
- Vampire Family, WEBTOON Entertainment
Best Humor Webcomic
- Dealing with Demons, Manta
- Harley Quinn in Paradise, DC Go!/DC Comics
- High Class Homos, WEBTOON Entertainment
- Nothing Butt Nightwing, DC Go!/DC Comics – Winner
- Rosebuds, Comics Kingdom
- Wanna Be Friends?, WEBTOON Entertainment
Best Non-fiction Comic Work
- Adrift on a Painted Sea, Avery Hill
- Brittle Joints, Street Noise Books
- Djuna, Street Noise Books
- Feeding Ghosts, MCD
- In the Shadows of Stalin: The Story of Mr. Jones, Oni Press – Winner
Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel
- Double Booking, Papercutz/Mad Cave Studios
- Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine, Dark Horse Comics
- Hilda and Twig Hide from the Rain, Flying Eye Books – Winner
- 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 Presentation in Design
- Coins of Judas, Orange Cone Productions/Band of Bards
- David Mazzucchelli’s Batman Year One Artist’s Edition, IDW Publishing – Winner
- 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
Who is Mike Wieringo?
Michael Lance “Mike” Wieringo (June 24, 1963 – August 12, 2007), who often signed his work Ringo, is an American comics artist best known for his work on DC Comics’ The Flash, Marvel Comics’ Fantastic Four, and his co-creation Tellos.
Most of all, Mike thought good comics were entertaining and innovative. If you could hold his attention and delight and intrigue his artistic sensibilities at the same time, he’d shout your name from the rooftops. And, if it turned out you were a decent, nice person to boot, he’d be your friend for life.”
– Matt Wieringo
