The 2017 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards were presented on the evening of Saturday, September 23, 2017.
Mike Wieringo Spirit Award
- Future Quest #1, DC Comics
Winners of the Fan Favorite Categories
- Favorite Hero: Cash Wayne (Spectrum)
- Favorite Villain: Arlo (unOrdinary)
- Favorite New Series: Spectrum
- Favorite New Talent: InstantMiso
Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)
- Daniel Clowes
- Steve Conley
- Hernandez Brothers
- Aidyn Anh Huynh (Snailords)
- Kaitlyn Narvaza (instantmiso)
- Skottie Young – winner
Best Writer
- PJ Haarsma & Alan Tudyk
- Jody Houser
- Tom King – winner
- Robert Kirkman
- Jeff Lemire
- Alan Moore
- Mark Waid
- David Walker
- Gerard Way
Best Artist or Penciller
- Kaare Andrews
- Cliff Chiang
- Rafael de Latorre
- Mitch Gerads
- Jason Johnson
- Jason Latour
- Dustin Nguyen
- Fiona Staples – winner
Best Inker
- Mark Brooks
- Jeremy Freeman
- Jonathan Glapion
- Jason Latour
- Jae Lee
- Danny Miki
- Sean Murphy – winner
- Victor Olazaba
Best Letterer
- Clayton Cowles
- Taylor Esposito
- Todd Klein – winner
- Troy Peteri
- John Workman
Best Colorist
- Jordie Bellaire
- Tamra Bonvillain
- Elizabeth Breitweiser
- Laura Martin – winner
- Rico Renzi
- Sarah Stone
- Matt Wilson
Best Cover Artist
- Frank Cho – winner
- Mike Del Mundo
- JG Jones
- Phil Noto
- Ryan Sook
- Fiona Staples
- Sana Takeda
Best Series
- Faith, Valiant Entertainment
- Paper Girls, Image Comics
- Saga, Image Comics
- Spectrum, Automatic Pictures
- Vision, Marvel Comics – winner
Best Single Issue or Story
- Deadly Hands of Criminal, Image Comics
- DC Universe Rebirth #1, DC Comics
- Emancipation Day, www.redistrictedcomics.com – winner
- Faith #1, Valiant Entertainment
- Locke & Key: Small World, IDW Publishing
Best Original Graphic Novel
- Ghosts, Scholastic/Graphix
- March: Book III, Top Shelf Productions – winner
- Patience, Daniel Clowes, Fantagraphics
- Tetris: The Games People Play, First Second
- Wonder Woman: The True Amazon, DC Comics
Best Anthology
- Dark Horse Presents, Dark Horse Comics
- Island, Image Comics
- Love is Love, DC Comics/IDW Publishing – winner
- ReDistrictedComics.com (www.redistrictedcomics.com)
- Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary Special, DC Comics
Best Humor Comic
- Adventures of God, Line Webtoons
- Blue Chair, Line Webtoons
- Giant Days, BOOM! Studios
- I Hate Fairyland, Image Comics – winner
- Jughead, Archie Comics
- Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Marvel Comics
Best Comic Strip or Panel
- Bloom County, Berkeley Breathed, Universal Uclick – winner
- Dick Tracy, Joe Staton & Mike Curtis, Tribune Media Services
- Foxtrot, Bill Amend, Universal Press Syndicate
- Mutts, Patrick McDonnell, King Features Syndicate
- Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, Universal Uclick
Best Webcomic
- Girl Genius, Phil Foglio (www.girlgeniusonline.com)
- Siren’s Lament, Kaitlyn Narvaza (instantmiso)(www.webtoons.com/en/romance/sirens-lament/list?title_no=632)
- The Middle Age, Steve Conley (www.middleagecomic.com)
- The Red Hook, Dean Haspiel (www.webtoons.com/en/super-hero/the-red-hook/list?title_no=643) – winner
- unOrdinary, uru-chan (www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/unordinary/list?title_no=679)
Best Non-fiction Comic Work
- Cooking Comically (www.cookingcomically.com)
- Dark Night, A True Batman Story, DC Comics
- March: Book Three, Top Shelf Productions – winner
- ReDistrictedComics.com (www.redistrictedcomics.com)
- Rolling Blackouts, Drawn and Quarterly
- Tetris: The Games People Play, First Second
Best Presentation in Design
- Aliens 30th Anniversary: The Original Comic Series, Dark Horse Comics
- Al Williamson’s Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Artist Edition, IDW Publishing
- Britannia, Valiant Entertainment
- Legacy of Luther Strode, Image Comics
- Mike Mignola’s Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects: Artist’s Edition Hardcover, IDW Publishing – winner
- Moebius Library: The World of Edena, Dark Horse Books
- The ODY-C: Cycle One Hardcover, Image Comics
- Spectrum, Automatic Pictures
The 2017 Ringo Awards Professional Jury...
JOHN HAINES
Comic Book Historian and Owner of Comics & Friends in Mentor, Ohio
JAMAR NICHOLAS
Cartoonist of Leon, Protector of the Playground and Fist Stick Knife Gun
CHRIS POWELL
Vice President of Diamond Comic Distributors and CBLDF Board Member
HANNAH MEANS-SHANNON
Journalist and Executive Editor at COMICON.com
JOSÉ VILLARRUBIA
Colorist and Professor of Illustration at Maryland Institute College of Art
David Petersen Keynotes Inaugural Ringo Awards
The 2017 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards will be presented on the evening of Saturday, September 23, 2017 as part of the fan- and pro-favorite convention, The Baltimore Comic-Con. A limited number of tickets are now available for purchase by the public.
Ringo Awards tickets include a full cocktail hour (cash bar), a full service dinner (featuring a Baltimore crab cake), the awards ceremony, and a gift bag, and are now available for $125.
The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards is pleased to announce David Petersen as the inaugural Keynote Speaker. David Petersen is best known as the creator of Mouse Guard. He enjoys fantasy, folklore, myth, and legend. Even more than that, he loves to draw and write about it. A steady diet of cartoons, comics, and tree-climbing fed his imagination and is what still inspires his work today. David won the 2007 Russ Manning Award for Most Promising Newcomer. In 2008, David won the Eisners for Best Publication for Kids (Mouse Guard Fall 1152 & Winter 1152) and Best Graphic Album – Reprint (Mouse Guard Fall 1152 Hardcover). He won the Harvey Award for Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work in both 2014 and 2015.
David is a cartoonist and children’s book illustrator who began his career in 2004 with the release of Voices, a self-published anthology from ComiXpress. Possessing a distinctive art style reminiscent of A.A. Milne (creator of Winnie the Pooh), Petersen has worked on such comics as The Dark Crystal, Snowy Valentine, and Muppets & Fairytales from Archaia, as well as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series from IDW. His artwork also graced the cover for the 2012 Baltimore Comic-Con program, as well as the show-exclusive t-shirt.
David and his wife Julia reside in Michigan with their 2 dogs, Bronwyn and Coco.
“David is the perfect guy to help us kick off the first annual Ringo Awards,” said Marc Nathan, Baltimore Comic-Con promoter. “He’s one of the brightest people you’ll meet, he’s amazingly creative, his artwork is gorgeous, and he writes Game of Thrones with mice! I’m really excited to hear what he has to say, and I think the room is going to love him.”
Voting on the 2017 Final Ballot was restricted to the comic book industry creative community — anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally. As with the nomination process, comics pros came out in force to support the Ringo Awards and to register their votes. Don’t miss the presentation of final ballot winners, Fan-Only Favorites, Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement and Dick Giordano Humanitarian Awards, and the Mike Wieringo Spirit Award on the evening of Saturday, September 23rd, 2017!