The 2020 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards nominees were revealed August 26.

The Ringo Awards nomination process was inclusive of fans and comic book professionals alike.  However, voting on the 2020 Final Ballot is restricted to comic book industry creative community — anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally.

The awards will be presented virtually on October 24 instead of as part of The Baltimore Comic-Con.

Fan and Pro Nomination Categories

Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)

• Sarah Andersen
• Eleanor Davis
• Jaime Hernandez
• Kevin Huizenga
• Junepurr
• Stan Sakai
• Raina Telgemeier
• David Jesus Vignolli

Best Writer

• Drew Edwards
• Jeff Lemire
• Mark Russell
• Erica Schultz
• Mariko Tamaki

Best Artist or Penciller

• Chris Campana
• Colleen Doran
• Sanford Greene
• Rosemarie Valero-O’Connell
• Marianna Pescosta

Best Inker

• Keith Champagne
• Marika Cresta
• Sandra Hope
• Maria Llovet
• Dan Mora
• Hyeondo Park

Best Letterer

• Deron Bennett
• Jim Campbell
• Clayton Cowles
• Jared K. Fletcher
• HdE
• Nate Piekos
• Cardinal Rae

Best Colorist

• Jordie Bellaire
• Alessandro de Fornasari
• Edson Ferreira
• Laura Martin
• Dave Stewart

Best Cover Artist

• Fabio Alves
• Natasha Alterici
• Stephanie Hans
• Sana Takeda
• Christian Ward

Best Series

• Banjax, Danger Zone (Action Lab Entertainment)
• Bitter Root, Image Comics
• 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

• Bitter Root Red Summer Special, Image Comics
• “Hot Comb” in 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
• Usagi Yojimbo #6, IDW Publishing

Best Original Graphic Novel

• 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
• Snow, Glass, Apples, Dark Horse Comics

Best Anthology

• Dead Beats, A Wave Blue World
• Drawing Power, Abrams ComicArts
• Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Sirens, Archaia (BOOM! Studios)
• Strange Tails, Vices Press
• Thought Bubble 2019, Image Comics

Best Humor Comic

• Fangs, Tapas
• The Handbook to Lazy Parenting, Drawn & Quarterly
• Rick & Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons, IDW Publishing
• Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, DC Comics
• Twizted: Haunted High-Ons, Source Point Press
• Wonder Twins, DC Comics

Best Comic Strip or Panel

• The Middle Age, Steve Conley, Andrews McMeel Universal
• Nancy, Olivia Jaimes, Andrews McMeel Universal
• The Nib Editorial Cartoons by Pia Guerra, thenib.com
• Rhymes With Orange, Hilary Price, King Features Syndicate
• Sarah’s Scribbles, Sarah Andersen, Andrews McMeel Universal
• Wawawiwa, Andres J. Colmenares

Best Webcomic

• The Croaking, echorise, (https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/the-croaking/list?title_no=1494)
• Lore Olympus, Rachel Smythe (https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320)
• Fried Rice, Erica Eng (https://friedricecomic.com/)
• Penny Arcade, Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, (https://www.penny-arcade.com/)
• Rocío Diestra, Rocío Diestra (https://www.instagram.com/rociodiestra/)
• Stand Still, Stay Silent, Minna Sundberg (http://www.sssscomic.com/)
• SubZero, Junepurr (https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/subzero/list?title_no=1468&page=1)

Best Non-fiction Comic Work

• Coin-Op Carnival, coinopcarnival.com
• Grass, Drawn & Quarterly
• In Waves, Nobrow/Flying Eye Books
• They Called Us Enemy, Top Shelf (IDW Publishing)
• The Twilight Man, Humanoids

Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel

• Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls, Graphix/Scholastic
• Guts, Graphix/Scholastic
• New Kid, Harper Collins
• Science! The Elements of Dark Energy, Bedside Press
• The Underfoot: The Mighty Deep, Lion Forge (Oni Press)

Best Presentation in Design

• Going to the Chapel, Danger Zone (Action Lab Entertainment)
• Making Comics, Drawn & Quarterly
• Marvel Masterwork Pin-Ups, Yoe Books (IDW Publishing)
• Moomin: The Deluxe Lars Jansson Edition, Drawn & Quarterly
• New World, BOOM! Studios
• Snow White Zombie Apocalypse, Scout Comics
• Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo: The Complete Grasscutter Artist Select, IDW Publishing
• 3D Sweeties, Fantagraphics