Voting is now under way in The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards, “an annual celebration of the creativity, skill and fun of comics.” The nominees were announced August 21.

Of the five nominees in each “Best” category , two were picked in an open, online nomination process, and the other three were selected by a jury of comics industry professionals.

There will also be fan-only voting on five Favorite award categories. Registration is required to vote.

All the winners will be announced at The Baltimore Comic-Con on October 19.

The 2019 Ringo Awards Nominees

Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)

• Echorise
• Enjelicious
• Terry Moore
• Sean Murphy
• Jim Woodring

Best Writer

• Brian Michael Bendis
• Richard Dent
• Rylend Grant
• Jeff Lemire
• Scott Snyder
• Brian K. Vaughan

Best Artist or Penciller

• Joe Bennett
• Shawn Daley
• Ezra Claytan Daniels
• Steve Ellis
• Ronilson Freire
• Dan Mora
• Dustin Nguyen
• Ryan Ottley
• Sean Phillips

Best Inker

• J.P. Mayer
• Mark Morales
• Ron Randall
• Fiona Staples
• Sana Takeda

Best Letterer

• David Aja
• Arechan
• Taylor Esposito
• Jared K. Fletcher
• Todd Klein

Best Colorist

• Tamra Bonvillain
• Steve Conley
• Matt Hollingsworth
• Rachel Smythe
• Dave Stewart
• Matt Wilson
• YaongYi

Best Cover Artist

• Travis Charest
• Nick Derington
• Dan Mora
• Sara Richard
• Alex Ross
• Fiona Staples
• Jim Woodring

Best Series

• Batman: White Knight, DC Comics
• Bitter Root, Image Comics
• Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Dark Horse Comics
• Blammo, Kilgore Books
• The Highest House, IDW Publishing
• The Immortal Hulk, Marvel Comics
• Venom, Marvel Comics

Best Single Issue or Story

• Aberrant #4, Danger Zone
• Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise, Dark Horse Comics
• Champions #24, Marvel Comics
• Klaus and the Crying Snowman, BOOM! Studios
• Swamp Thing Winter Special, DC Comics

Best Original Graphic Novel

• The Ghost, The Owl, Action Lab Entertainment
• My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, Image Comics
• Son of Hitler, Image Comics
• Upgrade Soul, Lion Forge
• Woman World, Drawn & Quarterly

Best Anthology

• Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman, DC Comics
• All We Ever Wanted: Stories of a Better World, A Wave Blue World
• Femme Magnifique: 50 Magnificent Women Who Changed the World, Black Crown/IDW Publishing
• Grief, Source Point Press
• Twisted Romance, Image Comics
• Where We Live, A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas, Image Comics

Best Humor Comic

• Bluechair, Line Webtoon
• Get Naked, Image Comics
• Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell, Line Webtoon
• MAD, DC Comics
• Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons, IDW Publishing

Best Comic Strip or Panel

• Amazing Spider-Man, Stan Lee/Larry Lieber, King Features Syndicate
• Bloom County, Berkeley Breathed, Andrews McMeel Universal
• Doonsbury, Garry Trudeau, Andrews McMeel Universal
• Garfield, Jim Davis, King Features Syndicate
• Luann, Greg Evans, Andrews McMeel Universal
• Nancy, Olivia Jaimes, Andrews McMeel Universal
• Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, Andrews McMeel Universal

Best Webcomic

• Age Matters, Enjelicious, (https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/age-matters/list?title_no=1364&page=1)
• Aztec Empire, Paul Guinan, Anina Bennett, David Hahn (https://www.bigredhair.com/books/aztec-empire/about/)
• The Contradictions, Sophie Yanow (http://www.thecontradictions.com/)
• Existential Comics, Corey Mohler (https://existentialcomics.com/)
• Lavender Jack, Dan Schkade (https://www.webtoons.com/en/thriller/lavender-jack/list?title_no=1410&page=1)
• Luff, Arechan, (https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/luff/list?title_no=1489&page=1)
• The Nib, various (https://thenib.com/)
• Nothing Special, Katie Cook (https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/nothing-special/list?title_no=1188&page=1)

Best Non-fiction Comic Work

• All the Answers, Simon & Schuster
• The Bridge: How the Roeblings Connected Brooklyn to New York, Abrams ComicArts
• Hey, Kiddo, Graphix
• I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation, BOOM! Studios
• Let’s Make Comics!, Watson-Guptill
• Where We Live, A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas, Image Comics

Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel

• Aquacorn Cove, Oni Press
• Be Prepared, First Second Books
• Jupiter Jet, Action Lab Entertainment
• The Nameless City: The Divided Earth, First Second Books
• The Prince and the Dressmaker, First Second Books
• Punk Taco, Adam Wallenta Entertainment

Best Presentation in Design

• Absolute Sandman Overture, DC Comics
• Berlin, Drawn & Quarterly
• Madman Quarter Century Shindig, IDW Publishing
• My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, Image Comics
• Only Living Boy Omnibus, Papercutz
• Persephone, BOOM! Studios
• Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise Gallery Edition, Abstract Studio/Graphitti Designs
• Yellow Negros and Other Imaginary Creatures, New York Review Comics

Ringo Awards Jury

• DR. CHRISTINA BLANCH: Owner and Manager of Aw Yeah Comics in Muncie, Indiana. Writer of comics including Tales from the Crypt and The Damnation of Charlie Wormwood.
• TIM LENAGHAN: Vice President of Purchasing at Diamond Comic Distributors. Former reviewer at IGN.com and participated in Emerson College’s Graphic Novel Certificate program.
• AFUA RICHARDSON: Illustrator of the acclaimed graphic novel series  Black Panther: World of Wakanda. Other works include: Attack on Titan, and covers for X-Men ’92, Captain Marvel, Captain America & the Mighty Avengers, and All-Star Batman.
• BOB SCHRECK: Award-winning editor, shepherding such titles as Frank Miller’s Sin City, Dark Horse Presents, DK2, Batman: Hush, Sweet Tooth, Batman: Year 100, Daytripper, and many others. He has served as editor for such talents as Neil Gaiman, Harlan Ellison, Bernie Wrightson, Fiona Staples, Frank Miller, and many others.  Bob also co-founded Oni Press.
• TOM SPURGEON: Longtime comics industry journalist and the current Executive Director at the Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC). Former editor of The Comics Journal and current editor of The Comics Reporter. Co-author of books including Stan Lee And The Rise And Fall Of The American Comic Book, The Romita Legacy, and We Told You So: Comics As Art.