The winners of the 2019 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards, “an annual celebration of the creativity, skill and fun of comics,” were announced October 19 at The Baltimore Comic-Con.
This year’s Ringo Awards jury included Dr. Christina Blanch, Afua Richardson, Tim Lenaghan, Bob Schreck, and Tom Spurgeon.
Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)
- Terry Moore
Best Writer
- Brian K. Vaughan
Best Artist or Penciller
- Sean Phillips
Best Inker
- Fiona Staples
Best Letterer
- Todd Klein
Best Colorist
- Tamra Bonvillain
Best Cover Artist
- Fiona Staples
Best Series
(Tie)
- Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Dark Horse Comics
- The Immortal Hulk, Marvel Comics
Best Single Issue or Story
- Swamp Thing Winter Special, DC Comics
Best Original Graphic Novel
- My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, Image Comics
Best Anthology
- Where We Live, A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas, Image Comics
Best Humor Comic
- MAD, DC Comics
Best Comic Strip or Panel
- Nancy, Olivia Jaimes, Andrews McMeel Universal
Best Webcomic
- The Nib, various (https://thenib.com/)
Best Non-fiction Comic Work
- Where We Live, A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas, Image Comics
Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel
- Punk Taco, Adam Wallenta Entertainment
Best Presentation in Design
- Absolute Sandman Overture, DC Comics
Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award
- Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Ringo Spirit Award
- Isola – Image Comics
Dick Giordano Humanitarian Award
- Louise Weezie Simonson
Ringo Fan Awards
Fan Favorite Hero
- Toaster Dude
Fan Favorite Villain
- Lance Cordrey
Fan Favorite New Series
- Luff
Fan Favorite New Talent
- Agelicious
Fan Favorite Publisher
- Dynamite
[Via Bob Harrison and Pop Culture Squad.]
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Perhaps I am terribly out of touch with comics fandom, but I have zero idea who some of those characters are. Toaster Dude? Lance Cordrey?