RINGO AWARDS PRE-SHOW

NOMINEES

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

• Rosemary 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

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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

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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

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​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

• Twiztid: 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