And The 2023 Ringo Nominees Are...

By Chad Burdette

on July 13, 2023

The nominees for the 2023 Ringo Awards were announced yester ahead of the awards ceremony, which takes place during the Baltimore Comic Con in September, given out in honor of the late artist Mike Wieringo who made a name for himself as the co-creator of Tellos, as well as working on DC Comics properties like The Flash and Marvel Comics Fantastic Four, and others.

Founded by Cards, Comics, and Collectibles in Reisterstown, Maryland, the awards celebrate creators and new works from the preceding calendar year as nominated by both industry professionals and fans, with final nominees chosen by all comic creative professionals.

Judging is done by a select jury of five professionals who represent a cross-section of the comics industry who vote by ranking the seven choices in each category in order of preference.

The 2023 jury was chosen as a representative cross-section of the comic book industry, with members representing seasoned and venerated publishers, press, and creators across numerous genres and is comprised of:

Troy-Jeffrey Allen: the Consumer Marketing Manager for Diamond Comics Distributors, Editor of PREVIEWSworld.com, and the producer/co-host of PREVIEWSworld Weekly. His published work includes MF DOOM: All Caps, Public Enemy’s Apocalypse ’91, Bamn, Fight of the Century, the Harvey Award-nominated District Comics, and the Ringo Awards-nominated Magic Bullet.
Richard Case: Artist illustrating comics for more than 30 years. His run on Doom Patrol with writer Grant Morrison inspired much of the recent TV series seen on HBO Max. He has also illustrated a number of books, including Sandman, Preacher, Shade the Changing Man, Hunter: Age of Magic, Dr. Strange, Sensational Spider-Man, and Batman ’66. He is currently a Lead Concept Artist for Ubisoft/Red Storm Entertainment. Follow on Instagram @ richardcaseillustration
Amy Chu: a comics and animation writer, currently working on the upcoming Borderlands mini-series and Carmilla: The First Vampire through the Dark Horse Berger Books imprint. Her most recent work is the Netflix anime series DOTA: Dragon’s Blood, Rick & Morty, and Archie. For DC and Marvel, she has written popular characters such as Wonder Woman, Poison Ivy, Deadpool, Ant-Man, and Iron Man. She is also known for her run on Red Sonja, and is the first woman to write the KISS and Green Hornet series. For children, she has written the graphic novels Sea Sirens and Sky Island (Penguin Random House) and Ana & the Cosmic Race (Papercutz). Amy is a member of the faculty at the Kubert School and the School of Visual Arts and a board member of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a double bachelor’s degree in Architectural Design from MIT and East Asian Studies from Wellesley College. You can follow her on Twitter @amychu, Instagram @amy_chu and on Facebook/iwritecomics.
Abby Denson : author of Uniquely Japan, the Kitty Sweet Tooth book series (illustrated by Utomaru), Cool Tokyo Guide, Cool Japan Guide, Dolltopia, and Tough Love. She has scripted comics for Amazing Spider-Man Family, Powerpuff Girls Comics, Simpsons Comics, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Josie and the Pussycats, Disney Adventures, and many others. Her work has garnered the International Manga Award, Moonbeam Children’s Book Award, and the IPPY Award.
John Petrie: Boston native currently living in New York City. He’s worked in the book world for almost thirty years. In addition to working and managing retail bookshops, he spent years working at Forbidden Planet NYC as a comic book retailer. He currently works at Valiant Entertainment as a Sales Manager. He also writes a monthly column at CBR about LGBTQ+ comics called Queer Comics from a Queer Perspective.

This year’s nominees are:

Best Single Issue or Story

88 Days of Hell: One Ukrainian Man’s Experience in the Russian Filtration, Insider
A Hunter’s Tale, Elephant Eater Comics
Finding Batman, DC Comics
Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters, Oni Press
Punisher #1, Marvel Comics
Thieves, Nobrow
You Were My Joker That Night, Anatola Howard

Best Series

Fractured Shards, Comics2Movies
Parker Girls, Abstract Studios
Saga, Image Comics
Season of the Bruja, Oni Press
Something is Killing the Children, BOOM! Studios

Best Writer

Ed Brubaker
Anthony Del Col
Drew Edwards
Scott Snyder
Brian K. Vaughan

Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)

Kate Beaton
Wes Craig
Alexis Deacon
Jenny Jinya
Snailords
Stan Sakai
Zoe Thorogood

Best Inker

Gigi Baldassini
Scott Hanna
Sandra Hope
Klaus Janson
Mark Morales

Best Letterer

Justin Birch
Jerome Gagnon
Todd Klein
Micah Myers
Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Stan Sakai

Best Colorist

Daniela Barisone
Jordie Bellaire
Chris O’Halloran
Jacob Phillips
Dave Stewart
Ellie Wright

Best Cover Artist

Wylie Beckert
Jason Muhr
Bryan Silverbax
Greg Smallwood
JH Williams III

Best Original Graphic Novel

Chivalry, Dark Horse Comics
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, Drawn & Quarterly
It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth, Image Comics
Tokyo Rose—Zero Hour: A Japanese American Woman’s Persecution and Ultimate Redemption After World War II, Tuttle Publishing
Twilight Custard, Ghostpod Publishing

Best Anthology

Cthulu Invades Wonderland, Orange Cone Productions
Lower Your Sights, Mad Cave Studios
The Silver Coin, Image Comics
Voices That Count, IDW Publishing
Young Men in Love, A Wave Blue World

Best Humor Comic

Breaking Cat News, GoComics
Crash and Troy, A Wave Blue World
Grumpy Monkey: Who Threw That?, Random House Children’s Books
The Illustrated Al: The Songs of “Weird Al” Yankovic, Z2 Comics
Little Tunny’s Snail Diaries, Silver Sprocket
My Bad, AHOY Comics
Revenge of the Librarians, Drawn & Quarterly
Whatzit, Heavy Metal

Best Webcomic

88 Days of Hell: One Ukrainian Man’s Experience in the Russian Filtration, Inisder
The All-Nighter, Comixology Originals
The Guy Upstairs, WEBTOON
I Love Yoo, WEBTOON
Lore Olympus, WEBTOON
Offside: I Was a Pro Football Player. I Was Tricked into Going to Qatar to Work Construction, Insider
You Were My Joker That Night, Anatola Howard

Best Humor Webcomic

Background Noise, backgroundnoisecomic.com
Evil Inc., evil-inc.com
Finding Fiends, WEBTOON
Live with Yourself!, WEBTOON
Vampire Husband, WEBTOON

Best Non-fiction Comic Work

88 Days of Hell: One Ukrainian Man’s Experience in the Russian Filtration, Insider
A Game for Swallows Expanded Edition, Graphic Universe – Lerner Publishing Group
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, Drawn & Quarterly
I’m Still Alive, Archaia – BOOM! Studios
Just Another Meat-Eating Dirtbag, Street Noise Books
Radium Girls, Iron Circus Comics
The Third Person, Drawn & Quarterly

Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel