By Chad Burdette

 on September 28, 2026

The 10th annual Ringo awards returned as part of the fan- and pro-favorite convention, The Baltimore Comic-Con. with top honors announced Saturday, September 26, 2025.

The 2026 Ringo Awards were announced Saturday at the awards ceremony, 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.

The 2026 Ringo Awards Nominees…and WINNERS

Best Series

• Absolute Batman, DC Comics
• Absolute Martian Manhunter, DC Comics
• Coexistence, self-published
• FML, Dark Horse Comics
• Granite State Punk, Orange Cone Productions
• Murder Podcast, Ignition Press

Winner: Absolute Batman

Best Short Story

• Chest Face, self-published   – The Comic Watchers Episode 250: Dean Haspiel Unleashes The CHEST FACE
• “Pied Piper” in Cthulhu Invades Fairy Tales, Orange Cone Productions
• “The Knife and Gun Club” in Detective Comics #1100, DC Comics
• The Fire Breathing Duckling, Astra Books for Young Readers
• “Red Snapper in the Rea” in Milk White Steed, Drawn & Quarterly
• Model Five Murder, Silver Sprocket

Winner: Dean Haspiel – Chest Face

Best Original Graphic Novel

• Black Arms To Hold You Up, Pantheon Books
• The Corus Wave, Avery Hill Publishing
• David Dastmalchian’s Through, Z2 Comics  – Interview: David Dastmalchian & Leah Kilpatrick Serve Up A Hat-Trick Of Horror
• Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me, Drawn & Quarterly
• Drome, Macmillan – First Second and 23rd Street
• The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief, Fantagraphics
• Gamemasters: The Comic Book History of Roleplaying Games, Clover Press –  The Comic Watchers – Episode 225: GAMEMASTERS: The Comic Book History of Roleplaying Games With Fred Van Lente
• Herobear and the Kid Vol. 1 – The Inheritance, Papercutz

Winner: Herobear and the Kid Vol. 1 – The Inheritance, Papercutz

Best Cartoonist (Writer and Artist)

• Caroline Cash
• Scott Chantler – Interview: Scott Chantler & Bringing Three Thieves YA OGN Series To Mad Cave’s Papercutz Imprint
• Anders Nilsen
• Ben Passmore
• Tiffany Petitt
• Mimi Pond
• Craig Thompson
• Paige Walshe
• Ben Wickey – NYCC 2025 – IDW Booth: Ben Wickey – More Weight: A Salem Story

Winner: Craig Thompson

Best Writer

• Deniz Camp
• Joseph Schmalke
• James Tynion IV
• Robert Venditti
• Mark Waid

Winner: Deniz Camp

Best Artist or Penciller/Inker Team

• Becky Cloonan
• Werther Dell’Edera
• Jay Fosgitt
• Javier Rodríguez
• Liam Sharp
• Hayden Sherman
• Stefan Tosheff

Winner: Javier Rodríguez

Best Letterer

• Taylor Esposito
• Rob Leigh
• Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
• Troy Peteri
• Nate Piekos
• Ben Wickey

Winner: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

Best Colorist

• Jordie Bellaire
• John Kalisz
• Javier Rodriguez
• Alejandro Sanchez
• Stefano Simeone
• Dave Stewart

Winner: Dave Stewart

Best Cover Artist

• Gabriele Dell’Otto
• Colm Griffin
• Tula Lotay
• Daniel Parent
• Javier Rodriguez
• Riley Rossmo

Winner: Javier Rodríguez

Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel – Ages 11 and Under

• Brume Vol. 1, Astra Books for Young Readers
• The Fire Breathing Duckling, Astra Books for Young Readers,
• The Lost Sunday, Oni Press
• Magda, Intergalactic Chef: The Big Tournament, Lerner Publishing Group
• Max, A Little Axolotl, Scholastics Inc.
• The Mighty Bite #3: Hog Rocket Ruckus, ABRAMS
• The Patchwork Girl of Oz Volume 1, Image Comics
• Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse and the Amazing Lost Ocean, Fantagraphics

Wnner: Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse and the Amazing Lost Ocean, Fantagraphics

Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel – Ages 12 and Up

• Angelica and the Bear Prince, Penguin Random House/Random House Children’s Books
• Dracula’s Brunch Club, Oni Press
• Hello Sunshine, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Hunger’s Bite, Union Square & Co.
• Raised by Ghosts, Fantagraphics
• Wynd Book Four: The Power of the Blood, BOOM! Studios

Winner: Raised by Ghosts, Fantagraphics

Best Anthology

• Bowling with Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown, Dark Horse Comics
• Flash Gordon Adventures Vol. 2, Papercutz  – The Comic Watchers – Episode 309: Adam Tierney – Godzilla, 13 Demons Dead, and Afraid Of Everything
• Jim Henson Presents, BOOM! Studios
• Knapsack Magazine Volume 2: Butter, Lucky Pocket Press
• unSEEN/unHEARD: Disability & Neurodivergence Comic Anthology, self-published  – Shedding Light On The unSEEN/unHEARD: Disability & Neurodivergence Comic Anthology
• Young Men in Love: New Romance, A Wave Blue World   –  Joe Glass & Matt Miner Talk Young Men In Love Vol 2: New Romance

Winner: : Bowling with Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown, Dark Horse Comics