2024 Ringo Award Winners

The 2024 Ringo Award winners were announced the Baltimore Comic-Con on Saturday, September 21.

The Ringo Awards are named after Michael Lance “Mike” Wieringo (June 24, 1963 – August 12, 2007), who often signed his work Ringo, is an American comics artist best known for his work on DC Comics’ The Flash, Marvel Comics’ Fantastic Four, and his co-creation Tellos. The Ringo Awards are given to the best in the comic book industry.

At the seventh annual banquet the 2024 Ringo Award winners were announced and we recap the winners below.

2024 Ringo Award Winners

Best Cartoonist (Writer and Artist)

Jeff Smith – Winner
66 Shark Teeth
K. O’Neill
Ed Piskor
Jillian Tamaki

Best Writer

Mariko Tamaki – Winner
Dan Abnett
Ed Brubaker
Tom King
Kit Trace

Best Artist or Penciller/Inker Team

Elsa Charretier – Winner
Duncan Fegredo
Abdullah Hadia
Vincent Mallié
Sean Phillips
Peter Rostovsky

Best Letterer

Stan Sakai – Winner
Clayton Cowles
Taylor Esposito
Lucas Gattoni
Stephen Kok
Micah Myers

Best Colorist

Tamra Bonvillain – Winner
Brad Anderson
Jordie Bellaire
Stephan Franck
Jacob Phillips
Rico Renzi

Best Cover Artist

Chris Samnee – Winner
Colm Griffin
Tula Lotay
Dan Parent
Bill Sienkiewicz
Fiona Staples

Best Series

Geiger: Ground Zero, Image Comics – Winner
The Night Eaters, Abrams ComicArts
Phantom Road, Image Comics
Rare Flavours, BOOM! Studios
Sirens of the City, BOOM! Studios
Tower, A Wave Blue World

Best Single Issue or Story

Animal Pound #1, BOOM! Studios – Winner
By The Horns: Dark Earth #7, Scout Comics
Etheres, Source Point Press
Rare Flavours #1, BOOM! Studios
Somna, DSTLRY
Star Trek: Day of Blood – Shaxs’ Best Day, IDW Publishing

Best Original Graphic Novel

Monica, Dan Clowes, Fantagraphics – Winner
Parasocial, Image Comics
Roaming, Drawn & Quarterly
Slightly Exaggerated, Dark Horse Comics
Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy, Abrams ComicArts

Best Anthology

The Rocketeer One-Shot, IDW Publishing – Winner
The Devil’s Cut, DSTLRY
Dwellings, Oni Press
Hairology, Lifeline Comics
Ice Cream Man, Image Comics
Swan Songs, Image Comics

Best Humor Comic

Bone: More Tall Tales, Scholastic – Winner
Asterix and the White Iris (Vol. 40), Papercutz
Betty & Veronica Friends Forever: Game On #1, Archie Comics
Dwellings, Oni Press
Girl Juice, Drawn & Quarterly
Great British Bump-Off, Dark Horse Comics
Snow White Zombie Apocalypse, Scout Comics

Best Webcomic

Lore Olympus, WEBTOON – Winner
Countdown to Love, Manta
The Guy Upstairs, WEBTOON
Hungry Heart, Tapas
I’m Dating a Psychopath, WEBTOON
Nevermore, WEBTOON
Señorita Cometa, WEBTOON

Best Humor Webcomic

Blue Chair, WEBTOON – Winner
Beetle Moses, Comics Kingdom
The Deviless’s Impression of a Princess, Manta
The Fantastical After-School Writing Club, Manta
Not So Shoujo Love Story, WEBTOON
Vibe Check!, WEBTOON

Best Non-fiction Comic Work

Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound, Z2 Comics – Winner
Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz, Top Shelf Productions
Memento Mori, Oni Press
My Picture Diary, Drawn & Quarterly
The Odyssey of the Adriana, Business Insider
Tasty, Random House Children’s Books

Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel

The Batman Scooby-Doo Mysteries, DC Comics – Winner
Archie Horror Presents…Chilling Adventures, Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
Big Ethel Energy Vol. 2, Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
Brownstone’s Mythical Collection: Luna and the Treasure of Tlaloc, Flying Eye Books/Nobrow
Dear Rosie, Random House Children’s Books
The Glopple, Legends Comics
Lights, Oni Press
Squish and Squash, Keenspot Entertainment