The 2022 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards were presented Saturday at Baltimore Comic-Con. In addition to announcing winners from the main ballot, which were voted on by industry professionals, the fifth annual Ringo Awards also presented Fan-Only Favorites and special awards to select individuals.
Fan-Only Favorites spanned five categories, with the winners as follows: Vincent King was awarded Favorite new talent; Image Comics was awarded Favorite publisher; Captain Martell from the self-titled Blowback was awarded Favorite villain; Webtoon's Clinic of Horrors was awarded Favorite new series, and Silas from Image's Syphon was awarded Favorite hero.
For special awards, Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters from Oni Press was awarded the Mike Wieringo Spirit Award, Scott Dunbier was awarded the Dick Giordano Humanitarian of the Year Award, and Steve Geppi was awarded the Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award.
Meanwhile, James Tynion IV swept the three categories in which he and his work were nominated, as did the Albatross Funnybooks true crime graphic novel, Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? by Eric Powell.
For the full list of 2022 Ringo Awards winners, see below (the winners are bolded among the list of nominees):
Best Cartoonist (Writer and Artist)
- Jeff Lemire
- Sas Milledge
- Eric Powell
- Caytlin Vilbrandt
- Thomas Zahler
Best Writer
- Jeff Lemire
- MerryWeather
- Chris Miskiewicz
- Tom Taylor
- James Tynion IV
Best Artist or Penciller
- Filipe Andrade
- Juan Cavia
- Tyler Crook
- Jeff Edwards
- Jock
- PokuriMio
- Gabriel Rodriguez
Best Inker
- Sal Buscema
- Adelso Corona
- Eber Ferreira
- Jonathan Glapion
- Sandra Hope
- Mark Morales
- Norm Rapmund
Best Letterer
- Andworld Designs
- Clayton Cowles
- Crank!
- Taylor Esposito
- DC Hopkins
- Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Best Colorist
- Juan Cavia
- Bruna Costa
- Dijjo Lima
- Dave McCaig
- K. O’Neill
- Sandro Pacucci
- Santiago R. Villa
Best Cover Artist
- Simone Di Meo
- Jeff Edwards
- Stephanie Hans
- Javan Jordan
- Jeff Lemire
- Peach Momoko
- Sana Takeda
Best Series
- Locke & Key/The Sandman Universe: Hell & Gone (IDW Publishing)
- Many Deaths of Laila Starr (Boom! Studios)
- Something is Killing the Children (Boom! Studios)
- Stray Dogs (Image Comics)
- Syphon (Image Comics)
Best Single Issue or Story
- Commander RAO #1 (Scout Comics)
- Mamo #1 (Boom! Studios)
- The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #3 (Boom! Studios)
- Something is Killing the Children #20 (Boom! Studios)
- Tales of the Night Watchman: Under the Surface (So What? Press)
Best Original Graphic Novel
- Ballad for Sophie (Top Shelf Productions)
- Blowback (self-published)
- Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? (Albatross Funnybooks)
- Djeliya (TKO Studios)
- Save it for Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest (Abrams Books)
- This is Where We Fall (Z2)
Best Anthology
- DC Pride 2021 (DC)
- SENSORY: Life on the Spectrum (self-published)
- Smut Peddler Presents: Sordid Past (Iron Circus Comics)
- You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife (Iron Circus Comics)
- Yule: Dreadful Tales for the Holiday Season (self-published)
Best Humor Comic
- Cyclopedia Exotica (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Love and Capes: In the Time of Covid (Maerkle Press)
- Not All Robots (AWA Studios)
- Twiztid Haunted High-Ons: Curse of the Green Book (Source Point Press)
- Wicked Things (Boom! Studios)
Best Webcomic
- Archie Comics: Big Ethel Energy (Archie Comics/Webtoon)
- Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (DC/Webtoon)
- I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp (Insider)
- Let's Play (Webtoon)
- Lore Olympus (Webtoon)
Best Humor Webcomic
- The Little Trashmaid (Tapas Media)
- Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell (Webtoon)
- The Middle Age (middleagecomic.com)
- Mr. Lovenstein (Tapas Media)
- Rosebuds (GoComics)
- Sarah's Scribbles (Tapas Media)
Best Non-fiction Comic Work
- The Comic Book History of Animation (IDW Publishing)
- Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? (Albatross Funnybooks)
- Elvis: The Official Graphic Novel (Z2)
- Hakim's Odyssey, Book 1: From Syria to Turkey (Graphic Mundi)
- Run: Book One (Abrams Books)
- Yummy: A History of Desserts (Random House Children’s Books)
Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel
- Avatar: The Last Airbender - Suki, Alone (Dark Horse Comics)
- Better Place (Top Shelf)
- Just Roll With It (Random House Children’s Books)
- Nobody Likes You, Greta Grump (Fantagraphics)
- Rainbow Bridge (Aftershock)
- The Underfoot: Into the Sun (Oni Press)
Best Presentation in Design
- Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? (Albatross Funnybooks)
- EC Covers Artist’s Edition (IDW Publishing)
- Friday Foster: The Ultimate Collection (ABLAZE Comics)
- Jim Lee's X-Men Artist's Edition (IDW Publishing)
- Locke & Key: Keyhouse Compendium (IDW Publishing)
- Stake (Scout Comics)
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