The Ringo Awards Final Ballot Is Open For Pro Voting Now

In September, the second annual Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards will be presented at Baltimore Comic-Con, and the awards have officially completed their nomination process, finalizing the ballot.
The nomination process included both fans and comic professionals, and many nominees were submitted. Now, the final voting is ready to commence on the 2018 Ballot, and this process is restricted to the comic book industry creative community, meaning “anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally”. Professionals can vote on the website right here. Voting is expected to close on August 31st, 2018.
Below, you’ll find a complete listing of the final 2018 ballot!

Fan and Pro Nomination Categories * Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist) Guy Delisle Emil Ferris Monica Gallagher Joelle Jones Quimchee Jillian Tamaki * Best Writer Jason Aaron Neil Gaiman Matt Kindt Tom King Jeff Lemire Aline Brosh McKenna David Pepose * Best Artist or Penciller Gary Frank Mitch Gerards Chris Samnee Stjepan Sejic Lee Weeks * Best Inker Jonathan Glapion Mark McKenna Danny Miki Mark Morales Scott Williams * Best Letterer Colin Bell Justin Birch Todd Klein David Rubin John Workman * Best Colorist Dijjo Lima Laura Martin Dave McCaig Jasen Smith Dave Stewart * Best Cover Artist Michael Cho Fay Dalton Simon Fraser Joelle Jones David Mack Jorge Santiago Jr. * Best Series Batman, DC Comics Lady Killer, Dark Horse Comics Mister Miracle, DC Comics Spencer & Locke, Action Lab Entertainment Sunstone, Image Comics * Best Single Issue or Story Batman Annual #2, DC Comics Batman/Elmer Fudd Special, DC Comics Doomsday Clock #1, DC Comics I Am Groot, Marvel Comics Mister Miracle #5, DC Comics * Best Original Graphic Novel The Aggregate, Split Decision Comics The Best We Could Do, Abrams ComicArts Hostage, Drawn & Quarterly My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Fantagraphics Spinning, First Second * Best Anthology Magic Bullet, D.C. Conspiracy Mine! A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefiting Planned Parenthood, ComicMix Mirror, Mirror II, 2dcloud Overwatch: Anthology Volume 1, Dark Horse Comics SpongeBob Comics: Treasure Chest, Harry N. Abrams * Best Humor Comic Baking with Kafka, Drawn & Quarterly Batman/Elmer Fudd Special, DC Comics Boyfriend of the Dead, Line Webtoons (https://www.webtoons.com/en/comedy/boyfriend-of-the-dead/list?title_no=1102&page=1) Giant Days, BOOM! Studios My Giant Nerd Boyfriend, Line Webtoons (https://www.webtoons.com/en/slice-of-life/my-giant-nerd-boyfriend/list?title_no=958&page=1) Sh*t My President Says, Top Shelf Productions * Best Comic Strip or Panel Bloom County, Berkeley Breathed, Andrews McMeel Universal Mutts, Patrick McDonnell, King Features Syndicate Peanizles, http://www.peanizles.com/ Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, Andrews McMeel Universal Sarah’s Scribbles, Andrews McMeel Universal * Best Webcomic 1000, Sanford Greene (https://www.webtoons.com/en/action/one-thousand/list?title_no=1217&page=1) I Love Yoo, Quimchee (https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/i-love-yoo/list?title_no=986&page=1) The Middle Age, Steve Conley (http://www.middleagecomic.com/) Siren’s Lament, instantmiso (https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/sirens-lament/list?title_no=632&page=1) War Cry, Dean Haspiel (https://www.webtoons.com/en/super-hero/war-cry/list?title_no=1247&page=1) * Best Non-fiction Comic Work The Best We Could Do, Abrams ComicArts Everything is Flammable, Uncivilized Books Going into Town: A Love Letter to New York, Bloomsbury Publishing My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Fantagraphics Poppies of Iraq, Drawn & Quarterly ReDistricted, redistrictedcomics.com Spinning, First Second * Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel Bolivar, Archaia/BOOM! Studios Cyko KO: A Comic Book Adventure You Can Color, Alterna Comics DC SuperHero Girls, DC Comics Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties, Graphix Home Time (Book One), Top Shelf Productions If Found…Please Return To Elise Gravel, Drawn & Quarterly Jem and the Holograms, IDW Publishing Pizza Tree, Arcana Comics Red’s Planet: Friends and Foes, Harry N. Abrams * Best Presentation in Design Jane, BOOM! Studios Monograph by Chris Ware, Rizzoli Monsters Vol. 1: The Marvel Monsterbus, Valiant Entertainment My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Fantagraphics Saga, Image Comics Skybourne, BOOM! Studios X-Men: Grand Design Marvel Comics