2022 Ringo Award Finalists Announced
The 2022 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards finalists have been named for 2022. Recognizing outstanding achievements in comics, the award is named for artist Mike Wieringo as a memorial to his work in comic books. The awards celebrate “the creativity, skill, and fun of comics” every year. The nomination ballot is determined by both fans and professionals in the industry, with the final winners being selected by comics professionals.
Mike Wieringo began his comics career with Doc Savage: Doom Dynasty #1. Subsequent to that, he worked at DC Comics on The Flash, where he and writer Mark Waid created Bart Allen, AKA Impulse. He also worked with Chuck Dixon on Robin. For Marvel, his work included pencils for the Amalgam title Spider-Boy #1 and runs on The Sensational Spider-Man, Rogue, and Fantastic Four. Wieringo died of an aortic dissection at age 44.
The 2022 awards will be presented October 29, 2022 at The Baltimore Comic-Con.
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, WEBTOON
- Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, 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
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
