The Ringo Awards are thrilled to announce the 2025 nominees. The nomination process was completed with the participation of our esteemed 2025 jury as well as the voting public. Fans and comic book professionals alike showed strong support in promoting the voting process on their websites and social media feeds.
Voting on the 2025 Final Ballot is restricted to comic book industry creative community — anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally. We now present the 2025 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards Final Ballot.
Fan and Pro Nomination Categories
* Best Cartoonist (Writer and Artist)
Arechan
Megan Grey
Patrick Horvath
Mikaël
Eric Powell
* Best Writer
Jason Douglas
Tom King
Oscar Osorio
Scott Snyder
Kelly Thompson
James Tynion IV
David F. Walker
* Best Artist or Penciller/Inker Team
Bilquis Evely
Kate Flynn
Daniel HDR
Eduardo Risso
Chris Samnee
* Best Letterer
Aditya Bidikar
Clayton Cowles
Amal Desai
DC Hopkins
Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Richard Starkings
* Best Colorist
Michael Adams
Jordie Bellaire
Lee Loughridge
Sabine Rich
Dave Stewart
* Best Cover Artist
Oliver Barrett
Evan Cagle
Francine Delgado
Bilquis Evely
Francesca Fantini
Greg Smallwood
* Best Series
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, IDW Publishing
The Blood Brothers Mother, DSTLRY
Helen of Wyndhorn, Dark Horse Comics
Masters of the Universe: Revolution, Dark Horse Comics
The Pedestrian, Magma Comix
* Best Single Issue or Story
Batman and Robin Year One #1, DC Comics
“A Blue Flame” in Second Hand Love, Drawn & Quarterly
The Crying Boy, Keenspot Entertainment
Death Ratio’d, AWA Studios
FML #1, Dark Horse Comics
Helen of Wyndhorn, Dark Horse Comics
Navigating with You, Maverick
A Never-Ending Adventure, Oscar Osorio
Trinity Special: World’s Finest #1, DC Comics
* Best Original Graphic Novel
Big Jim and the White Boy, Ten Speed Graphic
The Deep Dark, Scholastic/Graphix
ERASED: An Actor of Color’s Journey Through the Heyday of Hollywood, NBM Grpahic Novels
Homestead, Source Point Press
Jane American, self-published
* Best Anthology
DC Power 2024, DC Comics
EC Cruel Universe, Oni Press
Hello Darkness, BOOM! Studios
The Savage Sword of Conan, Titan Comics
Tales from the New World, Oscar Osorio
Transphoria, Lifeline Comics
* Best Humor Comic
Action Philosophers: Omnipotence for Dummies, Rocketship Entertainment
Archie: The Decision, Archie Comics
Forces of Nature, Drawn & Quarterly
Kids Are Still Weird: And More Observations from Parenthood, NBM Graphic Novels
In addition to Final Ballot categories, both Fan-Only Favorites from the nomination ballot and Hero Initiative Awards (The Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award and The Dick Giordano Humanitarian Award) will be presented at the Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards ceremony the evening of October 18, 2025.
Companies, organizations, or individuals interested in sponsorship of the 2025 Ringo Awards may discuss opportunities to do so by emailing us at contact@ringoawards.com.
“This year’s ballot is fantastic,” said Marc Nathan, Baltimore Comic-Con promoter. “We have an amazing selection of some of the best comics from 2024 on this list, featuring a broad array of creators, genres, titles, and publishers. From gorgeous books in the Best Presentation in Design category to page-turners throughout, not to mention some of the most talented and, in some cases, up-and-coming creators out there, there are hours of amazing reading opportunities represented. We can’t wait to see what the comics professionals choose as the winners in 2025!”
