So I got asked to vote again...

....and, again, I will not.  None of these industry 'awards' reflect the talent out there in Independent comics or creators confined to the Small Press.

There are people out there working in Indie comics for almost aslong asI have -some longer. Until these awards become fair and unbiasedand voted on by the general comic reading public rather than a little clique, like all the other awards I get asked to vote in, I ain't.

2020 Ringo Awards Final Ballot Nominees Announced BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - August 26, 2020 - The 2020 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards Nominees have been announced with the release of the final ballot. While normally presented in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con, the 2020 Ringo Awards will be presented virtually, via Facebook and YouTube video, on Saturday, October 24, 2020. Voting on the 2020 Ringo Awards Final Ballot is now open, and is restricted to the comic book industry creative community -- anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally. Thank you to all pros who have already participated in our nomination process. Final ballots can be submitted directly or via our website, and voting will close on September 23, 2020. We now present the 2020 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards Final Ballot. Fan and Pro Nomination Categories * Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist) Sarah Andersen Eleanor Davis Jaime Hernandez Kevin Huizenga Junepurr Stan Sakai Raina Telgemeier David Jesus Vignolli * Best Writer Drew Edwards Jeff Lemire Mark Russell Erica Schultz Mariko Tamaki * Best Artist or Penciller Chris Campana Colleen Doran Sanford Greene Rosemarie Valero-O'Connell Marianna Pescosta * Best Inker Keith Champagne Marika Cresta Sandra Hope Maria Llovet Dan Mora Hyeondo Park * Best Letterer Deron Bennett Jim Campbell Clayton Cowles Jared K. Fletcher HdE Nate Piekos Cardinal Rae * Best Colorist Jordie Bellaire Alessandro de Fornasari Edson Ferreira Laura Martin Dave Stewart * Best Cover Artist Fabio Alves Natasha Alterici Stephanie Hans Sana Takeda Christian Ward * Best Series Banjax, Danger Zone (Action Lab Entertainment) Bitter Root, Image Comics Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Dark Horse Comics Forgotten Home, Vices Press/comiXology Originals Something is Killing the Children, BOOM! Studios * Best Single Issue or Story Bitter Root Red Summer Special, Image Comics "Hot Comb" in Hot Comb, Drawn & Quarterly Second Coming #1, AHOY Comics Spencer & Locke 2 #1, Danger Zone (Action Lab Entertainment) Tales of the Night Watchman: The Steam Banshee, So What? Press Usagi Yojimbo #6, IDW Publishing * Best Original Graphic Novel The Adventures of Parker Reef - To Save a Soul, Chris Campana BTTM FDRS, Fantagraphics Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls, Graphix/Scholastic The Hard Tomorrow, Drawn & Quarterly Hot Comb, Drawn & Quarterly New World, BOOM! Studios Penny Nichols, Top Shelf Productions (IDW Publishing) Simon Says, Image Comics Snow, Glass, Apples, Dark Horse Comics * Best Anthology Dead Beats, A Wave Blue World Drawing Power, Abrams ComicArts Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Sirens, Archaia (BOOM! Studios) Strange Tails, Vices Press Thought Bubble 2019, Image Comics * Best Humor Comic Fangs, Tapas The Handbook to Lazy Parenting, Drawn & Quarterly Rick & Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons, IDW Publishing Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, DC Comics Twizted: Haunted High-Ons, Source Point Press Wonder Twins, DC Comics * Best Comic Strip or Panel The Middle Age, Steve Conley, Andrews McMeel Universal Nancy, Olivia Jaimes, Andrews McMeel Universal The Nib Editorial Cartoons by Pia Guerra, thenib.com Rhymes With Orange, Hilary Price, King Features Syndicate Sarah's Scribbles, Sarah Andersen, Andrews McMeel Universal Wawawiwa, Andres J. Colmenares * Best Webcomic The Croaking, echorise, (https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/the-croaking/list?title_no=1494) Lore Olympus, Rachel Smythe (https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320) Fried Rice, Erica Eng (https://friedricecomic.com/) Penny Arcade, Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, (https://www.penny-arcade.com/) Rocío Diestra, Rocío Diestra (https://www.instagram.com/rociodiestra/) Stand Still, Stay Silent, Minna Sundberg (http://www.sssscomic.com/) SubZero, Junepurr (https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/subzero/list?title_no=1468&page=1) * Best Non-fiction Comic Work Coin-Op Carnival, coinopcarnival.com Grass, Drawn & Quarterly In Waves, Nobrow/Flying Eye Books They Called Us Enemy, Top Shelf (IDW Publishing) The Twilight Man, Humanoids * Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls, Graphix/Scholastic Guts, Graphix/Scholastic New Kid, Harper Collins Science! The Elements of Dark Energy, Bedside Press The Underfoot: The Mighty Deep, Lion Forge (Oni Press) * Best Presentation in Design Going to the Chapel, Danger Zone (Action Lab Entertainment) Making Comics, Drawn & Quarterly Marvel Masterwork Pin-Ups, Yoe Books (IDW Publishing) Moomin: The Deluxe Lars Jansson Edition, Drawn & Quarterly New World, BOOM! Studios Snow White Zombie Apocalypse, Scout Comics Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo: The Complete Grasscutter Artist Select, IDW Publishing 3D Sweeties, Fantagraphics The final ballot represents an aggregate of jury and fan top nominations. Congratulations to all of the nominees. Comic pros can click the button below to submit their votes.