The 2026 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards were held on September 26 during Baltimore Comic-Con, bringing together comic creators, publishers, retailers, and fans. Celebrating the creativity and fun of comics, the Ringo Award winners are chosen by fans and pros alike.

This year’s Ringo Awards was sponsored by Cards, Comics & Collectibles, the Baltimore Comic-Con, as well as A Wave Blue World, Hard Rock Cafe, IDW Publishing, Ignition Press, Indigo Ink, The Lab Press, Metal Ninja Studios, NC Comicon, Oni Press, Prana: Direct Market Solutions, Rocketship Entertainment, Simon & Schuster, Third Eye Comics, and Ultimate Comics.

Fan Favorites:

• Favorite Villain: Doctor Doom (Marvel Comics)
• Favorite New Series: Excavator (D4K Studios)
• Favorite New Talent: Reese Hannigan
• Favorite Publisher: Etan Comics
• Favorite Hero: Batman (DC Comics)

Jury and Fan Winners:

• Best Series: Absolute Batman, DC Comics
• Best Anthology: Bowling with Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown, Dark Horse Comics
• Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel – Ages 11 and Under: Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse and the Amazing Lost Ocean, Fantagraphics
• Best Humor Comic: The Goon: Them That Don’t Stay Dead, Albatross Funnybooks/Dark Horse Comics
• Best Writer: Deniz Camp
• Best Colorist: Dave Stewart
• Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel – Ages 12 and Up: Raised by Ghosts, Fantagraphics
• Best Webcomic: Neon Pantheon
• Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist): Craig Thompson
• Best Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
• Best Cover Artist: Javier Rodriguez
• Best Non-fiction Comic Work: Surrounded: America’s First School for Black Girls, 1832, Ablaze Publishing/NBM Graphic Novels
• Best Original Graphic Novel: Herobear and the Kid Vol. 1 – The Inheritance, Papercutz
• Best Humor Webcomic: Nothing Butt Nightwing, DC Go!/DC Comics
• Best Comics-Related Publication: Making Your First Comic, self-published
• Best Presentation in Design: Lone Wolf and Cub Deluxe Edition Volume 1, Dark Horse Comics (Designer: May Hijikuro)
• Best Short Story: “Chest Face,” self-published
• Best Artist or Penciller/Inker Team: Javier Rodriguez

Mike Wieringo Spirit Award: The Avengers in the Veracity Trap, Abrams ComicArts

Hero Initiative Awards:

• Dick Giordano Humanitarian of the Year Award: Jeffrey Brown
• Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award: Jim Lee

Brogan Fidelity Award: Jim Calafiore

The eleventh annual Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards will be held at the 27th annual Baltimore Comic-Con on September 25, 2027. Ballot information will be announced on the con’s website and social media accounts.