Immortal Hulk e Black Hammer tra i vincitori dei Ringo Awards 2019

Sabato scorso, autori, editori, negozianti e fan si sono ritrovati al Baltimore Comic-Con 2019 per celebrare i canditati alla terza edizione dei Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards - meglio noti come Ringo Awards - e scoprire chi fossero i vincitori.

Ci riferiamo ovviamente ai riconoscimenti istituiti alla memoria dell’amatissimo fumettista di origini italiane, Mike Wieringo (24 giugno 1963 – 12 agosto 2007), scomparso prematuramente all’età di quarantaquattro anni.

• Leggi anche Tom King e Lee Weeks tra i vincitori dei Ringo Awards 2018

Le nomination ai Ringo Awards nascono dal lavoro congiunto dei lettori e di un’apposita giuria, con i vincitori selezionati dagli addetti al lavoro nel mondo dei comics. Sono presenti cinque categorie votate direttamente dai fan e due Hero Initiative Awards.

Spicca l'ex aequo per la miglior serie, che vede vincitrice sia Immortal Hulk (Marvel, Panini per l'Italia), di Al Ewing e Joe Bennett, che Black Hammer: Age of Doom (Dark Horse, BAO), di Jeff Lemire e Dean Ormston, ma c'è gloria anche per gli autori di Saga (Image, BAO) e I miei eroi sono sempre stati tossici (Image, Panini).

Dopo i Fan Favorites eletti quest'anno, trovate i candidati divisi per categoria, con i vincitori in grassetto.

Fan Favorites

Favorite Hero: Toaster Dude
Favorite Villain: Lance Cordrey da Aberrant (Action Lab Entertainment)
Favorite New Series: Luff
Favorite New Talent: Enjelicious
Favorite Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Mike Wieringo Spirit Award: Isola (Image Comics)

Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)

• Echorise

• Enjelicious

• Terry Moore

• Sean Murphy

• Jim Woodrin

Best Writer

• Brian Michael Bendis

• Richard Dent

• Rylend Grant

• Jeff Lemire

• Scott Snyder

• Brian K. Vaughan

Best Artist or Penciller

• Joe Bennett

• Shawn Daley

• Ezra Claytan Daniels

• Steve Ellis

• Ronilson Freire

• Dan Mora

• Dustin Nguyen

• Ryan Ottley

• Sean Phillips

Best Inker

• J.P. Mayer

• Mark Morales

• Ron Randall

• Fiona Staples

• Sana Takeda

Best Letterer

• David Aja

• Arechan

• Taylor Esposito

• Jared K. Fletcher

• Todd Klein

Best Colorist

• Tamra Bonvillain

• Steve Conley

• Matt Hollingsworth

• Rachel Smythe

• Dave Stewart

• Matt Wilson

• YaongYi

Best Cover Artist

• Travis Charest

• Nick Derington

• Dan Mora

• Sara Richard

• Alex Ross

• Fiona Staples

• Jim Woodring

Best Series

• Batman: White Knight – DC Comics

• Bitter Root – Image Comics

• Black Hammer: Age of Doom – Dark Horse Comics

• Blammo – Kilgore Books

• The Highest House – IDW Publishing

• The Immortal Hulk – Marvel Comics

• Venom – Marvel Comics

Best Single Issue or Story

• Aberrant #4 – Danger Zone

• Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise – Dark Horse Comics

• Champions #24 – Marvel Comics

• Klaus and the Crying Snowman – BOOM! Studios

• Swamp Thing Winter Special – DC Comics

Best Original Graphic Novel

• The Ghost, The Owl – Action Lab Entertainment

• My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies – Image Comics

• Son of Hitler – Image Comics

• Upgrade Soul – Lion Forge

• Woman World – Drawn & Quarterly

Best Anthology

• Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman – DC Comics

• All We Ever Wanted: Stories of a Better World –  A Wave Blue World

• Femme Magnifique: 50 Magnificent Women Who Changed the World – Black Crown/IDW Publishing

• Grief – Source Point Press

• Twisted Romance – Image Comics

• Where We Live, A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas – Image Comics

Best Humor Comic

• Bluechair – Line Webtoon

• Get Naked – Image Comics

• Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell – Line Webtoon

• MAD – DC Comics

• Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons – IDW Publishing

Best Comic Strip or Panel

• Amazing Spider-Man, Stan Lee/Larry Lieber – King Features Syndicate

• Bloom County, Berkeley Breathed – Andrews McMeel Universal

• Doonsbury, Garry Trudeau – Andrews McMeel Universal

• Garfield, Jim Davis – King Features Syndicate

• Luann, Greg Evans – Andrews McMeel Universal

• Nancy, Olivia Jaimes – Andrews McMeel Universal

• Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis – Andrews McMeel Universal

Best Webcomic

• Age Matters, Enjelicious

• Aztec Empire, Paul Guinan, Anina Bennett, David Hahn

• Existential Comics, Corey Mohler

• Lavender Jack, Dan Schkade

• Luff, Arechan

• The Nib, Vv.Aa.

• Nothing Special, Katie Cook

Best Non-fiction Comic Work

• All the Answers – Simon & Schuster

• The Bridge: How the Roeblings Connected Brooklyn to New York – Abrams ComicArts

• Hey, Kiddo – Graphix

• I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation – BOOM! Studios

• Let’s Make Comics! – Watson-Guptill

• Where We Live, A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas – Image Comics

Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel

• Aquacorn Cove – Oni Press

• Be Prepared – First Second Books

• Jupiter Jet –  Action Lab Entertainment

• The Nameless City: The Divided Earth – First Second Books

• The Prince and the Dressmaker – First Second Books

• Punk Taco – Adam Wallenta Entertainment

Best Presentation in Design

• Absolute Sandman Overture – DC Comics

• Berlin – Drawn & Quarterly

• Madman Quarter Century Shindig – IDW Publishing

• My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies – Image Comics

• Only Living Boy Omnibus – Papercutz

• Persephone – BOOM! Studios

• Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise Gallery Edition – Abstract Studio/Graphitti Designs

• Yellow Negros and Other Imaginary Creatures – New York Review Comics

Hero Initiative Awards

Dick Giordano Humanitarian of the Year Award: Louise Simonson
Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award: Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez

Fonte: Newsarama