The 2019 Mike Wieringo Award Nominations Announced

Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)

• Echorise
• Enjelicious
• Terry Moore
• Sean Murphy
• Jim Woodring

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, (https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/age-matters/list?title_no=1364&page=1)
• Aztec Empire, Paul Guinan, Anina Bennett, David Hahn (https://www.bigredhair.com/books/aztec-empire/about/)
• The Contradictions, Sophie Yanow (http://www.thecontradictions.com/)
• Existential Comics, Corey Mohler (https://existentialcomics.com/)
• Lavender Jack, Dan Schkade (https://www.webtoons.com/en/thriller/lavender-jack/list?title_no=1410&page=1)
• Luff, Arechan, (https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/luff/list?title_no=1489&page=1)
• The Nib, various (https://thenib.com/)
• Nothing Special, Katie Cook (https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/nothing-special/list?title_no=1188&page=1)

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

Who do you think will win? Who do you want to win? Comment and discuss below!