Mike Wieringo Awards 2021: ecco tutte le nomination

Sono state appena annunciate le nomination per i Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards 2021. I candidati sono stati selezionati tramite voto online, per due delle selezioni, con una giuria che sceglie gli altri tre. La giuria di quest’anno è composta dalla dott.ssa Katie Monin, Steenz, Brian Stelfreese, John Siuntres e Amy Dallen.

La votazione per il ballottaggio finale del 2021 è ora aperta ed è riservata alla comunità creativa dell’industria dei fumetti per chiunque sia coinvolto e accreditato nella creazione di fumetti in modo professionale. Le votazioni finali possono essere inviate direttamente o tramite il sito Web e le votazioni si chiuderanno il 22 settembre 2021. I vincitori saranno annunciati al banchetto e alla cerimonia dei Ringo Awards in concomitanza con il Baltimore Comic-Con 2021 la sera di sabato 23 ottobre 2021. Di seguito ecco a voi tutte le categorie con rispettivi candidati dei Mike Wieringo Awards 2021:

Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)

• Derf Backderf
• Mongie
• Stan Sakai
• Rachel Smythe
• Adrian Tomine
• Sophie Yanow

Best Writer

• Penelope Bagieu
• Anthony Del Col
• Jason Douglas
• N.K. Jemisin
• Marjorie Liu
• James Tynion IV
• Ram V

Best Artist or Penciller

• Josh Adams
• Jamal Campbell
• Elsa Charretier
• Hanza Art
• Sana Takeda

Best Inker

• Sanford Greene
• Brett Hobson
• Jjolee
• Gabriel Hernandez Walta
• Tonci Zonjic

Best Letterer

• Deron Bennett
• Aditya Bidikar
• DC Hopkins
• Micah Myers
• Chas! Pangburn

Best Colorist

• Toyin Ajetunmobi
• Laura Allred
• Tamra Bonvillain
• Aladdin Lee Grant Rutledge Collar
• Jacob Phillips
• Joe Todd-Stanton
• Christian Ward

Best Cover Artist

• Gian Carlo Bernal
• Stephanie Hans
• Maan House
• Steve Lieber
• Peach Momoko
• Kevin O’Neill
• Joe Todd-Stanton

Best Series

• The Department of Truth, Image Comics
• Far Sector, DC Comics
• Lore Olympus, WEBTOON
• My Deepest Secret, WEBTOON
• Usagi Yojimbo, IDW Publishing
• Wonder Woman: Dead Earth, DC

Best Single Issue or Story

• All-America Comix #1, Image Comics
• Firefly: The Outlaw Ma Reynolds (BOOM! Studios)
• Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx, Flying Eye Books (US) / Nobrow Press
• “Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin” from Ice Cream Man Present Quarantine Comix Special #1, Image Comics
• The O.Z., self-published
• Parallel, Source Point Press

Best Original Graphic Novel

• Buried But Not Dead, Source Point Press
• Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, Abrams Books
• The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, Drawn & Quarterly
• Moms, Drawn & Quarterly
• Pulp, Image Comics

Best Anthology

• Be Gay, Do Comics, IDW Publishing
• Hey, Amateur! Go From Novice to Nailing It in 9 Panels, IDW Publishing
• Maybe Someday: Stories of Promise, Visions of Hope, A Wave Blue World
• Pandemix: Quarantine Comix in the Age of ‘Rona, self-published
• Votes for Women: The Battle for the 19th Amendment, Little Red Bird Press

Best Humor Comic

• Akissi: Even More Tales of Mischief, Flying Eye Books (US) / Nobrow Press
• ArkhaManiacs, DC
• Billionaire Island, AHOY Comics
• Love and Capes: The Family Way, Maerkle Press/IDW Publishing
• Metalshark Bro 2: Assault on Hamzig Island, Scout Comics
• Moms, Drawn & Quarterly
• Wicked Things, BOOM! Studios

Best Webcomic

• DPS Only! (tapas.io/series/dpsonly/)
• Fangs (tapas.io/series/fangscomic/)
• Heart of the City (gocomics.com/heartofthecity/)
• Midnight Poppy Land (webtoons.com/en/romance/midnight-poppy-land/list?title_no=1798)
• Shiloh (webtoons.com/en/thriller/shiloh/list?title_no=1649)
• Totally Under Control (insider.com/comic-how-united-states-lost-control-of-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-9)

Best Humor Webcomic

• The Abominable Charles Christopher (karlkerschl.com/abominable/)
• Bagel High (instagram.com/yoyorobot/)
• Beware of Toddler (bewareoftoddler.com)
• Cassandra Comics (tapas.io/series/CassandraComics/)
• Cursed Princess Club (webtoons.com/en/comedy/cursed-princess-club/list?title_no=1537)
• The Middle Age (steveconley.com/the-middle-age/)
• Sarah’s Scribbles (tapas.io/series/Doodle-Time/)
• xkcd (xkcd.com)

Best Non-fiction Comic Work

• Banned Book Club, Iron Circus Comics
• Chasin’ the Bird: Charlie Parker In California, Z2 Comics
• Come Home Indio, Street Noise Books
• Dancing After TEN, Fantagraphics Books
• Grateful Dead – Origins, Z2 Comics
• Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, Abrams Books
• We’ll Soon Be Home Again, Dark Horse Comics

Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel

• Akissi: Even More Tales of Mischief, Flying Eye Books (US) / Nobrow Press
• Cat Kid Comic Club #1, Scholastic Graphix
• Jupiter Jet and the Forgotten Radio, Action Lab Entertainment
• Max Meow: Cat Crusader, Random House
• The Perhapanauts: First Blood, Scout Comics
• Twins, Scholastic Graphix

Best Presentation in Design

• Crescent City Monsters, Dream Fury Comics
• Dave Cockrum’s X-Men Artifact Edition, IDW Publishing
• The Electric Black, Scout Comics
• The Harrowing of Hell, Iron Circus Comics
• Heavy Metal #300, Heavy Metal
• Impossible Jones, Volume 1: Grin & Gritty, Panic Button Press
• Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx, Flying Eye Books (US) / Nobrow Press