The 2019 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards are to be presented on the evening of Saturday, October 19, 2019 as part of the fan - and pro - favorite convention, The Baltimore Comic-Con. The Ringo Awards has completed the 2019 nomination process, which was inclusive of fans and comic book professionals alike, and both communities continued to show strong support, both in promoting the nomination process on their websites, blogs, and social media feeds, and by submitting their nominations.
Voting on the 2019 Final Ballot is restricted to comic book industry creative community -- anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally. Presenting the 2019 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards Final Ballot.
*bold indicated Diamond publisher
Fan and Pro Nomination Categories
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
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
Comic pros can navigate to the Ringo Awards website to submit their vote. Voting will close September 18, 2019.
In addition to Final Ballot categories, both Fan-Only Favorites from the nomination ballot and Hero Initiative Awards (The Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award and The Dick Giordano Humanitarian Award) will be presented at the Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards ceremony the evening of October 19, 2019.
"Our second year was another success," said Marc Nathan, Baltimore Comic-Con promoter. "The Ringos were very well-received in our inaugural year, and the trend continued in 2018, with voter global footprint and total participation numbers really growing. Now, the comic book industry gets to determine which nominees will receive 2019 awards, so if you are a comics industry creative professional, please take a few minutes to cast your ballot!"
Monstress Wins Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story
The Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1955, are science fiction’s most prestigious award. Trademarked by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS), the Hugo Awards celebrate excellence in the science fiction and fantasy genre over several literary formats.
On August 18, 2019, the Hugo Awards ceremony was held at the 77th World Science Fiction Convention. Among the winners announced was Monstress Volume 3 for Best Graphic Story.
Monstressby Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda is set in an alternate matriarchal 1900's Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk, It tells the story of a teenage girl who is struggling to survive the trauma of war, and who shares a mysterious psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, a connection that will transform them both and make them the target of both human and otherworldly powers.
Monstress Book OneHC
Written by: Marjorie Liu
Illustrated by: Sana Takeda
Published by: Image Comics
ISBN: 9781534312326
Price: $49.99
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Ages: 16 and up
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Monstress Volume 2
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For a video of all the finalists for the 2019 Hugo Awards see below.
2019 Eisner Awards Presented
The 31st annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards ceremony were held Friday night, July 19, in the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton Bayfront, during Comic-Con International: San Diego.
Named for the pioneering comics creator and graphic novelist Will Eisner, the Eisner Awards were given out in 32 categories for works published in 2018.
Winners in each category are displyed in boldface. Overall 3 titles from Diamond publishers received an Eisner Award. To see a full list of Diamond publishers who were nominated, please visit our Edelweiss catalog here.
Sky Masters of the Space Force: The Complete Sunday Strips in Color (1959–1960), by Jack Kirby, Wally Wood et al., edited by Ferran Delgado (Amigo Comics)
Star Wars: Classic Newspaper Strips, vol. 3, by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson, edited by Dean Mullaney (Library of American Comics/IDW)
The Temple of Silence: Forgotten Words and Worlds of Herbert Crowley, by Justin Duerr (Beehive Books)
Thimble Theatre and the Pre-Popeye Comics of E. C. Segar, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)
Will Eisner’s A Contract with God: Curator’s Collection, edited by John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)
Best Writer
Alex de Campi, Bad Girls (Gallery 13); Twisted Romance (Image)
Tom King, Batman, Mister Miracle, Heroes in Crisis, Swamp Thing Winter Special (DC)
Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer: Age of Doom,Doctor Star & the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows, Quantum Age (Dark Horse); Descender, Gideon Falls, Royal City (Image)
Mark Russell, Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, Green Lantern/Huckleberry Hound, Lex Luthor/Porky Pig (DC); Lone Ranger (Dynamite)
Kelly Thompson, Nancy Drew (Dynamite); Hawkeye, Jessica Jones, Mr. & Mrs. X, Rogue & Gambit, Uncanny X-Men, West Coast Avengers (Marvel)
Chip Zdarsky, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel)
Best Writer/Artist
Sophie Campbell, Wet Moon (Oni)
Nick Drnaso, Sabrina (Drawn & Quarterly)
David Lapham, Lodger (Black Crown/IDW); Stray Bullets (Image)
Nate Powell, Come Again (Top Shelf/IDW)
Tony Sandoval, Watersnakes (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker (First Second)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Matías Bergara, Coda (BOOM!)
Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)
Karl Kerschl, Isola (Image)
Sonny Liew, Eternity Girl (Vertigo/DC)
Sean Phillips, Kill or Be Killed, My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies (Image)
Gregory Panaccione, A Sea of Love (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
Tony Sandoval, Watersnakes (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers)
Jen Bartel, Blackbird (Image); Submerged (Vault)
Nick Derington, Mister Miracle (DC)
Karl Kerschl, Isola (Image)
Joshua Middleton, Batgirl and Aquaman variants (DC)
Julian Tedesco, Hawkeye, Life of Captain Marvel (Marvel)
Best Coloring
Jordie Bellaire, Batgirl, Batman (DC); The Divided Earth (First Second); Days of Hate, Dead Hand, Head Lopper, Redlands (Image); Shuri, Doctor Strange (Marvel)
Tamra Bonvillain, Alien 3 (Dark Horse); Batman, Doom Patrol (DC); Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Multiple Man (Marvel)
Matt Hollingsworth, Batman: White Knight (DC): Seven to Eternity, Wytches (Image)
Matt Wilson, Black Cloud, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); The Mighty Thor, Runaways (Marvel)
Best Lettering
David Aja, Seeds (Berger Books/Dark Horse)
Jim Campbell, Breathless, Calexit, Gravetrancers,Snap Flash Hustle,Survival Fetish, The Wilds (Black Mask); Abbott, Alice: Dream to Dream, Black Badge,Clueless, Coda, Fence, Firefly, Giant Days, Grass Kings,Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass, Low Road West, Sparrowhawk (BOOM); Angelic (Image); Wasted Space (Vault)
Alex de Campi, Bad Girls (Gallery 13); Twisted Romance (Image)
Jared Fletcher, Batman: Damned (DC); The Gravediggers Union, Moonshine, Paper Girls, Southern Bastards (Image)
Todd Klein— Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Neil Gaiman’s A Study in Emerald (Dark Horse); Batman: White Night (DC); Eternity Girl, Books of Magic (Vertigo/DC); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest (Top Shelf/IDW)
Tiger, Tiger, by Petra Erika Nordlund, (Hiveworks)
Hall of Fame Judges’ Choices:
Jim Aparo
June Tarpé Mills
Dave Stevens
Morrie Turner
Voted in:
Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Jenette Kahn
Paul Levitz
Wendy & Richard Pini
Bill Sienkiewicz
Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award
Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuilding Puerto Rico
Lisa Wood, Thought Bubble Festival
Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing
E. Nelson Bridwell
Mike Friedrich
Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award Lorena Alvarez, writer/artist of Hicotea and Nightlights
Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award La Revisteria Comics -- Alejandro Gonzalez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bingo Love Receives Virginia Library Association’s Graphic Novels Diversity Award
The Diversity & Inclusion Forum of the Virginia Library Association presented their annual VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award ceremony. The award was created to recognize graphic novel titles dealing with diversity through storylines and characters to educate and promote reading at all levels. To be eligible, applicants must feature “a diverse protagonist (casual or issue-based), a diverse supporting character that impacts the story, or a diverse subject,” be published in the award year in North America, have a stand-alone story and be submitted in either the Adult (18+) or (Youth 6-17) category.
This year, Image’s graphic novel BINGO LOVE was the recipient of the adult category for this prestigious award. To see all the winners and honorees, see below.
When Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray met at church bingo in 1963, it was love at first sight. Forced apart by their families and society, Hazel and Mari both married young men and had families. Decades later, now in their mid-'60s, Hazel and Mari reunite again at a church bingo hall. Realizing their love for each other is still alive, what these grandmothers do next takes absolute strength and courage.
From TEE FRANKLIN (NAILBITER's "THE OUTFIT," Love is Love) and JENN ST-ONGE (Jem & the Misfits), BINGO LOVE is a touching story of love, family, and resiliency that spans over 60 years.
Yarrow is a young chef determined to make her mark on the cutting edge of cookery with her insect-based creations. Though her enthusiasm is infectious, it rubs some of her fellow cooks the wrong way, especially Chanda Flores, Yarrow's personal hero and executive chef of an exciting new restaurant. Her people have been eating bugs for centuries, and she's deeply suspicious of this newbie's attempt to turn her traditions into the next foodie trend. While Chanda and her scrappy team of talented devotees struggle to open on time, Yarrow must win over Chanda -- and Milani, the neighbor she's been crushing on for weeks -- or lose this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to achieve her dreams.
Co-written with chef and food writer Soleil Ho (Edible Manhattan, Bitch), Blue Delliquanti's sweet coming-of-age story takes us deep into a world of art, mystery, and memory on the culinary frontier.
Other honorees of the VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award include the following titles:
My Brother’s Husband, Volume 2 by Gengoroh Tagame Published by Pantheon
Dumb: Living Without a Voice by Georgia Webber Published by Fantagraphics Books
Puerto Rico Strong by Various Creators. Published by Lion Forge
Amla Mater by Devi Menon. Published by Yali Books
Image Makes History As First Publisher To Sweep 'Best New Series' Eisner Noms
Image Comics made history as the first publisher to sweep in the Best New Series category for nominations in the 2019 Eisner Awards.
This year, Image titles have received 19 nominations plus 11 shared nominations for a total of 30 Eisner nominations.
“It’s always exciting to be nominated for anything, but to receive as many nominations as we did this year is a powerful testament to the sheer volume of creativity produced by the amazing writers and artists we work with here at Image,” said Eric Stephenson, Publisher and Chief Creative Officer at Image Comics. “Even more exciting is dominating the Best New Series category, if only because we take so much pride in making ‘new’ our speciality.”
Below is the full list of Image nominees.
Best Short Story: • “Get Naked in Barcelona,” by Steven T. Seagle and Emei Olivia Burell, in Get Naked (Image)
Best Single Issue/One-Shot: • The Terrible Elisabeth Dumn Against the Devils In Suits, by Arabson, translated by James Robinson (Image)
Best Continuing Series: • Gasolina, by Sean Mackiewicz and Niko Walter (Skybound/Image)
Best New Series: • Bitter Root, by David Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene (Image) • Crowded, by Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, and Ted Brandt (Image) • Gideon Falls, by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino (Image) • Isola, by Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl (Image) • Man-Eaters, by Chelsea Cain, Lia Miternique, and Kate Niemczyk (Image) • Skyward, by Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett (Image)
Best Publication for Teens: • Middlewest, by Skottie Young and Jorge Corona (Image) • Norroway, Book 1: The Black Bull of Norroway, by Cat Seaton and Kit Seaton (Image)
Best Humor Publication: • Get Naked, by Steven T. Seagle et al. (Image)
Best Anthology: • Twisted Romance, edited by Alex de Campi (Image) • Where We Live: A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas, edited by Will Dennis, curated by J. H. Williams III and Wendy Wright-Williams (Image)
Best Graphic Album—New: • My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image) Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team: • Karl Kerschl, Isola (Image) • Sean Phillips, Kill or Be Killed, My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies (Image)
Best Cover Artist: • Karl Kerschl, Isola (Image) Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: • Dustin Nguyen, Descender (Image)
SHARED:
Best Writer: • Alex De Campi, Bad Girls (Gallery 13); Twisted Romance (Image) • Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Black Hammer: Quantum Age, Doctor Star & the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows, (Dark Horse); Descender, Gideon Falls, Royal City (Image)
Best Writer/Artist: • David Lapham, Lodger (Black Crown/IDW); Stray Bullets (Image)
Best Cover Artist: • Jen Bartel, Blackbird (Image); Fantastic Four (Marvel); Submerged (Vault)
Best Coloring: • Jordie Bellaire, Batman (DC); The Divided Earth (First Second); Days of Hate, Dead Hand, Head Lopper, Redlands (Image); Shuri, Doctor Strange (Marvel) • Nathan Fairbairn, Batman, Batgirl, Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman Earth One, vol. 2 (DC); Die!Die!Die! (Image); Despicable Deadpool (Marvel) • Matt Hollingsworth, Batman: White Knight (DC): Seven to Eternity, Wytches (Image) • Matt Wilson, Black Cloud, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); The Mighty Thor, Runaways (Marvel)
Best Lettering: • Jim Campbell, Abbott, Alice: Dream to Dream, Black Badge Clueless, Coda, Fence, Firefly, Giant Days, Grass Kings, Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass, Low Road West, Sparrowhawk (BOOM); Angelic (Image) • Alex De Campi, Bad Girls (Gallery 13), Twisted Romance (Image) • Jared Fletcher, Batman: Damned (DC); The Gravediggers Union, Moonshine, Paper Girls, Southern Bastards (Image)
This year’s finalist were selected by a panel of over 60 literary professionals from over 1,000 book submissions from over 300 publishers. Finalists will be celebrated and winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony and Gala the evening of Monday, June 3, 2019 in New York City. For the full list of finalists, click here. For the full list of Graphic Novel finalists, see below.
This year, two Diamond publishers made the finalists lists with Love Letters to Jane's World from Lion Forge and The Pervert from Image Comics.
Love Letters to Jane's Worldis essential Jane's World collection, and debuted twenty years after Jane Wyatt first appeared in Paige Braddock's trailblazing comics strip about a young lesbian woman making her clumsy way in the world and the friends who help (or hinder) her along the journey. The Eisner-nominated Jane's World was the first syndicated comic strip with a lesbian main character to appear in many major newspaper markets. This new volume collects the most quintessentially "Jane" storylines from the strip's early, middle, and later years, and pairs them with "love letters" and notes of appreciation from notable fans. To read Lambda Literary's review of the book, click here.
With excerpts published in Eisner nominated anthology ISLAND, the full colour volume, drawn and painted by Remy Boydell is an unflinching debut graphic novel and written by Michelle Perez, The Pervert is an honest and touching account of a trans girl surviving through sex work in Seattle. Library Journal called it, "A challenging, intense, and empathic account of finding oneself despite heavy odds."
LGBTQ Graphic Novels Finalists
Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, Mark Russell (Writer), Sean Parsons, Mark Morales, Howard Porter, Mike Feehan (Illustrators), DC Entertainment
The Lie and How We Told It, Tommi Parrish, Fantagraphics Books
Love Letters to Jane’s World, Paige Braddock, Lion Forge
On a Sunbeam, Tillie Walden, First Second / Roaring Brook Press
Our Wretched Town Hall, Eric Kostiuk Williams, Retrofit Comics & Big Planet Comics
The Pervert, Michelle Perez (Writer), Remy Boydell (Illustrator), Image Comics
Unpacking, Steve MacIsaac, Northwest Press
We’re Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology, Jeanne Thornton & Tara Madison Avery, Stacked Deck Press
Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell's 'The Pervert' Named In L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist
The finalists for the 2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes have announced the nominees for the annual literary awards. Winners will be announced at a ceremony at USC's Bovard Auditorium on April 12, the day before the start of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. For the complete list of Book Prize finalists, click here. For the list of Comics & Graphic Novels finalists, please see below.
Among the finalists of the Comics & Graphic Novel category was The Pervertpublished by Image Comics. The Pervert is an honest and touching account of a trans girl surviving through sex work in Seattle. With excerpts published in Eisner nominated anthology ISLAND, the full colour volume, drawn and painted by Remy Boydell is an unflinching debut graphic novel and written by Michelle Perez was also featured on Vulture and New York Magazine's Best Comics of 2018. For more information about this book, click here.
L.A. BOOK PRIZE FINALISTS - COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell, "The Pervert" (9781534307414)
Designed to aid Young Adult librarians with graphic novel collections, the list presents graphic novels published in the past 16 months, selected for proven or potential appeal to the personal reading tastes of teens. Additionally, the Great Graphic Novels for Teens Committee has chosen a Top Ten list from the overall titles which they feel "meet the criteria of both good quality literature and appealing reading for teens." The list encompasses a wide variety of genres and subjects, from off-beat superheroes, to mysterious villainous sidekicks, middle school drama, roller derby, and more.
Presented here is a spotlight on the YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens Top Ten titles, with the full list below. Bold titles denote Diamond publishers. To see all the titles featured on YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens list from Diamond publishers, click here.
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation. By Anne Frank and Ari Folman. Illus. by David Polonsky. 2018. Pantheon, $24.95 (9781101871799)
Crush. By Svetlana Chmakova. Illus. by the author. 2018. JY, $11.00 (9780316363242)
Hey Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt With Family Addiction. By Jarrett Krosoczka. Illus. by the author. 2018. Graphix, $24.99 (9780545902472)
Illegal. By Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin. Illus. by Giovanni Rigano. 2018. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, $20.00 (9781492662143)
My Brother's Husband Volume 2. By Gengoroh Tagame. Illus. by the author. 2018. Pantheon Books, $24.95 (9781101871539)
On A Sunbeam. By Tillie Walden. Illus. by the author. 2018. First Second, $32.99 (9781250178145)
Royal City Volume 2: Sonic Youth.By Jeff Lemire. Illus. by the author. 2018. Image Comics, $16.99 (9781534305526)
Royal City Volume 3: We All Float On. By Jeff Lemire. Illus. by the author. 2018. Image Comics, $16.99 (9781534308497)
Silver Spoon.By Hiromu Arakawa. Illus. by the author. 2018.Yen Press
Volume 1 (9780316416191)
Volume 2 (9781975326197)
Volume 3 (9781975327460)
Volume 4 (9781975327590)
Speak: The Graphic Novel. By Laurie Halse Anderson. Illus. by Emily Carroll. 2018. Farrar Straus Giroux, $19.99 (9780374300289)
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees. By Don Brown. Illus. by the author. 2018. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $18.99 (9781328810151)
Presented below is the full list of YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens, encompassing over 100 total graphic novels and separated between Nonfiction and Fiction titles. Overall, 16 of the graphic novels are from Diamond publishers.
NONFICTION
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation. By Anne Frank and Ari Folman. Illus. by David Polonsky. 2018. Pantheon, $24.95 (9781101871799)
Be Everything at Once: Tales of a Cartoonist Lady Person. By Dani Lee. Illus. by the author. 2018. Chronicle Books, $14.95 (9781452167657).
Belonging: A German Reckons With History and Home. By Nora Krug. Illus. by the author. 2018. Scribner, $30.00 (9781476796628)
Birding is My Favorite Video Game: Cartoons About the Natural World From Bird and Moon. By Rosemary Mosco. Illus. by the author. 2018. Andrews McMeel Publishing, $12.99 (9781449489120)
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World. By Pénélope Bagieu. Illus. by the author. 2018. First Second, $17.99 (978626728691)
The Bride Was a Boy. By Chii. Illus. by the author. 2018. Seven Seas, $13.99 (9781626928886)
Grand Theft Horse. By G Neri. Illus. by the author. 2018. Lee & Low Books, Inc., $19.95 (9781620148556)
Herding Cats: A Sarah's Scribbles Collection. By Sarah Andersen. Illus. by the author. 2018. Andrews McMeel Publishing, $14.99 (9781449489786)
Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt With Family Addiction. By Jarrett Krosoczka. Illus. by the author. 2018. Graphix, $24.99 (9780545902472)
Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide. By Isabel Quintero. Illus. by Zeke Peña. 2018. Getty, $19.95 (9781947440005)
A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns. By Archie Bongiovanni and Tristan Jimerson. Illus. by Archie Bongiovanni. 2018. Limerence Press, $7.99 (9781620104996)
Strange Fruit, Volume II: More Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History. By Joel Christian Gill. Illus. by the author. 2018. Fulcrum Publishing, $19.95 (9781938486579)
Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition. By Julia Kaye. Illus. by the author. 2018. Andrews McMeel Publishing, $14.99 (9781449489625)
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees. By Don Brown. Illus. by the author. 2018. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $18.99 (9781328810151)
FICTION
Again!!. By Mitsurou Kubo. Illus. by the author. 2018. By Ryoko Fukuyama. Illus. by the author
v.1. Kodansha Comics, $12.99 (9781632366450)
v.2. Kodansha Comics, $12.99 (9781632366467)
v.3. Kodansha Comics, $12.99 (9781632366474)
v.4. Kodansha Comics, $12.99 (9781632366481)
v.5. Kodansha Comics, $12.99 (9781632366498)
Alice: From Dream to Dream. By Giulio Macaione. Illus. by Giulia Adragna. 2018. BOOM! Box, $14.99 (9781684151806)
All Summer Long. By Hope Larson. Illus. by the author. 2018. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr), $21.99 (9780374304850)
Animus. By Antoine Revoy. Illus. by the author. 2018. First Second, $16.99 (9781626721838)
Ao Haru Ride. By Io Sakisaka. Illus. by the author. 2018.
v.1. VIZ Media LLC, $9.99 (9781974702657)
v.2. VIZ Media LLC, $9.99 (9781974702664)
The Backstagers, Volume 2: The Show Must Go On. By James Tynion IV. Illus. by Rian Sygh. 2018. Boom! Box, $14.99 (9781684150571)
Be Prepared. By Vera Brosgol. Illus. by the author. 2018. First Second, $12.99 (9781626724457)
Betty & Veronica, Volume 1. By Adam Hughes. Illus. by the author. 2017. Archie Comic Publications, $12.99 (9781682559857)
Bingo Love. By Tee Franklin. Illus. by Jenn St-Onge. 2018. Image Comics, $9.99 (9781534307506)
Black AF: America's Sweetheart. By Kwanza Osajyefo. Illus. by Jennifer Johnson. 2017. Black Mask Studio, $9.99 (9781628751918)
Black Hammer: The Event, Volume 2. By Jeff Lemire. Illus. by Dean Ormston and David Rubin. 2018. Dark Horse, $19.99 (9781506701981)
Black Torch. By Tsuyoshi Takaki. Illus. by the author. 2018. Viz Media, $9.99
v.1. (9781974700462)
v.2. (9781974701520)
Check Please!: Book One, #Hockey. By Ngozi Ukazu. Illus. by the author. 2018. First Second, $12.99 (9781250177957)
Coady & the Creepies. By Liz Prince. Illus. by Amanda Kirk. 2018. BOOM! Box, $14.99 (9781684150298)
Coyotes, Volume 1. By Sean Lewis. Illus. by Caitlin Yarsky. 2018. Image Comics, $9.99 (9781534306479)
Crush. By Svetlana Chmakova. Illus. by the author. 2018. JY, $11.00 (9780316363242)
DeadEndia: The Watcher's Test. By Hamish Steele. Illus. by the author. 2018. Nobrow, $14.95 (9781910620472)
Dept. H, Volume 3. By Matt Kindt. Illus. by the author and Sharlene Kindt. 2018. Dark Horse, $19.99 (9781616559915)
Descender, Volume 5: Rise of the Robots. By Jeff Lemire. Illus. by Dustin Nguyen. 2018. Image Comics, $16.99 (9781534303454)
Descender, Volume 6: The Machine War. By Jeff Lemire. Illus. by Dustin Nguyen. 2018. Image Comics, $16.99 (9781534306905)
Escape from Syria. By Samya Kallab. Illus. by Jackie Roche. 2017. Firefly Books, $19.99 (9781770859821)
Estranged. By Ethan M. Aldridge. Illus. by the author. 2018. Harper Collins, $12.99 (9780062653871)
Fake Blood. By Whitney Gardner. Illus. by the author. 2018. Simon & Schuster, $21.99 (9781481495561)
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I Hear the Sunspot: Theory of Happiness. By Yuki Fumino. Illus. by the author. 2018. One Peace Books, $13.95 (978194493741
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Lumberjanes, Volume 7: A Bird's-Eye View. By Shannon Waters. Illus. by Carey Pietsch. 2017. Boom! Box, $14.99 (9781684150458)
Lumberjanes, Volume 8: Stone Cold. By Shannon Waters and Kat Leyh. Illus. by Carey Pietsch. 2018. Boom! Box, $14.99 (9781684151325)
Making Friends. By Kristen Gudsnuk. Illus. by the author. 2018. Graphix, $24.99 (9781338139228)
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Misfit City, Volume 2. By Kiersten Smith. Illus. by Naomi Franquiz. 2018. BOOM! Box, $14.99 (9781684151721)
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On a Sunbeam. By Tillie Walden. Illus. by the author. 2018. First Second, $32.99 (9781250178145)
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Diamond Announces 2018 Gem Award Winners
Diamond Comic Distributors proudly announces the winners of the 2018 Diamond Gem Awards, selected by comic book specialty retailers and celebrated within the comic book industry as an key annual award honoring sales success.
DC Entertainment took home Comic Book Publisher of the Year (Over 3% Market Share) in 2018 and had the Top Dollar Comic Book with Action Comics #1000. Retailers recognized DC with the most Gem Awards--six--including the Comic Book of the Year $3.99 or Under with Heroes In Crisis #1; Comic Book of the Year - Over $3.99 with Action Comics #1000; Reprint TP or HC of the Year with Batman White Knight; Best All Ages Series with DC Super Hero Girls; and Best All-Ages Original/Reprint Graphic Novel with DC Super Hero Girls: Date With Disaster.DC Collectibles, the collectibles branch of DC Entertainment won Collectible Statue of the Year with the Batman Black and White: The Batman Who Laughs statue.
Marvel Comics earned five Gem Awards, including Top Dollar Market Share Publisher of the Year, Licensed Comic of the Year with Star Wars: Darth Vader Dark Lord of the Sith Volume 2; Anthology of the Year with Thanos Legacy #1; Best Free Comic Book Day Book with FCBD 2018 Avengers Captain America; and Best New Comic Book Series with Immortal Hulk.
Image Comics received two Gem Awards, taking home Backlist Publisher of the Year and Original Graphic Novel of the Year with My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies.
Dark Horse Comicsreceived two Gem Awards, for Licensed Comic of the Year with Stranger Things #1 and Trade Book of the Year with The Legend of Zelda Encylopedia.
IDW Publishing received a Gem Awards, taking home Game Product of the Year with Batman: The Animated Series Gotham Under Siege.
Retailers also recognized BOOM! Studios as Comic Book Publisher of the Year (Under 3% Market Share), VIZ Media with two Gem Awards, including Manga Publisher of the Year; and Diamond Select Toys with two Gem Awards, including Toy Manufacturer of the Year.
A panel of Diamond product specialists selected the supplier nominees for the Diamond Gem Awards based on each entry’s overall impact on the industry, while comics and related merchandise were chosen on the merits of their sales performance and quality from 2018. Members of the most critical segment that serves the comic book-buying public--comic book specialty retailers across the United States and worldwide--then selected the winners.
2018 Diamond Gem Award Suppliers of the Year
2018 Comic Book Publisher of the Year Over 3% DC Entertainment
2018 Comic Book Publisher of the Year Under 3% BOOM! Studios
2018 Backlist Publisher of the Year Image Comics
Top Dollar Comic Book Publisher of the Year Marvel Comics
2018 Manga Publisher of the Year VIZ Media
2018 Game Manufacturer of the Year WizKids/NECA
2018 Toy Manufacturer of the Year Diamond Select Toys
2018 Diamond Gem Award Products of the Year
2018 Comic Book of the Year $3.99 or Under
Heroes in Crisis #1 JUL180592 DC Entertainment
2018 Top Dollar Comic Book
Action Comics #1000 FEB180142 DC Entertainment
2018 Comic Book of the Year Over $3.99
Action Comics #1000 FEB180142 DC Entertainment
2018 Best New Comic Book Series
Immortal Hulk Marvel Comics
2018 Licensed Comic Book of the Year
Stranger Things #1 JUL180419 Dark Horse Comics
2018 Best All-Ages Series
DC Super Hero Girls DC Entertainment
2018 Licensed TP/HC of the Year
Star Wars: Darth Vader Dark Lord Sith Volume 2: Legacy's End JAN181040 Marvel Comics
2018 Best All-Ages Original/Reprint GN
DC Super Hero Girls: Date With Disaster NOV170216 DC Entertainment
2018 Original GN of the Year
My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies JUL180133 Image Comics
2018 Magazine of the Year
Heavy Metal Heavy Metal Magazine
2018 Reprint TP/HC of the Year
Batman White Knight JUL180733 DC Entertainment
2018 Indie GN of the Year
Berlin: The Complete Edition JUN181666 Drawn + Quarterly
2018 Manga TP of the Year
My Hero Academia, Volume 13 APR181944 VIZ Media
2018 Anthology of the Year
Thanos Legacy #1 JUL180975 Marvel Comics
2018 Best Free Comic Book Day Book
FCBD 2018 Avengers Captain America JAN180009 Marvel Comics
2018 Trade Book of the Year
The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia DEC170068 Dark Horse Comics
2018 Collectible Statue of the Year
Batman Black and White: The Batman Who Laughs Statue MAY180609 DC Collectibles from DC Entertainment
2018 Game Product of the Year
Batman: The Animated Series Gotham Under Siege JUN180756 IDW Games
The Cybils Awards aims to recognize the children’s and young adult authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary merit and popular appeal. The finalists for 2018 have been revealed for all categories including Elementary/Middle Grade Graphic Novels and Young Adult Graphic Novels. For a full list of all finalists in each category, click here. See below for the finalists of the Elementary/Middle Grade Graphic Novels and Young Adult Graphic Novels categories.
Elementary/Middle Grade Graphic Novels
Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel from Andrews McMeel Publishing
Be Prepared from First Second Books
Escape from Syria from Firefly Books
Mr. Wolf's Class from Graphix
The Cardboard Kingdom from Knopf Books for Young Readers
The Tea Dragon Society from Oni Press
The Witch Boy from Graphix
Young Adult Graphic Novels
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation from Pantheon
Image Comics made history as the first publisher to sweep in the Best New Series category for nominations in the 2019 Eisner Awards. 
