From Absolute Batman To Matt Garvey

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From Absolute Batman To Matt Garvey – The 2026 Ringo Awards Results

From Absolute Batman To Matt Garvey – The 2026 Ringo Awards Results from Baltimore Comic Con

English comic book creator and publisher Matt Garvey, previously featured on Bleeding Cool, went to Baltimore Comic Con on a wing and a prayer after being nominated for a Ringo Award for his Making Your First Comic volume for Best Comics-Related Publication. Reader, he won. And so did Absolute Batman. Here’s the full Ringo Awards 2026 Winners list as well as creator nominations… with multiple wins for Absolute Martian Manhunter by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez.

Best Cartoonist (Writer and Artist)

• Craig Thompson
• Caroline Cash
• Scott Chantler
• Anders Nilsen
• Ben Passmore
• Tiffany Petitt
• Mimi Pond
• Paige Walshe
• Ben Wickey

Best Writer

• Deniz Camp
• Joseph Schmalke
• James Tynion IV
• Robert Venditti
• Mark Waid

Best Artist or Penciller/Inker Team

• Javier Rodriguez
• Becky Cloonan
• Werther Dell’Edera
• Jay Fosgitt
• Liam Sharp
• Hayden Sherman
• Stefan Tosheff

Best Letterer

• Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
• Taylor Esposito
• Rob Leigh
• Troy Peteri
• Nate Piekos
• Ben Wickey

Best Colourist

• Dave Stewart
• Jordie Bellaire
• John Kalisz
• Javier Rodriguez
• Alejandro Sanchez
• Stefano Simeone

Best Cover Artist

• Javier Rodriguez
• Gabriele Dell’Otto
• Colm Griffin
• Tula Lotay
• Daniel Parent
• Riley Rossmo

Best Series

Best Short Story

• Chest Face, self-publishedby Dean Haspiel
• “Pied Piper” in Cthulhu Invades Fairy Tales, Orange Cone Productions
• “The Knife and Gun Club” in Detective Comics #1100, DC Comics
• The Fire Breathing Duckling, Astra Books for Young Readers
• “Red Snapper in the Rea” in Milk White Steed, Drawn & Quarterly
• Model Five Murder, Silver Sprocket

Best Original Graphic Novel

• Herobear and the Kid Vol. 1 – The Inheritance, Papercutz
• Black Arms To Hold You Up, Pantheon Books
• The Corus Wave, Avery Hill Publishing
• David Dastmalchian’s Through, Z2 Comics
• Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me, Drawn & Quarterly
• Drome, Macmillan – First Second and 23rd Street
• The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief, Fantagraphics
• Gamemasters: The Comic Book History of Roleplaying Games, Clover Press

Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel – Ages 11 and Under

• Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse and the Amazing Lost Ocean, Fantagraphics
• Brume Vol. 1, Astra Books for Young Readers
• The Fire Breathing Duckling, Astra Books for Young Readers
• The Lost Sunday, Oni Press
• Magda, Intergalactic Chef: The Big Tournament, Lerner Publishing Group
• Max, A Little Axolotl, Scholastics Inc.
• The Mighty Bite #3: Hog Rocket Ruckus, ABRAMS
• The Patchwork Girl of Oz Volume 1, Image Comics

Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel – Ages 12 and Up

Best Anthology

• Bowling with Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown, Dark Horse Comics
• Flash Gordon Adventures Vol. 2, Papercutz
• Jim Henson Presents, BOOM! Studios
• Knapsack Magazine Volume 2: Butter, Lucky Pocket Press
• unSEEN/unHEARD: Disability & Neurodivergence Comic Anthology, Unseen Alchemy Publishing
• Young Men in Love: New Romance, A Wave Blue World

Best Humour Comic

Best Webcomic

Best Humor Webcomic

Best Non-fiction Comic Work

Best Comics-Related Publication

• Making Your First Comic, self-published, Matt Garvey
• <a href="https://www.frazettagirls.com/products/becoming-frazetta-the-early-years-of-a-fantasy-master-copy” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>Becoming Frazetta – The Early Years of a Fantasy Art Master, Thrilling Nostalgia Comics
• COMICS! The Magazine #0, Prana Publishers
• Facing Feelings: Inside the World of Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic Inc.
• Graphic Samurai: The Art of Denys Cowan, Gizmoe Press
• Messiahs, Meshugganahs, Misanthropes, and Mysteries, Fantagraphics

Best Presentation in Design

• Lone Wolf and Cub Deluxe Edition Volume 1, Dark Horse Comics
• Beasts of the Four Nations: Creatures From Avatar: The Last Airbender, Dark Horse Comics
• Becoming Frazetta – The Early Years of a Fantasy Art Master, Thrilling Nostalgia Comics
• Cry Wolf Girl, Silver Sprocket
• Ginseng Roots, Pantheon Books
• The Hero Trade: Hero for Sale TPB, Bad Idea
• Land of Mirrors, Drawn & Quarterly
• The Smurfs Archives Vol. 1, Papercutz
• Tongues, Vol. 1, Pantheon Books

Lifetime Achievement Award: Jim Lee

Dick Giordano Humanitarian Of The Year Award: Jeffrey Brown

Kevin Brogan Fidelity Award: Jim Califiore

Fan Favourite New Talent: Reese Hannigan

Fan Favourite Series: Excavator

Fan Favourite Publisher: Etan Comics

Fan Favourite Villain: Doctor Doom

Mike Weiringo Spirit Award: Chip Kidd and Michael Cho for Avengers in the Veracity Trap, Abrams ComicArts

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