August 27, 2019
Event date: October 19, 2019 – October 19, 2019
Nominees for the Ringo Awards have been announced. Both fans and professionals can vote until September 18. Winners will be announced at Baltimore Comic-Con on October 19.
The Contradictions by Sophie Yanow ′16 is up for Best Webcomic. Sophie’s fictional autobiography follows her year abroad in France.
Be Prepared (First Second) by recent CCS Visiting Artist Vera Brogsol, and colored by Alec Longstreth (CCS Outreach Director) is up for Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel. In this comic, Vera is trying to fit into her suburban neighborhood without success. So she tries again at a Russian summer camp.
Berlin (Drawn and Quarterly) by CCS faculty Jason Lutes is up for Best Presentation in Design. Collecting 20 years of work, originally printed as three volumes, Berlin is a historical epic following the people of the Weimar Republic.
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