Advertisements
Best Writer/Artist:
- Juni Ba, The Boy Wonder (DC); The Fable of Erkling Woods (Goats Flying Press); Monkey Meat Summer Batch (Image)
- Jamal Campbell, Zatanna (DC)
- Jesse Lonergan, Drome (23rd St. Books)
- Chang Sheng, Yan, vols. 1–2 (Titan Manga)
- Linnea Sterte, A Garden of Spheres (Peow2)
- Kazumi Yamashita, Land, vol. 1 (Yen Press)
Best Penciller/ Inker:
- Elsa Charetier, The City Beneath Her Feet (DSTLRY)
- Sean Phillips, Giant Size Criminal #1, The Knives: A Criminal Book (Image)
- Javier Rodriguez, Absolute Martian Manhunter (DC)
- Chris Samnee, Batman and Robin: Year One (DC)
- Hayden Sherman, Absolute Wonder Woman, Batman: Dark Patterns (DC)
- Eric Zawadzki, Assorted Crisis Events (Image)
Advertisements
Advertisements
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist:
- Teddy Kristiansen, Black Hammer: Spiral City (Dark Horse)
- Cathy Malkasian, Shadows of the Sea (Fantagraphics)
- Qu, Slices of Life: A Comic Montage (Bulgilhan Press)
- Martin Simmonds, The Department of Truth (Image)
- Mika Song, Night Chef: An Epic Tale of Friendship with a Side of Deliciousness! (Random House Graphic)
- Linnea Sterte, A Garden of Spheres (Peow)
Best Cover Artist:
- Juni Ba, The Boy Wonder (DC); The Fable of Erkling Woods (Goats Flying Press); TMNT Nightwatcher, TMNT Godzilla (IDW); Monkey Meat Summer Batch (Image)
- Nick Dragotta, Absolute Batman, Absolute Batman 2025 Annual, Batman #1, Batman/Deadpool (DC)
- Francesco Francavilla, Cyberpunk 2077, Star Wars: Tales from the Nightlands (Dark Horse); Absolute Batman, Absolute Martian Manhunter, Batman: Full Moon, Nightwing variants (DC); Green Hornet/Miss Fury (Dynamite); Star Trek: The Last Starship, Twilight Zone (IDW); Dick Tracy (Mad Cave)
- Mateus Manhanini, Absolute Superman, Absolute Wonder Woman, Mr. Terrific: Year One variants (DC); Doctor Strange, Ironheart: Bad Chemistry, Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Phases of the Moon Knight, Star Wars: The High Republic, Storm, The Ultimates (Marvel)
- Javier Rodriguez, Absolute Martian Manhunter, Batman & Robin: Year One #7, The New Gods #8 (DC)
- Hayden Sherman, Absolute Wonder Woman, Batman: Dark Patterns #3-12 (DC)
Best Coloring:
- Jordie Bellaire, Absolute Wonder Woman, The Nice House by the Sea (DC); The Exorcism at 1600 Penn (IDW); Assorted Crisis Events, The Department of Truth, Exquisite Corpses, W0RLDTR33 (Image); GI Joe (Image/Skybound); EC Catacomb of Torment, EC Epitaphs from the Abyss (Oni Press)
- Ninakupenda Gaillard, Chickenpox (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers)
- Jesse Lonergan, Drome (23rd St. Books)
- Matheus Lopes, Batman and Robin Year One (DC); The Seasons (Image)
- Javier Rodriguez, Absolute Martian Manhunter (DC)
- José Villarrubia, This Ink Runs Cold (Alan Spiegel Fine Arts); Ghostbox (Comixology Originals); Dracula Book 2: The Brides, The Witcher: The Bear and the Butterfly (Dark Horse); Hunger (The Lab Press); It Rhymes with Takei (Top Shelf)
AD: Available now for Pre-Order at Play-Asia: Chrono Trigger: Form-ism Crono (Figure)
This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links and make a purchase, we’ll receive a percentage of the sale. Whatever purchase through the affiliate links helps the site.
Best Lettering:
- Janice Chiang, Acro and the Cat, All Upon a Time, Beyond the Aural Vault, Republica, Solarblader (Sandstorm); John Carpenter’s Blood of the Taken: Next of Kin, Pause, Tales of Science Fiction (Storm King)
- Clayton Cowles, Absolute Batman, Batman, Batman & Robin: Year One, Birds of Prey, Black Canary: Best of the Best, Trinity: Daughter of Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman, (DC); Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell #1-3 (Marvel)
- Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Ill Vacation, Stillman (Comixology Originals); Absolute Martian Manhunter, Challengers of the Unknown, DC K.O., The Flash, Green Arrow, Poison Ivy (DC); Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, Starship Godzilla, (IDW); Author Immortal (Image); Our-Soot-Stained Heart (Mad Cave)
- Nate Piekos, American Caper #1, Archie Vs. Minor Threats, Black Hammer: Spiral City, The Brood, Minor Threats: The Last Devil Left Alive, Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons, The Umbrella Academy Plan B, Welcome to Twilight (Dark Horse); I Hate Fairyland (Image)
- Ben Wickey, More Weight: A Salem Story (Top Shelf)
Source: Press Release, Graphic Policy
Thanks for reading! If you have any suggestions, news tips, or questions, email them to: webmaster@bigrednerd.com.
Follow Me on Social Media!
Red's Nerd Den 