The 2024 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards will be presented at the Ringo Awards Banquet and Ceremony in conjunction with the 2024 Baltimore Comic-Con. A limited number of tickets are available to the public to attend the Banquet and Award Ceremony and spend a fun evening, share a drink, and enjoy a meal with the comic book professional community. This is a unique opportunity to meet and network with industry creators, publishers, and professionals.
Ringo Awards tickets include a full cocktail hour (cash bar), a full service dinner (featuring a Baltimore crab cake), the awards ceremony, and a gift bag, and are now available for $149.99. Please visit our website to purchase with credit card: baltimorecomiccon.com/tickets
The Ringo Awards Committee is proud to announce the addition of industry veteran executive Filip Sablik to the 2024 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards ceremony as the Keynote Address speaker!
Filip Sablik is a publishing industry executive with nearly 25 years experience in distribution, editorial, marketing, sales, business development, and operations as well as occasional comic writer and artist. With prior stints at Diamond Comic Distributors and Top Cow, Sablik was most recently BOOM! Studios’ President of Publishing and Marketing for 12 years. Sablik was a central member of the leadership team that grew BOOM! Studios to one of the preeminent publishers in the space leading up to its acquisition by Random House Publishing Group, quadrupling the publisher’s annual revenue and tripling its market share during his tenure. Sablik was also instrumental in building multiple comic book franchises including BRZRKR, Something Is Killing The Children, and Lumberjanes; developing and overseeing the company’s direct-to-consumer BOOM! Direct Reserve program; and developing and running the company’s industry-leading and award-winning retail partner support programs
“To say that I am honored to have been asked by Baltimore Comic-Con and Marc Nathan to deliver the keynote address for this year’s The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards is truly an understatement,” said Filip Sablik. “Mike was the first comic book professional I had the pleasure of meeting in person and not only made the possibility of a career in comics real for me, but set a gold standard for every creator interaction I’ve had since. Attending the Ringo Awards is always one of the highlights of my year and I look forward to contributing to that legacy in September!”
“If you have not had the privilege of hearing Filip speak to the comics industry, you are in for a treat,” said Marc Nathan, Baltimore Comic-Con promoter. “He is one of the most insightful, positive, and forward-looking members of our community out there, who wants everyone to succeed and loves comics.”
Voting on the 2024 Final Ballot is restricted to the comic book industry creative community — anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally. Don’t miss the presentation of final ballot winners, Fan Favorites, Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement and Dick Giordano Humanitarian Awards, and the Mike Wieringo Spirit Award on the evening of Saturday, September 21st, 2024!
About Mike Wieringo
Michael Lance “Mike” Wieringo was known to fans and friends as “Ringo”, which is how he signed his artwork. His comics art graced the pages of DC Comics’ The Flash, Adventures of Superman, Batman, and Robin, Marvel Comics’ Fantastic Four, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Sensational Spider-Man, and Rogue, and his co-creation Tellos. He passed away on August 12, 2007 at the young age of 44 from an apparent heart attack.
About the Ringo Awards
The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards is an annual celebration of the creativity, skill and fun of comics. The Ringo Awards recognize outstanding achievements in over 20 categories, and are the only industry awards nominated by fans and pros alike, with final voting by the comic professional community. Launched in 2017, the awards ceremony is held annually at the Baltimore Comic-Con. Further details are available at www.ringoawards.com.