Vote In The Tripwire/Portsmouth Comic Con Awards 2019

After a successful freshman year, Portsmouth Comic Con will be making it return to Charles Dickens and Neil Gaiman’s hometown this May 2019 with a few more bells and whistles. One such addition will be the inaugural Tripwire Awards which sees public voting open until midnight on Monday 30th April. As one of the judges, I’ve obviously got some vested interest in this one, helping to whittle down the number of nominees to a honed handful in each category.
It’s a simple enough process and you can vote by following the link here.
Here’s a full list of this year’s nominees for your consideration:

The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2019: Best Writer

• DAVID F. WALKER (Luke Cage (Marvel Comics), Naomi (DC Comics))
• TOM KING (Batman, Mister Miracle (DC Comics))
• AL EWING (Immortal Hulk, Avengers No Road Home (Marvel Comics))
• GRANT MORRISON (The Green Lantern (DC Comics))
• SI SPURRIER (The Dreaming (Vertigo/DC Comics)

The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2019: Best Artist

• MARGUERITE SAUVAGE (The Life Of Captain Marvel. Marvel Comics)
• DEAN ORMSTON (Black Hammer, Dark Horse Comics)
• JOELLE JONES (Catwoman. DC Comics)
• SHAWN MARTINBROUGH (Thief Of Thieves, Skybound/Image Comics)
• SEAN PHILLIPS (Kill Or Be Killed, Image Comics)

The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2019: Best Cover Artist

• AMANDA CONNER (Various)
• NICK DERINGTON (Mister Miracle, DC Comics)
• ADAM HUGHES (Various)
• DAVID MACK (Cover, DC Comics)
• FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA (Afterlife With Archie, Archie Comics)

The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2019: Best Colourist

• MATT HOLLINGSWORTH
• DAVE STEWART
• ANDRE SZYMANOWICZ
• LAURA ALLRED
• JOSE VILLARUBIA

The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2019: Best Letterer

• ROB LEIGH
• JOSHUA REED
• ADITYA BIDIKAR
• CLAYTON COWLES
• NATE PIEKOS

The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2019: Best New Series

• BITTER ROOT (David F. Walker / Sanford Greene, Image Comics)
• PUNKS NOT DEAD (David Barnett / Martin Simmonds, Black Crown/IDW Publishing)
• FRIENDO (Alex Paknadel / Martin Simmonds, Vault Comics)
• MISTER MIRACLE (Tom King / Mitch Gerads, DC Comics)
• X-MEN: GRAND DESIGNS, VOL. 1 (Ed Piskor, Marvel Comics)

The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2019: Best Publisher

• IDW PUBLISHING
• DARK HORSE COMICS
• REBELLION PUBLISHING
• DC COMICS
• IMAGE COMICS

The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2019: Best New Talent

• RAM V (Paradiso / These Savage Shores)
• MARTIN SIMPSON (The Needleman, Soaring Penguin Press)
• RYAN HOWE (The Cursed Island, Soaring Penguin Press)
• RUSSELL MARK OLSON (Gateway City, Russell Mark Olson)
• BILQUIS EVELY (The Dreaming, Vertigo/ DC)

The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2019: Best Original Graphic Novel

• LIP HOOK (David Hine / Mark Stafford, SelfMadehero)
• WONDER WOMAN EARTH ONE, VOL. 2 (Grant Morrison / Yanick Paquette, DC Comics)
• FEMME MAGNIFIQUE (ed. Shelly Bond / various creators, IDW Publishing)
• BATMAN: THE DARK PRINCE CHARMING (Enrico Marini, DC Comics)
• ALL MY HEROES HAVE BEEN JUNKIES (Ed Brubaker / Sean Phillips, Image Comics)

The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2019: Best Collection

• BLACK HAMMER, VOL. 1 (LIBRARY EDITION) (Jeff Lemire / Dean Ormston, Dark Horse Comics)
• BILL SIENKIEWICZ’S MUTANTS AND MOON KNIGHTS: ARTIFACT EDITION) (Bill Sienkiewicz, IDW Publishing)
• HELLBOY OMNIBUS VOL. 1: SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION (Mike Mignola, Dark Horse)
• BERLIN (HARDCOVER EDITION) (Jason Lutes, Drawn & Quarterly)
• BATMAN & WONDER WOMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD (Liam Sharp, DC Comics)

The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2019: Best Comics-Related Website / Publication

• COMIC SCENE UK
• DOWN THE TUBES
• PANEL X PANEL
• THE BEAT
• NEWSARAMA

The TRIPWIRE AWARDS 2019: The STAN LEE ROLL OF HONOUR

• ROY THOMAS
• WALTER SIMONSON
• STEVE ENGLEHART
• DAVE GIBBONS
• BILL SIENKIEWICZ
• ALAN GRANT