Winners of the 2021 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards from BCC

(excerpted from the BCC email PR)- Winners of the 2021 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards are:

Fan Favorites:

Sponsored by Rocketship Entertainment: Favorite Hero: Persephone from Lore Olympus (WEBTOON) Favorite Villain: Emma from My Deepest Secret (WEBTOON) Favorite New Series: Midnight Poppy Land Favorite New Talent: Lilydusk Favorite Publisher: Rocketship Entertainment

Jury and Fan Winners:

Sponsored by GeekElove: Best Non-fiction Comic Work: Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, Abrams Books

Sponsored by Source Point Press: Best Colorist: Tamra Bonvillain

Sponsored by Graphix: Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel: Twins, Scholastic Graphix

Sponsored by Heavy Metal: Best Original Graphic Novel: Pulp, Image Comics

Sponsored by Valiant Entertainment: Best Presentation in Design: Dave Cockrum's X-Men Artifact Edition, IDW Publishing

Sponsored by WEBTOON: Best Artist or Penciller: Jamal Campbell Best Humor Comic: Metalshark Bro 2: Assault on Hamzig Island, Scout Comics Best Inker: Sanford Greene Best Series: Usagi Yojimbo, IDW Publishing

Mike Wieringo Spirit Award: Folklords, BOOM! Studios

Sponsored by Tapas Media: Best Webcomic: Fangs (tapas.io/series/fangscomic/) Best Humor Webcomic: Sarah's Scribbles (tapas.io/series/Doodle-Time/) Best Anthology: Be Gay, Do Comics, IDW Publishing Best Letterer: Aditya Bidikar

Sponsored by BOOM! Studios: Best Writer: James Tynion IV Best Cover Artist: Peach Momoko Best Single Issue or Story: The O.Z., self-published Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist): Stan Sakai

Hero Initiative Awards:

Dick Giordano Humanitarian of the Year Award: Gene Ha Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award: Joe Quesada

In addition, the Baltimore Comic-Con would like to thank those individuals who presented at this year's award ceremony, including: Keynote speaker Steve Rotterdam; Jason Douglas and Steenz, Christopher Priest, John Gallagher and Jamar Nicholas, Todd Dezago, Craig Rousseau, Matt Wieringo, Dean Haspiel and Leeanne Krecic, Amy Reeder and Michael Son, Art Baltazar, and Mitch Gerads and Tom King. We would also like to thank John Gallagher for his contributions to our awards ceremony program and presentation, as well as Comic Corps and Word Balloon for producing.