The 2019 World Science Fiction Convention took place in Dublin, Ireland, from 15th to 19th August. Each year, the Worldcon announces the Hugo Awards for the best Science Fiction of the previous year, as chosen by the members of the convention. This year, awards were made in 20 categories. There's a detailed breakdown of the voting in all categories as a PDF document here. Two of the categories yielded results of particular interest to comics readers.
Best Graphic Story
This award went to
- Monstress, Volume 3: Haven, written by Marjorie Liu, with art by Sana Takeda (Image Comics)
The runners up in this category were:
- Black Panther: Long Live the King, written by Nnedi Okorafor and Aaron Covington, art by André Lima Araújo, Mario Del Pennino and Tana Ford (Marvel)
- Abbott, written by Saladin Ahmed, art by Sami Kivelä, colours by Jason Wordie, letters by Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios)
- Saga, Volume 9, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
- Paper Girls, Volume 4, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Cliff Chiang, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Jared K. Fletcher (Image Comics)
- On a Sunbeam, by Tillie Walden (First Second)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
This is essentially the award for best SF film of the year. This year, the winner and first two runners up were films based on Marvel comics. The winner was
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, screenplay by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman, directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman (Sony)
The runners up were:
- Black Panther, written by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, directed by Ryan Coogler (Marvel Studios)
- Avengers: Infinity War, screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo (Marvel Studios)
- Annihilation, directed and written for the screen by Alex Garland, based on the novel by Jeff VanderMeer (Paramount Pictures/Skydance)
- A Quiet Place, screenplay by Scott Beck, John Krasinski and Bryan Woods, directed by John Krasinski (Platinum Dunes/Sunday Night)
- Sorry to Bother You, written and directed by Boots Riley (Annapurna Pictures)
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