Ignatz Awards


The Ignatz Awards recognize outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers. They have been awarded each year at the Small Press Expo since 1997,., SPX has been held in either Bethesda, North Bethesda, or Silver Spring, Maryland.
The Ignatz Awards are named in honour of George Herriman and his strip Krazy Kat, which featured a brick-throwing mouse named Ignatz. The award itself is in the shape of a red brick sitting on a small wooden stand.
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Awards criteria

The Ignatz Awards were designed to honor work that challenges popular notions of comics, highlighting indie and creator-driven comics rather than mainstream titles.
As one of the few festival awards rewarded in comics, the Ignatz Awards are voted on by attendees of the annual Small Press Expo, a weekend convention and tradeshow showcasing creator-owned comics. Nominations for the Ignatz Awards are made by a five-member jury panel consisting of comic book professionals. Publications eligible for award consideration "are published between July 1st of the previous ballot year and June 30th of the current ballot year.... Publication date is determined by date of distribution."
The jury panel remains anonymous until the announcement of the awards. After a 1999 controversy involving juror Frank Cho, jurors are now prohibited from nominating their own work. However, there is no prohibition of one jury member's work being nominated for an award by his or her fellow jurors.

History

The first comics industry awards given the title "Ignatz" originated at the OrlandoCon, held in Orlando, Florida, from 1974 to 1994. The current Ignatz Awards are not connected with OrlandoCon. The SPX Ignatz Awards were conceived in 1997 by SPX organizer Chris Oarr and cartoonist Ed Brubaker. Their original mandate, to set the Ignatz apart from "mainstream" awards like the Eisner Awards, was that the work nominated be creator-owned, and focus more on work done by a single writer/artist.
The Award was administered by Jeff Alexander from 1998 to 2006, when they were taken over by Greg McElhatton. During his tenure as Ignatz Award Coordinator, Alexander drew a strip for the annual award program in George Herriman's style.

Award categories

The Ignatz is awarded in the following categories:

Discontinued categories

  • Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection
  • Outstanding Debut Comic
  • Outstanding Anthology or Collection

Award winners and nominees

Outstanding Artist

Outstanding Anthology

  • 2017 Elements: Fire – An Anthology by Creators of Color, edited by Taneka Stotts
  • *ALPHABET: The LGBTQAIU Creators from Prism Comics, edited by Jon Macy and Tara Madison Avery
  • *Comic Book Slumber Party's Deep Space Canine, edited by Hanhah K. Chapman
  • *POWER & MAGIC: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology, edited by Joamette Gil
  • *Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists, edited by Javier Olivares & Santiago Garcia
  • 2018 Comics for Choice, edited by Hazel Newlevant, Whit Taylor and Ø.K. Fox
  • *La Raza Anthology: Unidos y Fuertes, edited by Kat Fajardo & Pablo Castro
  • *Ink Brick #8, edited by Alexander Rothmans, Paul K. Tunis, and Alexey Sokolin
  • *Bottoms Up, Tales of Hitting Rock Bottom, edited by J.T. Yost
  • *Lovers Only, edited by Mickey Zacchilli
  • 2019 We’re Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology, edited by Tara Avery and Jeanne Thornton
  • *Electrum, edited by Der-shing Helmer
  • *Wayward Sisters, edited by Allison O'Toole
  • *Family – The Nib Magazine, edited by Matt Bors, Matt Lubchanksy and Eleri Harris
  • *Death – The Nib Magazine, edited by Matt Bors, Matt Lubchanksy and Eleri Harris
  • 2020 Be Gay, Do Comics, edited by The Nib
  • *Sweaty Palms Volume 2, Sage Coffey
  • *Dates III, edited by Zora Gilbert and Cat Parra
  • *The Anthology of Mind, Tommi Musturi
  • *LAAB Magazine #4, edited by Ronald Wimberly and Joshua O'Neill
  • 2021 Glaeolia 2
  • *A Queer Prisoner's Anthology IV, edited by Casper Cendre
  • *Bystander, Kadak Collective
  • *Confined Before Covid: A Pandemic Anthology by LGBTQ Prisoners, ABO Comix
  • *First Wave: Comics from the Early Months of China's Outbreak, edited by Xinmei Liu
  • 2022 Good Boy Magazine ''#1, edited by Michael Sweater and Benji Nate
  • *LAAB Magazine #2, edited by Ronald Wimberly and Joshua O'Neill
  • *Isolated: A Pandemic Comics Anthology, edited by Tana Oshima
  • *Smut Peddler Presents: Sordid Past, edited by Andrea Purcell
  • *Baltic Comics Magazine š! #42 'Scientific Facts, edited by Dave Schilter and Sanita Muižniece
  • 2023 Shades of Fear, edited by Allison O'Toole and Ashanti Fortson
  • *Cram Comics Issue #1, edited by Andrew Alexander
  • *Glaeolia 3,– edited by Emuh Ruh
  • *NOW #12, edited by Eric Reynolds
  • *Home: A Comics Anthology on Belonging in Ireland Today, edited by Katherine Foyle
  • 2024 Pulping, edited by Jenn Woodall, Jon Iñaki, Jonathan Rotsztain, Mitch Lohmeier and Paterson Hodgson'
  • *Let Her Be Evil, edited by Cassandra Jones
  • *We Belong: The All-Black, All-LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi and Fantasy Comics Anthology, edited by Viktor T. Kerney & William O. Tyler
  • *Wheels on the Bus, edited by Lucio Luiz
  • *Won’t Back Down: An Anthology of Pro-Choice Comics'', edited by Trina Robbins

Outstanding Collection

Outstanding Graphic Novel

Outstanding Story

1997 From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
  • * "A Death In the Family" by Joe Chiappetta, Silly Daddy
  • * "Ghost World" Daniel Clowes, Eightball
  • * "Hicksville" Dylan Horrocks, Pickle
  • * "It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken" by Seth, Palookaville 1998 "Ghost World" by Daniel Clowes, Eightball
  • * "Jimmy Corrigan" by Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library
  • * "Letters from Venus" by Gilbert Hernandez, New Love
  • * "New York City Diary" Julie Doucet, Dirty Plotte
  • * "Soba" Joe Sacco, Stories From Bosnia 1999 "David Boring" Daniel Clowes, Eightball #20
  • * "Sex & Violence: part 2" by David Lapham, Stray Bullets #18
  • * Cavewoman: Jungle Tales by Budd Root
  • * "Over the Line" by Scott Roberts, Patty-Cake and Friends #13
  • * "Slow Jams" by David Choe, Non #3 & #4 2000 "Jimmy Corrigan, Smartest Kid On Earth" by Chris Ware, The Acme Novelty Library
  • * "The Bridge" by Jason, Mjau Mjau No. 6
  • * Cave-In by Brian Ralph,
  • * From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell,
  • * Jug by Androo Robinson, 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks
  • * "Bygone" by Rutu Modan, Flipper Vol. 2
  • * Herobear and the Kid No. 2 by Mike Kunkel
  • * The Nimrod No. 5 by Lewis Trondheim
  • * "Popeye the Savior Man" by Sean Bieri, Jumbo Jape
  • * "Stocks Are Surging" by Tom Hart, The Collected Hutch Owen 2002 Trenches by Scott Mills
  • * "Retreat" by Megan Kelso, Artichoke Tales #1
  • * "Royal Sable" by Mira Friedmann, Actus Box Series
  • * "Where Hats Go" by Kurt Wolfgang, Non #5
  • * "Wir Mussën Wissen, Wir Werden Wissen " by Ron Regé Jr., Drawn & Quarterly volume 4 2003 Fleep by Jason Shiga
  • * "30,000 Hours to Kill" by Gilbert Hernandez Love & Rockets #6
  • * Black Hole #10 by Charles Burns
  • * "Hipman" by R. Crumb Mystic Funnies #3
  • * Untitled second story by Jason, Sshhhh! 2004 "Glenn Ganges", Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Volume 1, Kevin Huizenga
  • * "The Little Things", Rubber Necker #3, by Nick Bertozzi
  • * “Maggie”, Love and Rockets v.2 #8, Jaime Hernandez
  • * “Paul in the Metro”, Drawn & Quarterly #5, Michel Rabagliati
  • * "Portrait of My Dad", McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern #13, David Heatley 2005 Dogs and Water, Anders Nilsen
  • * "Dumb Solitaire", Love and Rockets #11 and #13, Gilbert Hernandez
  • * "Homme De Le Bois", The Frank Ritza Papers, David Collier
  • * The Legend of Wild Man Fischer, Dennis P. Eichhorn and J.R. Williams
  • * "Onion Jack", Superior Showcase #0, Joel Priddy 2006 Ganges #1, Kevin Huizenga
  • * "Prebaby", Scrublands, Joe Daly
  • * "Somersaulting", Drawn & Quarterly Showcase #3, Sammy Harkham
  • * "To Capt. Ayres", MOME Winter 2006, Andrice Arp
  • * We Are On Our Own, Miriam Katin 2007 "Felix", Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Vol. 4, Gabrielle Bell
  • * Delphine #1–2, Richard Sala
  • * Don't Go Where I Can't Follow, Anders Nilsen
  • * The End, Anders Nilsen
  • * "Martha Gregory", Asthma, John Hankiewicz 2008 The Thing About Madeleine, Lilli Carré
  • * "Americus", Papercutter #7, MK Reed and Jonathan Hill
  • * "The Candy Rod", Hotwire Comics #2, Onsmith
  • * "The Galactic Funnels", Mome #11, Dash Shaw
  • * "The Urn", Inkweed, Chris Wright 2009 "Willy," Papercutter #10, Damien Jay
  • * "The Carnival," Mome #14, Lilli Carré
  • * Disappearance Diary, Hideo Azuma
  • * "Seeing Eye Dogs of Mars," Acme Novelty Library #19, Chris Ware
  • * "Untitled," Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5, Amanda Vähämäki
  • 2010 Monsters, Ken Dahl
  • *"John Wesley Harding", The Red Monkey Double Happiness Book, Joe Daly
  • *Market Day, James Sturm
  • *"Turd Place", The Hipless Boy, Sully
  • *"Untitled", Mome #16, Laura Park
  • 2011 "Browntown", Love and Rockets: New Stories #3, Jaime Hernandez
  • *"Blood of the Virgin", Crickets #3, Sammy Harkham
  • *"LINT", Acme Novelty Library #20, Chris Ware
  • *"The most gripping mind-exploding triumphantly electric of our time", Papercutter #15, Jonas Madden-Conner
  • *"Weekends Abroad", Three #1, Eric Orner
  • 2012 “Return to Me,” Love and Rockets: New Stories #4, Jaime Hernandez
  • *1 800 Mice, Matthew Thurber
  • *“Keith or Steve”, Mome #22, Nick Drnaso
  • *Lucille, Ludovic Debeurme
  • *“The Weeper”, Papercutter #17, Jason Martin and Jesse Reklaw
  • 2013 Gold Star, John Martz
  • *“Arid,” Secret Prison #7, Tom Hart
  • *Birdseye Bristoe, Dan Zettwoch
  • *"The Carnival", Heads or Tails, Lilli Carré
  • *“Neighbors”, Tusen Hjärtan Stark #1, Joanna Helgren
  • 2014 "Brownout Biscuit" : Dead Forever, Meredith Gran
  • *Destination X, Jon Martz
  • *"The Grassy Knoll", Nick Drnaso
  • *"Jobs", Life Zone, Simon Hanselmann
  • *"Mom", Viewotron #2, Sam Sharpe
  • 2015 Sex Coven from Frontier #7, Jillian Tamaki
  • * Doctors, Dash Shaw
  • * Me As a Baby from Lose #6, Michael DeForge
  • * Nature Lessons from The Late Child And Other Animals, Marguerite Van Cook and James Romberger
  • * Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness, by Kris Mukai
  • 2016 My Hot Date, Noah Van Sciver
  • * The Hunter, Joe Sparrow
  • * Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam from Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam and Other Stories, Simon Hanselmann
  • * Killing and Dying, Adrian Tomine
  • * “Shrine of the Monkey God, from Kramers Ergot #8, Kim Deitch
  • 2017 Diana’s Electric Tongue, Carolyn Nowak
  • *March: Book 3, John Lewis, Nate Powell, Andrew Aydin
  • *My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Emil Ferris
  • *"Small Enough" from Diary Comics, Dustin Harbin
  • *"Too Hot to Be Cool" from Elements, Maddi Gonzalez
  • 2018 How the Best Hunter in the Village Met Her Death, Lee Knox Ostertag
  • *Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures, Yvan Alabge
  • *Why Art?, Eleanor Davis
  • *Rhode Island Me, Michael DeForge
  • *The Lie and How We Told It, Tommi Parrish
  • 2019 Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
  • *Sacred Heart Vol 2 Part 1: Livin’ in the Future, Liz Suburbia
  • *Sincerely, Harriet, Sarah Winifred Searle
  • *Woman World, Aminder Dhaliwal
  • *The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea, Vannak Anan Prum
  • 2020 The Hard Tomorrow, Eleanor Davis
  • *"Little Red Riding Hood", Gabrielle Bell
  • *The Lab, Allison Conway
  • *BTTM FDRS, Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore
  • *The Weight #9, Melissa Mendes
  • 2021 Personal Companion, Freddy Carrasco
  • *Misguided Love, Raquelle Jac
  • *Nineteen, Ancco
  • *Moms, Yeong-shin Ma
  • *The Hazards of Love, Stan Stanley
  • 2022 The Lover of Everyone in the World, Beatrix Urkowitz
  • *Big Cats, Liz Yerby
  • *Ley Lines: The First Few Bars, Keren Katz
  • *Ley Lines: Love, or the Axe, Jordan Jeffries
  • *"Winter Break 2029" from Invisible Parade, Mississippi
  • 2023 Wash Day Diaries, Robyn Smith and Jamila Rowser
  • *Weeds, Kit Anderson
  • *"Impatient Ms. S" from Glaeolia 3, Koyubi
  • *Inversion, Lily Thu Fierro and Generoso Fierro
  • *I Owe it to My Parents to NOT Come Out, Richard Mercado
  • 2024 "The Happy Art" from Pulping, Sami Alwani
  • * "And When I See You, You'll Tell Me Everything" from You Are Not a Guest, Leela Corman
  • *Scorpio Venus Rising #1, Corinne Halbert
  • *The Gift, Jamila Rowser and Sam Wade
  • *The Super Hero's Journey, Patrick McDonnell

Promising New Talent

  • 1997 Debbie Drechsler, Nowhere
  • *Tom Hart, The Sands
  • *C. S. Morse, Soulwind
  • *Walt Holcombe, King of Persia
  • *Steve Weissman, Yikes!
  • 1998 Carla Speed McNeil, Finder
  • *Tara Jenkins, Galaxion
  • *Matt Madden, Black Candy
  • *Ron Rege, Skibber Bee Bye
  • *Chris Oliveros, The Envelope Manufacturer
  • 1999 Brian Ralph, Fireball #7
  • *Leland Myrick, Sweet
  • *Madison Clell, Cuckoo
  • *Jason Little, Jack's Luck Runs Out
  • *Dave Kiersh, Is Kissing a Girl Who Smokes Like Kissing an Ashtray, Non #4
  • 2000 Nick Bertozzi, Boswash
  • *Ben Catmull, Paper Theater
  • *Rod Espinosa, The Courageous Princess
  • *Kevin Huizenga, Supermonster
  • *Stephen Notley, Bob the Angry Flower
  • 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks
  • *Tomer and Asaf Hanuka, Bipolar, self-published
  • *Mike Kunkel, Herobear and the Kid, Astonish Comics
  • *Metaphrog, Louis: Red Letter Day, Metaphrog
  • *Rutu Modan, Flipper Vol. 2, Actus Tragicus/Top Shelf Productions
  • *Ben Steckler, Get BenT, self-published
  • 2002 Greg Cook, Catch as Catch Can
  • *Jeffrey Brown, Clumsy: A Novel
  • *Mike Dawson, Cabaret, Gabagool!
  • *Sammy Harkham, "Study Group 12 #2" "Though I Slumber, My Heart Is Still Awake"
  • *Anders Brekhus Nilsen, Big Questions #4: Asomatognosia
  • *Rick Smith and Tania Menesse, Shuck
  • 2003 Derek Kirk Kim, Same Difference and Other Stories
  • *Marc Bell, Rosetta, Shrimpy & Paul
  • *Ray Friesen, RQW
  • *John Hankiewicz, Tepid, Eleanor E. Is Home
  • *Raina Telgemeier, Take Out
  • 2004 Lauren Weinstein, Kramer's Ergot #4
  • *Martin Cendreda, Hi-Horse Omnibus
  • *Svetlana Chmakova, Chasing Rainbows
  • *Dan James, The Octopi and the Ocean
  • *Leland Purvis, Suspended in Language
  • 2005 Andy Runton, Owly
  • * Joshua W. Cotter, Skyscrapers of the Midwest
  • * Rebecca Dart, RabbitHead
  • * Vanessa Davis, Spaniel Rage
  • * Karl Stevens, Guilty 2006 Hope Larson, Salamander Dream, Gray Horses
  • * Andrice Arp, Mome Winter 2006
  • * Jonathan Bennett, Mome Fall 2005
  • * R. Kikuo Johnson, Night Fisher
  • * Ben Jones, BJ & Da Dogs 2007 Tom Neely, The Blot
  • * Gabrielle Bell, Lucky, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Vol. 4
  • * Scott Campbell (artist), Flight Vol. 4, Hickee vol. 3 #3
  • * Lilli Carré, Papercutter #3, You Ain't No Dancer Vol. 2
  • * Brandon Graham, King City 2008 Sarah Glidden, How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less
  • * Oliver East, Trains Are... Mint
  • * Austin English, Windy Corner #2
  • * Chuck Forsman, Snake Oil #1
  • * Lars Martinson, Tonoharu 2009 Colleen Frakes, Woman King
  • * T. Edward Bak, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5
  • * Hellen Jo, Jin & Jam #1, "Diamond Heights," Papercutter #9
  • * Ed Luce, Wuvable Oaf
  • * Amanda Vähämäki, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5 2010 Matt Wiegle, "The Orphan Baiter", Papercutter #13
  • * Rina Ayuyang, Whirlwind Wonderland
  • * Rami Efal, Never Forget, Never Forgive
  • * Blaise Larmee, Young Lions
  • * Sully, The Hipless Boy
  • 2011 Darryl Ayo Brathwaite, House of Twelve Monthly #3
  • *Tony Breed, Finn and Charlie are Hitched
  • *Jesse Jacobs, Even the Giants
  • *Jon McNaught, Birchfield Close
  • *Jesse Moynihan, Forming
  • 2012 Lale Westvind, Hot Dog Beach
  • *Lauren Barnett, Me Likes You Very Much
  • *Clara Besijelle, The Lobster King
  • *Tessa Brunton, Passage
  • *Lila Quintero Weaver, Dark Room: A Memoir in Black and White
  • 2013 Sam Alden, Hawaii 1997 & Haunter
  • *Nathan Bulmer, Eat More Bikes
  • *Philippa Rice, Looking Out
  • *Diana Thung, August Moon
  • *Angie Wang, "The Teacup Tree," Secret Prison #7
  • 2014 Cathy G. Johnson, Jeremiah; Boy Genius; Until It Runs Clear
  • *Luke Howard, Trevor
  • *Nick Offerman, Orange; Onions
  • *Keiler Roberts, Powdered Milk
  • *Daryl Seitchik, Missy
  • 2015 Sophia Foster-Dimino – Sphincter; Sex Fantasy
  • *M. Dean, K.M. & R.P. & MCMLXXI
  • * Dakota McFadzean, Don't Get Eaten by Anything
  • * Jane Mai, Soft
  • * Gina Wynbrandt, Big Pussy
  • 2016 Tillie Walden – I Love This Part
  • *Kevin Budnik,Handbook
  • * Maia Kobabe – Tom O’Bedlam
  • * Sara Lautman, The Ultimate Laugh, Grape Nuts
  • * Carolyn Nowak, Radishes
  • 2017 Bianca Xunise, "Say Her Name" — originally published on The Nib.
  • *Kelly Bastow, Year Long Summer
  • *Margot Ferrick, Yours
  • *Aud Koch, "Run" from the Oath Anthology
  • *Isabella Rotman, Long Black Veil
  • 2018 Yasmin Omar Ata, Misadra
  • *Tara Booth, How to Be Alive
  • *Xia Gordon, The Fashion of 2004, Harvest
  • *Rumi Hara, Nori and The Rabbits of the Moon
  • *Tommi Parrish, The Lie and How We Told It
  • 2019 Ebony Flowers, My Lil Sister Lena
  • *Haleigh Buck, I Feel Weird #3
  • *Emma Jayne, Trans Girls Hit the Town
  • *Mar Julia, YLLW YLLW YLLW
  • *Kelsey Wroten, Crimes
  • 2020 Theo Stultz, Canvas
  • *AJ Dungo, In Waves
  • *Sylvia Nickerson, Creation
  • *Andrew Lorenzi, Multo
  • *Emil Wilson, the Last Time
  • 2021 Pa-Luis, We Live on Earth
  • *Royal Dunlap, b.b. free
  • *Nico Harriman, Mr. H: Portrait of a High School Art Teacher
  • *Zoe Maeve, The Gift
  • *Tess Scilipoti, Do You Think I Look Like a Girl?
  • 2022 Juni Ba, Djeliya
  • *Trinidad Escobar, Arrive In My Hands
  • *Yara Elfouly, Archeologist Landings
  • *Juniper Kim, Koreans Sing in English
  • *Emma Grove, The Third Person
  • 2023 Deb JJ Lee, In Limbo
  • *Grayson Bear, Pokey
  • *Leo Fox, My Body Unspooling
  • *Richard Mercado, I Owe it to My Parents to NOT Come Out
  • *Shanti Ray, Sennen
  • 2024 Léa Murawiec, The Great Beyond
  • * Cole Degenstein, 10-10 To The Wind
  • * Pingnan Lu, Gift Box
  • * Xiang Yata, Optometry
  • * Hugo Canuto, ''Tales of the Orishas''

Outstanding Series

Outstanding Comic

  • 1997 Daniel Clowes, Eightball #17
  • *Pete Sickman-Garner, Hey Mister #1
  • *Dean Haspiel and Josh Neufeld, Keyhole #2
  • *Walt Holcombe, King of Persia
  • *Seth, Palookaville #10
  • 1998 Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #9
  • *Bill Willingham, Coventry #1
  • *Daniel Clowes, Eightball #19
  • *Debbie Drechsler, Nowhere #3
  • *Joe Sacco, Stories From Bosnia #1: Soba
  • 1999 Frank Cho, Liberty Meadows #1
  • *Pekar, Sacco, Stack & Warneford, American Splendor: Transatlantic Comics
  • *James Sturm, Hundreds of Feet Below Daylight
  • *Ben Katchor, The Jew of New York
  • *Joe Zabel & Gary Dumm, Oracle
  • 2000 Chris Ware, The Acme Novelty Library #13
  • *Ron Rege and Joan Leidy, Boys
  • *Madison Clell, Cuckoo No. 10
  • *Pete Sickman-Garner, Hey Mister, The Trouble With Jesus
  • *Jordan Crane, The Last Lonely Saturday
  • 2001 NO AWARD GIVEN — Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks
  • * Paul Hornschemeier, Sequential #6
  • * Mike Kunkel, Herobear and the Kid #2
  • * James Kochalka, James Kochalka's Sketchbook Diaries
  • * Jason, Mjau Mjau #7
  • * Jim Woodring, Frank #4
  • 2002 Daniel Clowes, Eightball #22
  • *Anders Brekhus Nilsen, Big Questions #4: Asomatognosia
  • *Tony Consiglio, Double Cross: More or Less
  • *James Kochalka, Sketchbook Diaries Volume 2
  • *Jon Lewis, True Swamp: Stoneground and Hillbound
  • 2003 Nick Bertozzi, Rubber Necker #2,
  • *Adam Suerte, Aprendiz Book 1
  • *Charles Burns, Black Hole #10
  • *David Collier, Collier's Vol. 2 #2
  • *David Lasky and Greg Stump, Urban Hipster #2
  • 2004 Daniel Clowes, Eightball #23
  • *Charles Burns, Black Hole #11
  • *Kim Deitch, Stuff of Dreams #2
  • *John Hankiewicz, Tepid Summer 2003
  • *John Porcellino, King Cat #62
  • 2005 Kevin Huizenga, Or Else #1
  • *Anders Nilsen, Dogs & Water
  • *Los Bros. Hernandez Love & Rockets #13
  • *Los Bros. Hernandez, Love & Rockets #12
  • *Marc Bell, Worn Tuff Elbow #1 2006 Schizo #4 by Ivan Brunetti
  • * Big Questions #7 by Anders Nilsen
  • * Ganges #1 by Kevin Huizenga
  • * Optic Nerve #10 by Adrian Tomine
  • * Stuff of Dreams #3 by Kim Deitch 2007 Optic Nerve #11 by Adrian Tomine
  • * Doctor Id by Adam McGovern and Paolo Leandri
  • * Fuzz & Pluck in Splitsville #4 by Ted Stearn
  • * Love & Rockets vol. 2 #18 by Los Bros Hernandez
  • * Monster Parade #1 by Ben Catmull 2008 Snake Oil #1 by Chuck Forsman
  • * Cryptic Wit #2, Gerald Jablonski
  • * Department of Art, Dunya Jankovic
  • * Lucky Vol. 2 #2, Gabrielle Bell
  • * Palooka-ville #19, Seth 2009 Uptight #3, Jordan Crane
  • * Danny Dutch #1, David King
  • * Dead Ringer, Jason T. Miles
  • * Interiorae #3, Gabriella Giandelli
  • * Reich #6, Elijah Brubaker 2010 I Want You, Lisa Hanawalt
  • * Blammo #6, Noah Van Sciver
  • * Eschew #2, Robert Sergel
  • * Flesh and Bone, Julia Gfrörer
  • * Sublife #2, John Pham
  • 2011 Lose #3, Michael DeForge
  • *Crickets #3, Sammy Harkham
  • *Danger Country #1, Levon Jihanian
  • *Habitat #2, Dunja Jankovic
  • *The Magic Hedge, Marian Runk
  • 2012 Pterodactyl Hunters, Brendan Leach
  • * Hot Dog Beach #2, Lale Westvind
  • * Passage, Tessa Brunton
  • * The Sixth Gun #17, Brian Hurtt and Cullen Bunn
  • * Pope Hats #2, Ethan Rilly
  • 2013 Pope Hats #3, Ethan Rilly
  • * Hyperspeed to Nowhere, Lale Westvind
  • * The Life Problem, Austin English
  • * Looking Out, Philippa Rice
  • * St. Owl's Bay, Simon Hanselmann
  • 2014 Wicked Chicken Queen, Sam Alden
  • * Blammo #8, Noah Van Sciver
  • * Cosplayers, Dash Shaw
  • * It Will All Hurt #2, Farel Dalrymple
  • * Misliving Amended, Adam Buttrick
  • 2015 The Oven, Sophie Goldstein
  • * Borb, Jason Little
  • * The Nature of Nature, Disa Wallander
  • * Pope Hats #4, Ethan Rilly
  • * Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness, Kris Mukai
  • 2016 Fantasy Sports #1, Sam Bosma
  • *As the Crow Flies, Melanie Gillman
  • *Be Good, John Martz
  • *Patience, Daniel Clowes
  • *Shrine of the Monkey God, from Kramers Ergot 9, Kim Deitch
  • 2017 Your Black Friend, Ben Passmore
  • *Canopy, Karine Bernadou
  • *Libby’s Dad, Eleanor Davis
  • *Public Relations #10, Matthew Sturges, Dave Justus, Steve Rolston, Annie Wu
  • *Sunburning, Keiler Roberts
  • 2018 Hot to Be Alive, Tara Booth
  • *Recollection, Alyssa Berg
  • *Hot Summer Nights, Freddy Carrasco
  • *Whatsa Paintoonist, Jerry Moriarty
  • *Baopu, Yao Xiao
  • 2019 Check Please!, Ngozi Ukazu
  • *Lorna, Benji Nate
  • *Infinite Wheat Paste #7, Pidge
  • *The Saga of Metalbeard, Joshua Paddon and Matthew Hoddy
  • *Egg Cream, Liz Suburbia
  • 2020 Cry Wolf Girl, Ariel Ries
  • *My Dog Ivy, Gabrielle Bell
  • *Theth Tomorrow Forever, Josh Bayer
  • *Cosmoknights, Hannah Templer
  • *Mooncakes, Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker
  • 2021 Leaf Lace, Ashanti Fortson
  • *Francis Bacon, EA Bethea
  • *The Dog & The Cat, Dominique Duong
  • *Rhapsodie, Maddi Gonzalez
  • *A Cordial Invitation, Adam Szym
  • 2022 I See A Knight, Xulia Vicente
  • *Four Years Collected: Vol 2, K Czap
  • *PeePee PooPoo #69, Caroline Cash
  • *Are Comic Books Real?, Alex Nall
  • *Ode to Keisha, Jamila Rowser and Trinidad Escobar
  • 2023 Gordita: Built Like This, Daisy Ruiz
  • *Platonic Love, A ee mi
  • *Lemon Yellow, Ciara Quilty-Harper
  • *Forget Me Not, Gabriel Howell
  • *Live Rock Part 1: Aquarium Life, Ross Jackson
  • 2024 My Body Unspooling, Leo Fox
  • *Fielder #2, Kevin Huizenga
  • *Follow the Doll #2, Daryl Seitchik
  • *Sunflowers, Keezy Young
  • *The Audra Show #7: The Love Issue, Audra Stang

Outstanding Minicomic

  • 1997 The Perfect Planet, James Kochalka
  • *Hey Mister #4, Pete Sickman-Garner
  • *King-Cat Comics #52, John Porcellino
  • *Magic Whistle #9, Sam Henderson
  • *Out There #5, Alan Hunt
  • 1998 Amy Unbounded, Rachel Hartman
  • *Bathroom Girls, Yvonne Mojica
  • *King Cat Comics, John Porcellino
  • *Magic Boy Does Laundry, James Kochalka
  • *Oaf, Matt Brinkman
  • 1999 Fireball #7, Brian Ralph
  • *Tales of the Great Unspoken, Aaron Augenblick
  • *Ped Xing, Androo Robinson
  • *Bolol Belittle, Mat Brinkman
  • *Noe-Fie #8, Kurt Wolfgang
  • 2000 LowJinx #2, edited by Kurt Wolfgang
  • *Angry Youth Comics No. 11, Johnny Ryan
  • *Jug, Androo Robinson
  • *Timberdoodle, Jon Kerschbaum
  • *True Stories, Swear to God, Tom Beland
  • 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks
  • *Amy Unbounded No. 12, Rachel Hartman
  • *Democracy: Mime Complaint No. 5, Jesse Reklaw
  • *Jumbo Jape, Sean Bieri
  • *Low Jinx 3: The Big Rip-Off, edited by Kurt Wolfgang
  • *Tepid Spring 2001, John Hankiewicz
  • 2002 Artichoke Tales #1, Megan Kelso
  • *Double Cross Assortment, Tony Consiglio
  • *Gloriana: Super Monster #14, Kevin Huizenga
  • *Homecoming, John Kerschbaum
  • *Long Tail Kitty: Heaven, Lark Pien
  • 2003 I Am Going to Be Small, Jeffrey Brown
  • *Josh Comics, Josh Sullivan
  • *Lo-Horse #1, David Lasky and Jesse Reklaw
  • *Take Out, Raina Telgemeier
  • *That Thing You Fall Into, Diana Tamblyn
  • 2004 Lucky #3, Gabrielle Bell
  • *Big Questions #6, Anders Nilsen
  • *Quantum Entanglement, Spooky Action at a Distance, Teleportation and You, Jim Ottaviani and Roger Langridge
  • *Thankless Job, Pat Lewis
  • *Underground: Souvenir, Matthew Bellisle
  • 2005 Phase 7, Alec Longstreth
  • *Couch Tag #2, Jesse Reklaw
  • *Dance, John Hankiewicz
  • *Monday, Andy Hartzell
  • *Ouija Interview #3, Sarah Becan
  • 2006 Monsters, Ken Dahl
  • *Comicore Jr., Paulette Poullet
  • *Gaylord Phoenix #4, Edie Fake
  • *Trackrabbit, Geoff Vasile
  • *Window #8, Dave Lapp
  • 2007 P.S. Comics #3, Minty Lewis
  • *Burning Building Comix, Jeff Zwirek
  • *The Monkey and the Crab, Shawn Cheng and Sara Edward-Corbett
  • *Noose, Mark Burrier
  • *Seven More Days of Not Getting Eaten, Matt Wiegle
  • 2008 Bluefuzz, Jesse Reklaw
  • *Dorado Park, Lilli Carré
  • *How To Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less, Sarah Glidden
  • *Ochre Ellipse #2, Jonas Madden-Connor
  • *Swell, Juliacks
  • 2009 Stay Away From Other People, Lisa Hanawalt
  • *Claptrap #2, Onsmith
  • *Just So You Know #1, Joey Alison Sayers
  • *Stewbrew, Kelly Froh & Max Clotfelter
  • *Xoc #1, Matt Dembicki
  • 2010 Rambo 3.5, Jim Rugg
  • *Don't Drink from the Sea, Lilli Carré
  • *Stories by... Vol. 1, Martin Cendreda
  • *Troop 142, Mike Dawson
  • *Water Column #3, Josh Frankel
  • 2011 Ben Died of a Train, Box Brown
  • *Gaylord Phoenix #5, Edie Fake
  • *Danger Country #1, Levon Jihanian
  • *Morning Song, Laura Terry
  • *Trans-Utopia, Tom Kaczynski
  • 2012 The Monkey in the Basement and Other Delusions, Corinne Mucha
  • *The Death of Elijah Lovejoy, Noah Van Sciver
  • *Hypnotic Induction Technique, Grant Reynolds
  • *Ramble On #2, Calvin Wong
  • *RAV #6, Mickey Zacchilli
  • 2013 The End of the Fucking World #16, Charles Forsman
  • *Il Cammino Delle Capre, Kris Mukai & Zachary Zezima
  • *Hawaii 1997, Sam Alden
  • *Lawaway, Joseph Lambert
  • *Powdered Milk Vol. 10: The Man Who Could Not Read, Keiler Roberts
  • 2014 House of Women, Sophie Goldstein
  • *The Grassy Knoll, Nick Drnaso
  • *Never Forgets, Yumi Sakugawa
  • *Test Tube #1, Carlos Gonzales
  • *Up to the Top, Ian Sampson
  • 2015 Sex Fantasy #4, Sophia Foster-Dimino
  • * Devil's Slice of Life, Patrick Crotty
  • * Epoxy 5, John Pham
  • * King Cat #75, John Porcellino
  • * Whalen: A Reckoning – Audry
  • 2016 Radishes – Carolyn Nowak
  • *The Experts – Sophie Franz
  • *Laffy Meal – Pranas T. Naujokaitis
  • *A Map to the Sun – Sloane Leong
  • *The Unofficial Cuckoo’s Nest – Luke Healy
  • 2017 Tender-Hearted – Hazel Newlevant
  • *The Man Who Came Down the Attic Stairs – Celine Loup
  • *Our Tale of Woe – Keren Katz and Geffen Refaeli
  • *Reverse Flaneur – M. Sabine Rear
  • *Same Place Same Time – Ann Xu
  • 2018 Say It With Noodles: On Learning to Speak the Language of Food – Shing Yin Khor
  • *Dog Nurse – Margot Ferrick
  • *Greenhouse – Debbie Fong
  • *Common Blessings & Common Curses – Maritsa Patrinos
  • *Mothball 88 – Kevin Reilly
  • 2019 Trans Girls Hit the Town – Emma Jayne
  • *Gonzalo – Jed McGowan
  • *Silver Wire – Kriota Willberg
  • *Cherry – InésEstrada
  • *YLLW YLLW YLLW – Mar Julia
  • 2020 Black Hole Heart – Cathy G Johnson
  • *I Feel Weird #4 – Haleigh Buck
  • *Chapter Two – Keren Katz
  • *The Gulf – Nguyen Nguyen
  • *Canvas – Theo K. Stultz
  • 2021 Bodyseed – Casey Nowak
  • *Slum Clearance Symphony – Brendan Leach
  • *Lavender Scare – Arantza Peña Popo
  • *Montana Diary – Whit Taylor
  • *The Drain Pipe – Leda Zawacki
  • 2022 PeePee PooPoo #69 – Caroline Cash
  • *Joy – Maritsa Patrinos
  • *Carrington's World – Summer Pierre
  • *Phonestoned – King Ray
  • *Sleemor Gank - Burg Land 1 – Alexander Laird
  • 2023 Death Bloom – Yasmeen Abedifard
  • *Sacred Grove – Celine Loup
  • *You're the Center of Attention – Gina Wynbrandt
  • *Farewell – João Fazenda
  • *Hares on the Mountain – Lee Dean and Salavador Aguilera
  • 2024 Manga Cube – Yuan Song
  • *Find a Seat – Faye Stacey
  • *Hyper Fawnus – Ana Two
  • *Lullaby – Jordan Jeffries
  • *Pauline Newman – Greer de Maglie

Outstanding Online Comic

Outstanding Anthology or Collection (discontinued)

Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection (discontinued)

1997 It's A Good Life if You Don't Weaken by Seth

Outstanding Debut Comic (discontinued)

  • 2000 Dork #8 by Evan Dorkin
  • 2002 Pulpatoon Pilgrimage by Joel Priddy
  • 2003 Studygroup12 #3 edited by Zack Soto
  • 2004 Teen Boat #6: Vote Boat by Dave Roman and John Green
  • 2005 Will You Still Love Me if I Wet the Bed? by Liz Prince
  • 2006 Class of '99 by Josh Eiserike
  • 2007 Papercutter #6 edited by Alec Longstreth
  • '2008 Swallow Me Whole'' by Nate Powell '''

Ignatz Awards Jury

Ignatz Awards Committee

  • 1997
  • * Chris Oarr, Coordinator
  • 1998
  • * Chris Oarr, Coordinator
  • * Jeff Alexander
  • 1999
  • * Jeff Alexander, Coordinator
  • 2000–2006
  • * Jeff Alexander, Coordinator
  • * Karon Flage
  • * Greg McElhatton
  • 2007–2010
  • * Greg McElhatton, Coordinator
  • * Jeff Alexander
  • * Karon Flage
  • 2011–2012
  • * Eden Miller, Coordinator
  • * Greg McElhatton
  • * Karon Flage
  • 2013–2016
  • * Eden Miller, Coordinator
  • 2017–present
  • * Dan Stafford, Coordinator

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