IGNATZ AWARD NOMINATIONS

The Small Press Expo is inestimably proud to announce the 2016 nominations for our annual awards for excellence in independent comics, the Ignatz. Congratulations to all our nominees!

About the Award
The Ignatz Award, named for the character in the classic comic strip Krazy Kat by George Herriman, is the festival prize of the Small Press Expo, that since 1997 has recognized outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. The ballot is created by a panel of five cartoonists and is voted on by the attendees of the SPX festival. This year’s Ignatz image was drawn by the 2015 Promising New Talent winner, Sophia Foster-Dimino.

The 2016 Ignatz Jury
This year the Ignatz jury was composed of: Tony Breed, Summer Pierre, Keiler Roberts, C. Spike Trotman and J.T. Yost.

Voting & Ceremony Attendance
Please join us at SPX 2016 on Saturday September 17th to cast your vote. Award recipients will be announced at a ceremony on Saturday evening at 9:30 p.m.. The Ignatz Awards ceremony is open to the public, with a reception to follow. Media is welcome to attend.

The Ignatz Awards gala ceremony will once again be sponsored by our friends at comiXology and their self-publishing portal: Submit.

Outstanding Artist

	Daniel Clowes Patience
	Ryan Heshka Mean Girls Club
	Kevin Huizenga Ganges
	Noah Van Sciver Disquiet
	Tillie Walden The End of Summer

Outstanding Anthology or Collection

	Beverly Nick Drnaso
	Beyond: The Queer Sci Fi & Fantasy Anthology edited by Sfé R. Monster and Taneka Stotts
	The Complete Wimmen’s Comix edited by Trina Robbins
	Killing and Dying Adrian Tomine
	Step Aside, Pops Kate Beaton

Outstanding Graphic Novel

	Hot Dog Taste Test Lisa Hanawalt
	Nod Away Joshua Cotter
	Sick Gabby Schulz
	Soldier’s Heart Carol Tyler
	Trashed Derf Backderf

Outstanding Story

	The Hunter Joe Sparrow
	Killing and Dying Adrian Tomine
	“Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam” from Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam and Other Stories Simon Hanselmann
	My Hot Date Noah Van Sciver
	“Shrine of the Monkey God” from Kramers Ergot 9 Kim Deitch

Promising New Talent

	Kevin Budnik Hand Book
	Maia Kobabe Tom O’Bedlam
	Sara Lautman The Ultimate Laugh, Grape Nuts
	Carolyn Nowak Radishes
	Tillie Walden I Love This Part

Outstanding Series

	Cartozia Tales edited by Isaac Cates
	Demon Jason Shiga
	Ganges Kevin Huizenga
	Megg, Mogg & Owl Simon Hanselmann
	Powdered Milk Keiler Roberts

Outstanding Comic

	As the Crow Flies Melanie Gillman
	Be Good John Martz
	Fantasy Sports No. 1 Sam Bosma
	Patience Daniel Clowes
	“Shrine of the Monkey God” from Kramers Ergot 9 Kim Deitch

Outstanding Minicomic

	The Experts Sophie Franz
	Laffy Meal Pranas T. Naujokaitis
	Maps to the Suns Sloane Leong
	Radishes Carolyn Nowak
	The Unofficial Cuckoo’s Nest Luke Healy

Outstanding Online Comic

	A Cartoonist’s Diary Rina Ayuyang
	Just Doing My Job Glynnis Fawkes
	Octopus Pie Meredith Gran
	A Small Revolution Samantha Leriche-Gionet (AKA “Boum”)
	Vattu Evan Dahm