- Outstanding Artist:
Megan Kelso, Artichoke Tales #1, Non #5 (Highwater Books and Red Ink Press) - Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection:
The Golem’s Mighty Swing, James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly) - Outstanding Story:
Trenches, Scott Mills (Top Shelf Productions) - Promising New Talent:
Greg Cook, Catch as Catch Can (Highwater Books) - Outstanding Series:
Sketchbook Diaries, James Kochalka (Top Shelf Productions) - Outstanding Comic:
Eightball #22 by Daniel G. Clowes (Fantagraphics Books) - Outstanding Minicomic:
Artichoke Tales #1, Megan Kelso (Highwater Books) - Outstanding Online Comic:
Bee, Jason Little, www.beecomix.com - Outstanding Debut Comic:
Pulpatoon Pilgrimage, Joel Priddy (AdHouse Books)
2002 Ignatz Award Nominees
The Ignatz is a festival prize awarded at SPX to recognize outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. A panel of cartoonists developed the ballot listed below, which was then voted on by SPX attendees. Recipients were announced at the Ignatz Awards on Saturday, September 7th, 2002.
Outstanding Artist:
- Reneé French, The Soap Lady (Top Shelf)
- Paul Hornschemeier, Sequential, Forlorn Funnies (I Don’t Get It Graphics and Absence Of Ink Press)
- Megan Kelso, Artichoke Tales #1, Non #5 (Highwater Books and Red Ink Press)
- John Kerschbaum, Homecoming, Petey & Pussy (Fontanelle Press)
- Thomas Ott, Greetings From Hellville (Fantagraphics Books)
Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection:
- Fallout, edited by Jim Ottaviani (G.T. Labs)
- The Golem’s Mighty Swing, James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Haw!, Ivan Brunetti (Fantagraphics Books)
- Non #5, edited by Jordan Crane (Red Ink Press)
- Summer of Love, Debbie Dreschler (Drawn & Quarterly)
Outstanding Story:
- “Retreat” by Megan Kelso, Artichoke Tales #1 (Highwater Books)
- “Royal Sable” by Mira Friedmann, Actus Box Series (Actus Tragicus)
- Trenches, Scott Mills (Top Shelf Productions)
- “Where Hats Go”, Kurt Wolfgang, Non #5 (Red Ink Press)
- “Wir Mussën Wissen, Wir Werden Wissen (We Must Know, We Will Know)” by Ron Regé, Jr., Drawn & Quarterly volume 4 (Drawn & Quarterly)
Promising New Talent:
- Jeffrey Brown, Clumsy: A Novel (self-published)
- Greg Cook, Catch as Catch Can (Highwater Books)
- Mike Dawson, Cabaret, Gabbagool! (self-published)
- Sammy Harkham, Study Group 12 #2: “Though I Slumber, My Heart Is Still Awake” (Study Group 12)
- Anders Brekhus Nilsen, Big Questions #4: Asomatognosia (self-published)
- Rick Smith and Tania Menesse, Shuck (Shuck Comics)
Outstanding Series:
- Louis Riel, Chester Brown (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Magic Whistle, Sam Henderson (Alternative Comics)
- Private Beach, David Hahn (Slave Labor Graphics)
- Sketchbook Diaries, James Kochalka (Top Shelf Productions)
- Weasel, Dave Cooper (Fantagraphics Books)
Outstanding Comic:
- Big Questions #4: Asomatognosia, Anders Brekhus Nilsen (self-published)
- Double Cross: More or Less, Tony Consiglio (Top Shelf Productions)
- Eightball #22 by Daniel G. Clowes (Fantagraphics Books)
- Sketchbook Diaries Volume 2, James Kochalka (Top Shelf Productions)
- True Swamp: Stoneground and Hillbound, Jon Lewis (Alternative Comics)
Outstanding Minicomic:
- Artichoke Tales #1, Megan Kelso (Highwater Books)
- Double Cross Assortment, Tony Consiglio (self-published)
- Gloriana: Super Monster #14 by Kevin Huizenga (self-published)
- Homecoming, John Kerschbaum (Fontanelle Press)
- Long Tail Kitty: Heaven by Lark Pien (self-published)
Outstanding Online Comic:
- Bee, Jason Little, www.beecomix.com
- Hutch Owen: Public Relations, Tom Hart, www.moderntales.com
- Keeping Two, Jordan Crane, www.highwaterbooks.com
- Small Stories, Derek Kirk, www.smallstoriesonline.com
- Traced, Tracy White, www.traced.com
THE 2002 IGNATZ AWARDS JURY
- Suzanne Baumann
- Nick Bertozzi
- David Lasky
- Alex Robinson
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