The Small Press Expo is inestimably proud to announce the 2015 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.
The 2015 Ignatz Jury
This year the Ignatz jury was composed of: Lamar Abrams, Cara Bean, Robyn Chapman, Sophie Goldstein and Corrine Mucha.
Voting & Ceremony Attendance
Please join us at SPX 2015 on Saturday September 19th 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.
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Emily Carroll Through the Woods |
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Ed Luce Wuvable Oaf |
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Roman Muradov (In a Sense) Lost and Found |
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Jillian Tamaki SuperMutant Magic Academy |
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Noah Van Sciver Saint Cole |
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Outstanding Anthology or Collection |
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Drawn and Quarterly, 25 Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels Edited by Tom Devlin, Chris Oliveros, Peggy Burns, Tracy Hurren, and Julia Pohl-Miranda |
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An Entity Observes All Things Box Brown |
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How to Be Happy Eleanor Davis |
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Pope Hats #4 Ethan Rilly |
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SuperMutant Magic Academy Jillian Tamaki |
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Outstanding Graphic Novel |
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Beauty Kerascoët and Hubert |
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The Oven Sophie Goldstein |
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Rav Mickey Zacchilli |
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Saint Cole Noah Van Sciver |
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Wendy Walter Scott |
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Outstanding Story |
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The Doctors Dash Shaw |
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“Me As a Baby” from Lose #6 Michael DeForge |
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“Nature Lessons” from The Late Child and Other Animals Marguerite Van Cook and James Romberger |
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“Sex Coven” from Frontier #7 Jillian Tamaki |
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Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness Kris Mukai |
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Promising New Talent |
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M. Dean K.M. & R.P. & MCMLXXI (1971) |
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Sophia Foster-Dimino Sphincter; Sex Fantasy |
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Dakota McFadzean Don’t Get Eaten by Anything |
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Jane Mai Soft |
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Gina Wynbrandt Big Pussy |
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Outstanding Series |
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Dumb Georgia Webber |
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Frontier Edited by Ryan Sands |
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March John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell |
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Pope Hats Ethan Rilly |
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Sex Fantasy Sophia Foster-Dimino |
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Borb Jason Little |
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Nature of Nature Disa Wallander |
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The Oven Sophie Goldstein |
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Pope Hats #4 Ethan Rilly |
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Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness Kris Mukai |
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Outstanding Minicomic |
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Devil’s Slice of Life Patrick Crotty |
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Epoxy #5 John Pham |
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King Cat #75 John Porcellino |
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Sex Fantasy #4 Sophia Foster-Dimino |
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Whalen: A Reckoning Audry |
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Outstanding Online Comic |
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The Bloody Footprint Lilli Carre |
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Carriers Lauren Weinstein |
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Mom Body Rebecca Roher |
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O Human Star Blue Delliquanti |
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Witchy Ariel Ries |
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