IGNATZ AWARD NOMINATIONSThe Small Press Expo is inestimably proud to announce the 2017 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 2016 Promising New Talent winner, Tillie Walden.
The 2017 Ignatz Jury
This year the Ignatz jury was composed of: Neil Brideau, Glynnis Fawkes, Sara Lautman, Trungles and David Willis.
Voting & Ceremony Attendance
Please join us at SPX 2017 on Saturday September 16th 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.
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Pablo AuladellParadise Lost (Pegasus Books) |
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Emil FerrisMy Favorite Thing is Monsters (Fantagraphics) |
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Manuele FiorThe Interview (Fantagraphics) |
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Keren KatzThe Academic Hour (Secret Acres) |
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Barbara YelinIrmina (Self Made Hero |
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ALPHABET: The LGBTQAIU Creators from Prism Comicsed. by Jon Macy and Tara Avery (Stacked Deck Press) |
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Comic Book Slumber Party’s Deep Space Canineed. by Hannah K. Chapman (Avery Hill) |
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ELEMENTS: Fire – An Anthology by Creators of Colored. by Taneka Stotts (Beyond Press) |
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POWER & MAGIC: The Queer Witch Comics Anthologyed. by Joamette Gil (P&M Press) |
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Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonistsed. by Javier Olivares & Santiago Garcia (Fantagraphics) |
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The Complete Neat Stuff (Fantagraphics)Peter Bagge |
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Johnny Wander: Our Cats Are More Famous Than Us (Oni Press)Ananth Hirsh, Yuko Ota |
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Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 4 (Fantagraphics)Ed Piskor |
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Time Clock (Fantagraphics)Leslie Stein |
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Boundless (Drawn & Quarterly)Jillian Tamaki |
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Band for Life (Fantagraphics)Anya Davidson |
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Eartha (Fantagraphics)Cathy Malkasian |
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March, Book 3 (Top Shelf)John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell |
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My Favorite Thing is Monsters (Fantagraphics)Emil Ferris |
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Tetris (First Second)Box Brown |
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Diana’s Electric Tongue (self-published)Carolyn Nowak |
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March, Book 3 (Top Shelf)John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell |
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My Favorite Thing is Monsters (Fantagraphics)Emil Ferris |
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“Small Enough” from Diary Comics (Koyama Press)Dustin Harbin |
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“Too Hot to be Cool”
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Kelly BastowYear Long Summer (self-published) |
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Margot FerrickYours (2D Cloud) |
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Aud Koch“Run” from the Oath Anthology (Mary’s Monster) |
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Isabella RotmanLong Black Veil (self-published) |
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Bianca XuniseSay Her Name (self-published) |
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Chester 5000 (self-published)Jess Fink |
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Crickets (self-published)Sammy Harkham |
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Frontier (Youth in Decline)ed. by Ryan Sands |
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Maleficium (self-published)Sabin Cauldron |
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The Old Woman (self-published)Rebecca Mock |
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Canopy (Retrofit/Big Planet)Karine Bernadou |
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Libby’s Dad (Retrofit/Big Planet)Eleanor Davis |
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Public Relations #10 (1First Comics)Matthew Sturges, Dave Justus, Steve Rolston, Annie Wu |
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Sunburning (Koyama Press)Keiler Roberts |
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Your Black Friend (Silver Sprocket)Ben Passmore |
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Our Tale of WoeKeren Katz & Geffen Refaeli |
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The Man Who Came Down the Attic StairsCeline Loup |
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Reverse FlaneurM. Sabine Rear |
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Same Place, Same TimeAnn Xu |
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Tender HeartedHazel Newlevant |
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Disability in the Age of TrumpAmanda Scurti |
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The MeekDer-Shing Helmer |
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Normal PersonPerfect Maine VacationLauren Weinstein |
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That’s Not Who We AreMike Dawson |
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Woman WorldAminder Dhaliwal |