The 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.
Outstanding Artist
Pablo Auladell
Paradise Lost (Pegasus Books)
Emil Ferris
My Favorite Thing is Monsters (Fantagraphics)
Manuele Fior
The Interview (Fantagraphics)
Keren Katz
The Academic Hour (Secret Acres)
Barbara Yelin
Irmina (Self Made Hero
Outstanding Anthology
ALPHABET: The LGBTQAIU Creators from Prism Comics
ed. by Jon Macy and Tara Avery (Stacked Deck Press)
Comic Book Slumber Party’s Deep Space Canine
ed. by Hannah K. Chapman (Avery Hill)
ELEMENTS: Fire – An Anthology by Creators of Color
ed. by Taneka Stotts (Beyond Press)
POWER & MAGIC: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology
ed. by Joamette Gil (P&M Press)
Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists
ed. by Javier Olivares & Santiago Garcia (Fantagraphics)
Outstanding Collection
The Complete Neat Stuff (Fantagraphics)
Peter Bagge
Johnny Wander: Our Cats Are More Famous Than Us (Oni Press)
Ananth Hirsh, Yuko Ota
Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 4 (Fantagraphics)
Ed Piskor
Time Clock (Fantagraphics)
Leslie Stein
Boundless (Drawn & Quarterly)
Jillian Tamaki
Outstanding Graphic Novel
Band for Life (Fantagraphics)
Anya Davidson
Eartha (Fantagraphics)
Cathy Malkasian
March, Book 3 (Top Shelf)
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell
My Favorite Thing is Monsters (Fantagraphics)
Emil Ferris
Tetris (First Second)
Box Brown
Outstanding Story
Diana’s Electric Tongue (self-published)
Carolyn Nowak
March, Book 3 (Top Shelf)
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell
My Favorite Thing is Monsters (Fantagraphics)
Emil Ferris
“Small Enough” from Diary Comics (Koyama Press)
Dustin Harbin
“Too Hot to be Cool”
from Elements Anthology
Maddie Gonzales
Promising New Talent
Kelly Bastow
Year Long Summer (self-published)
Margot Ferrick
Yours (2D Cloud)
Aud Koch
“Run” from the Oath Anthology (Mary’s Monster)
Isabella Rotman
Long Black Veil (self-published)
Bianca Xunise
Say Her Name (self-published)
Outstanding Series
Chester 5000 (self-published)
Jess Fink
Crickets (self-published)
Sammy Harkham
Frontier (Youth in Decline)
ed. by Ryan Sands
Maleficium (self-published)
Sabin Cauldron
The Old Woman (self-published)
Rebecca Mock
Outstanding Comic
Canopy (Retrofit/Big Planet)
Karine Bernadou
Libby’s Dad (Retrofit/Big Planet)
Eleanor Davis
Public Relations #10 (1First Comics)
Matthew Sturges, Dave Justus, Steve Rolston, Annie Wu