The Ignatz Awards recognize outstanding achievements in

comics a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate ...

and

cartooning A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers. They have been awarded each year at the

Small Press Expo The Small Press Expo (SPX) is an American alternative comics convention. A registered 501(c)(3) that was created in 1994, every year since its inception, SPX has put on a festival, known as The Expo, that provides a forum for artists, writers an ...

since 1997, only skipping a year in 2001 due to the show's cancellation after the

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. SPX has been held in either Bethesda,

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, or

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. The Ignatz Awards are named in honour of

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and his strip ''

Krazy Kat ''Krazy Kat'' (also known as ''Krazy & Ignatz'' in some reprints and compilations) is an US, American newspaper comic strip, by cartoonist George Herriman, which ran from 1913 to 1944. It first appeared in the ''New York Journal-American, New Yor ...

'', which featured a brick-throwing mouse named Ignatz.

Awards criteria

As one of the few festival awards rewarded in comics, the Ignatz Awards are voted on by attendees of the annual

(SPX, or The Expo, its corporate name), a weekend convention and

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showcasing creator-owned comics. Nominations for the Ignatz Awards are made by a five-member jury panel consisting of comic book professionals. The jury panel remains anonymous (from both the public as well as each other) until the announcement of the awards. Jurors are prohibited from nominating their own work. However, there is no prohibition of one jury member's work being nominated for an award by his or her fellow jurors.

History

The first comics industry awards given the title "Ignatz" originated at the

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, held in Orlando, Florida, from 1974 to 1994. The current Ignatz Awards are not connected with OrlandoCon. The SPX Ignatz Awards were conceived in 1996 by SPX organizer Chris Oarr and cartoonist

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. Their original mandate, to set the Ignatz apart from "mainstream" awards like the

Eisner Awards The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are named in ...

, was that the work nominated be creator-owned, and focus more on work done by a single writer/artist. The Award was administered by Jeff Alexander from 1998 to 2006,McElhatton, Greg
"Goodbye, Jeff,"
GregMcE.com (Jan. 30, 2011). when they were taken over by Greg McElhatton. During his tenure as Ignatz Award Coordinator, Alexander drew a strip for the annual award program in

's style.

Award categories

The Ignatz is awarded in the following categories: *Outstanding

Artist An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, th ...

*Outstanding Anthology (added in 2017) *Outstanding Collection (added in 2017) *Outstanding

Graphic Novel A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comic scholars and industry ...

(added in 2005) *Outstanding

Story Story or stories may refer to: Common uses * Story, a narrative (an account of imaginary or real people and events) ** Short story, a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting * Story (American English), or storey (British ...

*Promising New Talent *Outstanding Series *Outstanding Comic *Outstanding

Minicomic A minicomic is a creator-published comic book, often photocopied and stapled or with a handmade binding. In the United Kingdom and Europe the term small press comic is equivalent with minicomic, reserved for those publications measuring A6 (105& ...

*Outstanding Online Comic (added in 2001)

Discontinued categories

*Outstanding

or Collection (1997–2004, replaced in 2005 by two separate awards) *Outstanding Debut Comic (2000–2008) *Outstanding Anthology or Collection (2005–2016, replaced in 2017 by two separate awards)

Award winners and nominees

Outstanding Artist

*1997

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, '' Pastil'' ( Phoenix Enterprise Publishing Co.) ** Bill Presing, '' Rex Steele-Nazi Smasher'' ( Monkeysuit Press) *2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks **

Donna Barr Donna Barr (born August 13, 1952) is an American comic book author and cartoonist. She is best known for ''The Desert Peach'' and ''Stinz''. She was born in Everett, Washington, the second child in a family of six siblings. Life and education ...

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, '' Finder'' ( Lightspeed Press) **

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, '' The Soap Lady'' (Top Shelf) **

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, ''Rosetta'' (

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, '' Aim to Dazzle'' (Alternative Comics) **

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) ** Jeffrey Brown, '' Bighead'' (Top Shelf Productions) **

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, '' Carnet de Voyage'' (Top Shelf Productions) *2006

, '' Billy Hazelnuts'' (

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'' (Fantagraphics Books) ** Renee French, '' The Ticking'' (

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, ''Town Boy'' (First Second Books) **

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, ''Skim'' (Groundwood Books) *2009

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, ''Swallow Me Whole'' ( Top Shelf) ** Tim Hensley, ''Mome'' (

), ''Kramer's Ergot'' #7 (Buenaventura) **

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, ''Delphine'' (Fantagraphics/Coconino) **Josh Simmons, ''Mome'' (

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, ''You’ll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man'' (

) *2010

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, ''Alec: The Years Have Pants (A Life-Sized Omnibus)'' (Top Shelf Productions) **

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, ''Sublife'' #2 (

) ** Sully, ''The Hipless Boy'' (Conundrum Press) *2011 Joseph Lambert, ''I Will Bite You'' (Secret Acres) **

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, ''Lose'' #3 (Koyama Press) **Edie Fake, ''Gaylord Phoenix'' (Secret Acres) **

, ''H-Day'' (Picturebox) **Carol Tyler, ''You’ll Never Know, Vol 2: Collateral Damage'' (

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, ''Love and Rockets: New Stories'' (

) ** Marc Bell, ''Pure Pajamas'' (

) **Inés Estrada, ''Ojitos Borrosos'' (Self-published) **

, '' Habibi'' (Pantheon) **Matthew Thurber, ''1 800 Mice'' (Picturebox) *2013

, ''Lose #4'' (Koyama Press) ** Lilli Carré, ''Heads or Tails'' (

) **

Miriam Katin Miriam Katin (born 1942) is a Hungarian-born American graphic novelist and graphic artist. She worked in animation from 1981 to 2000 in Israel and the United States. She has written two autobiographical graphic novels, ''We Are on Our Own'' (2006 ...

, ''Letting It Go'' (

) **Ulli Lust, ''Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life'' (

) **Patrick McEown, ''Hair Shirt'' (Harry N. Abrams) *2014 Sam Bosma, ''Fantasy Basketball'' **

Kim Deitch Kim Deitch (born May 21, 1944 in Los Angeles, California)Donahue, Don and Susan Goodrick, editors. Deitch bio, ''The Apex Treasuet of Underground Comics'' (Apex Novelties, 1974), p. 127. is an American cartoonist who was an important figure in t ...

, ''The Amazing, Enlightening and Absolutely True Adventures of Katherine Whaley'' **Sophie Goldstein, ''Darwin Carmichael Is Going to Hell; Edna II; House of Women'' **

Ed Piskor Ed Piskor (born July 28, 1982)''Comics Buyer's Guide'' #1650; February 2009; page 107 is an alternative comics artist operating out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a former student of The Kubert School and is best known for his artistic colla ...

, ''Hip Hop Family Tree (Vol. 1)'' ** Jesse Reklaw, ''Couch Tag'' *2015

Emily Carroll Emily Carroll (born 1983) is a comics author from Ontario, Canada. Carroll started making comics in 2010, and her horror webcomic ''His Face All Red'' went viral around Halloween of 2010. Since then, Carroll has published two books of her own wor ...

– ''Through The Woods'' **

Ed Luce Ed Luce is an American cartoonist, best known for his indie comics series '' Wuvable Oaf''. The series focuses on Oaf Jadwiga, a bearish gay ex-wrestler looking for love. Originally funded by a grant from Prism Comics, it was self-published in f ...

– '' Wuvable Oaf'' ** Roman Muradov – ''(In a Sense) Lost and Found'' **

– ''SuperMutant Magic Academy'' **

Noah Van Sciver Noah Van Sciver (born July 7, 1984) is an independent American cartoonist. He currently resides in Columbia, South Carolina. Early life Van Sciver grew up in a large family in New Jersey. A self-taught artist, he was influenced by many comics, ...

– ''Saint Cole'' *2016

Tillie Walden Tillie Walden (born 1996) is an American cartoonist who has published five graphic novels and a webcomic. Walden won the 2018 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work for her graphic novel ''Spinning'', making her one of the youngest Eisner Awar ...

– ''The End of Summer'' **

– ''Patience'' ** Ryan Heshka – ''Mean Girls Club'' **

Kevin Huizenga Kevin Huizenga (born March 29, 1977 in Harvey, Illinois, USA) is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comics character Glenn Ganges, who appears in most of his work. Biography Kevin first created the minicomic ''Supermonster'' ...

– ''Ganges'' **

– ''Disquiet'' *2017

Emil Ferris Emil Ferris (; born 1962) is an American writer, cartoonist, and designer. Ferris debuted in publishing with her 2017 graphic novel '' My Favorite Thing Is Monsters''. The novel tells a coming-of-age story of Karen Reyes, a girl growing in 1960s ...

– '' My Favorite Thing Is Monsters'' ** Pablo Auldadell – ''Paradise Lost'' ** Manuele Fior – ''The Interview'' ** Keren Katz – ''The Academic Hour'' ** Barbara Yelin – ''Irmina'' *2018 Richie Pope – ''That Box We Sit On'' ** Yvan Alagbé – ''Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures'' ** Ivy Atoms – ''Pinky & Pepper Forever'' **

Tommi Parrish Tommi is a masculine Finnish given name. Traditional Finnish diminutive of “Thomas (name), Thomas”. Thomas comes from the Aramaic name Thoma, meaning ‘twin’. Used as a formal given name since 20th century, reinforced by the English Tommy. ...

– ''The Lie and How We Told It'' **

Sophie Standing Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia, meaning "wise". People with the name Born in the Middle Ages * Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson * Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess o ...

– ''Anxiety is Really Strange'' *2019

Rosemary Valero-O'Connell Rosemary Valero-O'Connell is an American illustrator and cartoonist. She is known for her work with DC Comics and BOOM! Studios. Early life Rosemary Valero-O'Connell was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in Zaragoza, Spain. She graduat ...

– ''

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me ''Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me'' is a graphic novel written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O'Connell. It follows Frederica "Freddy" Riley throughout her struggles with her on-again, off-again relationship with the ...

'' **

Koren Shadmi Koren Shadmi (born 1981) is an Israeli-American illustrator and cartoonist. Career In 1998, at age 17, Shadmi released his first graphic novel in Israel, ''Profile 107'', a collaboration with mentor cartoonist Uri Fink. In 2002 Shadmi relocated t ...

– ''Highwayman'' ** Lucy Knisley – ''Kid Gloves'' ** Sloane Leong – ''Prism Stalker'' **

Ezra Claytan Daniels Ezra (; he, עֶזְרָא, '; fl. 480–440 BCE), also called Ezra the Scribe (, ') and Ezra the Priest in the Book of Ezra, was a Jewish scribe (''sofer'') and priest (''kohen''). In Greco-Latin Ezra is called Esdras ( grc-gre, Ἔσδρα� ...

– ''Upgrade Soul'' *2020 Rosemary Valero-O'Connell **Ana Galvañ – ''Press Enter to Continue'' **Michael DeForge – ''Familiar Face'' **Katie Hicks – ''Guts'' **Tianran Qu – ''Slices of Life: 100 Comic Montage'' *2021 Lee Lai – ''Stone Fruit'' **Ashanti Fortson – ''Leaf Lace'' **Arantza Peña Popo – ''Lavender Scare'' **Damien Roudeau – ''Crude'' **Karl Stevens – ''Penny''

Outstanding Anthology

*2017 ''Elements: Fire – An Anthology by Creators of Color'', edited by Taneka Stotts **''ALPHABET: The LGBTQAIU Creators from Prism Comics'', edited by Jon Macy and Tara Madison Avery **''Comic Book Slumber Party's Deep Space Canine'', edited by Hanhah K. Chapman **''POWER & MAGIC: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology'', edited by Joamette Gil **''Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists'', edited by Javier Olivares & Santiago Garcia [Note: After winning, Stotts arranged to have her Ignatz Award smashed with a sledgehammer, and the shards individually mounted onto separate wooden bases with engraved nameplates, so that she could give a piece of the award to each of the contributors to her anthology.] *2018 ''Comics for Choice'' – edited by Hazel Newlevant, Whit Taylor and Ø.K. Fox **''La Raza Anthology: Unidos y Fuertes'' – edited by Kat Fajardo & Pablo Castro **''Ink Brick'' #8 – edited by Alexander Rothmans, Paul K. Tunis, and Alexey Sokolin **''Bottoms Up, Tales of Hitting Rock Bottom'' – edited by J.T. Yost **''Lovers Only'' – edited by Mickey Zacchilli *2019 ''We’re Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology'' – edited by Tara Avery and

Jeanne Thornton Jeanne Thornton (born 1983) is an American writer and copublisher of Instar Books and Rocksalt Magazine. She has received the Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers. Anthologies to which she has contributed to have won a Lambda Lite ...

**''Electrum'' – edited by Der-shing Helmer **''Wayward Sisters'' – edited by Allison O'Toole **''Family – The Nib Magazine'' – edited by Matt Bors, Matt Lubchanksy and Eleri Harris **''Death – The Nib Magazine'' – edited by Matt Bors, Matt Lubchanksy and Eleri Harris *2020 ''Be Gay, Do Comics'' – edited by The Nib **''Sweaty Palms Volume 2'' – Sage Coffey **''Dates III'' – edited by Zora Gilbert and Cat Parra **''The Anthology of Mind'' – Tommi Musturi **''LAAB Magazine #4'' – edited by Ronald Wimberly and Joshua O'Neill *2021 ''Glaeolia 2'' **''A Queer Prisoner's Anthology IV'' – edited by Casper Cendre **''Bystander'' – Kadak Collective **''Confined Before Covid: A Pandemic Anthology by LGBTQ Prisoners'' – ABO Comix **''First Wave: Comics from the Early Months of China's Outbreak'' – edited by Xinmei Liu

Outstanding Collection

*2017 '' Our Cats Are More Famous Than Us: A Johnny Wander Collection'', by Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota **''Boundless'', by

**'' The Complete Neat Stuff'', by

Peter Bagge Peter Bagge (pronounced , as in ''bag''; born December 11, 1957) is an American cartoonist whose best-known work includes the comics ''Hate'' and ''Neat Stuff''. His stories often use black humor and exaggerated cartooning to dramatize the reduced ...

**''

Hip Hop Family Tree ''Hip Hop Family Tree'' is a series of educational and historical comic books written and illustrated by Ed Piskor that documents the early history of hip hop culture. Originating online with ''Boing Boing'', the series was published in print form ...

, Vol. 4'', by

**''Time Clock'', by Leslie Stein *2018 ''Sex Fantasy'' –

Sophia Foster-Dimino Sophia Foster-Dimino is an American comics artist and illustrator living in San Francisco. She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 2010. Foster-Dimino worked for Google for four years, making commemorative logos, known as Google Dood ...

**''Beirut Won’t Cry'' –

Mazen Kerbaj Mazen Kerbaj (born Beirut, 1975) is a Lebanese jazz and free improvisation trumpeter and comic book artist. Early life and education Kerbaj grew up in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War, and began playing free jazz in local clubs following th ...

**''Blackbird Days'' – Manuele Fior **''Language Barrier'' – Hannah K. Lee **''Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition'' – Julia Kaye *2019 ''Girl Town'' – Casey Nowak **''Love Letters to Jane’s World'' –

Paige Braddock Paige Braddock is an American cartoonist best known for her Eisner-nominated comic strip, '' Jane's World'', the first gay-themed comic work to receive online distribution by a national media syndicate in the U.S. Braddock concluded the comic s ...

**''Dirty Plotte'' –

Julie Doucet Julie Doucet (born December 31, 1965)
is a Canadian

**''This Woman’s Work'' –

Julie Delporte Julie Delporte (born in 1983) is a Canadian cartoonist and illustrator. She lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Biography Delporte immigrated to Montreal from Saint-Malo, France, in 2005. She had studied journalism in France because of her love ...

*2020 ''GLEEM'' – Eddie Carasco **''Inappropriate'' – Gabrielle Bell **''Glenn Ganges in: The River at Night'' – Kevin Huizenga **''The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski'' – Noah Van Sciver **''Slices of Life: 100 Comic Montage'' – Tianran Qu *2021 ''The Crossroads at Midnight'' – Abby Howard **''The Pleasure of the Text'' – Sami Alwani **''Nineteen'' – Ancco **''Do You Think I Look Like a Girl?'' – Tess Scilipoti **''The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud'' – Kuniko Tsurita

Outstanding Graphic Novel

*2005 ''Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return'',

Marjane Satrapi Marjane Satrapi (; fa, مرجان ساتراپی ; born 22 November 1969) is a French-Iranian graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel ''Persepolis'' a ...

(Pantheon) ** ''Bighead'' by Jeffrey Brown (Top Shelf Productions) ** ''Carnet de Voyage'',

(Top Shelf Productions) ** ''Cinema Panopticum'', Thomas Ott (

L'Association L'Association is a French publishing house located in Paris which publishes comic books. It was founded in May 1990 by Jean-Christophe Menu, Lewis Trondheim, David B., Mattt Konture, Patrice Killoffer, Stanislas, and Mokeït. L'Association i ...

, Fantagraphics) ** ''Why Are You Doing This?'', Jason (Fantagraphics Books) * 2006 '' Tricked'',

Alex Robinson Alex Robinson (born August 8, 1969) is an American comic book writer and artist. Early life Alex Robinson grew up in Yorktown Heights, New York, and graduated from Yorktown High School in 1987. After a year spent at SUNY Brockport, he went to t ...

(Top Shelf Productions) ** ''The Clouds Above'', Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics Books) ** ''Fun Home'',

Alison Bechdel Alison Bechdel ( ; born September 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist. Originally known for the long-running comic strip ''Dykes to Watch Out For'', she came to critical and commercial success in 2006 with her graphic memoir ''Fun Home'', which ...

(Houghton Mifflin) ** ''The Ticking'', Renee French (Top Shelf Productions) ** ''Wimbledon Green'', Seth (Drawn & Quarterly) * 2007 ''

Don't Go Where I Can't Follow Don't, Dont, or DONT may refer to: Films * ''Don't'' (1925 film), a 1925 silent comedy film * ''Don't'' (1974 film), a 1974 film about the monarch butterfly * ''Don't'', a fake trailer from the film ''Grindhouse'' (2007) Songs * "Don't" (Bill ...

'', Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly) ** '' Aya'',

Marguerite Abouet Marguerite Abouet (born 1971) is an Ivorian writer of bandes dessinées, best known for her graphic novel series '' Aya''.Clément Oubrerie (Drawn & Quarterly) ** ''Bookhunter'',

Jason Shiga Jason Shiga (born 1976) is an American cartoonist who incorporates puzzles, mysteries and unconventional narrative techniques into his work. Early life Jason Shiga is from Oakland, California. His father, Seiji Shiga, was an animator who worke ...

(Sparkplug Comic Books) ** ''Exit Wounds'', Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly) ** ''House'', Josh Simmons (Fantagraphics Books) * 2008 '' Skim'',

Mariko Tamaki Mariko Tamaki (born 1975) is a Canadian artist and writer. She is known for her graphic novels '' Skim'', ''Emiko Superstar,'' and ''This One Summer'', and for several prose works of fiction and non-fiction."Mariko Tamaki". CBC Radio, '' The Next ...

and

(Groundwood Books) ** ''The Hot Breath of War'', Trevor Alixopulos (Sparkplug Comic Books) ** ''Notes for a War Story'',

Gipi Gianni Pacinotti, better known by the pseudonym of Gipi, is an Italian cartoonist, filmmaker, and author. Biography Born in Pisa in 1963, he began his career illustrating for the publishing and advertising industries. He began illustrating stor ...

(First Second Books) ** ''Paul Goes Fishing'',

(Drawn & Quarterly) ** ''Spent'',

Joe Matt Joe Matt (born September 3, 1963) is an American cartoonist, best known for his autobiographical work, ''Peepshow''. Early life Matt was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He started drawing comics in 1987. Career In his autobiographical com ...

(Drawn & Quarterly) *2009 ''Acme Novelty Library'' #19,

(

) ** ''

Disappearance Diary is a manga by Hideo Azuma and published by East Press in Japan in March 2005. The manga is a somewhat-fictionalized autobiography of part of the author's life and of his alcohol dependency problems. It has received multiple awards inside and ...

'',

Hideo Azuma was a Japanese manga artist. Azuma made his professional debut in 1969 in the Akita Shoten manga magazine '' Manga Ō''. He was most well known for his science fiction ''lolicon''-themed works appearing in magazines such as '' Weekly Shōnen ...

(Fanfare/Ponent Mon) ** ''Drop-In'', Dave Lapp (Conundrum) ** ''Nicolas'', Pascal Girard (Drawn & Quarterly) ** ''You’ll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man'',

(Fantagraphics) *2010 ''Market Day'',

James Sturm James Sturm (born 1965) is an American cartoonist and co-founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont. Sturm is also the founder of the National Association of Comics Art Educators (NACAE), an organization committed t ...

(

) **''The Complete Jack Survives'', Jerry Moriarty (Buentaventura Press) **''Pim & Francie: The Golden Bear Days'',

(

) **''Summit of the Gods'' Vol. 1, Yumemakura Baku and

Jiro Taniguchi was a Japanese manga writer/artist. His works belong to the gekiga, or "dramatic pictures", genre of manga. In France he was knighted a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2011. Career Taniguchi began his career as an assista ...

(Fanfare/Ponent Mon) **''Years of the Elephant'',

Willy Linthout Willy Linthout (born 1 May 1953) is a Belgian comics author, best known for the ''Urbanus'' comics and his graphic novel '' Years of the Elephant''. Biography Willy Linthout was born in Eksaarde near Lokeren, Belgium in 1953. He was a mechanic ...

(Fanfare/Ponent Mon) *2011 ''Gaylord Phoenix'', Edie Fake (Secret Acres) **''The Heavy Hand'', Chris Cilla (Sparkplug) **''Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword'', Barry Deutsch (Amulet Books) **''Special Exits'', Joyce Farmer (

) **''You’ll Never Know, Vol 2: Collateral Damage'', Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics) *2012 ''Big Questions'', Anders Nilsen (

) **''Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland'',

Harvey Pekar Harvey Lawrence Pekar (; October 8, 1939 – July 12, 2010) was an American underground comic book writer, music critic, and media personality, best known for his autobiographical ''American Splendor'' comic series. In 2003, the series inspired a ...

and Joseph Remnant (Top Shelf/Zip) **''My Friend Dahmer'', Derf Backderf (Abrams ComicArts) **''Troop 142'', Mike Dawson (Secret Acres) **''A Zoo In Winter'', Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon) *2013 ''Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life'', Ulli Lust (

) **''The Property'',

(

) **''Susceptible'', Genevieve Castree (

)) **''When David Lost His Voice'', Judith Vanistendael (Harry N. Abrams) **''You'll Never Know Vol. 3: A Soldier's Heart'',

(

) *2014 ''This One Summer'',

and

**''The Amazing, Enlightening and Absolutely True Adventures of Katherine Whaley'',

**''The Boxer'', Reinhard Kleist **''

Boxers and Saints ''Boxers'' and ''Saints'' are two companion graphic novel volumes written and illustrated by Gene Luen Yang, and colored by Lark Pien. The publisher First Second Books released them on September 10, 2013. Together the two volumes have around 500 ...

'',

Gene Luen Yang Gene Luen Yang (Chinese Traditional: 楊謹倫, Simplified: 杨谨伦, Pinyin: ''Yáng Jǐnlún''; born August 9, 1973) is an American cartoonist. He is a frequent lecturer on the subjects of graphic novels and comics, at comic book conventions a ...

**''War of Streets and Houses'', Sophie Yanow *2015 ''The Oven'', Sophie Goldstein **''Beauty'',

Kerascoët Kerascoët is the joint pen name of the French illustrators, comics and animation artists Marie Pommepuy (born 1978) and Sébastien Cosset (born 1975). A married couple, they met while attending the Olivier de Serres art school. They chose their ...

and Hubert **''Rav'', Mickey Zacchilli **''Saint Cole'',

**''Wendy'',

Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels ''Ivanhoe'', ''Rob Roy (n ...

*2016 ''Hot Dog Taste Test'',

Lisa Hanawalt Lisa Hanawalt (born June 19, 1983) is an American illustrator, writer, and cartoonist. She has published comic series, as well as three books of illustrations. She worked as the production designer and a producer of the Netflix animated series ...

**''Nod Away'', Josh Cotter **''Sick'', Gabby Schulz **''Soldier’s Heart'',

**''Trashed'',

Derf Backderf John Backderf (born October 31, 1959), also known as Derf or Derf Backderf, is an American cartoonist. He is most famous for his graphic novels, especially ''My Friend Dahmer'', the international bestseller which won an Angoulême Prize, and ea ...

*2017 ''My Favorite Thing is Monsters'',

**''Band for Life'',

Anya Davidson Aanya, Anya or Anja is a given name. The names are feminine in most cultures especially Indian, and unisex in several African and European countries. Origins and variant forms * Aanya or Anya is an languages of India, Indian name that means inexh ...

**''Eartha'', Cathy Malkasian **''March: Book 3'', John Lewis,

Andrew Aydin Andrew Aydin (born August 25, 1983) is an American comics writer, known as the Digital Director & Policy Advisor to Georgia congressman John Lewis, and co-author, with Lewis, of Lewis' #1 ''New York Times'' bestselling autobiographical graphic no ...

**''Tetris'', Box Brown *2018 ''Why Art?'' –

Eleanor Davis Eleanor McCutcheon Davis (born January 16, 1983) is an American cartoonist and illustrator. Early life Eleanor Davis was raised in Tucson, Arizona by comic-enthusiast parents who exposed her to stories like ''Little Lulu'', ''Krazy Kat'', ''Lit ...

**''Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for Their Freedom'' – Marcelo D'Salete **''Uncomfortably Happily'' – Yeon-sik Hong **''The Lie and How We Told It'' –

**''Anti-Gone'' – Connor Willumsen *2019 ''

'' –

**''Upgrade Soul'' – Ezra Clayton Daniels **''Woman World'' –

Aminder Dhaliwal Aminder Dhaliwal (born December 5, 1988) is a Canadian animator, storyboard artist, cartoonist, writer, and director. She is best known for her 2018 graphic novel ''Woman World''. Dhaliwal was born to Punjabi parents in Wembley, England where she ...

**''Highwayman'' –

**''

Gender Queer Non-binary and genderqueer are umbrella terms for gender identities that are not solely male or femaleidentities that are outside the gender binary. Non-binary identities fall under the transgender umbrella, since non-binary people typically ...

'' –

Maia Kobabe Maia Kobabe (, born 1989) is an American cartoonist and author. Life and career Kobabe graduated with an MFA in Comics from California College of the Arts. Kobabe's work features themes of "identity, sexuality, anti-fascism, fairy tales and home ...

*2020 ''Hot Comb'' – Ebony Flowers **''This Was Our Pact'' – Ryan Andrews **''How I Tried to be a Good Person'' – Ulli Lust **''Skip'' - Molly Mendoza **''Pittsburgh'' – Frank Santoro *2021 ''Stone Fruit'' – Lee Lai **''Come Home, Indio'' – Jim Terry **''A Map to the Sun'' – Sloane Leong **''Mr. H: Portrait of a High School Art Teacher'' – Nico Harriman

Outstanding Story

* 1997 ''From Hell'' by

Alan Moore Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including ''Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'', ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman:'' ''The Killing Joke'', and ''From Hell' ...

and

(Kitchen Sink Press) ** "A Death In the Family" by Joe Chiappetta, ''Silly Daddy'' (self-published) ** "Ghost World"

, ''Eightball'' (Fantagraphics) ** "Hicksville"

, ''Pickle'' (Black Eye Productions) ** "It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken" by

, ''Palookaville'' (Drawn & Quarterly) * 1998 "Ghost World" by

, ''Eightball'' (Fantagraphics) ** "Jimmy Corrigan" by

, ''Acme Novelty Library'' (Fantagraphics) ** "Letters from Venus" by

, ''New Love'' (Fantagraphics) ** "New York City Diary"

Julie Doucet Julie Doucet (born December 31, 1965)
is a Canadian

Joe Sacco Joe Sacco (; born October 2, 1960) is a Maltese-American cartoonist and journalist. He is best known for his comics journalism, in particular in the books ''Palestine'' (1996) and '' Footnotes in Gaza'' (2009), on Israeli–Palestinian relati ...

, ''Stories From Bosnia'' (Drawn & Quarterly) * 1999 "David Boring"

, ''Eightball #20'' (Fantagraphics) ** "Sex & Violence: part 2" by

David Lapham David Lapham is an American comic book writer, artist, and cartoonist, best known for his work on the independent comic book '' Stray Bullets''. Career David Lapham started his career in 1990 as a penciller at Valiant Comics. He went on to wor ...

, ''Stray Bullets #18'' (El Capitan Books) ** ''Cavewoman: Jungle Tales'' by

Budd Root Budd Root (born 1958 in Heidelberg, Germany) is an American cartoonist, and creator of the independent comic book '' Cavewoman'', published by Root's company Basement Comics/ Amryl Entertainment. Root is one of the premiere contemporary " good ...

(Basement Comics) ** "Over the Line" by Scott Roberts, ''Patty-Cake and Friends #13'' (Slave Labor) ** "Slow Jams" by David Choe, ''Non #3 & #4'' (Red Ink) * 2000 "Jimmy Corrigan, Smartest Kid On Earth" by

, ''The Acme Novelty Library'' (Fantagraphics Books) ** "The Bridge" by Jason, ''Mjau Mjau No. 6'' (Jippi Forlag) ** ''Cave-In'' by Brian Ralph, (Highwater Books) ** ''From Hell'' by

and

, (Eddie Campbell Comics, distributed by Top Shelf Productions) ** ''Jug'' by Androo Robinson, (self-published) * 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks ** "Bygone" by

, ''Flipper Vol. 2'' (Actus Tragicus/Top Shelf Productions) ** ''Herobear and the Kid No. 2'' by Mike Kunkel (Astonish Comics) ** ''The Nimrod No. 5'' by

Lewis Trondheim Lewis Trondheim (born Laurent Chabosy, , on 11 December 1964), is a French cartoonist and one of the founders (in 1990) of the independent publisher L'Association. Both his silent comic ''La Mouche'' and Kaput and Zösky have been made into animat ...

(Fantagraphics Books) ** "Popeye the Savior Man" by Sean Bieri, ''Jumbo Jape'' (self-published) ** "Stocks Are Surging" by Tom Hart, ''The Collected Hutch Owen'' (Top Shelf Productions) * 2002 ''Trenches'' by Scott Mills (Top Shelf Productions) ** "Retreat" by

, ''Artichoke Tales #1'' (Highwater Books) ** "Royal Sable" by Mira Friedmann, ''Actus Box Series'' (Actus Tragicus) ** "Where Hats Go" by 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) * 2003 ''

Fleep ''Fleep'' is a graphic novel by Jason Shiga. It was originally published in comic strip format in ''AsianWeek'' in 2002. It was later collected and published by Sparkplug Comic Books. Synopsis Jimmy Yee awakens to find himself trapped in a telep ...

'' by

(

Sparkplug Comic Books Sparkplug Comic Books is a defunct publisher and distributor of alternative comics founded by cartoonist Dylan Williams.Spurgeon, Tom"Dylan Williams, 1970-2011,"''The Comics Reporter'' (September 18, 2011). Based in Portland, Oregon, the company ...

) ** "30,000 Hours to Kill" by

''Love & Rockets #6'' (Fantagraphics Books) ** ''Black Hole #10'' by Charles Burns (Fantagraphics Books) ** "Hipman" by R. Crumb ''Mystic Funnies #3'' (Fantagraphics Books) ** Untitled second story by Jason, ''Sshhhh!'' (Fantagraphics Books) * 2004 "Glenn Ganges", ''Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Volume 1'',

(Drawn & Quarterly) ** "The Little Things", ''Rubber Necker #3'', by

Nick Bertozzi Nick Bertozzi (born May 26, 1970) is an American comic book writer and artist, as well as a commercial illustrator and teacher of cartooning. His series ''Rubber Necker'' from Alternative Comics won the 2003 Harvey Awards for best new talent and ...

(

) ** “Maggie”, ''Love and Rockets v.2 #8'',

(Fantagraphics Books) ** “Paul in the Metro”, ''Drawn & Quarterly #5'',

(Drawn & Quarterly) ** "Portrait of My Dad", ''McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern #13'',

David Heatley David Heatley (born October 17, 1974) is an American cartoonist, illustrator, graphic designer, and musician. Biography Education Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, Heatley graduated from Teaneck High School in 1993. He graduated from the San Francisc ...

(McSweeney's, Ltd.) * 2005 ''Dogs and Water'', Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly) ** "Dumb Solitaire", ''Love and Rockets #11 and #13'',

(Fantagraphics) ** "Homme De Le Bois", ''The Frank Ritza Papers'', David Collier (Drawn & Quarterly) ** ''The Legend of Wild Man Fischer'', Dennis P. Eichhorn and J.R. Williams (Top Shelf Productions) ** "Onion Jack", ''Superior Showcase #0'', Joel Priddy (AdHouse Books) * 2006 ''

Ganges The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...

'' #1,

(Fantagraphics Books) ** "Prebaby", ''Scrublands'', Joe Daly (Fantagraphics Books) ** "Somersaulting", ''Drawn & Quarterly Showcase'' #3,

Sammy Harkham Sammy Harkham (born May 21, 1980) is an American cartoonist and editor, best known for editing the ''Kramers Ergot'' alternative comics anthology. His current work can be found in the comic ''Crickets'', which was published by Drawn & Quarterly f ...

(Drawn & Quarterly) ** "To Capt. Ayres", ''MOME'' Winter 2006,

Andrice Arp Andrice Arp (born 1969 in Los Angeles) is a U.S. comics artist and illustrator, and the daughter of Halton Arp. She has been a contributor to the self-published comic ''Hi-Horse''. In 2004, ''Hi-Horse Omnibus'', comprising all new material, was pu ...

(Fantagraphics Books) ** ''We Are On Our Own'', Miriam Katin (Drawn & Quarterly) * 2007 "Felix", ''Drawn & Quarterly Showcase'' Vol. 4,

Gabrielle Bell Gabrielle Bell (born March 24, 1976 in London, England) is a British-American alternative cartoonist known for her surrealist, melancholy semi-autobiographical stories. Early life When Bell was two, her American mother divorced her British fath ...

(Drawn & Quarterly) ** ''Delphine'' #1–2,

(Fantagraphics Books/Coconico Press) ** ''Don't Go Where I Can't Follow'', Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly) ** ''The End'', Anders Nilsen (Fantagraphics Books/Coconico Press) ** "Martha Gregory", ''Asthma'', John Hankiewicz (Sparkplug Comic Books) * 2008 ''The Thing About Madeleine'', Lilli Carré (Self-published) ** "Americus", ''Papercutter'' #7, MK Reed and Jonathan Hill (Tugboat Press) ** "The Candy Rod", ''Hotwire Comics'' #2, Onsmith (Fantagraphics Books) ** "The Galactic Funnels", ''Mome'' #11,

Dash Shaw Dash Shaw is an American comic book writer/artist and animator. He is the author of the graphic novels ''Cosplayers'', ''Doctors'', ''New School'', and ''Bottomless Belly Button'', published by Fantagraphics. Additionally, Shaw has written ''Love E ...

(Fantagraphics Books) ** "The Urn", ''Inkweed'', Chris Wright (Sparkplug Comic Books) * 2009 "Willy," ''Papercutter'' #10, Damien Jay (Tugboat) ** "The Carnival," ''Mome'' #14, Lilli Carré (

) ** ''Disappearance Diary'',

(Fanfare/Ponent Mon) ** "Seeing Eye Dogs of Mars," ''Acme Novelty Library'' #19,

(

) ** "Untitled," ''Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book'' 5, Amanda Vähämäki (Drawn & Quarterly) *2010 ''Monsters'', Ken Dahl (Secret Acres) **"John Wesley Harding", ''The Red Monkey Double Happiness Book'', Joe Daly (Fantagraphics Books) **''Market Day'',

(Drawn & Quarterly) **"Turd Place", ''The Hipless Boy'', Sully (Conundrum Press) **"Untitled", ''Mome'' #16, Laura Park (Fantagraphics Books) *2011 "Browntown", ''Love and Rockets: New Stories'' #3, Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics) **"Blood of the Virgin", ''Crickets'' #3, Sammy Harkham (self-published) **"LINT", ''Acme Novelty Library'' #20, Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly) **"The most gripping mind-exploding triumphantly electric of our time", ''Papercutter'' #15, Jonas Madden-Conner (Tugboat Press) **"Weekends Abroad", ''Three'' #1, Eric Orner (self-published) *2012 “Return to Me,” ''Love and Rockets: New Stories'' #4, Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics) **''1 800 Mice'', Matthew Thurber (Picturebox) **“Keith or Steve”, ''Mome'' #22, Nick Drnaso (Fantagraphics) **''Lucille'', Ludovic Debeurme (Top Shelf) **“The Weeper”, ''Papercutter'' #17, Jason Martin and Jesse Reklaw (Tugboat Press) *2013 ''Gold Star'', John Martz (Retrofit Comics) **“Arid,” ''Secret Prison'' #7, Tom Hart (Retrofit Comics) **''Birdseye Bristoe'', Dan Zettwoch (

) **"The Carnival", ''Heads or Tails'', Lilli Carré (Fantagraphics) **“Neighbors”, ''Tusen Hjärtan Stark'' #1, Joanna Helgren (Domino Books) *2014 "Brownout Biscuit" (from ''

Octopus Pie ''Octopus Pie'' is a webcomic written and drawn by Meredith Gran, and coloured by Valerie Halla and Sloane Leong. It focuses on the misadventures of two 20-something women living in Brooklyn, New York. It was updated every Monday, Wednesday and ...

''): Dead Forever,

Meredith Gran ''Octopus Pie'' is a webcomic written and drawn by Meredith Gran, and coloured by Valerie Halla and Sloane Leong. It focuses on the misadventures of two 20-something women living in Brooklyn, New York. It was updated every Monday, Wednesday and ...

**''Destination X'', Jon Martz **"The Grassy Knoll", Nick Drnaso **"Jobs", ''Life Zone'',

Simon Hanselmann Simon Hanselmann is an Australian-born cartoonist best known for his ''Megg, Mogg, and Owl'' series. Hanselmann has been nominated four times for an Ignatz Award, four times for an Eisner Award, once for the Harvey Award and won Best Series at ...

**"Mom", ''Viewotron'' #2,

Sam Sharpe Sam, SAM or variants may refer to: Places * Sam, Benin * Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso * Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso * Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso * Sam, Iran * Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place People and fictio ...

*2015 ''Sex Coven'' from ''Frontier #7'',

** ''Doctors'',

** ''Me As a Baby'' from ''Lose #6'',

** ''Nature Lessons'' from ''The Late Child And Other Animals'',

Marguerite Van Cook Marguerite Van Cook (née Martin) (born 1954) is an English artist, writer, musician/singer and filmmaker. She was born in Portsmouth, England and now resides in New York City on the Lower East Side, in the East Village. She attended Portsmouth ...

and

James Romberger James Romberger (born 1958) is an American fine artist and cartoonist known for his depictions of New York City's Lower East Side. Romberger's pastel drawings of the ravaged landscape of the Lower East Side and its citizens are in many public ...

** ''Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness'', by Kris Mukai *2016 ''My Hot Date,''

** ''The Hunter'', Joe Sparrow ** ''Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam'' from ''Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam and Other Stories'',

** ''Killing and Dying'',

Adrian Tomine Adrian Tomine (; born May 31, 1974) is an American cartoonist. He is best known for his ongoing comic book series ''Optic Nerve'' and his illustrations in '' The New Yorker''. Early life Adrian Tomine was born May 31, 1974, in Sacramento, Cal ...

** ''“Shrine of the Monkey God'', from Kramers Ergot #8,

*2017 ''Diana’s Electric Tongue'', Carolyn Nowak **''March: Book 3'', John Lewis,

**''My Favorite Thing is Monsters'',

**"Small Enough" from ''Diary Comics'', Dustin Harbin **"Too Hot to Be Cool" from ''Elements'', Maddi Gonzalez *2018 ''How the Best Hunter in the Village Met Her Death'' –

Molly Ostertag Molly Knox Ostertag (born October 28, 1991) is an American cartoonist and writer. Her work includes the animated series ''The Owl House'', webcomic '' Strong Female Protagonist'', the middle grade graphic novel series (''The Witch Boy'', ''The ...

**''Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures'' – Yvan Alabge **''Why Art?'' –

**''Rhode Island Me'' –

**''The Lie and How We Told It'' –

*2019 ''

'' –

**''Sacred Heart Vol 2 Part 1: Livin’ in the Future'' – Liz Suburbia **''Sincerely, Harriet'' – Sarah Winifred Searle **''Woman World'' –

**''The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea'' – Vannak Anan Prum *2020 ''The Hard Tomorrow'' – Eleanor Davis **"Little Red Riding Hood" – Gabrielle Bell **''The Lab'' – Allison Conway **''BTTM FDRS'' – Ezra Daniels and Dan Passmore **''The Weight #9'' – Melissa Mendes *2021 ''Personal Companion'' – Freddy Carrasco **''Misguided Love'' – Raquelle Jac **''Nineteen'' – Ancco **''Moms'' – Yeong-shin Ma **''The Hazards of Love'' – Stan Stanley

Promising New Talent

*1997 Debbie Drechsler, ''Nowhere'' (Drawn & Quarterly) **Tom Hart, ''The Sands'' (Black Eye Productions) **C. S. Morse, ''Soulwind'' (Image Comics) **Walt Holcombe, ''King of Persia'' (self published through Accordion Press) **Steve Weissman, ''Yikes!'' (Alternative Press) *1998

, ''Finder'' (Lightspeed Press) ** Tara Jenkins, '' Galaxion'' (Helikon Press) **Matt Madden, ''Black Candy'' (Black Eye Books) **

Ron Rege Lavender Diamond is an American, Los Angeles-based band, fronted by singer Becky Stark. History While living in Providence, Rhode Island, Stark began performing as Lavender Diamond in a play that she and puppeteer Xander Marro wrote, created a ...

, ''Skibber Bee Bye'' (self-published) **Chris Oliveros, ''The Envelope Manufacturer'' (Drawn & Quarterly) *1999

Brian Ralph Brian Ralph (born 1973) is an American alternative cartoonist. His illustrations have appeared in ''Wired'' and the ''New York Post''. His debut graphic novel, ''Cave-In'', was nominated for three Harvey Awards, one Eisner Award, and listed as on ...

, ''Fireball #7'' (Fort Thunder) **Leland Myrick, ''Sweet'' (Adept Books) **

Madison Clell Madison may refer to: People * Madison (name), a given name and a surname * James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States Place names * Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...

, ''Cuckoo'' (Green Door Studios) ** Jason Little, '' Jack's Luck Runs Out'' (Top Shelf Productions) **Dave Kiersh, ''Is Kissing a Girl Who Smokes Like Kissing an Ashtray, Non #4'' (Red Ink) *2000

, ''Boswash'' (Luxurious Comics) **Ben Catmull, ''Paper Theater'' (self-published) **

Rod Espinosa Rod Espinosa is a Filipino comics creator, writer, and illustrator. In addition to his lengthy work ''Neotopia'', for Antarctic Press, Espinosa has done extensive work adapting and illustrating literary classics into comics form, as well as creati ...

, ''The Courageous Princess'' (Antarctic Press) **Kevin Huizenga, ''Supermonster'' (self-published) **Stephen Notley, ''Bob the Angry Flower'' (self-published) *2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks **Tomer and Asaf Hanuka, ''Bipolar'', self-published **

Mike Kunkel Mike Kunkel is a cartoonist known, among other things, for his work on ''Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! ''Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam!'' was an all-ages comic book series published by DC Comics as a part of its Johnny DC imprint. T ...

, ''Herobear and the Kid'', Astonish Comics **Metaphrog, ''Louis: Red Letter Day'', Metaphrog **Rutu Modan, ''Flipper'' Vol. 2, Actus Tragicus/Top Shelf Productions **Ben Steckler, ''Get BenT'', self-published *2002

Greg Cook Gregory Lynn Cook (November 20, 1946 – January 27, 2012) was an American football quarterback who played two professional seasons, in the American Football League (AFL) and later the National Football League (NFL). He played college football ...

, ''Catch as Catch Can'' (Highwater Books) **Jeffrey Brown, ''Clumsy: A Novel'' (self-published) ** Mike Dawson, ''Cabaret'', ''Gabagool!'' (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) *2003

Derek Kirk Kim Derek Kirk Kim is a Korean-American writer, director, and artist. He is the recipient of the Eisner (2004), the Harvey (2004), and the Ignatz Award (2003) for his debut graphic novel ''Same Difference and Other Stories.'' (The contents of which ...

, ''Same Difference and Other Stories'' (self-published) ** Marc Bell, ''Rosetta'' (Alternative Comics), ''Shrimpy & Paul'' (Highwater Books) **Ray Friesen, ''RQW'' (Don't Eat Any Bugs Comics) **John Hankiewicz, ''Tepid'', ''Eleanor E. Is Home'' (self-published) **

Raina Telgemeier Raina Diane Telgemeier (/'ɹeɪna 'tɛlgə'maɪəɹ/, born May 26, 1977) is an American cartoonist. Her works include the autobiography, autobiographical webcomic ''Smile (comic book), Smile'', which was published as a full-color graphic novel i ...

, ''Take Out'' (self-published) *2004 Lauren Weinstein, ''Kramer's Ergot #4'' (Avodah Books) **Martin Cendreda, ''Hi-Horse Omnibus'' (

, Hi-Horse Comics) **

Svetlana Chmakova Svetlana Chmakova (russian: Светлана Шмакова) (b. October 7, 1979) is a Russian-Canadian comic book artist. She is best known for '' Dramacon'', an original English-language (OEL) manga spanning three volumes and published in Nor ...

, ''Chasing Rainbows'' (www.girlamatic.com, www.svetlania.com) **Dan James, ''The Octopi and the Ocean'' (Top Shelf Productions) **Leland Purvis, ''Suspended in Language'' (G.T. Labs) *2005

Andy Runton Andy Runton is an American writer and artist. He is the creator of the graphic novel series '' Owly'', first published in 2005 by Top Shelf. Before he worked on ''Owly'' Runton was a graphic designer. In 2005, he won the Ignatz Award for Promis ...

, ''Owly'' (Top Shelf Productions) ** Joshua W. Cotter, ''Skyscrapers of the Midwest'' (AdHouse Books) ** Rebecca Dart, ''RabbitHead'' (

) ** Vanessa Davis, ''Spaniel Rage'' (Buenaventura Press) ** Karl Stevens, ''Guilty'' (Karl Stevens Publishing, dist. by

) * 2006

Hope Larson Hope Raue Larson (born 1982) is an American illustrator and cartoonist. Her main field is comic books. Biography Larson grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, and attended Carolina Day School.Anne Fitten Glenn"Graphic Insight" ''Mountain Xpress'' ...

, ''Salamander Dream'' (AdHouse Books), ''Gray Horses'' (Oni Press) **

, ''Mome'' Winter 2006 (Fantagraphics Books) ** Jonathan Bennett, ''Mome'' Fall 2005 (Fantagraphics Books) ** R. Kikuo Johnson, ''Night Fisher'' (Fantagraphics Books) ** Ben Jones, ''BJ & Da Dogs'' (Picturebox, Inc.) * 2007 Tom Neely, ''The Blot'' (I Will Destroy You) **

, ''Lucky'', Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Vol. 4 (Drawn & Quarterly) ** Scott Campbell (artist), ''Flight'' Vol. 4 (Ballantine Books), ''Hickee'' vol. 3 #3 (Alternative Comics) ** Lilli Carré, ''Papercutter'' #3 (Tugboat Press), ''You Ain't No Dancer'' Vol. 2 (New Reliable Press) **

Brandon Graham Brandon Lee Graham (born April 3, 1988) is an American football defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Eagles in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft with the thirteenth selection ...

, ''King City'' (TokyoPop) * 2008

Sarah Glidden Sarah Glidden (born in 1980) is an American cartoonist known for her nonfiction comics and graphic novels. Biography Glidden was born in Massachusetts, to a family of Jewish background. Glidden studied painting at Boston University. She began ...

, ''How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less'' (self-published) ** Oliver East, ''Trains Are... Mint''(Blank Slate) ** Austin English, ''Windy Corner'' #2 (Sparkplug Comic Books) ** Chuck Forsman, ''Snake Oil'' #1 (self-published) ** Lars Martinson, ''Tonoharu'' (Pliant Press/Top Shelf Productions) * 2009 Colleen Frakes, ''Woman King'' (self-published) ** T. Edward Bak, ''Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book'' 5 (

) ** Hellen Jo, ''Jin & Jam'' #1 (Sparkplug), "Diamond Heights," ''Papercutter'' #9 (Tugboat) ** Ed Luce, '' Wuvable Oaf'' (self-published) ** Amanda Vähämäki, ''Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book'' 5 (Drawn & Quarterly) * 2010 Matt Wiegle, "The Orphan Baiter", ''Papercutter'' #13 (Tugboat Press) ** Rina Ayuyang, ''Whirlwind Wonderland'' (Sparkplug Comic Books & Tugboat Press) ** Rami Efal, ''Never Forget, Never Forgive'' (Studio Namu) ** Blaise Larmee, ''Young Lions'' (self-published) ** Sully, ''The Hipless Boy'' (Conundrum Press) *2011 Darryl Ayo Brathwaite, ''House of Twelve Monthly'' #3 (Comixology) **Tony Breed, ''Finn and Charlie are Hitched'' (self-published/online) **Jesse Jacobs, ''Even the Giants'' (AdHouse) **Jon McNaught, ''Birchfield Close'' (

Nobrow Press Nobrow Press is a British publishing company based in London, England. Nobrow is known for its bi-annual eponymous anthology, for publishing the works of Blexbolex, Luke Pearson, Jon McNaught and Jesse Moynihan, and for exposing the English ...

) **Jesse Moynihan, ''Forming'' (Nobrow/online) *2012 Lale Westvind, ''Hot Dog Beach'' (Self-published) **Lauren Barnett, ''Me Likes You Very Much'' (Hic & Hoc Publications) **Clara Besijelle, ''The Lobster King'' (Self-published) **Tessa Brunton, ''Passage'' (Sparkplug Books) **Lila Quintero Weaver, ''Dark Room: A Memoir in Black and White'' (University of Alabama Press) *2013 Sam Alden, ''Hawaii 1997 & Haunter'' (Self-published) **Nathan Bulmer, ''Eat More Bikes'' (Koyama Press) **Philippa Rice, ''Looking Out'' (Hic & Hoc Publications) **Diana Thung, ''August Moon'' (Top Shelf) **Angie Wang, "The Teacup Tree," ''Secret Prison'' #7 (Self-published) *2014 Cathy G. Johnson, ''Jeremiah; Boy Genius; Until It Runs Clear'' **Luke Howard, ''Trevor'' **Nick Offerman, ''Orange; Onions'' **Keiler Roberts, ''Powdered Milk (series)'' **Daryl Seitchik, ''Missy'' *2015

– ''Sphincter''; ''Sex Fantasy'' **

M. Dean ( ; ; pl. ; ; 1512, from Middle French , literally "my lord") is an honorific title that was used to refer to or address the eldest living brother of the king in the French royal court. It has now become the customary French title of resp ...

-'' K.M. & R.P. & MCMLXXI (1971)'' ** Dakota McFadzean – ''Don't Get Eaten by Anything'' ** Jane Mai – ''Soft'' ** Gina Wynbrandt – ''Big Pussy'' *2016

– ''I Love This Part'' ** Kevin Budnik -''Handbook'' **

– ''Tom O’Bedlam'' ** Sara Lautman – ''The Ultimate Laugh, Grape Nuts'' ** Carolyn Nowak – ''Radishes'' *2017

Bianca Xunise Bianca Xunise is an American cartoonist, illustrator, and self-described " goth of color". Her work is nationally syndicated through the ''Six Chix'' comic strip collaborative. Early life Xunise was born in Chicago to artistic parents; her moth ...

– "Say Her Name" Originally published on

The Nib The Nib is an American online daily comics publication focused on political cartoons, graphic journalism, essays and memoir about current affairs. Founded by cartoonist Matt Bors in September 2013, The Nib is an independent member-supported pu ...

. ** Kelly Bastow – ''Year Long Summer'' ** Margot Ferrick – ''Yours'' ** Aud Koch – "Run" from the Oath Anthology ** Isabella Rotman – ''Long Black Veil'' *2018 Yasmin Omar Ata – ''Mis(h)adra'' ** Tara Booth – ''How to Be Alive'' ** Xia Gordon – ''The Fashion of 2004'', ''Harvest'' ** Rumi Hara – ''Nori and The Rabbits of the Moon'' **

– ''The Lie and How We Told It'' *2019 **

Ebony Flowers Ebony Victoria Flowers is an American prose writer and cartoonist who lives in Denver. Flowers authored the graphic novel, ''Hot Comb,'' which contains several short story comics that are a mix of autobiographical and fiction. She has been publish ...

** Haleigh Buck ** Emma Jayne ** Mar Julia ** Kelsey Wroten *2020 Theo Stultz **AJ Dungo **Sylvia Nickerson **Andrew Lorenzi **Emil Wilson *2021 Pa-Luis **Royal Dunlap **Nico Harriman **Zoe Maeve **Tess Scilipoti

Outstanding Series

*1997

, ''Acme Novelty Library'' (Fantagraphics) **

Jason Lutes Jason Lutes (born December 7, 1967)
at Comic Creator is an American

, ''Eightball'' (Fantagraphics) **

, ''Palookaville'' (Drawn & Quarterly) **Gary Spencer Millidge, ''Strangehaven'' (Abiogenesis) *1998

, ''Acme Novelty Library'' (Fantagraphics) **

, ''Eightball'' (Fantagraphics) ** Debbie Drechsler, ''Nowhere'' (Drawn & Quarterly) **Joe Chiappetta, ''Silly Daddy'' (self-published) **Steve Weissman, ''Yikes!'' (Alternative Press) *1999 Max, ''The Extended Dream of Mr. D'' (Drawn & Quarterly) **

, '' Age of Bronze'' (

) **

Jay Hosler Jay Hosler is the author and illustrator of science-oriented comics. He is best known for his graphic novels '' Clan Apis'', '' The Sandwalk Adventures'', and '' Optical Allusions''. '' Clan Apis'', a Xeric Foundation Award winner, follows the li ...

, '' Clan Apis'' (Active Synapse Comics) **Gary Spencer Millidge, ''Strangehaven'' (Abiogenesis) ** Adam Warren, ''Gen 13: Magical Drama Queen Roxy'' (Wildstorm) *2000

, ''Weasel'' (Fantagraphics Books) **

, '' Clan Apis'' (Active Synapse Comics) **

, ''Cuckoo'' (Green Door Studios) **

Bryan Talbot Bryan Talbot (born 24 February 1952) is a British comics artist and writer, best known as the creator of ''The Adventures of Luther Arkwright'' and its sequel '' Heart of Empire'', as well as the ''Grandville'' series of books. He collaborated ...

, '' Heart of Empire'' (Dark Horse Comics) **Jason, ''Mjau Mjau'' (Jippi Forlag) *2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks **

Jason Lutes Jason Lutes (born December 7, 1967)
at Comic Creator is an American

, ''Finder'' (Lightspeed Press) **Mike Kunkel, ''Herobear and the Kid'' (Astonish Comics) **Sam Henderson, ''Magic Whistle'', (Alternative Comics) **Jason, ''Mjau Mjau'' (Jippi Forlag) *2002

James Kochalka James Kochalka (born May 26, 1967, in Springfield, Vermont) is an American comic book artist, writer, animator, and rock musician. His comics are noted for their blending of the real and the surreal. Largely autobiographical, Kochalka's cartoo ...

''Sketchbook Diaries'' (Top Shelf Productions) **

, ''

'' (Drawn & Quarterly) **Sam Henderson, ''Magic Whistle'' (Alternative Comics) **

David Hahn David Charles Hahn (October 30, 1976 – September 27, 2016), sometimes called the "Radioactive Boy Scout" or the "Nuclear Boy Scout", was an American nuclear radiation enthusiast who built a homemade neutron source at the age of seventeen. A ...

, ''Private Beach'' (Slave Labor Graphics) **Dave Cooper, ''Weasel'' (Fantagraphics Books) *2003 Charles Burns, ''Black Hole'' (Fantagraphics Books) **

, ''Fred the Clown'' (Hotel Fred Press) **Ted Stearn, ''Fuzz & Pluck in Splitsville'' (Fantagraphics Books) **Scott Roberts, ''Patty Cake'' (Slave Labor Graphics) **Gary Spencer Millidge, ''

Strangehaven ''Strangehaven'' is a self-published comic book series created by Gary Spencer Millidge. It is not published to a regular schedule, and the series went on hiatus in 2005. Since 2014, new ''Strangehaven'' chapters have been published in ''Meanwhil ...

'' (Abiogenesis Press) *2004

, ''Finder'' (Light Speed Productions) ** Charles Burns, ''Black Hole'' (Fantagraphics Books) **John Porcellino, ''King Cat'' (self-published) **

, ''Rubber Necker'' (

) **

, ''Stuff of Dreams'' (Fantagraphics Books) *2005

, ''Finder'' (Light Speed Productions) **

Tomer Hanuka Tomer Hanuka ( he, תומר חנוכה; born 1974) is an illustrator and cartoonist. Biography At age twenty-two, Hanuka moved to New York City. Following his graduation from the School of Visual Arts in 2000, he quickly became a regular cont ...

, Asaf Hanuka, and

Etgar Keret Etgar Keret ( he, אתגר קרת, born August 20, 1967) is an Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television. Personal life Keret was born in Ramat Gan, Israel in 1967. He is a third child ...

, ''Bipolar'' (

) **David Heatley, ''Deadpan'' (self-published) **Los Bros Hernandez, ''Love and Rockets vol. II'' (Fantagraphics) **Joshua W. Cotter, ''Skyscrapers of the Midwest'' (AdHouse Books) * 2006 ''

Owly ''Owly'' is an American children's graphic novel series created since 2004 by Andy Runton and published by Top Shelf Productions. Series overview The series, which is largely without standard text dialogue making it a pantomime comic, is abo ...

'' by

(Top Shelf Productions) ** ''Acme Novelty Library'' by

(Fantagraphics Books) ** ''Big Questions'' by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly) ** '' Love and Rockets'' by Los Bros. Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books) ** ''Optic Nerve'' by

(Drawn & Quarterly) * 2007 '' Mourning Star'' by Kazimir Strzepek (Bodega Distribution) ** ''Atlas'' by

(Drawn & Quarterly) ** ''Delphine'' by

(Fantagraphics Books/Coconico Press) ** ''

Dungeon A dungeon is a room or cell in which prisoners are held, especially underground. Dungeons are generally associated with medieval castles, though their association with torture probably belongs more to the Renaissance period. An oubliette (from ...

'' by

Joann Sfar Joann Sfar (; born 28 August 1971) is a French comics artist, comic book creator, novelist, and film director. Life and career Sfar was born in Nice, the son of Lilou, a pop singer, who died when he was three, and André Sfar, a lawyer well know ...

, and various (NBM) ** '' Love & Rockets'' by Los Bros Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books) * 2008 ''

Snake Oil Snake oil is a term used to describe deceptive marketing, health care fraud, or a scam. Similarly, "snake oil salesman" is a common expression used to describe someone who sells, promotes, or is a general proponent of some valueless or fraud ...

'' by Chuck Forsman (self-published) ** ''Eye of the Majestic Creature'', Leslie Stein (self-published) ** ''Injury'', Ted May, Jason Robards, and Jeff Wilson (Buenaventura Press) ** ''Paul series'',

(Drawn & Quarterly) ** ''Reich'', Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug Comic Books) * 2009 ''Uptight'', Jordan Crane (

) ** ''Danny Dutch'', David King (Sparkplug) ** ''Delphine'',

(Fantagraphics/Coconino) ** ''Interiorae'', Gabriella Giandelli (Fantagraphics/Coconino) ** ''Reich'', Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug) * 2010 ''Ganges'',

(Fantagraphics Books) ** ''King-Cat Comics & Stories'',

John Porcellino John Porcellino (born September 18, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois) is a popular creator of minicomics. Porcellino's self-published, photocopied, mostly autobiographical series '' King-Cat Comics'' is among the best-known and longest-running minicomi ...

(self-published) ** ''Sublife'',

(Fantagraphics Books) ** ''Summit of the Gods'', Yumemakura Baku and

(Fanfare/Ponent Mon) ** ''Troop 142'', Mike Dawson (self-published) *2011 ''Everything Dies'', Box Brown **''Crickets'', Sammy Harkham (self-published) **''Dungeon Quest'', Joe Daly (Fantagraphics Books) **''Lose'', Michael DeForge (Koyama Books) **''Reich'', Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug Comic Books) *2012 ''Love and Rockets: New Stories'', the

Hernandez brothers The Hernandez brothers, also known as Los Bros Hernandez, are the three American cartoonist brothers Mario (b. 1953), Gilbert (b. 1957), and Jaime Hernandez (b. 1959). The three were born in a Mexican-American family and grew up i ...

(Fantagraphics) **''Black Mass'', Patrick Kyle (Mother Books) **''Eye of the Majestic Creature'', Leslie Stein (Self-published) **''Ganges'', Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics) **''Pope Hats'', Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books) *2013 ''Lose'', Michael DeForge (Koyama Press) **''The Hive'', Charles Burns (Pantheon) **''Madtown High'', Whit Taylor (self-published) **''Pope Hats'', Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books) **''Prison Pit'', Johnny Ryan (Fantagraphics) *2014 ''Demon'',

**''The Black Feather Falls'', Ellen Lindner **''Powdered Milk'', Keiler Roberts **''Sky in Stereo'', Sacha Mardou **''Towerkind'', Kat Verhoeven * 2015 ''Sex Fantasy'', Sophia Foster-Dimino ** ''Dumb'', Georgia Webber ** ''Frontier'', Ryan Sands (editor) ** ''March'', John Lewis,

and

** ''Pope Hats'', Ethan Rilly * 2016 ''Powdered Milk'', Keiler Roberts ** ''Cartozia Tales'', Isaac Cates (editor) ** ''Demon'', Jason Shiga ** ''Ganges'', Kevin Huizenga ** ''Megg & Mogg & Owl'', Simon Hanselmann * 2017 ''Chester 5000'',

Jess Fink Jess Fink is an American comic book creator known for her webcomic turned graphic novel ''Chester 5000 XYV'' and graphic novel ''We Can Fix It'', both published by Top Shelf Comics. Her work has appeared in North American Review among other public ...

** ''Crickets'',

** ''Frontier'', Ryan Sands (editor) ** ''Maleficium'', Sabin Cauldron ** ''The Old Woman'', Rebecca Mock *2018 ''Frontier'' – Youth in Decline **''Ley Lines'' – Czap Books **''Nori'' – Rumi Hara **''Bug Boys'' – Laura Knetzger **''Gumballs'' – Erin Nations *2019 ''The Nib Magazine'' – Matt Bors **''Daygloayhole Quarterly'' –

Ben Passmore Ben Passmore (born 1983) is an American comics artist and political cartoonist. Early life Born and raised in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Passmore attended art school at Savannah College of Art and Design where he majored in comics with a ...

**''Heavenly Blues'' – Ben Kahn/ Bruno Hidalgo **''Frontier'' – Youth in Decline **''Endgames'' –

Ru Xu ''Ru, ru, or RU may refer to: Russia * Russia (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code) * Russian language (ISO 639 alpha-2 code) * .ru, the Internet country code top-level domain for Russia China * Rù (入), the entering tone in Chinese language ...

*2020 ''Fizzle'' – Whit Taylor **''The Misplaced'' – Chris Callahan **''SUPERPOSE'' – Joe Seosamh and C. Anka **''kuš!'' – kuš! komiks **''Frontier'' – Youth in Decline *2021 ''Ex.Mag'' – Peow Studios **''A Queer Prisoner’s Anthology IV'' – edited by Casper Cendre **''Malarkey'' – November Garcia **''Ley Lines'' – edited by L Nichols and Kevin Czap **''Tongues'' – Anders Nilsen

Outstanding Comic

*1997

, ''Eightball #17'' (Fantagraphics) **Pete Sickman-Garner, ''Hey Mister #1'' (Top Shelf Productions) **

and

Josh Neufeld Josh Neufeld (born August 9, 1967) is an alternative cartoonist known for his nonfiction comics on subjects like Hurricane Katrina, international travel, and finance, as well as his collaborations with writers like Harvey Pekar and Brooke Gladsto ...

, ''Keyhole #2'' (Modern) **Walt Holcombe, ''King of Persia'' (self-published through Accordion Press) **

, ''Palookaville #10'' (Drawn & Quarterly) *1998

, ''Acme Novelty Library #9'' (Fantagraphics) **

Bill Willingham William Willingham (born 1956) is an American writer and artist of comics, known for his work on the series ''Elementals (Comico Comics), Elementals'' and ''Fables (comics), Fables''. Career William Willingham was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. ...

, ''Coventry #1'' (Fantagraphics) **

, ''Eightball #19'' (Fantagraphics) ** Debbie Drechsler, ''Nowhere #3'' (Drawn & Quarterly) **

, ''Stories From Bosnia #1: Soba'' (Drawn & Quarterly) *1999

, ''Liberty Meadows #1'' (Insight Studio Group) ** Pekar,

Sacco Sacco may refer to: * Sacco (clothing) (also Sakko), a type of jacket * Sacco (river), a river of central Italy * Sacco, Campania, a comune (municipality) in southern Italy * Sacco chair, by Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini, Franco Teodoro * Ospedal ...

, Stack & Warneford, ''American Splendor: Transatlantic Comics'' **

, ''Hundreds of Feet Below Daylight'' (Drawn & Quarterly) **Ben Katchor, ''The Jew of New York'' (Pantheon Books) **

Joe Zabel Joe Zabel (born July 7, 1953)Zabel entry
Who's Who of Amer ...

& Gary Dumm, ''Oracle'' (Amazing Montage) *2000

, ''The Acme Novelty Library #13'' (Fantagraphics Books) **

and Joan Leidy, ''Boys'' (Highwater Books) **Madison Clell, ''Cuckoo No. 10'' (Green Door Studios) **Pete Sickman-Garner, ''Hey Mister, The Trouble With Jesus'' (Top Shelf Productions) **Jordan Crane, ''The Last Lonely Saturday'' (Red Ink) *2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks **''Frank'' #4, Jim Woodring, Fantagraphics Books **''Herobear and the Kid'' #2, Mike Kunkel, Astonish Comics **''

's Sketchbook Diaries'', James Kochalka, Top Shelf Productions **''Mjau Mjau'' #7, Jason, Jippi Forlag **''Sequential'' #6, Paul Hornschemeier, I Don't Get It Press *2002

, ''Eightball #22'' (Fantagraphics Books) **Anders Brekhus Nilsen, ''Big Questions #4: Asomatognosia'' (self-published) **Tony Consiglio, ''Double Cross: More or Less'' (Top Shelf Productions) **

, ''Sketchbook Diaries Volume 2'' (Top Shelf Productions) **Jon Lewis, ''True Swamp: Stoneground and Hillbound'' (Alternative Comics) *2003

, ''Rubber Necker #2'', (Alternative Comics) **Adam Suerte, ''Aprendiz Book 1'' (self-published) ** Charles Burns, ''Black Hole #10'' (Fantagraphics Books) **David Collier, ''Collier's Vol. 2 #2'' (Drawn & Quarterly) **David Lasky and Greg Stump, ''Urban Hipster #2'' (Alternative Comics) *2004

, ''Eightball #23'' (Fantagraphics Books) ** Charles Burns, ''Black Hole #11'' (Fantagraphics Books) **Kim Deitch, ''Stuff of Dreams #2'' (Fantagraphics Books) **John Hankiewicz, ''Tepid Summer 2003'' (Tepid Comics) **John Porcellino, ''King Cat #62'' (Self-published) *2005 Kevin Huizenga, ''Or Else #1'' (Drawn & Quarterly) ** Anders Nilsen, ''Dogs & Water'' (Drawn & Quarterly) **Los Bros. Hernandez ''Love & Rockets #13'' (Fantagraphics) **Los Bros. Hernandez, ''Love & Rockets #12'' (Fantagraphics) **Marc Bell, ''Worn Tuff Elbow #1'' (Fantagraphics) * 2006 ''Schizo'' #4 by

Ivan Brunetti Ivan Brunetti (born October 3, 1967) is an Italian and American cartoonist and comics scholar based in Chicago, Illinois. Career Noted for combining blackly humorous taboo-laden subject matter with simplified and exaggerated cartoon drawing styl ...

(Fantagraphics Books) ** ''Big Questions'' #7 by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly) ** ''Ganges'' #1 by

(Fantagraphics Books) ** ''Optic Nerve'' #10 by

(Drawn & Quarterly) ** ''Stuff of Dreams'' #3 by

(Fantagraphics Books) * 2007 ''Optic Nerve'' #11 by

(Drawn & Quarterly) ** ''Doctor Id'' by Adam McGovern and Paolo Leandri (Indie Ink Studios) ** ''Fuzz & Pluck in Splitsville'' #4 by Ted Stearn (Fantagraphics Books) ** ''Love & Rockets'' vol. 2 #18 by Los Bros Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books) ** ''Monster Parade'' #1 by Ben Catmull (Fantagraphics Books) * 2008 ''Snake Oil #1'' by Chuck Forsman (self-published) ** ''Cryptic Wit'' #2, Gerald Jablonski (self-published) ** ''Department of Art'', Dunya Jankovic (self-published) ** ''Lucky'' Vol. 2 #2,

(Drawn & Quarterly) ** '' Palooka-ville'' #19,

(Drawn & Quarterly) * 2009 ''Uptight'' #3, Jordan Crane (

) ** ''Danny Dutch'' #1, David King (Sparkplug) ** ''Dead Ringer'', Jason T. Miles (La Mano) ** ''Interiorae'' #3, Gabriella Giandelli (Fantagraphics/Coconino) ** ''Reich'' #6, Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug) * 2010 ''I Want You'',

(Buenaventura Press) ** ''Blammo'' #6,

(Kilgore Books) ** ''Eschew'' #2, Robert Sergel (Sparkplug Comic Books) ** ''Flesh and Bone'',

Julia Gfrörer Julia Gfrörer (born September 12, 1982) is an American cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator, and author. Her work is often transgressive, invoking occult themes within an ambience of subtly observed historicist concerns, in narratives ...

(Sparkplug Comic Books) ** ''Sublife'' #2,

(Fantagraphics Books) *2011 ''Lose'' #3, Michael DeForge (Koyama Press) **''Crickets'' #3, Sammy Harkham (self-published) **''Danger Country'' #1, Levon Jihanian **''Habitat'' #2, Dunja Jankovic **''The Magic Hedge'', Marian Runk *2012 ''Pterodactyl Hunters'', Brendan Leach (Top Shelf) ** ''Hot Dog Beach'' #2, Lale Westvind (Self-published) ** ''Passage'', Tessa Brunton (Sparkplug Books) ** ''The Sixth Gun'' #17, Brian Hurtt and Cullen Bunn (Oni Press) ** ''Pope Hats'' #2, Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books) *2013 ''Pope Hats'' #3, Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books) ** ''Hyperspeed to Nowhere'', Lale Westvind (Self-published) ** ''The Life Problem'', Austin English (Drippybone Books) ** ''Looking Out'', Philippa Rice (Hic & Hoc Publications) ** ''St. Owl's Bay'',

(Self-published) *2014 ''Wicked Chicken Queen'', Sam Alden (Retrofit Comics/Big Planet Comics) ** ''Blammo'' #8,

** ''Cosplayers'',

** ''It Will All Hurt'' #2,

Farel Dalrymple Farel Dalrymple is an American artist and alternative comics creator. He is best known for his award-winning comics series '' Pop Gun War''. Career Originally from Oklahoma "by way of California",Ellis, Jonathan"Interview: Farel Dalrymple, Pop Gu ...

** ''Misliving Amended'', Adam Buttrick *2015 ''The Oven'', Sophie Goldstein ** ''Borb'', Jason Little ** ''The Nature of Nature'', Disa Wallander ** ''Pope Hats #4'', Ethan Rilly ** ''Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness'', Kris Mukai *2016 ''Fantasy Sports #1'', Sam Bosma **''As the Crow Flies'', Melanie Gillman **''Be Good,'' John Martz **''Patience'',

**''Shrine of the Monkey God'', from ''Kramers Ergot 9'',

*2017 ''Your Black Friend'',

**''Canopy'', Karine Bernadou **''Libby’s Dad'',

**''Public Relations'' #10,

Matthew Sturges Lilah Sturges (; born Matthew Sturges, October 1970) is an American writer of comics and fantasy novels. She is best known for co-writing with Bill Willingham the Eisner-award-nominated '' Jack of Fables'', and other comics published by Vertigo C ...

, Dave Justus, Steve Rolston, Annie Wu (artist), Annie Wu **''Sunburning'', Keiler Roberts *2018 ''Hot to Be Alive'' – Tara Booth **''Recollection'' – Alyssa Berg **''Hot Summer Nights'' – Freddy Carrasco **''Whatsa Paintoonist'' – Jerry Moriarty **''Baopu'' – Yao Xiao *2019 ''Check Please!'' – Ngozi Ukazu **''Lorna'' – Benji Nate **''Infinite Wheat Paste #7'' – Pidge Comics, Pidge **''The Saga of Metalbeard'' – Joshua Paddon & Matthew Hoddy **''Egg Cream'' – Liz Suburbia *2020 ''Cry Wolf Girl'' – Ariel Ries **''My Dog Ivy'' – Gabrielle Bell **''Theth Tomorrow Forever'' – Josh Bayer **''Cosmoknights'' – Hannah Templer **''Mooncakes'' – Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker *2021 ''Leaf Lace'' – Ashanti Fortson **''Francis Bacon'' – EA Bethea **''The Dog & The Cat'' – Dominique Duong **''Rhapsodie'' – Maddi Gonzalez **''A Cordial Invitation'' – Adam Szym

Outstanding Minicomic

*1997 ''The Perfect Planet'',

**''Hey Mister #4'', Pete Sickman-Garner **''King-Cat Comics #52'',

**''Magic Whistle #9'', Sam Henderson **''Out There #5'', Alan Hunt *1998 ''Amy Unbounded'', Rachel Hartman (Pug House Press) **''Bathroom Girls'', Yvonne Mojica **''King Cat Comics'',

**''Magic Boy Does Laundry'',

**''Oaf'', Matt Brinkman *1999 ''Fireball #7'',

(

) **''Tales of the Great Unspoken'', Aaron Augenblick (Self-published) **''Ped Xing'', Androo Robinson (Self-published) **''Bolol Belittle'', Mat Brinkman (Self-published) **''Noe-Fie #8'', Kurt Wolfgang (Noe-Fie Mono-Media) *2000 ''LowJinx'' #2, edited by Kurt Wolfgang (Noe-Fie Mono-Media) **''Angry Youth Comics No. 11'', Johnny Ryan (Self-published) **''Jug'', Androo Robinson (Self-published) **''Timberdoodle'', Jon Kerschbaum (Self-published) **''True Stories, Swear to God'', Tom Beland (Self-published) *2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks **''Amy Unbounded No. 12'', Rachel Hartman (Pug House Press) **''Democracy: Mime Complaint No. 5'', Jesse Reklaw (Self-published) **''Jumbo Jape'', Sean Bieri (Self-published) **''Low Jinx 3: The Big Rip-Off'', edited by Kurt Wolfgang (Noe-Fie Mono-Media) **''Tepid Spring 2001'', John Hankiewicz (self-published) *2002 ''Artichoke Tales'' #1,

(

) **''Double Cross Assortment'', Tony Consiglio (Self-published) **''Gloriana: Super Monster'' #14,

(Self-published) **''Homecoming'', John Kerschbaum (Fontanelle Press) **''Long Tail Kitty: Heaven'', Lark Pien (Self-published) *2003 ''I Am Going to Be Small'', Jeffrey Brown (cartoonist), Jeffrey Brown (self-published) **''Josh Comics'', Josh Sullivan **''Lo-Horse #1'', David Lasky and Jesse Reklaw **''Take Out'',

**''That Thing You Fall Into'', Diana Tamblyn *2004 ''Lucky'' #3,

(Self-published) **''Big Questions'' #6, Anders Nilsen (Self-published) **''Quantum Entanglement, Spooky Action at a Distance, Teleportation and You'', Jim Ottaviani and

(G.T. Labs) **''Thankless Job'', Pat Lewis (Lunchbreak Comics) **''Underground: Souvenir'', Matthew Bellisle (Gravity/DSN) *2005 ''Phase 7'', Alec Longstreth (Self-published) **''Couch Tag #2'', Jesse Reklaw (Self-published) **''Dance'', John Hankiewicz (Self-published) **''Monday'', Andy Hartzell (Self-published) **''Ouija Interview #3'', Sarah Becan (Self-published) *2006 ''Monsters'', Ken Dahl **''Comicore Jr.'', Paulette Poullet **''Gaylord Phoenix'' #4, Edie Fake **''Trackrabbit'', Geoff Vasile **''Window'' #8, Dave Lapp *2007 ''P.S. Comics'' #3, Minty Lewis **''Burning Building Comix'', Jeff Zwirek **''The Monkey and the Crab'', Shawn Cheng and Sara Edward-Corbett **''Noose'', Mark Burrier **''Seven More Days of Not Getting Eaten'', Matt Wiegle *2008 ''Bluefuzz'', Jesse Reklaw **''Dorado Park'', Lilli Carré **''How To Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less'',

**''Ochre Ellipse'' #2, Jonas Madden-Connor **''Swell'', Juliacks *2009 ''Stay Away From Other People'',

**''Claptrap'' #2, Onsmith **''Just So You Know'' #1, Joey Alison Sayers **''Stewbrew'', Kelly Froh & Max Clotfelter **''Xoc'' #1, Matt Dembicki *2010 ''Rambo 3.5'', Jim Rugg **''Don't Drink from the Sea'', Lilli Carré **''Stories by...'' Vol. 1, Martin Cendreda **''Troop 142'', Mike Dawson **''Water Column'' #3, Josh Frankel *2011 ''Ben Died of a Train'', Box Brown **''Gaylord Phoenix'' #5, Edie Fake **''Danger Country'' #1, Levon Jihanian **''Morning Song'', Laura Terry **''Trans-Utopia'', Tom Kaczynski (Uncivilized Books) *2012 ''The Monkey in the Basement and Other Delusions'', Corinne Mucha (Retrofit Comics) **''The Death of Elijah Lovejoy'', Noah Van Sciver (2D Cloud) **''Hypnotic Induction Technique'', Grant Reynolds (Self-published) **''Ramble On'' #2, Calvin Wong (Self-published) **''RAV'' #6, Mickey Zacchilli (Self-published) *2013 ''The End of the Fucking World'' #16, Charles Forsman (Fantagraphics) **''Il Cammino Delle Capre'', Kris Mukai & Zachary Zezima (Self-published) **''Hawaii 1997'', Sam Alden (Self-published) **''Lawaway'', Joseph Lambert (Self-published) **''Powdered Milk Vol. 10: The Man Who Could Not Read'', Keiler Roberts (Self-published) *2014 ''House of Women'', Sophie Goldstein **''The Grassy Knoll'', Nick Drnaso **''Never Forgets'', Yumi Sakugawa (Self-published) **''Test Tube'' #1, Carlos Gonzales **''Up to the Top'', Ian Sampson *2015 ''Sex Fantasy #4'', Sophia Foster-Dimino ** ''Devil's Slice of Life'', Patrick Crotty (Peow! Studio) ** ''Epoxy 5'',

** ''King Cat #75'',

(Self-published) ** ''Whalen: A Reckoning'', Audry *2016 ''Radishes'', Carolyn Nowak **''The Experts'', Sophie Franz **''Laffy Meal'', Pranas T. Naujokaitis **''Maps to the Suns'', Sloane Leong **''The Unofficial Cuckoo’s Nest'', Luke Healy *2017 ''Tender-Hearted'', Hazel Newlevant **''The Man Who Came Down the Attic Stairs'', Celine Loup **''Our Tale of Woe'', Keren Katz & Geffen Refaeli **''Reverse Flaneur'', M. Sabine Rear **''Same Place Same Time'', Ann Xu *2018 ''Say It With Noodles: On Learning to Speak the Language of Food'' – Shing Yin Khor **''Dog Nurse'' – Margot Ferrick **''Greenhouse'' – Debbie Fong **''Common Blessings & Common Curses'' – Maritsa Patrinos **''Mothball 88'' – Kevin Reilly *2019 ''Trans Girls Hit the Town'' – Emma Jayne **''Gonzalo'' – Jed McGowan **''Silver Wire'' – Kriota Willberg **''Cherry'' – InésEstrada **''YLLW YLLW YLLW'' – Mar Julia *2020 ''Black Hole Heart'' – Cathy G Johnson **''I Feel Weird #4'' – Haleigh Buck **''Chapter Two'' – Keren Katz **''The Gulf'' – Nguyen Nguyen **''Canvas'' – Theo K. Stultz *2021 ''Bodyseed'' – Casey Nowack **''Slum Clearance Symphony'' – Brendan Leach **''Lavender Scare'' – Arantza Peña Popo **''Montana Diary'' – Whit Taylor **''The Drain Pipe'' – Leda Zawacki

Outstanding Online Comic

*2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks **Ben Jones, ''Future Genies of Mush Past'' **Scott McCloud, ''I Can't Stop Thinking'' **Jonathan Morris, ''Jeremy'' **Demian5, ''When I Am King'' **Scott McCloud, ''Zot! Hearts and Minds'' *2002 Jason Little, ''Bee'' **Tom Hart, ''Hutch Owen: Public Relations'' **Jordan Crane, ''Keeping Two'' **

, ''Small Stories'' **Tracy White, ''Traced'' *2003

, ''American Elf'' **

, ''Bell's Home Journal'' **Ted Slampyak, ''Jazz Age Chronicles, Jazz Age'' **

, ''The Salon'' ** Jesse Reklaw, ''Slow Wave'' *2004

, ''American Elf'' **Patrick Farley, ''Apocamon'' **J.J. Naas, ''Desert Rocks'' **Timothy Kreider, ''The Pain … When Will it End?'' **Craig Boldman, ''Tailipoe'' *2005 Nicholas Gurewitch, ''The Perry Bible Fellowship'' **deadmouse, ''Ballad'' **Kazu Kibuishi, ''Copper (comic), Copper'' **Jenn Manley Lee, ''Dicebox'' **Steve Manale, Steven Manale, ''Superslackers'' *2006 Nicholas Gurewitch, ''The Perry Bible Fellowship'' ** ''A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible'' by David Hellman and Dale Beran ** ''Claviger'' by Ronnie Casson ** ''Micrographica'' by Renee French ** ''Thingpart'' by Joe Sayers * 2007 ''Achewood'' by Chris Onstad ** ''Grace'' by Kris Dresen ** ''Persimmon Cup'' by

** ''Thingpart'' by Joe Sayers ** ''Wondermark'' by David Malki ! * 2008 ''Achewood'' by Chris Onstad ** ''Danny Dutch'' by David King ** ''Slow Wave'' by Jesse Reklaw ** ''Thingpart'' by Joey Sayers ** ''Traced'' by Tracy White * 2009 ''Year of the Rat'', Cayetano Garza ** ''Bodyworld'', Dash Shaw ** ''Danny Dutch'', David King ** ''Thingpart'', Joey Alison Sayers ** Vanessa Davis's comics for ''Tablet'' * 2010 ''Troop 142'', Mike Dawson ** ''Callahan Online'', John Callahan (comics), John Callahan ** ''I Think You're Sauceome'', Sarah Becan ** ''The Lesttrygonians'', Stephen Gilpin ** ''Reliable Comics'', David King (comics), David King *2011 ''Hark! A Vagrant'', Kate Beaton **''Alphabet Horror'', Nate Marsh **''A Cartoonist’s Diary'', Pascal Girard **''Finn and Charlie are Hitched'', Tony Breed **''Lucky'', Gabrielle Bell *2012 ''SuperMutant Magic Academy'',

**''Amazing Facts…and Beyond! with Leon Beyond'', Dan Zettwoch and Kevin Huizenga **''Black Is the Color'', Julia Gfrorer **''Lucky'', Gabrielle Bell **''Starslip'', Kris Straub *2013 ''SuperMutant Magic Academy'',

**''Bird Boy'', Annie Szabla **''Gabby's Playhouse'', Ken Dahl & Gabby Schulz **''Haunter'', Sam Alden **''July Diary'',

*2014 ''Vattu'', Evan Dahm **''Band for Life'',

**''Big Dogs at Nite'', Dane Martin **''Demon'',

**''On Hiatus'', Pete Toms *2015 ''The Bloody Footprint'', Lilli Carré **''Carriers'', Lauren Weinstein **''Mom Body'', Rebecca Roher **''O Human Star'', Blue Delliquanti **''Witchy'', Ariel Ries *2016 ''

'', Meredith Gran **''A Cartoonist’s Diary'', Rina Ayuyang **''Just Doing My Job'', Gynnis Fawkes **''A Small Revolution'', Samantha Leriche-Gionet (AKA “Boum”) **''Vattu'', Evan Dahm *2017 ''The Meek'', Der-shing Helmer **''Disability in the Age of Trump'', Amanda Scurti **''Normal Person/Maine Vacation'', Lauren Weinstein **''That's Not Who We Are'', Mike Dawson **''Woman World'',

*2018 ''Lara Croft Was My Family'' – Carta Monir **''Woman World'' –

**''The Wolves Outside'' – Jesse England **''A Fire Story'' – Brian Files **''A Part of Me is Still Unknown'' – Meg O’Shea *2019 ''Full Court Crush'' – Hannah Blumenreich **''Isle of Elsi'' – Alec Longstreth **''That’s Not My Name!'' – Hannako Lambert **''What Doctors Know About CPR'' – Nathan Gray **''About Face'' –

*2020 ''Witchy'' – Ariel Ries **''I Exist'' – Breena Nuñez **''Like the Tide'' – Isabella Rotman **Gabby Schulz **''SUPERPOSE'' – Joe Seosamh and C. Anka *2021 ''Birds of Maine'' – Michael DeForge **''Leaf Lace'' – Ashanti Fortson **''Shadows Become You'' – Susannah Lohr **''Mr. Boop'' – Alec Robbins **''I Do Not Want to Write Today'' – Shing Yin Khor

Outstanding Anthology or Collection (discontinued)

*2005 ''Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man'' by

(La Mano) ** ''Above and Below: Two Tales of the American Frontier'' by James Sturm (

) ** ''Dead Herring Comics'', edited by Actus (Actus Independent Comics) ** ''Fred the Clown'' by Roger Langridge (

) ** ''Hutch Owen: Unmarketable'' by Tom Hart (comics), Tom Hart (

) * 2006 ''Black Hole (comics), Black Hole'' by Charles Burns (Pantheon) ** ''Castle Waiting'' by Linda Medley (

) ** ''Drawn & Quarterly Showcase'' #3 by Matt Broersma, Genevieve Elverum, and

(

) ** ''The Push Man and Other Stories'' by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (

) ** ''Squirrel Mother'' by

(

) * 2007 ''Curses'' by

(

) ** ''Drawn & Quarterly Showcase'' Vol. 4 by Gabrielle Bell, Martin Cendrera, and Dan Zettwoch (

) ** ''King-Cat Classix'' by John Porcellino (

) ** ''Misery Loves Comedy'' by Ivan Brunetti (

) ** ''Moomin'' Book One by Tove Jansson (

) * 2008 ''Papercutter'' #7, edited by Greg Means (Tugboat Press) ** ''Inkweed'', Chris Wright (Sparkplug Comic Books) ** ''Little Lulu'' Vol. 18, John Stanley (comics), John Stanley (Dark Horse) ** ''Pond Life'', John Broadley (PictureBox) ** ''Windy Corner'' #2, edited by Austin English (Sparkplug Comic Books) * 2009 ''Kramer’s Ergot'' #7, ed.

(Buenaventura) ** ''Abandoned Cars'', Tim Lane (

) ** ''Against Pain'', Ron Regé, Jr. (

) ** ''Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5'', T. Edward Bak, Anneli Furmark, Amanda Vähämäki (

) ** ''Fuzz and Pluck: Splitsville'' by

(Fantagraphics) * 2010 ''Masterpiece Comics'', R. Sikoryak (

) **''The Hipless Boy'', Sully (Conundrum Press) **''Lemon Styles'', Dave King (comics), David King (Sparkplug Comic Books) **''Red Snow'', Susumu Katsumata (manga artist), Susumu Katsumata (

) **''Ten Thousand Things to Do'', Jesse Reklaw (self-published) *2011 ''I Will Bite You'', Joseph Lambert (Secret Acres) **''Black Eye'', edited by Ryan Standfest (Rotland Press) **''Gay Genius'', edited by Annie Murphy (Sparkplug) **''Make Me a Woman'', Vanessa Davis (

) **''Three'' #1, edited by Robert Kirby (cartoonist), Robert Kirby *2012 ''Hark! A Vagrant'', Kate Beaton (

) **''Big Questions'', Anders Nilsen (

) **''The Man Who Grew His Beard'', Olivier Schrauwen (

) **''Nobrow #6'', Various artists (Nobrow) **''Ojitos Borrosos'', Inés Estrada (Self-published) *2013 ''Very Casual'', Michael DeForge (Koyama Press) **''Freddie Stories'', Lynda Barry (

) **''Heads or Tails'', Lille Carré (

) **''Peter Bagge's Other Stuff'', Peter Bagge (

) **''Tusen Hjärtan Stark #1'', Various, ed. by Austin English (Domino Books) *2014 ''QU33R'', edited by Robert Kirby (cartoonist), Robert Kirby **''Amazing Facts and Beyond'',

and Dan Zettwoch **''The End'', Anders Nilsen **''Eye of the Majestic Creature'' (Vol. 2), Leslie Stein **''Sock Monkey Treasury'',

*2015 ''How To Be Happy'',

** ''Drawn & Quarterly, 25 Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novel'', Tom Devlin, Chris Oliveros, Peggy Burns, Tracy Hurren, and Julia Pohl-Miranda (producers) ** ''An Entity Observes All Things'', Box Brown (Retrofit Comics/Big Planet Comics) ** ''Pope Hats'', #4, Ethan Rilly ** ''SuperMutant Magic Academy'', Jillian Tamaki *2016 ''Step Aside Pops'', Kate Beaton **''Beverly'', Nick Drnaso **''Beyond: The Queer Sci Fi and Fantasy Anthology'', Sfé R. Monster and Taneka Stotts **''The Complete Wimmen’s Comix'', Trina Robbins **''Killing And Dying'',

Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection (discontinued)

* 1997 ''It's A Good Life if You Don't Weaken'' by

(Drawn & Quarterly) ** ''At The Seams'' by

(Alternative Press) ** ''Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories'' by Ben Katchor (Little, Brown) ** ''L'Ascension Du Haut Mal'' by David B. (L'Association) ** ''Lost in the Alps'' by Cosey (NBM) * 1998 ''Ghost World'' by

(Fantagraphics) ** ''Views of the Warehouse District'' by Martin Tom Dieck (Westhampton House) ** ''Frank vol. 2'' by

(Fantagraphics) ** ''The Little Man'' by

(Drawn & Quarterly) ** ''Titanic Tales'' edited by Mark Wheatley (comics), Mark Wheatley (Insight Studios) * 1999 ''Cages'' by Dave McKean (Kitchen Sink) ** ''Hey Mister: Celebrity Roast'' by Pete Sickman-Garner (Top Shelf Productions) ** ''Hicksville'' by

(Black Eye) ** ''Time Warp'' by Ed Hillyer (Slab-O-Concrete) ** ''Tiny Bubbles'' by

(Highwater Books) * 2000 ''From Hell'' by

and

(Eddie Campbell Comics, distributed by Top Shelf Productions) ** ''Banks/Eubanks'' by Tom Hart (Top Shelf Productions) ** '' Clan Apis'' by

(Active Synapse) ** ''Comix 2000'' various, (L'Association) ** ''Drawn & Quarterly, Volume 3'' various, (Drawn & Quarterly) * 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks ** ''Box Office Poison'' by

(Top Shelf Productions) ** ''Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid On Earth'' by

(Pantheon Books) ** ''Mail Order Bride'' by Mark Kalesniko (Fantagraphics Books) ** ''Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia, 1992–1995'' by

(Fantagraphics Books) ** ''Snake 'n' Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret'' by Michael Kupperman (Avon Books) * 2002 ''The Golem's Mighty Swing'' by

(Drawn & Quarterly) ** ''Fallout'', edited by Jim Ottaviani (G.T. Labs) ** ''Haw!'' by Ivan Brunetti (Fantagraphics Books) ** ''Non #5'', edited by Jordan Crane (Red Ink Press) ** ''Summer of Love'' by Debbie Drechsler (Drawn & Quarterly) * 2003 ''Three Fingers'' by Rich Koslowski (Top Shelf Productions) ** ''Beg The Question'' by Bob Fingerman (Fantagraphics Books) ** ''Epileptic (comics), Epileptic'' by David B (L'Association) ** ''The Frank Book'' by

(Fantagraphics Books) ** ''Nightmare Alley'' by Spain Rodriguez and William Lindsay Gresham (Fantagraphics Books) * 2004 ''Blankets'' by Craig Thompson (Top Shelf Productions) ** ''The Fixer'' by Joe Sacco (Drawn & Quarterly) ** ''

'' by

(Drawn & Quarterly) ** McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #13, Edited by

(McSweeney's, Ltd.) ** ''Teratoid Heights'' by Matt Brinkman (Highwater Books)

Outstanding Debut Comic (discontinued)

*2000 ''Dork'' #8 by Evan Dorkin (Slave Labor Graphics) *2002 ''Pulpatoon Pilgrimage'' by Joel Priddy (AdHouse Books) *2003 ''Studygroup12 #3'' edited by Zack Soto *2004 ''Teen Boat #6: Vote Boat'' by Dave Roman and John Green (Cryptic Press) *2005 ''Will You Still Love Me if I Wet the Bed?'' by Liz Prince (Top Shelf Productions) *2006 ''Class of '99'' by Josh Eiserike (Self-Published) *2007 ''Papercutter'' #6 edited by Alec Longstreth (Tugboat Press) *2008 ''Swallow Me Whole'' by Nate Powell (Top Shelf Productions)

Ignatz Awards Jury

*1997 **Jessica Abel **

**Mark Wheatley (comics), Mark Wheatley **

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*1998 **Michael Cohen **Tom Devlin **Tom Hart (cartoonist), Tom Hart **Marc Hempel **

*1999 **

**Jordan Crane (cartoonist), Jordan Crane **Jon Lewis **

**Jim Ottaviani *2000 **

**Sean Bieri **Phil Foglio **

** Jason Little *2001 **Matt Feazell **Roberta Gregory **Jon "Bean" Hastings **Sam Henderson **

*2002 **Suzanne Baumann **

**David Lasky **

*2003 **Pam Bliss **Ariel Bordeaux **

**Batton Lash **Matt Madden *2004 **

**Rich Koslowski **Layla Lawlor **Steve Lieber *2005 **Jennifer Daydreamer **Shaenon K. Garrity, Shaenon Garrity **

**Jeff Parker (comics), Jeff Parker **Dan Zettwoch *2006 **Jeffrey Brown (cartoonist), Jeffrey Brown **Henry Chamberlain **Justin Hall (cartoonist), Justin Hall **Laurenn McCubbin **Jim Rugg *2007 **Sara Edward-Corbett **

**Steve MacIsaac ** Jesse Reklaw **Zack Soto *2008 **

**John Hankiewicz **Andy Hartzell *2009 ** Lilli Carré ** Vanessa Davis **Robert Kirby (cartoonist), Robert Kirby **Scott Mills **Laura Park *2010 **Trevor Alixopulos **Joshua Cotter **Rob G **David Kelly ** Anders Nilsen *2011 **Rina Ayuyang ** Mike Dawson **Kris Dresen **Theo Ellsworth **

*2012 **Edie Fake **Minty Lewis **Dylan Meconis **Lark Pien **Julia Wertz *2013 **

**Dustin Harbin **Damien Jay **Sakura Maku **

*2014 **Darryl Ayo **Austin English **Melissa Mendes **Thein Pham ** Whit Taylor *2015 **Lamar Abrams **Cara Bean **Robyn Chapman **Sophie Goldstein **Corrine Mucha *2016 **Tony Breed **Summer Pierre **Keiler Roberts **Spike Trotman, C. Spike Trotman **J.T. Yost *2017 **Neil Brideau **Glynnis Fawkes **Sara Lautman **Trungles **David Willis (cartoonist), David Willis

Ignatz Awards Committee

*1997 ** Chris Oarr, Coordinator *1998 ** Chris Oarr, Coordinator ** Jeff Alexander *1999 ** Jeff Alexander, Coordinator *2000–2006 ** Jeff Alexander, Coordinator ** Karon Flage ** Greg McElhatton *2007–2010 ** Greg McElhatton, Coordinator ** Jeff Alexander ** Karon Flage *2011–2012 ** Eden Miller, Coordinator ** Greg McElhatton ** Karon Flage *2013–2016 ** Eden Miller, Coordinator *2017–present ** Dan Stafford, Coordinator

References

External links

Ignatz Awards Official Website
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