The Ignatz Awards, named for the character in the classic comic strip Krazy Kat by George Herriman, is a festival prize that recognizes outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. The ballot is created by a panel of five cartoonists and is then voted on by the attendees at the event. This offers a unique reflection of the views the professionals and their fans. The award winners are announced at our awards gala.
2011 Ignatz Award Nominees
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Box Brown will have Everything Dies (Outstanding Series) and Ben Died of a Train (Outstanding Mini-Comic).
Darryl Ayo Brathwaite (Promising New Talent) can’t exactly sell House of Twelve Monthly #3 at the show since it’s a Comixology title, but he will be exhibiting.
Joseph Lambert will have copies of I Will Bite You (Outstanding Artist, Outstanding Anthology or Collection).
Tom Neely will have Black Eye, edited by Ryan Standfest (Outstanding Anthology or Collection), Danger Country #1, Levon Jihanian (Outstanding Comic, Outstanding Mini-Comic), and Habitat #2, Dunja Jankovic (Outstanding Comic).
Marian Runk will have The Magic Hedge (Outstanding Comic) as well as copies of Three #1, edited by Robert Kirby (Outstanding Anthology or Collection; Outstanding Story, “Weekends Abroad” by Eric Orner).
Laura Terry will have Morning Song (Outstanding Mini-comic).
AdHouse Books will have Jesse Jacobs’ Even the Giants (Promising New Talent), Jon McNaught’s Birchfield Close (Promising New Talent) and Jesse Moynihan’s Forming (Promising New Talent) as well as copies of Michael DeForge’s Lose #3 (Outstanding Artist, Outstanding Series, Outstanding Comic).
Drawn & Quarterly will have Make Me a Woman by Vanessa Davis (Outstanding Anthology or Collection) and Acme Novelty Library #20 by Chris Ware (Outstanding Story, “LINT”).
Fantagraphics will have Carol Tyler’s You’ll Never Know, Vol 2: Collateral Damage (Outstanding Artist, Outstanding Graphic Novel), Love and Rockets: New Stories No. 3 by Jaime Hernandez (“Browntown,” Outstanding Story), Dungeon Quest by Joe Daly (Outstanding Series) and Special Exits by Joyce Farmer (Outstanding Graphic Novel).
Picturebox will have Renee French’s H-Day (Outstanding Arist) and a limited number of copies of Sammy Harkham’s Crickets #3 (“Blood of the Virgin,” Outstanding Story; Outstanding Series; Outstanding Comic).
Secret Acres will have Edie Fake’s Gaylord Phoenix (Outstanding Artist, Outstanding Graphic Novel, Outstanding Mini-Comic).
Sparkplug Books will have Gay Genius, edited by Annie Murphy (Outstanding Anthology or Collection), Reich by Elijah Brubaker (Outstanding Series) and The Heavy Hand by Chris Cilla
(Outstanding Graphic Novel).
Tugboat Press will have Papercutter #15 (Outstanding Story, “The most gripping mind-exploding triumphantly electric of our time,” Jonas Madden-Conner).
While Tony Breed (Promising New Talent, Outstanding Online Comic, Finn and Charlie are Hitched) will not be exhibiting at Small Press Expo, he offers a coupon code “IGNATZ” for purchases on his site – http://hitchedcomic.com/ – through Sept. 11.
Outstanding Artist (excerpts)
- Michael DeForge, Lose #3 (Koyama Press)
- Edie Fake, Gaylord Phoenix (Secret Acres)
- Renee French, H-Day (Picturebox)
- Joseph Lambert, I Will Bite You (Secret Acres)
- Carol Tyler, You’ll Never Know, Vol 2: Collateral Damage (Fantagraphics)
Outstanding Anthology or Collection (excerpts)
- Black Eye, edited by Ryan Standfest (Rotland Press)
- Gay Genius, edited by Annie Murphy (Sparkplug)
- I Will Bite You, Joseph Lambert (Secret Acres)
- Make Me a Woman, Vanessa Davis (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Three #1, edited by Robert Kirby
Outstanding Story (excerpts)
- “Blood of the Virgin” Crickets #3, Sammy Harkham (self-published)
- “Browntown,” Love and Rockets: New Stories No. 3, Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
- “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)
Outstanding Series (excerpts)
- Crickets, Sammy Harkham (self-published)
- Dungeon Quest, Joe Daly (Fantagraphics Books)
- Everything Dies, Box Brown
- Lose, Michael DeForge (Koyama Books)
- Reich, Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug Comic Books)
Outstanding Comic (excerpts)
- Crickets #3, Sammy Harkham (self-published)
- Danger Country #1, Levon Jihanian
- Habitat #2, Dunja Jankovic
- Lose #3, Michael DeForge (Koyama Press)
- The Magic Hedge, Marian Runk
Outstanding Online Comic (excerpts)
- Alphabet Horror, Nate Marsh: www.alphabethorror.com
- A Cartoonist’s Diary, Pascal Girard: http://www.tcj.com/author/pascal-girard/
- Hark! A Vagrant, Kate Beaton: http://www.harkavagrant.com/
- Finn and Charlie are Hitched,Tony Breed: http://hitchedcomic.com/
- Lucky, Gabrielle Bell: http://gabriellebell.com/
Outstanding Graphic Novel (excerpts)
- 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 (Fantagraphics)
- You’ll Never Know, Vol 2: Collateral Damage, Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics)
Promising New Talent (excerpts)
- Tony Breed, Finn and Charlie are Hitched (self-published/online)
- Darryl Ayo Brathwaite, House of Twelve Monthly #3 (Comixology)
- Jesse Jacobs, Even the Giants (AdHouse)
- Jon McNaught, Birchfield Close (Nobrow)
- Jesse Moynihan, Forming (Nobrow/online)
Outstanding Mini-Comic (excerpts)
- 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)
2011 Ignatz Jury
- Rina Ayuyang
- Mike Dawson
- Kris Dresen
- Theo Ellsworth
- John Porcellino
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