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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 were announced at the Ignatz Awards gala on September 26th, 2009 at 9pm.
SPX Ignatz Awards 2009 from Small Press Expo on Vimeo.
2009 Ignatz Award Nominees
Outstanding Artist
Tim Hensley, Mome (Fantagraphics), Kramer’s Ergot #7 (Buenaventura)
Nate Powell, Swallow Me Whole (Top Shelf)
Richard Sala, Delphine (Fantagraphics/Coconino)
Josh Simmons, Mome (Fantagraphics)
Carol Tyler, You’ll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man (Fantagraphics)
Outstanding Anthology or Collection
Abandoned Cars, Tim Lane (Fantagraphics)
Against Pain, Ron Rege Jr. (Drawn & Quarterly)
Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5, T. Edward Bak, Anneli Furmark, Amanda Vähämäki (Drawn & Quarterly)
Fuzz and Pluck: Splitsville by Ted Stearn (Fantagraphics)
Kramer’s Ergot 7, ed. Sammy Harkham (Buenaventura)
Outstanding Graphic Novel
Acme Novelty Library #19, Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)
Disappearance Diary, Hideo Azuma (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
Drop-In, Dave Lapp (Conundrum)
Nicolas, Pascal Girard (Drawn & Quarterly)
You’ll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man, Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics)
Outstanding Story
“The Carnival,” Mome #14, Lilli Carre (Fantagraphics)
Disappearance Diary, Hideo Azuma (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
“Seeing Eye Dogs of Mars,” Acme Novelty Library #19, Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)
“Untitled,” Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5, Amanda Vähämäki (Drawn & Quarterly)
“Willy,” Papercutter #10, Damien Jay (Tugboat)
Promising New Talent
T. Edward Bak, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5 (Drawn & Quarterly)
Colleen Frakes, Woman King (self-published)
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)
Outstanding Series
Danny Dutch, David King (Sparkplug)
Delphine, Richard Sala (Fantagraphics/Coconino)
Interiorae, Gabriella Giandelli (Fantagraphics/Coconino)
Reich, Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug)
Uptight, Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics)
Outstanding Comic
Danny Dutch #1, David King (Sparkplug)
Dead Ringer, Jason T. Miles (La Mano)
Interiorae #3, Gabriella Giandelli (Fantagraphics/Coconino)
Reich #6, Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug)
Uptight #3, Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics)
Outstanding Mini-Comic
Claptrap #2, Onsmith
Just So You Know #1, Joey Alison Sayers
Stay Away From Other People, Lisa Hanawalt
Stewbrew, Kelly Froh & Max Clotfelter
Xoc, Matt Dembicki
Outstanding Online Comic
Bodyworld, Dash Shaw
Danny Dutch, David King
Thingpart, Joey Alison Sayers
Vanessa Davis’s comics for Tablet
Year of the Rat, Cayetano Garza
2009 Ignatz Jury
Lilli Carre
Vanessa Davis
Robert Kirby
Scott Mills
Laura Park
SPX 2009 hosts the thirteenth annual presentation of the Ignatz Awards, a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. The Ignatz, named after George Herriman’s brick-wielding mouse, recognizes exceptional work that challenges popular notions of what comics can achieve, both as an art form and as a means of personal expression.
The Ignatz Awards are a festival prize, the first of such in the United States comic book industry. The nominees for the ballot are determined by a panel of five comic artists, which are voted on by the attendees during SPX. The Ignatz Awards will be presented at the gala Ignatz Awards ceremony held on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 9:00 PM.
Outstanding Artist
Tim Hensley, Mome (Fantagraphics), Kramer’s Ergot #7 (Buenaventura)
Nate Powell, Swallow Me Whole (Top Shelf)
Richard Sala, Delphine (Fantagraphics/Coconino)
Josh Simmons, Mome (Fantagraphics)
Carol Tyler, You’ll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man (Fantagraphics)
Outstanding Anthology or Collection
Abandoned Cars, Tim Lane (Fantagraphics)
Against Pain, Ron Rege Jr. (Drawn & Quarterly)
Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5, T. Edward Bak, Anneli Furmark, Amanda Vähämäki (Drawn & Quarterly)
Fuzz and Pluck: Splitsville by Ted Stearn (Fantagraphics)
Kramer’s Ergot 7, ed. Sammy Harkham (Buenaventura)
Outstanding Graphic Novel
Acme Novelty Library #19, Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)
Disappearance Diary, Hideo Azuma (Fanfare/Potent Mon)
Drop-In, Dave Lapp (Conundrum)
Nicolas, Pascal Girard (Drawn & Quarterly)
You’ll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man, Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics)
Outstanding Story
“The Carnival,” Mome #14, Lilli Carre (Fantagraphics)
Disappearance Diary, Hideo Azuma (Fanfare/Potent Mon)
“Seeing Eye Dogs of Mars,” Acme Novelty Library #19, Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)
“Untitled,” Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5, Amanda Vähämäki (Drawn & Quarterly)
“Willy,” Papercutter #10, Damien Jay (Tugboat)
Promising New Talent
T. Edward Bak, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5 (Drawn & Quarterly)
Colleen Frakes, Woman King (self-published)
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)
Outstanding Series
Danny Dutch, David King (Sparkplug)
Delphine, Richard Sala (Fantagraphics/Coconino)
Interiorae, Gabriella Giandelli (Fantagraphics/Coconino)
Reich, Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug)
Uptight, Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics)
Outstanding Comic
Danny Dutch #1, David King (Sparkplug)
Dead Ringer, Jason T. Miles (La Mano)
Interiorae #3, Gabriella Giandelli (Fantagraphics/Coconino)
Reich #6, Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug)
Uptight #3, Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics)
Outstanding Mini-Comic
Claptrap #2, Onsmith
Just So You Know #1, Joey Alison Sayers
Stay Away From Other People, Lisa Hanawalt
Stewbrew, Kelly Froh & Max Clotfelter
Xoc, Matt Dembicki
Outstanding Online Comic
Bodyworld, Dash Shaw
Danny Dutch, David King
Thingpart, Joey Alison Sayers
Vanessa Davis’s comics for Tablet
Year of the Rat, Cayetano Garza
2009 Ignatz Jury
Lilli Carre
Vanessa Davis
Robert Kirby
Scott Mills
Laura Park
Huge thanks to the marvelous Kate Beaton for creating such wonderful banners for the website advertising the 2009 show. Ms Beaton is just one of the many creators that will be exhibiting at SPX this year.
Be sure to check out all of Kate’s comics at Hark! A vagrant.
2008 Ignatz Award Nominees
The Ignatz is a festival prize awarded at SPX to recognize outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. A panel of cartoonists developed the ballot listed below, which was then voted on by SPX attendees at SPX 2008. Recipients were announced at the Ignatz Awards on Saturday, October 4th, 2008.
Outstanding Artist
Warren Craghead, How to Be Everywhere (self-published)
Lat, Town Boy (First Second Books)
Laura Park, Do Not Disturb My Waking Dream (self-published)
Michel Rabagliati, Paul Goes Fishing (Drawn & Quarterly)
Jillian Tamaki, Skim (Groundwood Books)
Outstanding Anthology or Collection
Inkweed, Chris Wright (Sparkplug Comic Books)
Little Lulu Vol. 18, John Stanley (Dark Horse)
Papercutter #7, edited by Greg Means (Tugboat Press)
Pond Life, John Broadley (PictureBox)
Windy Corner #2, edited by Austin English (Sparkplug Comic Books)
Outstanding Graphic Novel
The Hot Breath of War, Trevor Alixopulos (Sparkplug Comic Books)
Notes for a War Story, Gipi (First Second Books)
Paul Goes Fishing, Michel Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly)
Skim, Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood Books)
Spent, Joe Matt (Drawn & Quarterly)
Outstanding Story
“Americus”, MK Reed and Jonathan Hill, Papercutter #7 (Tugboat Press)
“The Candy Rod”, Onsmith, Hotwire Comics #2 (Fantagraphics Books)
“The Galactic Funnels”, Dash Shaw, Mome #11 (Fantagraphics Books)
The Thing About Madeleine, Lilli Carre (self-published)
“The Urn”, Chris Wright, Inkweed (Sparkplug Comic Books)
Promising New Talent
Oliver East, Trains Are… Mint (Blank Slate)
Austin English, Windy Corner #2 (Sparkplug Comic Books)
Chuck Forsman, Snake Oil #1 (self-published)
Sarah Glidden, How To Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less (self-published)
Lars Martinson, Tonoharu (Pliant Press/Top Shelf Productions)
Outstanding Series
Eye of the Majestic Creature, Leslie Stein (self-published)
Injury, Ted May, Jason Robards, and Jeff Wilson (Buenaventura Press)
Paul series, Michel Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly)
Reich, Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug Comic Books)
Snake Oil, Chuck Forsman (self-published)
Outstanding Comic
Cryptic Wit #2, Gerald Jablonski (self-published)
Department of Art, Dunya Jankovic (self-published)
Lucky Vol. 2 #2, Gabrielle Bell (Drawn & Quarterly)
Palooka-ville #19, Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)
Snake Oil #1, Chuck Forsman (self-published)
Outstanding Mini-Comic
Bluefuzz, Jesse Reklaw
Dorado Park, Lilli Carre
How To Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less, Sarah Glidden
Ochre Ellipse #2, Jonas Madden-Connor
Swell, Juliacks
Outstanding Online Comic
Achewood, Chris Onstad (www.achewood.com)
Danny Dutch, David King (www.reliablecomics.com)
Slow Wave, Jesse Reklaw (www.slowwave.com)
Thingpart, Joey Sayers (www.jsayers.com/thingpart/thingpart.html)
Traced, Tracy White (www.traced.com)
2008 Ignatz Jury
Gabrielle Bell
Farel Dalrymple
Eleanor Davis
John Hankiewicz
Andy Hartzell
2007 Ignatz Award Nominees
The Ignatz is a festival prize awarded at SPX to recognize outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. A panel of cartoonists developed the ballot listed below, which was then voted on by SPX attendees at SPX 2007. Recipients were announced at the Ignatz Awards on Saturday, October 13th, 2007.
Outstanding Artist
Vanessa Davis, Papercutter #4 (Tugboat Press), Kramers Ergot #6 (Buenaventura Press)
John Hankiewicz, Asthma (Sparkplug Comic Books)
Jaime Hernandez, Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics Books)
Rutu Modan, Exit Wounds (Drawn & Quarterly)
Ted Stearn, Fuzz & Pluck in Splitsville #4 (Fantagraphics Books)
Outstanding Anthology or Collection
Curses by Kevin Huizenga (Drawn & Quarterly)
Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Vol. 4 by Gabrielle Bell, Martin Cendrera, and Dan Zettwoch (Drawn & Quarterly)
King-Cat Classix by John Porcellino (Drawn & Quarterly)
Misery Loves Comedy by Ivan Brunetti (Fantagraphics Books)
Moomin Book One by Tove Jansson (Drawn & Quarterly)
Outstanding Graphic Novel
Aya by Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie (Drawn & Quarterly)
Bookhunter by Jason Shiga (Sparkplug Comic Books)
Don’t Go Where I Can’t Follow by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
House by Josh Simmons (Fantagraphics Books)
Outstanding Story
Delphine #1-2 by Richard Sala (Fantagraphics Books/Coconico Press)
Don’t Go Where I Can’t Follow by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
The End #1 by Anders Nilsen (Fantagraphics Books/Coconico Press)
“Felix” by Gabrielle Bell, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Vol. 4 (Drawn & Quarterly)
“Martha Gregory” by John Hankiewicz, Asthma (Sparkplug Comic Books)
Promising New Talent
Gabrielle Bell, Lucky, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Vol. 4 (Drawn & Quarterly)
Scott Campbell, Flight Vol. 4 (Ballantine Books), Hickee vol. 3 #3 (Alternative Comics)
Lilli Carre, Papercutter #3 (Tugboat Press), You Ain’t No Dancer Vol. 2 (New Reliable Press)
Brandon Graham, King City (TokyoPop)
Tom Neely, The Blot (I Will Destroy You)
Outstanding Series
Atlas by Dylan Horrocks (Drawn & Quarterly)
Delphine by Richard Sala (Fantagraphics Books/Coconico Press)
Dungeon by Lewis Trondheim, Joann Sfar, and various (NBM)
Love & Rockets by Los Bros Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books)
Mourning Star by Kazimir Strzepek (Bodega Distribution)
Outstanding Comic
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)
Optic Nerve #11 by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly)
Outstanding Mini-Comic
Burning Building Comix by Jeff Zwirek
The Monkey and the Crab by Shawn Cheng and Sara Edward-Corbett
Noose by Mark Burrier
P.S. Comics #3 by Minty Lewis
Seven More Days of Not Getting Eaten by Matt Wiegle
Outstanding Online Comic
Achewood by Chris Onstad
Grace by Kris Dresen
Persimmon Cup by Nick Bertozzi
Thingpart by Joe Sayers
Wondermark by David Malki
Outstanding Debut Award
Big Questions #10 by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
Crickets #2 by Sammy Harkham (Drawn & Quarterly)
Daybreak Vol. 2 by Brian Ralph (Bodega Distribution)
Dead Man’s Hand by Morgan Pielli, Christopher Warren, Matthew Young and Jon-Mikel Gates (Tree Fort Press)
Essex County Vol. 2: Ghost Stories by Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
Full Sanction: Home Mechanomics by Joe Mochove and Rusty Rowley (Full Sanction Press)
House of Twelve Goes to War edited by Cheese Hasselberger (House of Twelve Comics)
Iblis by Kelli Nelson (Cheap Paper Art)
Igor: Fixed by Frankensteins by Chris Reilly (SLG)
Junk in the Toaster (and Other Brilliant Ideas from Some Guy With a Website) by August J. Pollak (self-published)
Knuckles the Malevolent Nun: She Might Get Rather Crude by Cornelius Stone and Roger Langridge (ComiXpress)
Lower Regions by Alex Robinson (Top Shelf)
Moomin Book Two by Tove Jansson (Drawn & Quarterly)
My Brain Hurts #7 Liz Baillie (self-published)
Nice Work Part 1 by Geoff Grogan (self-published)
Oceanus Procellarum: Book 1, Weapons of Devotion by R.M. Rhodes (Oletheros Publishing)
Papercutter #6 edited by Alec Longstreth (Tugboat Press)
Pie by John McNamee
Service Industry by T. Edward Bak (Bodega Distribution)
Shithole: The Story of My First Apartment by Corinne Mucha (self-published)
Skyscrapers of the Midwest #4 by Joshua Cotter (AdHouse Books)
Southern Cross by Laurence Hyde (Drawn & Quarterly)
Spadefoot #4 by Matt Dembicki and Andrew Cohen (Three Crows Press)
Television #1 by Ryan Alexander-Tanner
This is Not Viva Lars Vegas by R.M. Rhodes (Oletheros Publishing)
Turtle vs. Bunny by Joe Dunn (Digital Pimp Productions)
Yearbook Stories: 1976-1978 by Chris Staros, Bo Hampton, and Rich Tommaso (Top Shelf)
Zippy: Walk a Mile in My Mu-Mu by Bill Griffith (Fantagraphics Books)
Ignatz 2007 Jury Panel
Sara Edward-Corbett
Paul Hornschemeier
Steve MacIsaac
Jesse Reklaw
Zack Soto
2006 Ignatz Award Nominees
The Ignatz is a festival prize awarded at SPX to recognize outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. A panel of cartoonists developed the ballot listed below, which was then voted on by SPX attendees at SPX 2006. Recipients were announced at the Ignatz Awards on Saturday, October 14th, 2006.
Outstanding Artist
Jordan Crane, The Clouds Above (Fantagraphics Books)
Renee French, The Ticking (Top Shelf Productions)
Tony Millionaire, Billy Hazelnuts (Fantagraphics Books)
Anders Nilsen, Big Questions #7 and #8 (Drawn & Quarterly)
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #16 (Fantagraphics Books)
Outstanding Anthology or Collection
Black Hole by Charles Burns (Pantheon)
Castle Waiting by Linda Medley (Fantagraphics Books)
Drawn and Quarterly Showcase #3 by Matt Broersma, Genevieve Elverum, and Sammy Harkham (Drawn & Quarterly)
The Push Man and Other Stories by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn & Quarterly)
Squirrel Mother by Megan Kelso (Fantagraphics Books)
Outstanding Graphic Novel
The Clouds Above by Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics Books)
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)
The Ticking by Renee French (Top Shelf Productions)
Tricked by Alex Robinson (Top Shelf Productions)
Wimbledon Green by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)
Outstanding Story
Ganges #1 by Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics Books)
“Prebaby” by Joe Daly, Scrublands (Fantagraphics Books)
“Somersaulting” by Sammy Harkham, Drawn and Quarterly Showcase #3 (Drawn & Quarterly)
“To Capt. Ayres” by Andrice Arp, Mome Winter 2006 (Fantagraphics Books)
We Are On Our Own by Miriam Katin (Drawn & Quarterly)
Promising New Talent
Andrice Arp, 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.)
Hope Larson, Salamander Dream (AdHouse Books), Gray Horses (Oni Press)
Outstanding Series
Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics Books)
Big Questions by Anders Nilsen (Drawn and Quarterly)
Love and Rockets by Los Bros. Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books)
Optic Nerve by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly)
Owly by Andy Runton (Top Shelf Productions)
Outstanding Comic
Big Questions #7 by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
Ganges #1 by Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics Books)
Optic Nerve #10 by Adrian Tomine (Drawn and Quarterly)
Schizo #4 by Ivan Brunetti (Fantagraphics Books)
Stuff of Dreams #3 by Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics Books)
Outstanding Minicomic
Comicore Jr. by Paulette Poullet
Gaylord Phoenix #4 by Edie Fake
Monsters by Ken Dahl
Trackrabbit by Geoff Vasile
Window #8 by Dave Lapp
Outstanding Online Comic
A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible by David Hellman and Dale Beran
Claviger by Ronnie Casson
Micrographica by Renee French
Perry Bible Fellowship by Nicholas Gurewitch
Thingpart by Joe Sayers
Outstanding Debut Comic
Action Philosophers #7: It’s All Greek to You by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey (Evil Twin Comics)
Anyone But Virginia #3 by Zac Crockett and Josh Eiserike (Self-Published)
Class of ’99 by Josh Eiserike (Self-Published)
Controller by Robin Enrico (Self-Published)
Cross Country by MK Reed (Self-Published)
Curses by Kevin Huizenga (Drawn & Quarterly)
The Damned #1 by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt (Oni Press)
Delphine #1 by Richard Sala (Fantagraphics Books)
Daybreak by Brian Ralph (Bodega Distribution)
Feral Ducks by FW Harvey and Josef J. Komenda (Self-Published)
Hellcity by Macon Blair and Joe Flood (Gigantic Graphic Novels)
Hwy. 115 by Matthias Lehmann (Fantagraphics Books)
House of Twelve’s “Heavy Metal: The Movie” by various (House of Twelve Comics)
Interiorae #2 by Gabriella Giandelli (Fantagraphics Books)
Let Us Be Perfectly Clear by Paul Hornschemeier (Fantagraphics Books)
Luba: Three Daughters by Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books)
Lucky by Gabrielle Bell (Drawn & Quarterly)
Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip Book One by Tove Jansson (Drawn & Quarterly)
Mourning Star by Kazimir Strzepek (Bodega Distribution)
My Brain Hurts #4 by Liz Baillie (Self-Published)
New Tales Of Old Palomar #1 by Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books)
One Last Ride On The Ghost Truck by Ben T. Steckler (Self-Published)
Premillennial Maakies by Tony Millionaire (Fantagraphics Books)
The Pirates of Coney Island #1 by Rick Spears and Vasilis Lolos (Image Comics)
Project: Romantic by various (AdHouse Books)
Rogue Satellite Comics: Crossroads to Lambada by Christopher P. Reilly (Self-Published)
Sidescrollers by Matthew Loux (Oni Press)
12 Reasons Why I Love Her by Jamie S. Rich & Joelle Jones (Oni Press)
We Must Become Our Heroes, vol. II, #1 by Jordan Giarratano (Big G, Little G)
You Ain’t No Dancer Vol. 2 by Various (New Reliable Press)
Ignatz 2006 Jury Panel
Jeffrey Brown
Henry Chamberlain
Justin Hall
Laurenn McCubbin
Jim Rugg
2005 Ignatz Award Nominees
The Ignatz is a festival prize awarded at SPX to recognize outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. A panel of cartoonists developed the ballot listed below, which was then voted on by SPX attendees at SPX 2005. Recipients were announced at the Ignatz Awards on Saturday, September 24th, 2005.
Outstanding Artist
David B., Epileptic (Pantheon), Babel (Drawn & Quarterly)
Jeffrey Brown, Bighead (Top Shelf Productions)
Roger Langridge, Fred The Clown (Fantagraphics)
Seth, Clyde Fans Book 1 (Drawn & Quarterly)
Craig Thompson, Carnet de Voyage (Top Shelf Productions)
Outstanding Anthology or Collection
Above & Below: Two Tales Of The American Frontier by James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)
Dead Herring Comics edited by Actus (Actus Independent Comics)
Diary Of A Mosquito Abatement Man by John Porcellino (La Mano)
Fred The Clown by Roger Langridge (Fantagraphics)
Hutch Owen: Unmarketable by Tom Hart (Top Shelf Productions)
Outstanding Graphic Novel
Bighead by Jeffrey Brown (Top Shelf Productions)
Carnet de Voyage by Craig Thompson (Top Shelf Productions)
Cinema Panopticum by Thomas Ott (L’Association, Fantagraphics)
Persepolis 2: The Story Of A Return by Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon)
Why Are You Doing This? by Jason (Fantagraphics)
Outstanding Story
Dogs and Water by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
“Dumb Solitaire” by Gilbert Hernandez, Love and Rockets #11 & #13 (Fantagraphics)
“Homme De Le Bois” by David Collier, The Frank Ritza Papers (Drawn & Quarterly)
The Legend of Wild Man Fischer by Dennis Eichorn & JR Williams (Top Shelf Productions)
“Onion Jack” by Joel Priddy, Superior Showcase #0 (AdHouse Books)
Promising New Talent
Joshua W. Cotter, Skyscrapers Of The Midwest (AdHouse Books)
Rebecca Dart, RabbitHead (Alternative Comics)
Vanessa Davis, Spaniel Rage (Buenaventura Press)
Andy Runton, Owly (Top Shelf Productions)
Karl Stevens, Guilty (Karl Stevens Publishing)
Outstanding Series
Bipolar by Tomer Hanuka, Asaf Hanuka & Etgar Keret (Alternative Comics)
Finder by Carla Speed McNeil (Lightspeed Press)
Deadpan by David Heatley (Self-published)
Love and Rockets Vol II by Jamie Hernandez & Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
Skyscrapers Of The Midwest by Joshua W. Cotter (AdHouse Books)
Outstanding Comic
Dogs and Water by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
Love & Rockets #12 by Jamie Hernandez & Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
Love & Rockets #13 by Jamie Hernandez & Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
Or Else #1 by Kevin Huizenga (Drawn & Quarterly)
Worn Tuff Elbow #1 by Marc Bell (Fantagraphics)
Outstanding Minicomic
Couch Tag #2 by Jesse Reklaw (Self-published)
Dance by John Hankiewicz (Self-published)
Monday by Andy Hartzell (Self-published)
Ouija Interview #3 by Sarah Becan (Self-published
Phase 7 by Alec Longstreth (Self-published)
Outstanding Online Comic
Ballad by deadmouse
Copper by Kazu Kibuishi
Dicebox by Jenn Manley Lee
Superslackers by Steven Manale
The Perry Bible Fellowship by Nicholas Gurewitch
Outstanding Debut Award
676 apparitions of Killoffer, Killoffer, Typocrat Press
Action Philosphers: Self Help For Stupid Ugly Losers #1, Ryan Dunlavy & Fred Van Lente
American Music: A-Z by Ben Towle
Big Fat Whale’s Sea Anomie by Brian McFadden
Conversations #2 by James Kochalka & Jeffrey Brown (Top Shelf Productions)
The Dada Alphabet, An Absurdist’s Primer by Freese, Milloway & Wood
Dr. Dremo Vol 1 by DC Conspiracy
House of Twelve’s Rashomon by Cheese Hasselberger (House of Twelve)
Matriculated by Phillip Chan (Digital Pimp Productions)
Merde by Steve Ahlquist, Chris Reilly & Ben Towle
Owly Vol 3 by Andy Runton (Top Shelf Productions)
Pale Fire by MK Reed
Strange Detective Tales: Dead Love #2 by Jesse Bausch & Jim Callahan (Oddgod Press)
Stupid & Unkind by Robin Enrico
Superf*ckers #2 by James Kochalka (Top Shelf Productions)
The Surrogates #2 by Robert Venditti & Brett Weldele (Top Shelf Productions)
True Porn Vol 2 edited by Robyn Chapman & Kelli Nelson (Alternative Comics)
Will You Still Love Me If I Wet The Bed? by Liz Prince (Top Shelf Productions)
Zed: Setting The Scene by Duane M. Abe (Corkey Comics)
Ignatz 2005 Jury Panel
Jennifer Daydreamer
Shaenon Garrity
James Kochalka
Jeff Parker
Dan Zettwoch
