Ignatz Award

The Ignatz Award is a prize awarded annually since 1997 award as a tribute to the outstanding achievements by alternative artist, authors and publishers in the field of comics cartoons. It is named after a character named Ignatz from the cartoon classic Krazy Kat by George Herriman. The winners will be determined by the participants of the Small Press Expo ( SPX), an alternative fan convention, which every September or October in Bethesda, Maryland near Washington DC takes place. 2001 SPX and thus exposed to the Ignatz Award because of the attacks of 11 September 2001. Candidates for the award are nominated by a five-member jury of experts and major Professional from the comic art.

The Ignatz Awards are given in the following categories:

• Outstanding Artist ( Outstanding Artist )
• Outstanding Anthology or Collection ( Outstanding Anthology or Collection, since 2005, having previously had this and the next category in a summarized )
• Outstanding Graphic Novel ( Outstanding graphic novel, since 2005)
• Outstanding Story ( Outstanding action)
• Promising New Talent ( Promising new talent )
• Outstanding Series ( Outstanding Series)
• Outstanding Comic ( Outstanding Comic )
• Outstanding Mini Comic ( Outstanding short comic )
• Outstanding Online Comic ( Outstanding Online Comic, since 2001)

Winner of the Ignatz Awards

Outstanding Artist

Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection

Outstanding Anthology or Collection

• 2005 John Porcellino, Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man ( La Mano )
• 2006 Charles Burns, Black Hole ( Pantheon )
• 2007 Kevin Huizenga, Curses ( Drawn & Quarterly )
• 2008 Greg Means, Paper Cutter No. 7, edited by ( Tugboat Press)
• Kramer's Ergot 2009 No. 7 ( Buenaventura )
• 2010 R. Sikoryak, Masterpiece Comics ( Drawn & Quarterly )
• 2011 Joseph Lambert, I Will Bite You ( Secret Acres )
• 2012 Kate Beaton, Hark! A Vagrant ( Drawn & Quarterly )
• 2013 Michael DeForge, Very Casual

Outstanding Graphic Novel

• 2005 Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return ( Pantheon )
• 2006 Alex Robinson, Tricked ( Top Shelf Productions )
• 2007 Anders Nilsen, Do not Go Where I Can not Follow ( Drawn & Quarterly )
• Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki 2008, Skim ( Groundwood Books )
• 2010 James Sturm, Market Day ( Drawn & Quarterly )
• 2011 Edie Fake, Gaylord Phoenix (Secret Acres )
• 2012 Anders Nilsen, Big Questions ( Drawn & Quarterly )
• 2013 Ulli Lust Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life

Outstanding Story

Promising New Talent

• Tomer Hanuka and Asaf, Bipolar, self-published
• Mike Kunkel, Hero Bear and the Kid, Astonish Comics
• Metaphrog, Louis - Red Letter Day, Metaphrog
• Rutu Modan, Flipper Vol 2, Actus Tragicus / Top Shelf Productions

Outstanding Series

Outstanding comic

Outstanding Mini Comic

Outstanding Online Comic

• Canceled in 2001, candidates were: Ben Jones, Future Genies of Mush Past
• Scott McCloud, I Can not Stop Thinking
• Jonathan Morris, Jeremy
• Demian 5, When I Am King
• Scott McCloud, Zot! Hearts and Minds

• Evan Dorkin 2000, Dork # 8 (Slave Labor Graphics )
• Canceled in 2001
• 2002 Joel Priddy, Pulpatoon Pilgrimage ( AdHouse Books)
• 2003 Studygroup12 No. 3, edited by Zack Soto
• 2004 Dave Roman and John Green, Teen Boat # 6: Vote Boat ( Cryptic Press)
• 2005 Liz Prince, Will You Still Love Me if I Wet the Bed? ( Top Shelf Productions )
• 2006 Josh Eiserike, Class of '99 ( self-published )
• 2007 Alec Longstreth, Paper Cutter No. 6 ( Tugboat Press)
• 2008 Nate Powell, Swallow Me Whole ( Top Shelf Productions )

Jury of the Ignatz Awards

• 2000 Donna Barr
• Sean Bieri
• Phil Foglio
• Dean Haspiel
• Jason Little

• 2001 Matt Feazell
• Roberta Gregory
• Jon " Bean" Hastings
• Sam Henderson
• James Sturm

• 2002 Suzanne Baumann
• Nick Bertozzi
• David Lasky
• Alex Robinson

• 2003 Pam Bliss
• Ariel Bordeaux
• David Hahn
• Batton Lash
• Matt Madden

• 2004 Kevin Huizenga
• Megan Kelso
• Rich Koslowski
• Layla Lawlor
• Steve Lieber

• 2005 Jennifer Daydreamer
• Shaenon Garrity
• James Kochalka
• Jeff Parker
• Dan Zettwoch

• 2006 Jeffrey Brown
• Henry Chamberlain
• Justin Hall
• Laurenn McCubbin
• Jim Rugg

• 2007 Sara Edward - Corbett
• Paul Hornschemeier
• Steve MacIsaac
• Jesse Reklaw
• Zack Soto

• 2008 Gabrielle Bell
• Farel Dalrymple
• Eleanor Davis
• John Hankiewicz
• Andy Hartzell

• Vanessa Davis
• 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
• John Porcellino

• 2012 Edie Fake
• Minty Lewis
• Dylan Meconis
• Lark Pien
• Julia Wertz

• 2013 Lisa Hanawalt
• Dustin Harbin
• Damien Jay
• Sakura Maku
• Jason Shiga