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The 2025 Ignatz Awards… and the Winners are!

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Saturday night during the Small Press Expo (SPX) was the annual presentation of the Ignatz Awards, a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning.

Ignatz Awards nominees are determined by a panel of comics professionals. This year’s team of jurors included:

  • Denis Kitchen
  • Carol Tilley
  • Isabella Rotman
  • Jonathan Baylis
  • Beth Hetland
  • Olivia Li

Voting for the Ignatz Awards was open to anybody on the SPX email lists and anyone requesting a ballot.

Congrats to all of the winners and nominees. The winners are marked in bold.

OUTSTANDING ARTIST

  • Sarah Airriess, The Worst Journey in the World (Iron Circus Comics)
  • Deb JJ Lee, Death Fiddles and We Dance (Self-Published/Shortbox)
  • Kazimir Lee, Low Orbit (Top Shelf Productions)
  • Lomig, JOHN MUIR: To the Heart of Solitude (NBM Graphic Novels)
  • Anders Nilsen, Tongues Supplement #1 (NoMiracles)

OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY

  • Braba: A Brazilian Comics Anthology ed. Rafael Grampá and Janaína de Luna (Fantagraphics)
  • Come Find Me ed. Will Dennis and Sean Edgar (DSTLRY)
  • Datura Magazine vol. 3 ed. Sunmi and Mar Julia (Self-Published)
  • Loud: Stories to Make Your Voice Heard ed. Brett Israel (Dark Horse Comics)
  • Rust Belt Review vol. 6 by Sean Knickerbocker (Self-Published)

OUTSTANDING COLLECTION

  • I Ate the Whole World to Find You by Rachel Ang (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • Milk White Steed by Michael D. Kennedy (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • Preparing to Bite by Keiler Roberts (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • Them-Shaped Cloud by Max Huffman (CRAM Books)
  • World Within the World by Julia Gfrörer (Fantagraphics)

OUTSTANDING COMIC

  • Belly Full of Heart by Madeline Mouse (Silver Sprocket)
  • Big Gamble Rainbow Highway by Connie Meyers (CRAM Books)
  • Lucky Cap Scouts by O. Stevens (Silver Sprocket)
  • The Re-Up #6 by Chad Bilyeu and Juliette de Wit (Bistro Books)
  • Tongues Supplement #1 by Anders Nilsen (NoMiracles)

OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL

  • Adrift on a Painted Sea by Tim Bird (Avery Hill Publishing)
  • Land of Mirrors by María Medem (translated by Aleshia Jensen & Daniela Ortiz) (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • Precious Rubbish by Kayla E. (Fantagraphics)
  • Processing: 100 Comics That Got Me Through It by Tara Booth (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • Skin by Mieke Versyp and Sabien Clement (Fantagraphics)

OUTSTANDING MINICOMIC

  • Allodynia by Violet Kitchen (Self-Published)
  • Big Apple Matinee by A. T. Pratt (Self-Published)
  • The Connoisseurs by Alex Swift (Frog Farm)
  • The Mole by Arantza Peña Popo (Self-Published)
  • Szarlotka by Jas Hice (Frog Farm)

OUTSTANDING ONLINE COMIC

OUTSTANDING SERIES

  • Disciples of Soil by B. Mure (Avery Hill Publishing)
  • PeePee PooPoo by Caroline Cash (Silver Sprocket)
  • The Re-Up by Chad Bilyeu & Juliette de Wit (Bistro Books)
  • Tongues by Anders Nilsen (NoMiracles)
  • Wedding Juice by Sanika Phawde (Self-Published)

OUTSTANDING STORY

  • A Pillbug Story by Allison Conway (Black Panel Press)
  • Ballad for Black Cassandra by Olivia Stephens (Self-Published)
  • Boy Island by Leo Fox (Silver Sprocket)
  • How to Talk to Your Succulent by Zoe Persico (Tundra Book Group)
  • Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage by Spire Greenwood and Eve Greenwood (Self-Published)

PROMISING NEW TALENT

  • Trishelle Jeffery, Best Breasts in the West (Fieldmouse Press)
  • Mili St. John, The Edge of Autumn (Self-Published)
  • Ricky Lima and Daniele Aquilani, Undergrowth (Top Shelf Productions)
  • Connie Meyers, Big Gamble Rainbow Highway (CRAM books)
  • Vicky Yang, Unmoored (Self-Published)

The 2025 Ignatz Award Nominees Have Been Announced

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The Small Press Expo (SPX) has announced the 2025 nominees for the annual presentation of the Ignatz Awards, a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning.

Ignatz Awards nominees are determined by a panel of comics professionals. This year’s team of jurors included:

  • Denis Kitchen
  • Carol Tilley
  • Isabella Rotman
  • Jonathan Baylis
  • Beth Hetland
  • Olivia Li

Voting for the Ignatz Awards is open to anybody on the SPX email lists and anyone requesting a ballot. There will be no in-person voting at the show, as voting for the prestigious Ignatz Awards is open to all fans of indie comics. Voting ends on Friday September 12 at 8:00Pm (EDT).

The Ignatz Awards ceremony will be held at 9:30PM on Saturday September 13 in the White Oak Room of the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.

Congrats and good luck to all of this year’s nominees:

OUTSTANDING ARTIST

  • Sarah Airriess, The Worst Journey in the World (Iron Circus Comics)
  • Deb JJ Lee, Death Fiddles and We Dance (Self-Published/Shortbox)
  • Kazimir Lee, Low Orbit (Top Shelf Productions)
  • Lomig, JOHN MUIR: To the Heart of Solitude (NBM Graphic Novels)
  • Anders Nilsen, Tongues Supplement #1 (NoMiracles)

OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY

  • Braba: A Brazilian Comics Anthology ed. Rafael Grampá and Janaína de Luna (Fantagraphics)
  • Come Find Me ed. Will Dennis and Sean Edgar (DSTLRY)
  • Datura Magazine vol. 3 ed. Sunmi and Mar Julia (Self-Published)
  • Loud: Stories to Make Your Voice Heard ed. Brett Israel (Dark Horse Comics)
  • Rust Belt Review vol. 6 by Sean Knickerbocker (Self-Published)

OUTSTANDING COLLECTION

  • I Ate the Whole World to Find You by Rachel Ang (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • Milk White Steed by Michael D. Kennedy (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • Preparing to Bite by Keiler Roberts (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • Them-Shaped Cloud by Max Huffman (CRAM Books)
  • World Within the World by Julia Gfrörer (Fantagraphics)

OUTSTANDING COMIC

  • Belly Full of Heart by Madeline Mouse (Silver Sprocket)
  • Big Gamble Rainbow Highway by Connie Meyers (CRAM Books)
  • Lucky Cap Scouts by O. Stevens (Silver Sprocket)
  • The Re-Up #6 by Chad Bilyeu and Juliette de Wit (Bistro Books)
  • Tongues Supplement #1 by Anders Nilsen (NoMiracles)

OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL

  • Adrift on a Painted Sea by Tim Bird (Avery Hill Publishing)
  • Land of Mirrors by María Medem (translated by Aleshia Jensen & Daniela Ortiz) (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • Precious Rubbish by Kayla E. (Fantagraphics)
  • Processing: 100 Comics That Got Me Through It by Tara Booth (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • Skin by Mieke Versyp and Sabien Clement (Fantagraphics)

OUTSTANDING MINICOMIC

  • Allodynia by Violet Kitchen (Self-Published)
  • Big Apple Matinee by A. T. Pratt (Self-Published)
  • The Connoisseurs by Alex Swift (Frog Farm)
  • The Mole by Arantza Peña Popo (Self-Published)
  • Szarlotka by Jas Hice (Frog Farm)

OUTSTANDING ONLINE COMIC

OUTSTANDING SERIES

  • Disciples of Soil by B. Mure (Avery Hill Publishing)
  • PeePee PooPoo by Caroline Cash (Silver Sprocket)
  • The Re-Up by Chad Bilyeu & Juliette de Wit (Bistro Books)
  • Tongues by Anders Nilsen (NoMiracles)
  • Wedding Juice by Sanika Phawde (Self-Published)

OUTSTANDING STORY

  • A Pillbug Story by Allison Conway (Black Panel Press)
  • Ballad for Black Cassandra by Olivia Stephens (Self-Published)
  • Boy Island by Leo Fox (Silver Sprocket)
  • How to Talk to Your Succulent by Zoe Persico (Tundra Book Group)
  • Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage by Spire Greenwood and Eve Greenwood (Self-Published)

PROMISING NEW TALENT

  • Trishelle Jeffery, Best Breasts in the West (Fieldmouse Press)
  • Mili St. John, The Edge of Autumn (Self-Published)
  • Ricky Lima and Daniele Aquilani, Undergrowth (Top Shelf Productions)
  • Connie Meyers, Big Gamble Rainbow Highway (CRAM books)
  • Vicky Yang, Unmoored (Self-Published)

The Small Press Expo 2024 Ignatz Award Winners are…

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The Small Press Expo (SPX), the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels and alternative political cartoons, has announced the 2024 winners for the annual presentation of the Ignatz Awards, a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning.

Voting for the Ignatz Awards was opened to anybody on the SPX email lists and anyone who requested a ballot.

The Ignatz Awards ceremony was held on Saturday September 14 during the convention.

The 2024 Ignatz Winners are noted in bold with “- Winner” next to the listing.

OUTSTANDING ARTIST

  • Flippy, Nate Garcia (Domino Books)
  • Night Fever (from Gladiolus Magazine #1), Robyn Smith (Black Josei) Press – WINNER
  • Portrait of a Body, Julie Delporte (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Spiral and Other Stories, Aidan Koch (New York Review Comics)
  • The Great Beyond, Léa Murawiec (Drawn & Quarterly)

OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY

  • Let Her Be Evil, Cassandra Jones, ed. (Zoop)
  • Pulping, Jenn Woodall, Jon Iñaki, Jonathan Rotsztain, Mitch Lohmeier and Paterson Hodgson, ed. (Pulping Collective) – WINNER
  • We Belong, Viktor T. Kerney and William O. Tyler, ed. (Stacked Deck Press)
  • Wheels on the Bus, Lucio Luiz, ed. (Jupati Books)
  • Won’t Back Down: An Anthology of Pro-Choice Comics, Trina Robbins, ed. (Last Gasp)

OUTSTANDING COLLECTION

  • Buzzelli Collected Works Vol. 1: The Labyrinth, Guido Buzzelli, translated by Jamie Richards (Floating World Comics)
  • Complete and Utter Malarkey, November Garcia (Fieldmouse Press)
  • Gender Studies: The Confessions of an Accidental Outlaw, Ajuan Mance (Rosarium Press)
  • Offshore Lightning, Saito Nazuna, translated by Alexa Frank (Drawn & Quarterly) – WINNER
  • Resenter, Gigi Murakami (Self-Published)

OUTSTANDING COMIC

  • Fielder #2, Kevin Huizenga (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Follow the Doll Issue 2, Daryl Seitchik (Parsifal Press)
  • My Body Unspooling, Leo Fox (Silver Sprocket) – WINNER
  • Sunflowers, Keezy Young (Silver Sprocket)
  • The Audra Show #7: The Love Issue, Audra Stang (Self-Published)

OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL

  • Optometry, Xiang Yata (Driftwood Press)
  • Roaming, Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly) – WINNER
  • The Talk, Darrin Bell (Macmillan Publishers)
  • Time Under Tension, M.S. Harkness (Fantagraphics)
  • Unended, Josh Bayer (Uncivilized Books)

OUTSTANDING MINICOMIC

  • Find a Seat, Faye Stacey (Quindrie Press)
  • Hyper Fawnus, Anna Two (Self-Published)
  • Lullaby, Jordan Jeffries (Cosmic Dog House Press)
  • Manga Cube, LEHUO (Self-Published) – WINNER
  • Pauline Newman, Greer de Maglie (Self-Published)

OUTSTANDING ONLINE COMIC

  • Buuza!!, Shazleen Khan – WINNER
  • In the Shadow of Giants, Aria Villafranca and Matthew Fisher
  • Marigold, Emily Zilber
  • Rigsby Wi, SE Case
  • The Legend of Mariposa, James Lawrence

OUTSTANDING SERIES

  • CosmoKnights, Hannah Templer (Top Shelf Productions) – WINNER
  • CRAM, Andrew Alexander, ed. (CRAM Books)
  • Jaywalk, Floyd Tangeman, ed. (Domino Books)
  • Kuš! Baltic Comics Magazine, Various (Kuš)
  • Tongues, Anders Nilsen (Self-Published)

OUTSTANDING STORY

  • “The Happy Art”, Sami Alwani (Pulping Collective) – WINNER
  • “And When I See You, I’ll Tell You Everything” (from You Are Not a Guest), Leela Corman (Fieldmouse Press)
  • Scorpio Venus Rising #1, Corinne Halbert (Self-Published)
  • The Gift, Jamila Rowser & Sam Wade (Black Josei Press)
  • The Super Hero’s Journey, Patrick McDonnell (Abrams Books)

PROMISING NEW TALENT:

  • 10-10 To The Wind, Cole Degenstein (Fieldmouse Press)
  • Gift Box, Pingnan Lu (Self-Published)
  • Optometry, Xiang Yata (Driftwood Press)
  • Tales of the Orishas, Hugo Canuto (Abrams)
  • The Great Beyond, Léa Murawiec (Drawn & Quarterly) – WINNER

The Small Press Expo announces The Ignatz Archive

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2024 Ignatz Awards

Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX regularly brings together more than 550 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year for a two day convention.

The Ignatz Awards are held every year by SPX, with the awards recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning.

Along with this year’s nominees, SPX has revealed The Ignatz Archive.

This new feature on the SPX web site will be the home for all past Ignatz nominees and winners. The last 4 years of Ignatz Awards are already online. They’ll be continually adding to this valuable piece of indie comics history over time.

The Small Press Expo reveals the 2024 Ignatz Award Nominees

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The Small Press Expo (SPX), the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels and alternative political cartoons, has announced the 2024 nominees for the annual presentation of the Ignatz Awards, a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning.

Ignatz Awards nominees are determined by a panel of comics professionals. We are most grateful for the efforts of this year’s team of jurors:

  • Caroline Cash
  • Martha Kuhlman
  • Dawn Bond
  • Lawrence Lindell
  • Kriota Wilberg
  • Emma Jensen

Voting for the Ignatz Awards will be opened to anybody on the SPX email lists and anyone requesting a ballot. There will be no in-person voting at the show, as voting for the prestigious Ignatz Awards is open to all fans of indie comics. 

The Ignatz Awards ceremony will be held at 9:30PM on Saturday September 14 in the White Oak Room of the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.

Other information about SPX 2024 and the Ignatz Awards, can be found at the Small Press Expo website.

BALLOT & VOTING INFORMATION

  • Voting for the 2024 Ignatz Awards will be by email ballot only, there will be no on-site voting.
  • Ballots will be emailed on Thursday August 15 to everyone on SPX’s email lists.
  • If you wish to vote for the Ignatz Awards and are not on our email lists, signup for a ballot and get added to our email lists at the SPX website.
  • Please check your spam folder if you do not see your ballot.
  • Voting ends on Friday September 13 at 11:00PM (EDT).

2024 IGNATZ NOMINEES

OUTSTANDING ARTIST

  • Flippy, Nate Garcia (Domino Books)
  • Night Fever (from Gladiolus Magazine #1), Robyn Smith (Black Josei) Press
  • Portrait of a Body, Julie Delporte (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Spiral and Other Stories, Aidan Koch (New York Review Comics)
  • The Great Beyond, Léa Murawiec (Drawn & Quarterly)

OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY

  • Let Her Be Evil, Cassandra Jones, ed. (Zoop)
  • Pulping, Jenn Woodall, Jon Iñaki, Jonathan Rotsztain, Mitch Lohmeier and Paterson Hodgson, ed. (Pulping Collective)
  • We Belong, Viktor T. Kerney and William O. Tyler, ed. (Stacked Deck Press)
  • Wheels on the Bus, Lucio Luiz, ed. (Jupati Books)
  • Won’t Back Down: An Anthology of Pro-Choice Comics, Trina Robbins, ed. (Last Gasp)

OUTSTANDING COLLECTION

  • Buzzelli Collected Works Vol. 1: The Labyrinth, Guido Buzzelli, translated by Jamie Richards (Floating World Comics)
  • Complete and Utter Malarkey, November Garcia (Fieldmouse Press)
  • Gender Studies: The Confessions of an Accidental Outlaw, Ajuan Mance (Rosarium Press)
  • Offshore Lightning, Saito Nazuna, translated by Alexa Frank (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Resenter, Gigi Murakami (Self-Published)

OUTSTANDING COMIC

  • Fielder #2, Kevin Huizenga (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Follow the Doll Issue 2, Daryl Seitchik (Parsifal Press)
  • My Body Unspooling, Leo Fox (Silver Sprocket)
  • Sunflowers, Keezy Young (Silver Sprocket)
  • The Audra Show #7: The Love Issue, Audra Stang (Self-Published)

OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL

  • Optometry, Xiang Yata (Driftwood Press)
  • Roaming, Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • The Talk, Darrin Bell (Macmillan Publishers)
  • Time Under Tension, M.S. Harkness (Fantagraphics)
  • Unended, Josh Bayer (Uncivilized Books)

OUTSTANDING MINICOMIC

  • Find a Seat, Faye Stacey (Quindrie Press)
  • Hyper Fawnus, Anna Two (Self-Published)
  • Lullaby, Jordan Jeffries (Cosmic Dog House Press)
  • Manga Cube, LEHUO (Self-Published)
  • Pauline Newman, Greer de Maglie (Self-Published)

OUTSTANDING ONLINE COMIC

  • Buuza!!, Shazleen Khan
  • In the Shadow of Giants, Aria Villafranca and Matthew Fisher
  • Marigold, Emily Zilber
  • Rigsby Wi, SE Case
  • The Legend of Mariposa, James Lawrence

OUTSTANDING SERIES

  • CosmoKnights, Hannah Templer (Top Shelf Productions)
  • CRAM, Andrew Alexander, ed. (CRAM Books)
  • Jaywalk, Floyd Tangeman, ed. (Domino Books)
  • Kuš! Baltic Comics Magazine, Various (Kuš)
  • Tongues, Anders Nilsen (Self-Published)

OUTSTANDING STORY

  • “The Happy Art”, Sami Alwani (Pulping Collective)
  • “And When I See You, I’ll Tell You Everything” (from You Are Not a Guest), Leela Corman (Fieldmouse Press)
  • Scorpio Venus Rising #1, Corinne Halbert (Self-Published)
  • The Gift, Jamila Rowser & Sam Wade (Black Josei Press)
  • The Super Hero’s Journey, Patrick McDonnell (Abrams Books)

PROMISING NEW TALENT:

  • 10-10 To The Wind, Cole Degenstein (Fieldmouse Press)
  • Gift Box, Pingnan Lu (Self-Published)
  • Optometry, Xiang Yata (Driftwood Press)
  • Tales of the Orishas, Hugo Canuto (Abrams)
  • The Great Beyond, Léa Murawiec (Drawn & Quarterly)

SPX 2023: See the Ignatz Awards Broadcast Live This Saturday

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Small Press Expo has announced that for the first time ever, the Ignatz Awards will be presented live in person AND online! If you’re not in the vicinity of the Marriott, you can subscribe to their YouTube and enable alerts to be reminded when the stream goes live, or just tune in to the channel on Saturday night.

Also announced is that Ngozi Ukazu will give the keynote address for this year’s awards. Ngozi is a New York Times best-selling author who is a winner of both the Ignatz and Harvey awards, along with being an Eisner Award nominee.

You can see all of the 2023 Ignatz Nominees on the SPX website.

Below are the details and help celebrate the winners of the 2023 Ignatz Awards this coming Saturday.

Date: Saturday, September 9
Time: 9:30PM ET

The 2022 Ignatz Award Winners revealed

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Last night as part of the Small Press Expo (SPX) the winners for the 2022 Ignatz Awards was announced. The awards are a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning.

For the first time in three years, SPX 2022 has featured a full slate of programming and workshops, along with a live presentation of the Ignatz Awards ceremony.

Beginning this year, voting for the Ignatz Awards was opened to anybody on the SPX email lists and anyone requesting a ballot. There was no in-person voting at the show as has been tradition. 

The Ignatz Awards nominees were determined by a panel of comics professionals. This year’s team of jurors included:

  • Cuyler Hedlund
  • Josh O’Neill
  • Breena Nunez
  • Alex Hoffman
  • Hazel Newlevant

Congrats to all of the nominees and winners. The winners are in bold below.

2022 IGNATZ NOMINEES AND WINNERS

OUTSTANDING ARTIST

  • Halcyon, illustrated by Ron Regé Jr. (Fantagraphics)
  • Four Years Collected: Vol 2, by K Czap (Czap Books)
  • The City of Belgium, illustrated by Brecht Evens (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Alexander, the Servant & the Water of Life, illustrated by Reimena Yee (Hiveworks Comics)
  • Faster, illustrated by Jesse Lonergan (Bulgilhan Press)

OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY

  • LAAB Magazine #2: Eat / Shit – ed. Ronald Wimberly and Josh O’Neill (Beehive Books)
  • Isolated: A Pandemic Comics Anthology – ed. Tana Oshima (Self Published)
  • Smut Peddler Presents: Sordid Past – ed. Andrea Purcell (Iron Circus Comics)
  • Good Boy Magazine #1 – ed. Michael Sweater and Benji Nate (Silver Sprocket)
  • Baltic Comics Magazine š! #42 ‘Scientific Facts’ – ed. David Schilter, Sanita Muižniece (kuš!)

OUTSTANDING COLLECTION

  • Arrive In My Hands by Trinidad Escobar (Black Josei Press)
  • Cover Not Final: Crime Funnies by Max Huffman (Adhouse Books)
  • Think I’ve Still Got It! By Wang XX, Translated by R. Orion Martin (Paradise Systems)
  • Mr. Boop by Alec Robbins (Silver Sprocket)
  • The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories by Rumi Hara (Drawn & Quarterly)

OUTSTANDING COMIC

  • Four Years Collected: Vol 2 by K Czap (Czap Books)
  • I See A Knight by Xulia Vicente (Shortbox)
  • Pee Pee Poo Poo #69 by Caroline Cash (Self Published)
  • Are Comic Books Real? by Alex Nall (Self Published)
  • Ode to Keisha by Jamila Rowser and Trinidad Escobar (Black Josei Press)

OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL

  • Discipline by Dash Shaw (New York Review Comics) 
  • Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine, by Mohammad Sabaaneh, translated by Dalia and Mouin Rabbani (Street Noise Books)
  • Clutter: A Scatterbrained Sexual Assault Memoir, by Ariel Bordeaux (Fieldmouse Press)
  • No One Else by R. Kikuo Johnson (Fantagraphics)
  • What is Home, Mum? By Sabba Khan (Street Noise Books)

OUTSTANDING MINICOMIC

  • Joy by Maritsa Patrinos (Self Published)
  • Pee Pee Poo Poo #69 by Caroline Cash (Self Published)
  • Carrington’s World by Summer Pierre (Self Published)
  • Phonestoned by King Ray (Self Published)
  • Sleemor Gank – Burg Land 1 by Alexander Laird (Self Published)

OUTSTANDING ONLINE COMIC

  • Blind Alley by Adam de Souza 
  • Ride or Die by Mars Heyward 
  • Vattu by Evan Dahm 
  • Alexander, the Servant & the Water of Life by Reimena Yee
  • Technofeelia Vol. 4 ‘Help’ by Amy Kurzweil

OUTSTANDING SERIES

  • Methods of Dyeing by B. Mure (Avery Hill Publishing)
  • Trans Classic Movies by Jett Allen (www.intomore.com)
  • The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V and Filipe Andrade (BOOM! Studios)
  • Ley Lines Artists: Keren Katz, Cameron Weston Nicholson, Jordan Jeffries, ed. K Czap & L Nichols (Grindstone Comics & Czap Books)
  • The Nib Magazine – ed. by Matt Bors (The Nib)

OUTSTANDING STORY

  • Big Cats by Liz Yerby (Self Published)
  • Ley Lines: The First Few Bars by Keren Katz (Grindstone Comics & Czap Books)
  • Ley Lines: Love, or the Axe by Jordan Jeffries (Grindstone Comics & Czap Books)
  • The Lover of Everyone in the World, from The Lover of Everyone in the World by Beatrix Urkowitz (Parsifal Press)
  • Winter Break 2029, from Invisible Parade, by Mississippi (Glacier Bay Books)

PROMISING NEW TALENT:

  • Arrive In My Hands by Trinidad Escobar (Black Josei Press)
  • Archeologist Landing by Yara Elfouly (Self Published)
  • Koreans Speak English by Juniper Kim (Self Published)
  • The Third Person by Emma Grove (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Djeliya by Juni Ba (TKO Studios)

Small Press Expo Announces the 2022 Ignatz Award Nominees

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The Small Press Expo (SPX) has announced the 2022 nominees for the annual presentation of the Ignatz Awards, a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning.

For the first time in three years, SPX 2022 will feature a full slate of programming and workshops, along with a live presentation of the Ignatz Awards ceremony.

Beginning this year, voting for the Ignatz Awards will be opened to anybody on the SPX email lists and anyone requesting a ballot. There will be no in-person voting at the show, as we open up the voting for the prestigious Ignatz Awards to all fans of indie comics. 

Ignatz Awards nominees are determined by a panel of comics professionals. This year’s team of jurors includes:

  • Cuyler Hedlund
  • Josh O’Neill
  • Breena Nunez
  • Alex Hoffman
  • Hazel Newlevant

The Ignatz Awards ceremony will be held at 9:30PM on September 17 in the White Oak Room of the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.

BALLOT & VOTING INFORMATION

  • Voting for the 2022 Ignatz Awards will be by email ballot only, there will be no on-site voting.
  • Ballots will be emailed on Thursday August 18 to everyone on SPX’s email lists.
  • Voting ends on Wednesday, September 14 at 11:59 PM (EDT).
  • Please check your spam folder if you do not see your ballot.
  • If you wish to vote for the Ignatz Awards and are not on the SPX email lists, signup for a ballot and get added to the email lists at the SPX website.

2022 IGNATZ NOMINEES

OUTSTANDING ARTIST

  • Halcyon, illustrated by Ron Regé Jr. (Fantagraphics)
  • Four Years Collected: Vol 2, by K Czap (Czap Books)
  • The City of Belgium, illustrated by Brecht Evens (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Alexander, the Servant & the Water of Life, illustrated by Reimena Yee (Hiveworks Comics)
  • Faster, illustrated by Jesse Lonergan (Bulgilhan Press)

OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY

  • LAAB Magazine #2: Eat / Shit – ed. Ronald Wimberly and Josh O’Neill (Beehive Books)
  • Isolated: A Pandemic Comics Anthology – ed. Tana Oshima (Self Published)
  • Smut Peddler Presents: Sordid Past – ed. Andrea Purcell (Iron Circus Comics)
  • Good Boy Magazine #1 – ed. Michael Sweater and Benji Nate (Silver Sprocket)
  • Baltic Comics Magazine š! #42 ‘Scientific Facts’ – ed. David Schilter, Sanita Muižniece (kuš!)

OUTSTANDING COLLECTION

  • Arrive In My Hands by Trinidad Escobar (Black Josei Press)
  • Cover Not Final: Crime Funnies by Max Huffman (Adhouse Books)
  • Think I’ve Still Got It! By Wang XX, Translated by R. Orion Martin (Paradise Systems)
  • Mr. Boop by Alec Robbins (Silver Sprocket)
  • The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories by Rumi Hara (Drawn & Quarterly)

OUTSTANDING COMIC

  • Four Years Collected: Vol 2 by K Czap (Czap Books)
  • I See A Knight by Xulia Vicente (Shortbox)
  • Pee Pee Poo Poo #69 by Caroline Cash (Self Published)
  • Are Comic Books Real? by Alex Nall (Self Published)
  • Ode to Keisha by Jamila Rowser and Trinidad Escobar (Black Josei Press)

OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL

  • Discipline by Dash Shaw (New York Review Comics) 
  • Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine, by Mohammad Sabaaneh, translated by Dalia and Mouin Rabbani (Street Noise Books)
  • Clutter: A Scatterbrained Sexual Assault Memoir, by Ariel Bordeaux (Fieldmouse Press)
  • No One Else by R. Kikuo Johnson (Fantagraphics)
  • What is Home, Mum? By Sabba Khan (Street Noise Books)

OUTSTANDING MINICOMIC

  • Joy by Maritsa Patrinos (Self Published)
  • Pee Pee Poo Poo #69 by Caroline Cash (Self Published)
  • Carrington’s World by Summer Pierre (Self Published)
  • Phonestoned by King Ray (Self Published)
  • Sleemor Gank – Burg Land 1 by Alexander Laird (Self Published)

OUTSTANDING ONLINE COMIC

  • Blind Alley by Adam de Souza 
  • Ride or Die by Mars Heyward 
  • Vattu by Evan Dahm 
  • Alexander, the Servant & the Water of Life by Reimena Yee
  • Technofeelia Vol. 4 ‘Help’ by Amy Kurzweil

OUTSTANDING SERIES

  • Methods of Dyeing by B. Mure (Avery Hill Publishing)
  • Trans Classic Movies by Jett Allen (www.intomore.com)
  • The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V and Filipe Andrade (BOOM! Studios)
  • Ley Lines Artists: Keren Katz, Cameron Weston Nicholson, Jordan Jeffries, ed. K Czap & L Nichols (Grindstone Comics & Czap Books)
  • The Nib Magazine – ed. by Matt Bors (The Nib)

OUTSTANDING STORY

  • Big Cats by Liz Yerby (Self Published)
  • Ley Lines: The First Few Bars by Keren Katz (Grindstone Comics & Czap Books)
  • Ley Lines: Love, or the Axe by Jordan Jeffries (Grindstone Comics & Czap Books)
  • The Lover of Everyone in the World, from The Lover of Everyone in the World by Beatrix Urkowitz (Parsifal Press)
  • Winter Break 2029, from Invisible Parade, by Mississippi (Glacier Bay Books)

PROMISING NEW TALENT:

  • Arrive In My Hands by Trinidad Escobar (Black Josei Press)
  • Archeologist Landing by Yara Elfouly (Self Published)
  • Koreans Speak English by Juniper Kim (Self Published)
  • The Third Person by Emma Grove (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Djeliya by Juni Ba (TKO Studios)

SPX 2022: SPX Announces Ignatz Awards Sponsor Crowdfundr

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Small Press Expo has announced that Crowdfundr, a free crowdfunding platform for creators, is the official sponsor of the 2022 Ignatz Awards. 

Crowdfundr launched on June 21 to the delight of comics creators looking for a crowdfunding alternative that puts their interests first. Nearly all of the first comic book creators and publishers on the platform have already fully funded their projects. The mission of Crowdfundr is to empower and support the creator community by providing them with a free and robust crowdfunding platform. 

The prestigious Ignatz Awards are held every year at SPX, recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. The winners will be announced at SPX 2022 during the Ignatz Awards Ceremony, that occurs on September 17 at 9PM in the White Oak Room of the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.

Small Press Expo 2022 will be held on September 17 & 18, 2022 at the Bethesda North Marriott. Information about tickets, transportation and the hotel can be found on the SPX web site. In a ceremony to be held Saturday September 17 at 9PM, the most outstanding indie comic’s creators will be awarded the prestigious Ignatz Award across ten nominee categories, such as “Outstanding Artist”, “Outstanding Anthology”, “Outstanding New Talent” and more.

Besides sponsoring the Ignatz Awards, Crowdfundr will also host two workshops for creators to learn more about crowdfunding and the platform. The workshop schedule and the signup form will be announced mid-August.

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