Small Press Expo is an amazing convention that brings together indie and small press for a great weekend. Not only are there amazing comics to check out, but panels, workshops, and the Ignatz Awards. Even better, the convention posts the panel videos and award ceremony after the convention. We’ve put all of them from Small Press Expo 2026 into a handy playlist that you can watch above.
During Small Press Expo (SPX) 2006, the winners of the 2026 Ignatz Awards were announced. The Ignatz are a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning.
Ignatz Awards nominees are determined by a panel of comics professionals and then voted on any anybody on the SPX email list as well as anyone who requested a ballot.
The Ignatz Awards ceremony was held on Saturday night after the first day of SPX wound down.
Below is a full list of nominees. Winners are denoted in bold and with “Winner” next to their entry. Congrats to everyone.
OUTSTANDING ARTIST
OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY
OUTSTANDING COLLECTION
OUTSTANDING COMIC
OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL
OUTSTANDING MINICOMIC
OUTSTANDING ONLINE COMIC
OUTSTANDING SERIES
OUTSTANDING STORY
PROMISING NEW TALENT:
The Small Press Expo (SPX) has announced the 2026 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:
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 12 in the White Oak Room of the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.
OUTSTANDING ARTIST
OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY
OUTSTANDING COLLECTION
OUTSTANDING COMIC
OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL
OUTSTANDING MINICOMIC
OUTSTANDING ONLINE COMIC
OUTSTANDING SERIES
OUTSTANDING STORY
PROMISING NEW TALENT:
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:
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.
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:
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:
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
OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY
OUTSTANDING COLLECTION
OUTSTANDING COMIC
OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL
OUTSTANDING MINICOMIC
OUTSTANDING ONLINE COMIC
OUTSTANDING SERIES
OUTSTANDING STORY
PROMISING NEW TALENT:
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 (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:
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
OUTSTANDING ARTIST
OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY
OUTSTANDING COLLECTION
OUTSTANDING COMIC
OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL
OUTSTANDING MINICOMIC
OUTSTANDING ONLINE COMIC
OUTSTANDING SERIES
OUTSTANDING STORY
PROMISING NEW TALENT:
Catch the Ignatz Awards live from the Small Press Expo 2023!
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
