Since 1997, the Ignatz Awards have been given to individuals responsible for outstanding achievements in independent comics. Ignatz comes from the Small Press Expo, a convention for what are essentially self-published comic books.
In other words, the comics at SPX — and eligible for Ignatz Awards — aren't available at your local comic store. This year's nominees have just been announced, and the nine categories highlight indie titles like Jillian Tamaki's Super Mutant Magic Academy, Ethan Rilly's Pope Hats and Sophia Foster-Dimino's Sex Fantasy.
Here's the full list of this year's nominees:
Outstanding Artist
| • Emily Carroll - Through the Woods • Ed Luce - Wuvable Oaf • Roman Muradov - (In a Sense) Lost and Found • Jillian Tamaki - Super Mutant Magic Academy • Noah Van Sciver - Saint Cole |
Outstanding Anthology or Collection
| • Drawn and Quarterly, 25 Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels - Tom Devlin, Chris Oliveros, Peggy Burns, Tracy Hurren, and Julia Pohl-Miranda, editors • An Entity Observes All Things - Box Brown • How to Be Happy - Eleanor Davis • Pope Hats #4 - Ethan Rilly • Super Mutant Magic Academy - Jillian Tamaki |
Outstanding Graphic Novel
| • Beauty - Kerascoët and Hubert • The Oven - Sophie Goldstein • Rav - Mickey Zacchilli • Saint Cole - Noah Van Sciver • Wendy - Walter Scott |
Outstanding Story
| • The Doctors - Dash Shaw • "Me As a Baby" from Lose #6 - Michael DeForge • "Nature Lessons" from The Late Child and Other Animals - Marguerite Van Cook & James Romberger • "Sex Coven" from Frontier #7 - Jillian Tamaki • Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness - Kris Mukai |
Promising New Talent
| • M. Dean - K.M. & R.P. & MCMLXXI (1971) • Sophia Foster-Dimino - Sphincter, Sex Fantasy • Dakota McFadzean - Don't Get Eaten by Anything • Jane Mai - Soft • Gina Wynbrandt - Big Pussy |
Outstanding Series
| • Dumb - Georgia Webber • Frontier - Ryan Sands, editor • March - John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell • Pope Hats - Ethan Rilly • Sex Fantasy - Sophia Foster-Dimino |
Outstanding Comic
| • Borb - Jason Little • The Nature of Nature - Disa Wallander • The Oven - Sophie Goldstein • Pope Hats #4 - Ethan Rilly • Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness - Kris Mukai |
Outstanding Mini-Comic
| • Devil's Slice of Life - Patrick Crotty • Epoxy #5 - John Pham • King Cat #75 - John Porcellino • Sex Fantasy #4 - Sophia Foster-Dimino • Whalen: A Reckoning - Audry |
Outstanding Online Comic
| • The Bloody Footprint - Lilli Carre • Carriers - Lauren Weinstein • Mom Body - Rebecca Roher • O Human Star - Blue Delliquanti • Witchy - Ariel Ries |
The Ignatz Awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2015, in Bethesda, Md. The ceremony is open to the public, and convention attendees vote to determine the winners.
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