Ignatz Awards
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The Ignatz Awards are intended to recognize outstanding achievements in comics
and cartooning
by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers. They have been awarded each year since 1997, but skipped a year in 2001 due to the show's cancellation after the September 11, 2001 attacks
. Recipients of the award are determined by the votes of the attendees of the annual Small Press Expo
(SPX, or The Expo its corporate name), a weekend convention and tradeshow showcasing creator-owned comics. Nominations for the Ignatz Awards are made by a five-member jury panel consisting of comic book professionals.
The jury panel remains anonymous until the announcement of the awards. Jurors are prohibited from nominating their own work. However, there is no prohibition of one jury member's work being nominated for an award by his or her fellow jurors.
The Ignatz Awards are named in honour of George Herriman
and his strip Krazy Kat
, which featured a brick-wielding mouse named Ignatz.
SPX is currently held in Bethesda, Maryland, just outside the US capital, Washington DC.
The Ignatz is awarded in the following categories:
The following categories have been discontinued:
Comics
Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...
and cartooning
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers. They have been awarded each year since 1997, but skipped a year in 2001 due to the show's cancellation after the September 11, 2001 attacks
September 11, 2001 attacks
The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
. Recipients of the award are determined by the votes of the attendees of the annual Small Press Expo
Small Press Expo
The Small Press Expo is an alternative comics convention that takes place every September or October in Bethesda, Maryland. It rivals the Alternative Press Expo as the premiere convention for alternative comics creators and fans. SPX is the home of the Ignatz Awards, which have been presented...
(SPX, or The Expo its corporate name), a weekend convention and tradeshow showcasing creator-owned comics. Nominations for the Ignatz Awards are made by a five-member jury panel consisting of comic book professionals.
The jury panel remains anonymous until the announcement of the awards. Jurors are prohibited from nominating their own work. However, there is no prohibition of one jury member's work being nominated for an award by his or her fellow jurors.
The Ignatz Awards are named in honour of George Herriman
George Herriman
George Joseph Herriman was an American cartoonist, best known for his classic comic strip Krazy Kat.-Early life:...
and his strip Krazy Kat
Krazy Kat
Krazy Kat is an American comic strip created by cartoonist George Herriman, published daily in newspapers between 1913 and 1944. It first appeared in the New York Evening Journal, whose owner, William Randolph Hearst, was a major booster for the strip throughout its run...
, which featured a brick-wielding mouse named Ignatz.
SPX is currently held in Bethesda, Maryland, just outside the US capital, Washington DC.
The Ignatz is awarded in the following categories:
- Outstanding ArtistArtistAn artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
- Outstanding Anthology or Collection (added in 2005)
- Outstanding Graphic NovelGraphic novelA graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
(added in 2005) - Outstanding Story
- Promising New Talent
- Outstanding Series
- Outstanding Comic
- Outstanding MinicomicMinicomicA minicomic is a creator-published comic book, often photocopied and stapled or with a handmade binding. In the United Kingdom and Europe the term "small press comic" is equivalent with minicomic reserved for those publications measuring A6 or less...
- Outstanding Online Comic (added in 2001)
The following categories have been discontinued:
- Outstanding Graphic NovelGraphic novelA graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
or Collection (1997–2004, replaced in 2005 by two separate awards) - Outstanding Debut Comic (2000–2008)
Outstanding Artist
- 2010 Eddie CampbellEddie CampbellEddie Campbell is a Scottish comics artist and cartoonist who now lives in Australia. Probably best known as the illustrator and publisher of From Hell , Campbell is also the creator of the semi-autobiographical Alec stories collected in Alec: The Years Have Pants, and Bacchus , a wry adventure...
, Alec: The Years Have Pants (A Life-Sized Omnibus) (Top Shelf Productions)- Al ColumbiaAl ColumbiaAl Columbia is an American cartoonist, illustrator, writer, photographer, musician, and filmmaker.-Big Numbers controversy:At the age of 19 Columbia was hired to work as an assistant to Bill Sienkiewicz on Alan Moore's Big Numbers series...
, Pim & Francie: The Golden Bear Days (Fantagraphics Books) - Mike Dawson, Troop 142 (self-published & http://troop142.mikedawsoncomics.com)
- John PhamJohn PhamJohn Pham is a comic creator.John Pham was born in Saigon but was raised in the United States. He received a self publishing grant from the Xeric Foundation in 2000 for "Epoxy." His Sublife #2 from Fantagraphics Books was nominated for an Outstanding Artist, Outstanding Series, and Outstanding...
, Sublife #2 (Fantagraphics Books) - SullySully-People:* Hugh the Red of Sully, 13th century Sicilian general* Bishop Maurice de Sully , oversaw the building of Notre Dame de Paris; Bishop to Philippe II of France...
, The Hipless Boy (Conundrum Press)
- Al Columbia
- 2009 Nate PowellNate PowellNate Powell is a graphic novelist, publisher, and musician. He owns DIY punk record label Harlan Records, has performed in several punk bands , and occasionally performed hip hop as Featherweight MC...
, Swallow Me Whole (Top ShelfTop shelfTop shelf may refer to:* Pornographic magazines, which are kept on the top shelf in newsagents, out of the reach of children...
)- Tim Hensley, Mome (Fantagraphics), Kramer's Ergot #7 (Buenaventura)
- Richard SalaRichard SalaRichard Sala is an American cartoonist, illustrator, and comic book creator with a unique expressionistic style whose books often combine elements of mystery, horror and whimsy.-Biography:...
, Delphine (Fantagraphics/Coconino) - Josh Simmons, Mome (Fantagraphics)
- Carol TylerCarol TylerCarol Tyler aka C. Tyler is an award-winning American painter, educator, comedian, and Eisner nominated cartoonist known for her autobiographical stories.-Background:...
, You’ll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man (Fantagraphics)
- 2008 Laura Park, Do Not Disturb My Waking Dream (self-published)
- Warren Craghead, How to Be Everywhere (self-published)
- Lat, Town Boy (First Second Books)
- Michel RabagliatiMichel RabagliatiMichel Rabagliati is a Canadian cartoonist born and based in Montreal. He is published by Drawn and Quarterly in English, and La Pastèque in French....
, Paul Goes Fishing (Drawn & QuarterlyDrawn and QuarterlyDrawn and Quarterly is a Canadian comic book publishing company, headed by Chris Oliveros, and based in Montreal, Quebec. Its focus is on graphic novels and underground or alternative comics. Drawn and Quarterly was also the title of the company's flagship quarterly anthology during the 1990s...
) - Jillian Tamaki, Skim (Groundwood Books)
- 2007 Jaime HernandezJaime HernandezJaime Hernandez is the co-creator of the black & white independent comic book Love and Rockets .-Early life:...
, Love & RocketsLove and Rockets (comics)Love and Rockets is a black and white comic book series by Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez, sometimes cited jointly as Los Bros Hernandez. Their brother Mario Hernandez is an occasional contributor...
(Fantagraphics BooksFantagraphics BooksFantagraphics Books is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, magazines, graphic novels, and the adult-oriented Eros Comix imprint...
)- Vanessa Davis, Papercutter #4 (Tugboat Press), Kramers Ergot #6 (Buenaventura Press)
- John Hankiewicz, Asthma (Sparkplug Comic Books)
- Rutu ModanRutu Modan-Biography:Rutu Modan was born in Tel Hashomer, Israel, in 1966. Her father was Prof. Baruch Modan, a cancer researcher who served as director general of the Israeli Health Ministry in the 1980s. Her mother was Prof. Michaela Modan, an epidemiologist specializing in diabetes research. Her sister...
, Exit Wounds (Drawn & Quarterly) - Ted Stearn, Fuzz & Pluck in Splitsville #4 (Fantagraphics Books)
- 2006 Tony MillionaireTony MillionaireTony Millionaire is an American cartoonist, illustrator and author known for his syndicated comic strip Maakies and the Sock Monkey series of comics and picture books.-Early life:...
, Billy Hazelnuts (Fantagraphics BooksFantagraphics BooksFantagraphics Books is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, magazines, graphic novels, and the adult-oriented Eros Comix imprint...
)- Jordan CraneJordan CraneJordan Crane is an American comics creator.Crane first emerged in 1996 with the anthology NON, which he edited, contributed to, and published. This anthology combines influences from Art Spiegelman’s RAW and newer comics artists...
, The Clouds AboveThe Clouds AboveThe Clouds Above is a graphic novel by Jordan Crane, recounting the adventures of a boy named Simon and cat named Jack. The pair skip school one day to avoid a nasty teacher and wander onto the roof. The staircase that they discover leads them above the clouds. They meet friendly pink clouds,...
(Fantagraphics Books) - Renee FrenchRenée FrenchRenée French is an American comics writer and illustrator and, under the pen name Rainy Dohaney, a children's book author.Her work includes The Soap Lady , The Ticking , and Micrographica , "Edison Steelhead's Lost Portfolio - Exploratory...
, The Ticking (Top Shelf ProductionsTop Shelf ProductionsTop Shelf Productions is an American publishing company founded in 1997, owned and operated by Chris Staros and Brett Warnock and a small staff. The company is based in Marietta, Georgia, Portland, Oregon, and New York City, New York....
) - Anders NilsenAnders NilsenAnders Nilsen is a popular artist and graphic novelist who grew up in Minneapolis and lives in Chicago, IL.He works on an ongoing comic series, Big Questions , which has been nominated several times for the Ignatz Award. In addition, his comics have appeared in the anthologies Kramers Ergot and Mome...
, Big QuestionsBig QuestionsBig Questions is an Australian television show which is produced and broadcast on the Nine Network, with Jules Lund as host. It commenced broadcasting on 19 October 2006. It shouldn't be confused with the Sydney Morning Herald column of the same name in the Saturday edition that poses sometimes...
#7 and #8 (Drawn & Quarterly) - Chris WareChris WareFranklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
, Acme Novelty LibraryAcme Novelty LibraryAcme Novelty Library is a comic book series created by Chicago cartoonist Chris Ware. Its first issue appeared in 1993. Published from 1994 by Fantagraphics Books and later self-published, it is considered a significant work in alternative comics, selling over 20,000 copies per issue.-Format, style...
#16 (Fantagraphics Books)
- Jordan Crane
- 2005 David B, EpilepticEpileptic (graphic novel)Epileptic is the English title of L'Ascension du haut mal , an autobiographical graphic novel by David Beauchard .-Publication history:...
(PantheonPantheon BooksPantheon Books is an American imprint with editorial independence that is part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.The current editor-in-chief at Pantheon Books is Dan Frank.-Overview:...
), Babel (Drawn & Quarterly)- Jeffrey BrownJeffrey BrownJeffrey Brown is a comic book writer and artist born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.-Biography:After growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a 25-year-old Jeffrey Brown moved to Chicago in 2000 to pursue an MFA at the School of the Art Institute. By the time he finished his studies, he had abandoned...
, BigheadBigheadThis article is about the graphic novel, for the insult "bighead", see insult.Bighead is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Jeffrey Brown and published by Top Shelf Productions. The title character is a superhero whose main power seems to be the fact that he has a giant head...
(Top Shelf Productions) - Roger LangridgeRoger LangridgeRoger Langridge is a New Zealand-born comics writer/artist/letterer, currently living in Britain.-Biography:Langridge originally came to public prominence most notably with the Judge Dredd Megazine series The Straitjacket Fits , a surreal, hallucinatory, convention-bending strip set in an insane...
, Fred the Clown (Fantagraphics) - SethSeth (cartoonist)Seth is the pen name of Gregory Gallant , a Canadian comic book artist and writer. He is best known for comics such as Palookaville.Born in Clinton, Ontario, Seth attended the Ontario College of Art in Toronto...
, Clyde Fans Book 1 (Drawn & Quarterly) - Craig ThompsonCraig ThompsonCraig Matthew Thompson is a graphic novelist best known for his books Good-Bye, Chunky Rice , Blankets , Carnet de Voyage and Habibi . Thompson has received four Harvey Awards, two Eisner Awards, and two Ignatz Awards...
, Carnet de VoyageCarnet de VoyageCarnet de Voyage is a 2004 graphic novel by cartoonist Craig Thompson. The book is a combination of a travelogue and sketches that Thompson compiled while traveling through France, Barcelona, the Alps and Morocco, during a promotional tour for his earlier graphic novel Blankets. Thompson also...
(Top Shelf Productions)
- Jeffrey Brown
- 2004 Craig ThompsonCraig ThompsonCraig Matthew Thompson is a graphic novelist best known for his books Good-Bye, Chunky Rice , Blankets , Carnet de Voyage and Habibi . Thompson has received four Harvey Awards, two Eisner Awards, and two Ignatz Awards...
, BlanketsBlankets (graphic novel)Blankets is an autobiographical graphic novel by Craig Thompson, published in 2003 by Top Shelf Productions. As a coming-of-age autobiography, the book tells the story of Thompson's childhood in an Evangelical Christian family, his first love, and his early adulthood...
(Top Shelf Productions)- Chester BrownChester BrownChester William David Brown , is an award-winning, best-selling Canadian alternative cartoonist and, since 2008, the Libertarian Party of Canada's candidate for the riding of Trinity-Spadina in Toronto, Canada....
, Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip BiographyLouis Riel: A Comic-Strip BiographyLouis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography is a highly acclaimed comic book biography of the Métis rebel leader, Louis Riel, by Chester Brown and published by Drawn and Quarterly...
(Drawn and Quarterly) - Daniel ClowesDaniel ClowesDaniel Gillespie Clowes is an American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books....
, EightballEightball (comic book)Eightball is an alternative comic book series written and drawn by Daniel Clowes. The first issue was published by Fantagraphics Books in 1989, soon after the end of Clowes's previous comic series, Lloyd Llewellyn...
#23 (Fantagraphics Books) - Juanjo GuarnidoJuanjo GuarnidoJuanjo Guarnido is a Spanish illustrator and the co-author of the comic book series Blacksad.-Biography:Guarnido was born in Granada, Spain. He studied painting at the art school of Granada. He collaborated on several fanzines and produced work for Marvel comics. Unfortunately, the small size of...
, BlacksadBlacksadBlacksad is a comic album series created by Spanish authors Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido , and published by French publisher Dargaud. Though both authors are Spanish, their main target audience for Blacksad is the French market and thus they publish all Blacksad volumes in French first;...
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) - Joe SaccoJoe SaccoJoe Sacco is a Maltese-American comics artist and journalist. He achieved international fame through the 1996 American Book Award-winning Palestine, and his graphic novel on the Bosnian War, Safe Area Goražde.- Biography :...
, The FixerThe Fixer (Sacco comic)The Fixer is a journalistic comic on the Bosnian War, written by Joe Sacco. It tells the story of a Sarajevan man who, having lost everything else in the war, sells his stories to Western journalists. It was published in 2003...
(Drawn and Quarterly)
- Chester Brown
- 2003 Jason LittleJason Little (cartoonist)Jason Palmer Little is an American cartoonist.He grew up in Binghamton, New York, studied photography at Oberlin College, and now lives in Brooklyn with writer Myla Goldberg and their two daughters....
, Shutterbug FolliesShutterbug FolliesShutterbug Follies is a graphic novel created by Jason Little. The book was released as a weekly online and newspaper series, and was published in its entirety by Doubleday in 2002. The series continued in 2005 under the title Motel Art Improvement Service.-Plot:The book features the character Bee,...
(Doubleday Graphic Novels)- Renée FrenchRenée FrenchRenée French is an American comics writer and illustrator and, under the pen name Rainy Dohaney, a children's book author.Her work includes The Soap Lady , The Ticking , and Micrographica , "Edison Steelhead's Lost Portfolio - Exploratory...
, RosettaRosettaRosetta is a port city on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. It is located east of Alexandria, in Beheira governorate. It was founded around AD 800....
(Alternative ComicsAlternative Comics (publisher)Alternative Comics is a U.S. independent graphic novel and comic book publisher which operated from 1993–2007. Located in Gainesville, Florida, it is owned and operated by its founder, attorney Jeff Mason...
), Tinka (AtheneumAtheneum BooksAtheneum Books was a publishing house and adult publisher created by Alfred A. Knopf, Jr. in 1959. He recruited editor Jean E. Karl personally, to come and establish a Children's Book Department in 1961....
) - Dean HaspielDean HaspielDean Edmund Haspiel is an American comic book artist. He is known for his collaborations with writer Harvey Pekar on his American Splendor series as well as the graphic novel The Quitter. He has been nominated for numerous Eisner Awards, and won a 2010 Emmy Award for TV design work.-Early...
, Aim to Dazzle (Alternative Comics) - Lorenzo MattottiLorenzo MattottiLorenzo Mattotti is an Italian comics and graphical artist as well as an illustrator. His illustrations have been published in magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Vogue, The New Yorker, Le Monde and Vanity Fair...
, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (NBM PublishingNBM PublishingNBM Publishing is an American publisher of graphic novels. The company specializes in non-superhero comic genres and has translated and published over 150 graphic novels from Europe and Canada, as well as several works by Americans...
) - Scott Mills, My Own Little Empire (AdHouse BooksAdHouse BooksAdHouse Books is an independent comic book publisher based in Richmond, Virginia. It was founded in 2002 by graphic designer Chris Pitzer. Its small annual output and high-end production values have earned it the nickname "The Boutique Juggernaut."...
), Space Devil (ModernTales.com)
- Renée French
- 2002 Megan KelsoMegan KelsoMegan Kelso is an American comic book artist and writer.Kelso started working in the 1990s, with the minicomic Girlhero, which won her a Xeric Foundation grant in 1993. She has since published several other projects including Queen of the Black Black and The Squirrel Mother...
, Artichoke Tales #1, NonNonNon, non or NON can refer to:* French equivalent to English "no"; Italian equivalent to English "not"; Latin equivalent to either "not" or "no"...
#5 (Highwater BooksHighwater BooksHighwater Books was a small but influential independent comic book publisher based in Somerville, Massachusetts, noted for its arty editorial direction and production values under publisher Tom Devlin...
and Red Ink Press)- Renée FrenchRenée FrenchRenée French is an American comics writer and illustrator and, under the pen name Rainy Dohaney, a children's book author.Her work includes The Soap Lady , The Ticking , and Micrographica , "Edison Steelhead's Lost Portfolio - Exploratory...
, The Soap LadyThe Soap LadyThe Soap Lady is a 2001 children's novel by underground comics writer/artist Renee French. It focuses on themes of friendship and acceptance instead of Renee's normal themes of sex and death. It is about a dirty young boy named Rollo who finds a naked woman made out of soap who washed up upon shore...
(Top Shelf) - Paul HornschemeierPaul HornschemeierPaul Hornschemeier is a cartoonist based in Chicago, Illinois, known for his thought-provoking explorations of the layered complexities of human life in his work.-Biography:...
, Sequential, Forlorn Funnies (I Don't Get It Graphics and Absence Of Ink Press) - John Kerschbaum, HomecomingHomecomingHomecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni of a school. It most commonly refers to a tradition in many universities, colleges and high schools in North America...
, Petey & Pussy (Fontanelle Press) - Thomas Ott, Greetings From Hellville (Fantagraphics Books)
- Renée French
- 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 AttacksSeptember 11, 2001 attacksThe September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
- Donna BarrDonna BarrDonna Barr is an American comic book author and cartoonist.She was born in Everett, Washington, the second child in a family of six siblings....
, The Desert PeachThe Desert PeachThe Desert Peach is a comic book created by Donna Barr, chronicling the adventures of the eponymous protagonist, Erwin "The Desert Fox" Rommel's fictitious homosexual younger brother, Oberst Manfred Pfirsich Marie Rommel , nicknamed the "Desert Peach"...
(A Fine Line Press) - Jason LutesJason LutesJason Lutes is an American comics creator. His work is mainly historical fiction, but he also works in traditional fiction...
, BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
(Drawn & Quarterly) - Carla Speed McNeilCarla Speed McNeilCarla Speed McNeil born in Hammond, Louisiana, is an American sci-fi writer, cartoonist, and illustrator of comics, best known for the science fiction comic book series Finder.-Career:...
, Finder (Lightspeed Press) - Tony MillionaireTony MillionaireTony Millionaire is an American cartoonist, illustrator and author known for his syndicated comic strip Maakies and the Sock Monkey series of comics and picture books.-Early life:...
, MaakiesMaakiesMaakies is a syndicated weekly comic strip by Tony Millionaire. It began publication in February 1994 in the New York Press. It currently runs in many American alternative newsweeklies including The Stranger, LA Weekly and Only...
(Fantagraphics Books), Sock MonkeySock MonkeySock Monkey is a series of comics and illustrated books written and drawn by the American cartoonist Tony Millionaire.-Description:Sock Monkey relates the adventures of the titular sock monkey, named Uncle Gabby, and a plush crow named Mr. Crow. Despite being toys, they are able to move, think,...
(Dark Horse ComicsDark Horse ComicsDark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
) - Jim WoodringJim WoodringJim Woodring is a Seattle-based cartoonist, comic book author, artist and toy designer. He also produces fine art works in a variety of other media, including painting and charcoal....
, FrankFrank (comics)Frank is a cartoon character created by American cartoonist Jim Woodring. He is a bipedal, bucktoothed animal of uncertain species with a short tail, described by Woodring as a "generic anthropomorph". When shown in color, his fur is purple...
(Fantagraphics Books)
- Donna Barr
- 2000 Dave CooperDave CooperDavid Charles Cooper is a cartoonist, commercial illustrator and a graphic designer who lives in Ottawa, Canada. In addition to comics, Cooper has worked extensively as a designer, producer, and creator in the field of animation...
, Weasel (Fantagraphics BooksFantagraphics BooksFantagraphics Books is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, magazines, graphic novels, and the adult-oriented Eros Comix imprint...
)- Craig ThompsonCraig ThompsonCraig Matthew Thompson is a graphic novelist best known for his books Good-Bye, Chunky Rice , Blankets , Carnet de Voyage and Habibi . Thompson has received four Harvey Awards, two Eisner Awards, and two Ignatz Awards...
, Good-Bye, Chunky RiceGood-bye, Chunky RiceGood-bye, Chunky Rice is a 1999 graphic novel written by Craig Thompson. It was originally published by Top Shelf Productions.-Publication history:...
(Top Shelf ProductionsTop Shelf ProductionsTop Shelf Productions is an American publishing company founded in 1997, owned and operated by Chris Staros and Brett Warnock and a small staff. The company is based in Marietta, Georgia, Portland, Oregon, and New York City, New York....
) - Rod Espinoza, The Courageous PrincessThe Courageous PrincessThe Courageous Princess is a comic book written and drawn by Rod Espinosa, published by Antarctic Press. The story consists of fairy tale lands, princes, and princesses. The books had been discontinued for a fewyears, but now Rod is continuing his work on the series...
(Antarctic PressAntarctic PressAntarctic Press is a San Antonio-based comic book publishing company which publishes "American Manga" style comic books.Founded by Ben Dunn in 1984, Antarctic Press has produced over 850 titles with a total circulation of over 5 million...
) - Francesca Ghermandi, Pastil (Phoenix Enterprise Publishing Co.)
- Bill Presing, Rex Steele-Nazi Smasher (Monkeysuit Press)
- Craig Thompson
- 1999 Frank ChoFrank ChoFrank Cho, born Duk Hyun Cho, is a Korean-American comic strip and comic book writer and illustrator, known for his series Liberty Meadows, as well as for books such as Shanna the She-Devil, Mighty Avengers and Hulk for Marvel Comics, and Jungle Girl for Dynamite Entertainment...
, Liberty MeadowsLiberty MeadowsLiberty Meadows is a comic strip and comic book created, written and illustrated by Frank Cho. It relates the comedic activities of the staff and denizens of the titular animal sanctuary/rehabilitation clinic.-Publication history:...
#1 (Insight Studios Group)- Eric ShanowerEric ShanowerEric James Shanower is an American comics artist and writer, best known for his Oz novels and comics and the on-going retelling of the Trojan War as Age of Bronze.-Biography:...
, Age of BronzeAge of Bronze (comics)Age of Bronze is an American comics series by writer/artist Eric Shanower retelling the legend of the Trojan War. It began in 1998 and is published by Image Comics.-Overview:...
(Image ComicsImage ComicsImage Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
) - Dylan Horrocks, Hicksville (Blackeye)
- Dave Choe, Slow Jams (NonNonNon, non or NON can refer to:* French equivalent to English "no"; Italian equivalent to English "not"; Latin equivalent to either "not" or "no"...
#3 & 4, Red Ink) - Pat McEown, Kissin' Cousin (Heart Throb #4)
- Eric Shanower
- 1998 Dave SimDave SimDavid Victor Sim is an award-winning Canadian comic book writer and artist.A pioneer of self-published comics and creators' rights, Sim is best known as the creator of Cerebus the Aardvark, a comic book published from 1977 to 2004, which chronicles its main character in a 6,000-page self-contained...
, Cerebus (Aardvark-VanaheimAardvark-VanaheimAardvark-Vanaheim is a Canadian independent comic book publisher founded in 1977 by Dave Sim and Deni Loubert. It is best known for publishing Sim's Cerebus....
)- Joe Chiappetta, Silly DaddySilly DaddyBorn out of the American Independent Comics Movement, Silly Daddy is a comic book, graphic novel and webcomics blog by Joe Chiappetta. Started shortly after the birth of his first child in 1991, fine artist Joe Chiappetta began his career as Silly Daddy, a mostly autobiographical comic series...
(self-published) - Nick Craine, Portrait of a Thousand Punks: Hard Core Logo (House of Anansi Press Ltd.)
- Gilbert HernandezGilbert HernandezGilberto Hernández, born February 1, 1957, in Oxnard, California, usually credited as Gilbert Hernandez and also known by the nickname Beto , is an American comics writer/artist...
, LubaLuba (comic book character)Luba is a comic book character created by Los Bros Hernandez, featured mainly in the Love and Rockets series by these authors. She first appeared in "BEM", found in the Love and Rockets collection "Music for Mechanics."...
(Fantagraphics BooksFantagraphics BooksFantagraphics Books is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, magazines, graphic novels, and the adult-oriented Eros Comix imprint...
) - Jaime HernandezJaime HernandezJaime Hernandez is the co-creator of the black & white independent comic book Love and Rockets .-Early life:...
, Penny Century (Fantagraphics)
- Joe Chiappetta, Silly Daddy
- 1997 SethSeth (cartoonist)Seth is the pen name of Gregory Gallant , a Canadian comic book artist and writer. He is best known for comics such as Palookaville.Born in Clinton, Ontario, Seth attended the Ontario College of Art in Toronto...
, PalookavillePalookavillePalookaville may refer to:* Palookaville , a 1995 comedy film* Palookaville , a 2004 electronic album by Fatboy Slim* Palookaville , an alternative comic book* Palookaville, a former concert venue in Santa Cruz, CA....
(Drawn & Quarterly)- Gilbert HernandezGilbert HernandezGilberto Hernández, born February 1, 1957, in Oxnard, California, usually credited as Gilbert Hernandez and also known by the nickname Beto , is an American comics writer/artist...
, New LoveNew LoveNew Love is the second album from experimental electronic group Former Ghosts, a collaborative effort between Jamie Stewart , Freddy Ruppert and Nika Roza .- Track listing :# The Days Will Get Long Again...
(Fantagraphics BooksFantagraphics BooksFantagraphics Books is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, magazines, graphic novels, and the adult-oriented Eros Comix imprint...
) - Dylan Horrocks, Pickle (Black Eye ProductionsBlack Eye ProductionsBlack Eye Productions was a short-lived but influential Canadian comic book publishing company founded by Michel Vrana...
) - C. S. MorseScott MorseScott Morse is an American animator, filmmaker, and comic book artist/writer.Much of Morse's published work consists of stand-alone graphic novels, although he is perhaps best known for his epic series Soulwind, a story serialised in a sequence of graphic novels, which was nominated for both the...
, Soulwind (Image ComicsImage ComicsImage Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
) - Gary PanterGary PanterGary Panter is an illustrator, painter, designer and part-time musician. Panter's work is representative of the post-underground, new wave comics movement that began with the end of Arcade: The Comics Revue and the initiation of RAW, one of the second generation in American underground comix...
, Jimbo (Zongo ComicsZongo ComicsZongo Comics was founded and published in 1995 by Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening. Unlike its counterpart Bongo Comics, the comics published were geared towards older audiences containing adult material and did not include any adaptations of Groening’s cartoons...
)
- Gilbert Hernandez
Outstanding Anthology or Collection
- 2010 Masterpiece Comics, R. Sikoryak (Drawn & Quarterly)
- The Hipless Boy, SullySully-People:* Hugh the Red of Sully, 13th century Sicilian general* Bishop Maurice de Sully , oversaw the building of Notre Dame de Paris; Bishop to Philippe II of France...
(Conundrum Press) - Lemon Styles, David KingDavid KingDavid or Dave King may refer to:In sports:*David King , Australian rules footballer for the Kangaroos Football Club*Dave King , Scottish businessman, Rangers F.C...
(Sparkplug Comic Books) - Red Snow, Susumu KatsumataSusumu Katsumatawas an award-winning Japanese manga artist. He debuted in 1966 in the alternative manga magazine Garo, and in 2006 won the 35th Award Grand prize of 500,000 yen for Red Snow....
(Drawn & Quarterly) - Ten Thousand Things to Do, Jesse ReklawJesse ReklawJesse Reklaw is an American cartoonist and painter, author of the syndicated dream-based comic strip Slow Wave.-Biography:...
(self-published)
- The Hipless Boy, Sully
- 2009 Kramer’s Ergot #7, ed. Sammy HarkhamSammy HarkhamSammy Harkham is an American cartoonist and editor, best known for editing the influential Kramer's Ergot alternative comics anthology....
(Buenaventura)- Abandoned Cars, Tim Lane (Fantagraphics)
- Against Pain, Ron Regé, 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)
- 2008 Papercutter #7, edited by Greg Means (Tugboat Press)
- Inkweed, Chris Wright (Sparkplug Comic Books)
- Little LuluLittle Lulu"Little Lulu" is the nickname for Lulu Moppett, a comic strip character created in the mid-1930s by Marjorie Henderson Buell. The character debuted in The Saturday Evening Post on February 23, 1935 in a single panel, appearing as a flower girl at a wedding and strewing the aisle with banana peels...
Vol. 18, John StanleyJohn Stanley (comics)John Stanley was a comic book creator, best known for writing Little Lulu from 1945 to 1959. While mostly known for scripting, Stanley also was an accomplished artist who drew many of his stories, including the earliest Little Lulu issues. His specialty was humorous stories, both with licensed...
(Dark Horse) - Pond Life, John Broadley (PictureBox)
- Windy Corner #2, edited by Austin English (Sparkplug Comic Books)
- 2007 Curses by Kevin HuizengaKevin HuizengaKevin Huizenga is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comics character Glenn Ganges, who appears in most of his work.-Biography:...
(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)
- 2006 Black HoleBlack Hole (comics)Black Hole was a twelve-issue comic book limited series written and illustrated by Charles Burns and published first by Kitchen Sink Press and then Fantagraphics...
by Charles BurnsCharles Burns (cartoonist)Charles Burns is an American cartoonist, illustrator and film director.-Life:Burns is renowned for his meticulous, high-contrast and creepy artwork and stories. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, painter Susan Moore, and their two daughters Ava and Rae-Rae.His father was an oceanographer for...
(Pantheon)- Castle Waiting by Linda MedleyLinda MedleyLinda Medley is an American comic book author and illustrator, known for her Castle Waiting series of comic books and graphic novels.-Biography and early career:...
(Fantagraphics Books) - Drawn and Quarterly Showcase #3 by Matt Broersma, Genevieve Elverum, and Sammy HarkhamSammy HarkhamSammy Harkham is an American cartoonist and editor, best known for editing the influential Kramer's Ergot alternative comics anthology....
(Drawn & Quarterly) - The Push Man and Other Stories by Yoshihiro TatsumiYoshihiro Tatsumiis a Japanese manga artist who is widely credited with starting the gekiga style of alternative comics in Japan, having allegedly coined the term in 1957....
(Drawn & Quarterly) - Squirrel Mother by Megan KelsoMegan KelsoMegan Kelso is an American comic book artist and writer.Kelso started working in the 1990s, with the minicomic Girlhero, which won her a Xeric Foundation grant in 1993. She has since published several other projects including Queen of the Black Black and The Squirrel Mother...
(Fantagraphics Books)
- Castle Waiting by Linda Medley
- 2005 John PorcellinoJohn PorcellinoJohn Porcellino is a popular creator of minicomics. Porcellino's self-published, photocopied, mostly autobiographical series King-Cat Comics is among the best-known and longest-running minicomics produced today, begun when Porcellino was a teenager and still going strong.Porcellino's work consists...
, Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man (La Mano)- James Sturm, Above and Below: Two Tales of the American Frontier (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Dead Herring Comics, edited by Actus (Actus Independent Comics)
- Roger Langridge, Fred the Clown (Fantagraphics)
- Tom HartTom Hart (comics)Tom Hart is an American comics creator best known for his Hutch Owen series of comics.-Career:Tom Hart began making mini-comics while living in Seattle in the early 1990s...
, Hutch Owen: Unmarketable (Top Shelf Productions)
Outstanding Graphic Novel
- 2010 Market Day, James SturmJames SturmJames Sturm is an American cartoonist, Xeric Award-winner, and co-founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont...
(Drawn & Quarterly)- The Complete Jack Survives, Jerry MoriartyJerry MoriartyJerry Moriarty is an American artist and teacher at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. Moriarty entered the Pratt Institute in 1956 and earned a BFA in 1960. After graduating he worked as a freelance magazine illustrator to support his Abstract Expressionist painting...
(Buentaventura Press) - Pim & Francie: The Golden Bear Days, Al ColumbiaAl ColumbiaAl Columbia is an American cartoonist, illustrator, writer, photographer, musician, and filmmaker.-Big Numbers controversy:At the age of 19 Columbia was hired to work as an assistant to Bill Sienkiewicz on Alan Moore's Big Numbers series...
(Fantagraphics Books) - Summit of the Gods Vol. 1, Yumemakura Baku and Jiro TaniguchiJiro Taniguchiis a Japanese manga artist.- Biography:He began to work as assistant of the late manga artist Kyota Ishikawa. He made his manga debut in 1970 with Kareta Heya , published in the magazine Young Comic....
(Fanfare/Ponent Mon) - Years of the Elephant, Willy LinthoutWilly LinthoutWilly Linthout is a Belgian comics author, best known for the Urbanus comics and his graphic novel Years of the Elephant.-Biography:...
(Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
- The Complete Jack Survives, Jerry Moriarty
- 2009 Acme Novelty Library #19, Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Disappearance DiaryDisappearance Diaryis a manga by Hideo Azuma and published by East Press in Japan in March 2005. The manga is a somewhat-fictionalized autobiography of part of the author's life. It has received multiple awards inside and outside of Japan...
, Hideo AzumaHideo Azumais a Japanese manga artist born on February 6, 1950 in Urahoro, Hokkaidō, Japan. Azuma made his professional debut in 1969 in the Akita Shoten manga magazine Manga Ō...
(Fanfare/Ponent Mon) - Drop-In, Dave LappDave LappDave Lapp is a cartoonist who lives in Toronto Canada. He works at a city drop in center, but has been creating alternatve comics for more than ten years.-Works:...
(Conundrum) - Nicolas, Pascal Girard (Drawn & Quarterly)
- You’ll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man, Carol TylerCarol TylerCarol Tyler aka C. Tyler is an award-winning American painter, educator, comedian, and Eisner nominated cartoonist known for her autobiographical stories.-Background:...
(Fantagraphics)
- Disappearance Diary
- 2008 Skim, Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood Books)
- The Hot Breath of War, Trevor Alixopulos (Sparkplug Comic Books)
- Notes for a War Story, GipiGipiGianni Pacinotti, better known by the pseudonym of Gipi, is an Italian cartoonist, filmmaker, and author.-Biography:Born in Pisa in 1963, he began his career illustrating for the publishing and advertising industries....
(First Second Books) - Paul Goes Fishing, Michel RabagliatiMichel RabagliatiMichel Rabagliati is a Canadian cartoonist born and based in Montreal. He is published by Drawn and Quarterly in English, and La Pastèque in French....
(Drawn & Quarterly) - Spent, Joe MattJoe MattJoe Matt is an American cartoonist. He started drawing comics in 1987 and is best known for his autobiographical work, Peepshow. In addition to his cartooning career, he is known for his large collection of vintage Gasoline Alley comic strips. Matt lived in Canada from 1988 to 2002...
(Drawn & Quarterly)
- 2007 Don't Go Where I Can't Follow by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Aya by Marguerite AbouetMarguerite AbouetMarguerite Abouet was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in 1971. She is best known for her graphic novel series Aya.-Biography:At the age of twelve, Abouet and her brother moved to France with their great uncle. She currently resides in Romainville, a suburb just outside of Paris, with her husband,...
and Clément Oubrerie (Drawn & Quarterly) - Bookhunter by Jason Shiga (Sparkplug Comic Books)
- Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
- House by Josh Simmons (Fantagraphics Books)
- Aya by Marguerite Abouet
- 2006 Tricked by Alex RobinsonAlex RobinsonAlex Robinson is an award-winning American comic book writer and artist.-Early life:Alex Robinson grew up in Yorktown Heights, New York, and graduated from Yorktown High School in 1987...
(Top Shelf Productions)- The Clouds Above by Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics Books)
- Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)
- The Ticking by Renee French (Top Shelf Productions)
- Wimbledon Green by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)
- 2005 Marjane SatrapiMarjane SatrapiMarjane Satrapi is an Iranian-born French contemporary graphic novelist, illustrator, animated film director, and children's book author...
, Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Pantheon)- Jeffrey BrownJeffrey BrownJeffrey Brown is a comic book writer and artist born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.-Biography:After growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a 25-year-old Jeffrey Brown moved to Chicago in 2000 to pursue an MFA at the School of the Art Institute. By the time he finished his studies, he had abandoned...
, Bighead (Top Shelf Productions) - Craig ThompsonCraig ThompsonCraig Matthew Thompson is a graphic novelist best known for his books Good-Bye, Chunky Rice , Blankets , Carnet de Voyage and Habibi . Thompson has received four Harvey Awards, two Eisner Awards, and two Ignatz Awards...
, Carnet de Voyage (Top Shelf Productions) - Thomas Ott, Cinema Panopticum (L'AssociationL'AssociationL'Association is a French publishing house which publishes comic books. It was founded in May 1990 by Jean-Christophe Menu, Lewis Trondheim, David B., Mattt Konture, Patrice Killoffer, Stanislas, and Mokeït, who left soon thereafter...
, Fantagraphics) - Jason, Why Are You Doing This? (Fantagraphics Books)
- Jeffrey Brown
Outstanding Story
- 2010 Monsters, Ken Dahl (Secret Acres)
- "John Wesley Harding", The Red Monkey Double Happiness Book, Joe DalyJoe DalyJoe Daly is a comic book artist from South Africa. Born in London, United Kingdom, Daly studied animation for two years at Cape Town's City Varsity. His first American work was entitled "Scrublands", and was described as "introverted dreamlike stream-of-consciousness" and "over-the-top postmodern...
(Fantagraphics Books) - Market Day, James SturmJames SturmJames Sturm is an American cartoonist, Xeric Award-winner, and co-founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont...
(Drawn & Quarterly) - "Turd Place", The Hipless Boy, SullySully-People:* Hugh the Red of Sully, 13th century Sicilian general* Bishop Maurice de Sully , oversaw the building of Notre Dame de Paris; Bishop to Philippe II of France...
(Conundrum Press) - "Untitled", Mome Vol. 16, Laura Park (Fantagraphics Books)
- "John Wesley Harding", The Red Monkey Double Happiness Book, Joe Daly
- 2009 "Willy," Papercutter #10, Damien Jay (Tugboat)
- "The Carnival," Mome #14, Lilli CarréLilli CarréLilli Carré is a film maker and cartoonist from Los Angeles. She now lives and works in Chicago.Her books of comics include Nine Ways to Disappear, The Lagoon, and Tales of Woodsman Pete. An excerpt from The Lagoon was chosen to be included in The Best American Comics 2010 and "The Carnival" was...
(Fantagraphics) - Disappearance Diary, Hideo AzumaHideo Azumais a Japanese manga artist born on February 6, 1950 in Urahoro, Hokkaidō, Japan. Azuma made his professional debut in 1969 in the Akita Shoten manga magazine Manga Ō...
(Fanfare/Ponent Mon) - "Seeing Eye Dogs of Mars," Acme Novelty Library #19, Chris WareChris WareFranklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
(Drawn & Quarterly) - "Untitled," Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5, Amanda Vähämäki (Drawn & Quarterly)
- "The Carnival," Mome #14, Lilli Carré
- 2008 The Thing About Madeleine, Lilli CarréLilli CarréLilli Carré is a film maker and cartoonist from Los Angeles. She now lives and works in Chicago.Her books of comics include Nine Ways to Disappear, The Lagoon, and Tales of Woodsman Pete. An excerpt from The Lagoon was chosen to be included in The Best American Comics 2010 and "The Carnival" was...
(self-published)- "Americus" by MK Reed and Jonathan Hill, Papercutter #7 (Tugboat Press)
- "The Candy Rod" by Onsmith, Hotwire Comics #2 (Fantagraphics Books)
- "The Galactic Funnels" by Dash ShawDash ShawDash Shaw is a U.S. comic book writer/artist and animator. He is the author of the graphic novels Love Eats Brains published by Odd God Press, GardenHead published by Meathaus, The Mother's Mouth published by Alternative Comics, Bottomless Belly Button published by Fantagraphics, and BodyWorld...
, Mome #11 (Fantagraphics Books) - "The Urn" by Chris Wright, Inkweed (Sparkplug Comic Books)
- 2007 "Felix" by Gabrielle BellGabrielle BellGabrielle Bell is an American alternative cartoonist known for her surrealist, melancholy semi-autobiographical stories.-Biography:...
, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Vol. 4 (Drawn & Quarterly)- Delphine #1-2 by Richard SalaRichard SalaRichard Sala is an American cartoonist, illustrator, and comic book creator with a unique expressionistic style whose books often combine elements of mystery, horror and whimsy.-Biography:...
(Fantagraphics Books/Coconico Press) - Don't Go Where I Can't Follow by Anders NilsenAnders NilsenAnders Nilsen is a popular artist and graphic novelist who grew up in Minneapolis and lives in Chicago, IL.He works on an ongoing comic series, Big Questions , which has been nominated several times for the Ignatz Award. In addition, his comics have appeared in the anthologies Kramers Ergot and Mome...
(Drawn & Quarterly) - The End #1 by Anders NilsenAnders NilsenAnders Nilsen is a popular artist and graphic novelist who grew up in Minneapolis and lives in Chicago, IL.He works on an ongoing comic series, Big Questions , which has been nominated several times for the Ignatz Award. In addition, his comics have appeared in the anthologies Kramers Ergot and Mome...
(Fantagraphics Books/Coconico Press) - "Martha Gregory" by John Hankiewicz, Asthma (Sparkplug Comic Books)
- Delphine #1-2 by Richard Sala
- 2006 Ganges #1 by Kevin HuizengaKevin HuizengaKevin Huizenga is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comics character Glenn Ganges, who appears in most of his work.-Biography:...
(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 ArpAndrice ArpAndrice Arp is a U.S. comics artist and illustrator, and the daughter of Halton Arp. She has been a contributor to the self-published comic called Hi-Horse. In 2004, Hi-Horse Omnibus, comprising all new material, was published by Alternative Comics. Arp also contributes to comics anthology Mome...
, MOME Winter 2006 (Fantagraphics Books) - We Are On Our Own by Miriam Katin (Drawn & Quarterly)
- 2005 Anders NilsenAnders NilsenAnders Nilsen is a popular artist and graphic novelist who grew up in Minneapolis and lives in Chicago, IL.He works on an ongoing comic series, Big Questions , which has been nominated several times for the Ignatz Award. In addition, his comics have appeared in the anthologies Kramers Ergot and Mome...
, Dogs and Water (Drawn and Quarterly)- Gilbert HernandezGilbert HernandezGilberto Hernández, born February 1, 1957, in Oxnard, California, usually credited as Gilbert Hernandez and also known by the nickname Beto , is an American comics writer/artist...
, "Dumb Solitaire", Love and Rockets #11 and #13 (Fantagraphics) - David CollierDavid Collier (cartoonist)David Collier is a Canadian alternative cartoonist best known for his fact-based "comic strip essays."- Biography :As a child, Collier was introduced to the work of Robert Crumb, whose work has been a significant influence...
, "Homme De Le Bois", The Frank Ritza Papers (Drawn & Quarterly) - Dennis P. Eichhorn and J.R. Williams, The Legend of Wild Man Fischer (Top Shelf Productions)
- Joel Priddy, "Onion Jack" Superior Showcase #0 (AdHouse Books)
- Gilbert Hernandez
- 2004 Kevin HuizengaKevin HuizengaKevin Huizenga is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comics character Glenn Ganges, who appears in most of his work.-Biography:...
, "Glenn Ganges", Drawn and Quarterly Showcase Volume 1 (Drawn and Quarterly)- Nick BertozziNick BertozziNick Bertozzi is an American comic book writer and artist, as well as a commercial illustrator and teacher of cartooning. His series Rubber Necker from Alternative Comics won the 2003 Harvey Awards for best new talent and best new series. His project, The Salon Nick Bertozzi (born May 26, 1970)...
, "The Little Things", Rubber Necker #3 (Alternative ComicsAlternative Comics (publisher)Alternative Comics is a U.S. independent graphic novel and comic book publisher which operated from 1993–2007. Located in Gainesville, Florida, it is owned and operated by its founder, attorney Jeff Mason...
) - Jaime HernandezJaime HernandezJaime Hernandez is the co-creator of the black & white independent comic book Love and Rockets .-Early life:...
, “Maggie”, Love and Rockets v.2 #8 (Fantagraphics Books) - Michel RabagliatiMichel RabagliatiMichel Rabagliati is a Canadian cartoonist born and based in Montreal. He is published by Drawn and Quarterly in English, and La Pastèque in French....
, “Paul in the Metro”, Drawn & Quarterly #5 (Drawn and Quarterly) - David HeatleyDavid HeatleyDavid Heatley is an American cartoonist, illustrator, graphic designer and musician.- Education :Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, Heatley graduated from Teaneck High School in 1993. He graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2000.-Comics:Though he studied painting and filmmaking at Oberlin,...
, "Portrait of My Dad", McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern #13 (McSweeney's, Ltd.)
- Nick Bertozzi
- 2003 Jason ShigaJason ShigaJason Shiga is an Asian American cartoonist who incorporates puzzles, mysteries and unconventional narrative techniques into his work.-Early life:...
, Fleep (Sparkplug Comic Books)- Gilbert HernandezGilbert HernandezGilberto Hernández, born February 1, 1957, in Oxnard, California, usually credited as Gilbert Hernandez and also known by the nickname Beto , is an American comics writer/artist...
, "30,000 Hours to Kill" Love & Rockets #6 (Fantagraphics Books) - Charles BurnsCharles Burns (cartoonist)Charles Burns is an American cartoonist, illustrator and film director.-Life:Burns is renowned for his meticulous, high-contrast and creepy artwork and stories. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, painter Susan Moore, and their two daughters Ava and Rae-Rae.His father was an oceanographer for...
, Black Hole #10 (Fantagraphics Books) - R. Crumb "Hipman" Mystic Funnies #3 (Fantagraphics Books)
- Jason, Untitled second story, Sshhhh! (Fantagraphics Books)
- Gilbert Hernandez
- 2002 Scott Mills, Trenches (Top Shelf Productions)
- Megan KelsoMegan KelsoMegan Kelso is an American comic book artist and writer.Kelso started working in the 1990s, with the minicomic Girlhero, which won her a Xeric Foundation grant in 1993. She has since published several other projects including Queen of the Black Black and The Squirrel Mother...
, "Retreat" Artichoke Tales #1 (Highwater Books) - Mira Friedmann, "Royal Sable" Actus Box Series (Actus Tragicus)
- Kurt Wolfgang, "Where Hats Go" Non #5 (Red Ink Press)
- Ron Regé, Jr., "Wir Mussën Wissen, Wir Werden Wissen (We Must Know, We Will Know)" Drawn & Quarterly volume 4 (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Megan Kelso
- 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 AttacksSeptember 11, 2001 attacksThe September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
- Rutu ModanRutu Modan-Biography:Rutu Modan was born in Tel Hashomer, Israel, in 1966. Her father was Prof. Baruch Modan, a cancer researcher who served as director general of the Israeli Health Ministry in the 1980s. Her mother was Prof. Michaela Modan, an epidemiologist specializing in diabetes research. Her sister...
, "Bygone" Flipper Vol. 2 (Actus Tragicus/Top Shelf Productions) - Mike Kunkel, Herobear and the Kid No. 2 (Astonish Comics)
- Lewis TrondheimLewis TrondheimLewis Trondheim , born 11 December 1964, is an extremely prolific French cartoonist and one of the founders of the independent publisher L'Association. Both his silent comic La Mouche and Kaput and Zösky have been made into animated cartoons...
, The Nimrod No. 5 (Fantagraphics Books) - Sean Bieri, "Popeye the Savior Man" Jumbo Jape (self-published)
- Tom Hart, "Stocks Are Surging" The Collected Hutch Owen (Top Shelf Productions)
- Rutu Modan
- 2000 Chris WareChris WareFranklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
, "Jimmy Corrigan, Smartest Kid On Earth" The Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics Books)- Jason, "The Bridge" Mjau Mjau No. 6 (Jippi Forlag)
- Brian Ralph, Cave-In (Highwater Books)
- Alan MooreAlan MooreAlan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
, Eddie CampbellEddie CampbellEddie Campbell is a Scottish comics artist and cartoonist who now lives in Australia. Probably best known as the illustrator and publisher of From Hell , Campbell is also the creator of the semi-autobiographical Alec stories collected in Alec: The Years Have Pants, and Bacchus , a wry adventure...
, From Hell (Eddie Campbell Comics, distributed by Top Shelf Productions) - Androo Robinson, Jug (self-published)
- 1999 Daniel ClowesDaniel ClowesDaniel Gillespie Clowes is an American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books....
, "David Boring" Eightball #20 (Fantagraphics)- David LaphamDavid LaphamDavid Lapham is an Eisner Award winning American comic book writer, artist, and cartoonist, best known for his work on his groundbreaking independent comic book Stray Bullets.-Biography:...
, "Sex & Violence: part 2" Stray Bullets #18 (El Capitan Books) - Budd RootBudd RootBudd Root is an American cartoonist, and creator of the independent comic book Cavewoman, published by Root's company Basement Comics/Amryl Entertainment. Root is one of the premiere contemporary "good girl" artists, with an art style similar to Art Adams.'- Biography :Root was born in Heidelberg,...
, Cavewoman: Jungle Tales (Basement Comics) - Scott Roberts, "Over the Line" Patty-Cake and Friends #13 (Slave Labor)
- David Choe, "Slow Jams" Non #3 & #4 (Red Ink)
- David Lapham
- 1998 Daniel ClowesDaniel ClowesDaniel Gillespie Clowes is an American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books....
, "Ghost World" Eightball (Fantagraphics)- Chris WareChris WareFranklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
, "Jimmy Corrigan" Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics) - Gilbert HernandezGilbert HernandezGilberto Hernández, born February 1, 1957, in Oxnard, California, usually credited as Gilbert Hernandez and also known by the nickname Beto , is an American comics writer/artist...
, "Letters from Venus" New Love (Fantagraphics) - Julie DoucetJulie DoucetJulie Doucet is a Canadian former underground cartoonist and artist, best known for her autobiographical works such as Dirty Plotte and My New York Diary...
, "New York City Diary" Dirty Plotte (Drawn & Quarterly) - Joe SaccoJoe SaccoJoe Sacco is a Maltese-American comics artist and journalist. He achieved international fame through the 1996 American Book Award-winning Palestine, and his graphic novel on the Bosnian War, Safe Area Goražde.- Biography :...
, "Soba" Stories From Bosnia (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Chris Ware
- 1997 Alan MooreAlan MooreAlan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
and Eddie CampbellEddie CampbellEddie Campbell is a Scottish comics artist and cartoonist who now lives in Australia. Probably best known as the illustrator and publisher of From Hell , Campbell is also the creator of the semi-autobiographical Alec stories collected in Alec: The Years Have Pants, and Bacchus , a wry adventure...
, From Hell (Kitchen Sink Press)- Joe Chiappetta, "A Death In the Family" Silly Daddy (self-published)
- Daniel ClowesDaniel ClowesDaniel Gillespie Clowes is an American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books....
, "Ghost World" Eightball (Fantagraphics) - Dylan Horrocks[, "Hicksville" Pickle (Black Eye Productions)
- SethSeth (cartoonist)Seth is the pen name of Gregory Gallant , a Canadian comic book artist and writer. He is best known for comics such as Palookaville.Born in Clinton, Ontario, Seth attended the Ontario College of Art in Toronto...
, "It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken" Palookaville (Drawn & Quarterly)
Promising New Talent
- 2010 Matt Wiegle, "The Orphan Baiter", Papercutter #13 (Tugboat Press)
- Rina Ayuyang, Whirlwind Wonderland (Sparkplug Comic Books & Tugboat Press)
- Rami Efal, Never Forget, Never Forgive (Studio Namu)
- Blaise LarmeeBlaise LarmeeBlaise Larmee is an American cartoonist, critic, and publisher, best known for his graphic novella Young Lions.His work has appeared in online and print media....
, Young Lions (self-published) - SullySully-People:* Hugh the Red of Sully, 13th century Sicilian general* Bishop Maurice de Sully , oversaw the building of Notre Dame de Paris; Bishop to Philippe II of France...
, The Hipless Boy (Conundrum Press)
- 2009 Colleen Frakes, Woman King (self-published)
- T. Edward Bak, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5 (Drawn & Quarterly)
- 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)
- 2008 Sarah Glidden, How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less (self-published)
- Oliver East, Trains Are... Mint(Blank Slate)
- Austin English, Windy Corner #2 (Sparkplug Comic Books)
- Chuck Forsman, Snake Oil #1 (self-published)
- Lars Martinson, Tonoharu (Pliant Press/Top Shelf Productions)
- 2007 Tom Neely, The Blot (I Will Destroy You)
- Gabrielle BellGabrielle BellGabrielle Bell is an American alternative cartoonist known for her surrealist, melancholy semi-autobiographical stories.-Biography:...
, Lucky, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Vol. 4 (Drawn & Quarterly) - Scott Campbell (artist)Scott Campbell (artist)Scott Campbell is an Production Designer for Double Fine Productions and illustrator living in New York, New York.-Biography:...
, Flight Vol. 4 (Ballantine Books), Hickee vol. 3 #3 (Alternative Comics) - Lilli Carré, Papercutter #3 (Tugboat Press), You Ain't No Dancer Vol. 2 (New Reliable Press)
- Brandon Graham, King City (TokyoPop)
- Gabrielle Bell
- 2006 Hope LarsonHope LarsonHope Raue Larson is an American illustrator and cartoonist. Her main field is graphic novels.-Biography:Larson is of German and Swedish descent. She grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, and attendedCarolina Day School...
, Salamander Dream (AdHouse Books), Gray Horses (Oni Press)- Andrice ArpAndrice ArpAndrice Arp is a U.S. comics artist and illustrator, and the daughter of Halton Arp. She has been a contributor to the self-published comic called Hi-Horse. In 2004, Hi-Horse Omnibus, comprising all new material, was published by Alternative Comics. Arp also contributes to comics anthology Mome...
, 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.)
- Andrice Arp
- 2005 Andy RuntonAndy RuntonAndy Runton is the creator of the graphic novel series Owly, first published in 2005 by Top Shelf. Before he worked on Owly he was a graphic designer. His artwork is a reflection of his affection for wildlife. Andy currently resides in Atlanta, GA. In 2005, Runton won the Ignatz Award for Promising...
, Owly (Top Shelf Productions)- Joshua W. Cotter, Skyscrapers of the Midwest (AdHouse Books)
- Rebecca Dart, RabbitHead (Alternative ComicsAlternative Comics (publisher)Alternative Comics is a U.S. independent graphic novel and comic book publisher which operated from 1993–2007. Located in Gainesville, Florida, it is owned and operated by its founder, attorney Jeff Mason...
) - Vanessa Davis, Spaniel Rage (Buenaventura Press)
- Karl Stevens, Guilty (Karl Stevens Publishing, dist. by Alternative ComicsAlternative Comics (publisher)Alternative Comics is a U.S. independent graphic novel and comic book publisher which operated from 1993–2007. Located in Gainesville, Florida, it is owned and operated by its founder, attorney Jeff Mason...
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- 2004 Lauren WeinsteinLauren Weinstein (comic book artist)Lauren R. Weinstein is an American comic book artist. Her surrealist alternative comics detail a complex world where a pall of mystery, sexual intrigue and violent death hangs over the animal kingdom, outer space and suburban America alike...
, Kramer's Ergot #4 (Avodah Books)- Martin Cendreda, Hi-Horse Omnibus (Alternative ComicsAlternative Comics (publisher)Alternative Comics is a U.S. independent graphic novel and comic book publisher which operated from 1993–2007. Located in Gainesville, Florida, it is owned and operated by its founder, attorney Jeff Mason...
, Hi-Horse Comics) - Svetlana ChmakovaSvetlana ChmakovaSvetlana Chmakova is a comic creator. She is best known for Dramacon, an original English-language manga spanning three volumes and published in North America by Tokyopop. Her other work includes the 2-page The Adventures of CG for CosmoGIRL! magazine and the webcomic Chasing Rainbows for...
, Chasing Rainbows (www.girlamatic.com, www.svetlania.com) - Dan James, The Octopi and the Ocean (Top Shelf Productions)
- Leland Purvis, Suspended in Language (G.T. Labs)
- Martin Cendreda, Hi-Horse Omnibus (Alternative Comics
- 2003 Derek Kirk Kim, Same Difference and Other Stories (self-published)
- Marc Bell, Rosetta (Alternative Comics), Shrimpy & Paul (Highwater Books)
- Ray Friesen, RQW (Don't Eat Any Bugs Comics)
- John Hankiewicz, Tepid, Eleanor E. Is Home (self-published)
- Raina TelgemeierRaina TelgemeierRaina Telgemeier is an American cartoonist whose works include the autobiographic webcomic Smile , which was published by Scholastic Press's Graphix imprint as a full-color graphic novel in February, 2010....
, Take Out (self-published)
- 2002 Greg CookGreg Cook (comic book artist)Greg Cook is an underground cartoonist and comic book artist who has been published in Nickelodeon Magazine, Pulse magazine, The Believer magazine, New Art Examiner, Arthur, NON, and L'Association's Comix 2000. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, graduated at the Art Institute in 1995, and now works...
, Catch as Catch Can (Highwater Books)- Jeffrey Brown, Clumsy: A Novel (self-published)
- Mike Dawson, Cabaret, Gabagool! (self-published)
- Sammy Harkham, "Study Group 12 #2" "Though I Slumber, My Heart Is Still Awake" (Study Group 12)
- Anders Brekhus Nilsen, Big Questions #4: Asomatognosia (self-published)
- Rick Smith and Tania Menesse, Shuck (Shuck Comics)
- 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 AttacksSeptember 11, 2001 attacksThe September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
- Tomer and Asaf Hanuka, Bipolar, self-published
- Mike KunkelMike KunkelMike Kunkel is a comic book writer and artist known, among other things, for his work on Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! and for his creator-owned Herobear and the Kid.-Sources:...
, Herobear and the Kid, Astonish Comics - Metaphrog, Louis: Red Letter Day, Metaphrog
- Rutu Modan, Flipper Vol. 2, Actus Tragicus/Top Shelf Productions
- Ben Steckler, Get BenT, self-published
- 2000 Nick BertozziNick BertozziNick Bertozzi is an American comic book writer and artist, as well as a commercial illustrator and teacher of cartooning. His series Rubber Necker from Alternative Comics won the 2003 Harvey Awards for best new talent and best new series. His project, The Salon Nick Bertozzi (born May 26, 1970)...
, Boswash (Luxurious Comics)- Ben Catmull, Paper Theater (self-published)
- Rod EspinosaRod Espinosa-Biography:Espinosa was born in the Philippines. He graduated from the Don Bosco technical college with a certificate in architectural drafting and got a degree in advertising art from Santo Tomas University in Manila...
, The Courageous Princess (Antarctic Press) - Kevin Huizenga, Supermonster (self-published)
- Stephen Notley, Bob the Angry Flower (self-published)
- 1999 Brian RalphBrian RalphBrian Ralph is a U.S. alternative cartoonist. His illustrations have appeared in Wired and the New York Post. His debut graphic novel Cave-In was nominated for three Harvey Awards, one Eisner Award, and listed as one of the Comics Journals "five best comics of 1999". His second graphic novel...
, Fireball #7 (Fort Thunder)- Leland Myrick, Sweet (Adept Books)
- Madison Clell, Cuckoo (Green Door Studios)
- Jason LittleJason Little (cartoonist)Jason Palmer Little is an American cartoonist.He grew up in Binghamton, New York, studied photography at Oberlin College, and now lives in Brooklyn with writer Myla Goldberg and their two daughters....
, Jack's Luck Runs OutJack's Luck Runs OutJack's Luck Runs Out is a full-color one-shot comic book created by Jason Little. The book features playing cards as characters, where the title character is a jack. In March 1998, Little received a grant to help publish the book from the Xeric Foundation...
(Top Shelf Productions) - Dave Kiersh, Is Kissing a Girl Who Smokes Like Kissing an Ashtray, Non #4 (Red Ink)
- 1998 Carla Speed McNeilCarla Speed McNeilCarla Speed McNeil born in Hammond, Louisiana, is an American sci-fi writer, cartoonist, and illustrator of comics, best known for the science fiction comic book series Finder.-Career:...
, Finder (Lightspeed Press)- Tara Jenkins, GalaxionGalaxionGalaxion is a science fiction comic book and webcomic series written and drawn by Canadian Tara Tallan .The story follows the crew of an interstellar ship, the Galaxion, as they test a new experimental hyperdrive engine...
(Helikon Press) - Matt Madden, Black Candy (Black Eye Books)
- Ron Rege, Skibber Bee Bye (self-published)
- Chris Oliveros, The Envelope Manufacturer (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Tara Jenkins, Galaxion
- 1997 Debbie DrechslerDebbie DrechslerDebbie Drechsler is an American illustrator and comic book creator. Her semi-autobiographical graphic novel about incest, Daddy's Girl , was nominated for an Ignatz Award....
, Nowhere (Drawn & Quarterly)- Tom Hart, The Sands (Black Eye Productions)
- C. S. Morse, Soulwind (Image Comics)
- Walt Holcombe, King of Persia (self published through Accordion Press)
- Steve Weissman, Yikes! (Alternative Press)
Outstanding Series
- 2010 Ganges, Kevin HuizengaKevin HuizengaKevin Huizenga is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comics character Glenn Ganges, who appears in most of his work.-Biography:...
(Fantagraphics Books)- King-Cat Comics & Stories, John PorcellinoJohn PorcellinoJohn Porcellino is a popular creator of minicomics. Porcellino's self-published, photocopied, mostly autobiographical series King-Cat Comics is among the best-known and longest-running minicomics produced today, begun when Porcellino was a teenager and still going strong.Porcellino's work consists...
(self-published) - Sublife, John PhamJohn PhamJohn Pham is a comic creator.John Pham was born in Saigon but was raised in the United States. He received a self publishing grant from the Xeric Foundation in 2000 for "Epoxy." His Sublife #2 from Fantagraphics Books was nominated for an Outstanding Artist, Outstanding Series, and Outstanding...
(Fantagraphics Books) - Summit of the Gods, Yumemakura Baku and Jiro TaniguchiJiro Taniguchiis a Japanese manga artist.- Biography:He began to work as assistant of the late manga artist Kyota Ishikawa. He made his manga debut in 1970 with Kareta Heya , published in the magazine Young Comic....
(Fanfare/Ponent Mon) - Troop 142, Mike Dawson (self-published)
- King-Cat Comics & Stories, John Porcellino
- 2009 Uptight, Jordan CraneJordan CraneJordan Crane is an American comics creator.Crane first emerged in 1996 with the anthology NON, which he edited, contributed to, and published. This anthology combines influences from Art Spiegelman’s RAW and newer comics artists...
(Fantagraphics)- Danny Dutch, David King (Sparkplug)
- Delphine, Richard SalaRichard SalaRichard Sala is an American cartoonist, illustrator, and comic book creator with a unique expressionistic style whose books often combine elements of mystery, horror and whimsy.-Biography:...
(Fantagraphics/Coconino) - Interiorae, Gabriella Giandelli (Fantagraphics/Coconino)
- Reich, Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug)
- 2008 Snake Oil by Chuck Forsman (self-published)
- Eye of the Majestic Creature, Leslie Stein (self-published)
- Injury, Ted May, Jason Robards, and Jeff Wilson (Buenaventura Press)
- Paul series, Michel RabagliatiMichel RabagliatiMichel Rabagliati is a Canadian cartoonist born and based in Montreal. He is published by Drawn and Quarterly in English, and La Pastèque in French....
(Drawn & Quarterly) - Reich, Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug Comic Books)
- 2007 Mourning Star by Kazimir StrzepekKazimir StrzepekKazimir Strzepek is a cartoonist living in Seattle Washington. He is the creator of the 2006 Eisner nominated graphic novel The Mourning Star. The Mourning Star also won an Ignatz during the 2007 Small Press Expo. He grew up in Hawaii and went to the University of Hawaii for a degree in computer...
(Bodega Distribution)- Atlas by Dylan Horrocks (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Delphine by Richard SalaRichard SalaRichard Sala is an American cartoonist, illustrator, and comic book creator with a unique expressionistic style whose books often combine elements of mystery, horror and whimsy.-Biography:...
(Fantagraphics Books/Coconico Press) - DungeonDungeon (comics)Dungeon is a series of satirical fantasy comic books created by Joann Sfar and Lewis Trondheim, with contributions from numerous other artists and writers...
by Lewis TrondheimLewis TrondheimLewis Trondheim , born 11 December 1964, is an extremely prolific French cartoonist and one of the founders of the independent publisher L'Association. Both his silent comic La Mouche and Kaput and Zösky have been made into animated cartoons...
, Joann SfarJoann SfarJoann Sfar is a French comics artist, comic book creator and film director.-Life and career:Sfar was born in Nice. He is considered one of the most important artists of the new wave of Franco-Belgian comics. Many of his comics were published by L'Association which was founded in 1990 by...
, and various (NBM) - Love & Rockets by Los Bros Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books)
- 2006 OwlyOwlyOwly is an American children's graphic novel series created by Andy Runton and published by Top Shelf Productions.-Series overview:The series, which is largely without standard text dialogue, is about the adventures of a gentle owl named Owly who resolves to do good and make friends in his world...
by Andy RuntonAndy RuntonAndy Runton is the creator of the graphic novel series Owly, first published in 2005 by Top Shelf. Before he worked on Owly he was a graphic designer. His artwork is a reflection of his affection for wildlife. Andy currently resides in Atlanta, GA. In 2005, Runton won the Ignatz Award for Promising...
(Top Shelf Productions)- Acme Novelty Library by Chris WareChris WareFranklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
(Fantagraphics Books) - Big Questions by Anders NilsenAnders NilsenAnders Nilsen is a popular artist and graphic novelist who grew up in Minneapolis and lives in Chicago, IL.He works on an ongoing comic series, Big Questions , which has been nominated several times for the Ignatz Award. In addition, his comics have appeared in the anthologies Kramers Ergot and Mome...
(Drawn and Quarterly) - Love and Rockets by Los Bros. Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books)
- Optic Nerve by Adrian TomineAdrian TomineAdrian Tomine , a popular contemporary cartoonist, is best known for his ongoing comic book series Optic Nerve and his periodical illustrations in The New Yorker.- Biography :...
(Drawn & Quarterly)
- Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware
- 2005 Carla Speed McNeilCarla Speed McNeilCarla Speed McNeil born in Hammond, Louisiana, is an American sci-fi writer, cartoonist, and illustrator of comics, best known for the science fiction comic book series Finder.-Career:...
, Finder (Light Speed Productions)- Tomer HanukaTomer HanukaTomer Hanuka is an award-winning Israeli illustrator and cartoonist.At age twenty-two, after completing three years of mandatory Israeli Army service, Hanuka moved to New York City. Following his graduation from the School of Visual Arts, he quickly became a regular contributor to many national...
, Asaf Hanuka, and Etgar KeretEtgar KeretEtgar Keret is an Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television.-Personal Life:Keret was born in Ramat Gan, Israel in 1967. He is a third child to parents who survived the Holocaust. He lives in Tel Aviv with his wife, Shira Geffen, and...
, Bipolar (Alternative ComicsAlternative Comics (publisher)Alternative Comics is a U.S. independent graphic novel and comic book publisher which operated from 1993–2007. Located in Gainesville, Florida, it is owned and operated by its founder, attorney Jeff Mason...
) - David Heatley, Deadpan (self-published)
- Los Bros Hernandez, Love and Rockets vol. II (Fantagraphics)
- Joshua W. Cotter, Skyscrapers of the Midwest (AdHouse Books)
- Tomer Hanuka
- 2004 Carla Speed McNeilCarla Speed McNeilCarla Speed McNeil born in Hammond, Louisiana, is an American sci-fi writer, cartoonist, and illustrator of comics, best known for the science fiction comic book series Finder.-Career:...
, Finder (Light Speed Productions)- Charles BurnsCharles Burns (cartoonist)Charles Burns is an American cartoonist, illustrator and film director.-Life:Burns is renowned for his meticulous, high-contrast and creepy artwork and stories. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, painter Susan Moore, and their two daughters Ava and Rae-Rae.His father was an oceanographer for...
, Black Hole (Fantagraphics Books) - John Porcellino, King Cat (self-published)
- Nick BertozziNick BertozziNick Bertozzi is an American comic book writer and artist, as well as a commercial illustrator and teacher of cartooning. His series Rubber Necker from Alternative Comics won the 2003 Harvey Awards for best new talent and best new series. His project, The Salon Nick Bertozzi (born May 26, 1970)...
, Rubber Necker (Alternative ComicsAlternative Comics (publisher)Alternative Comics is a U.S. independent graphic novel and comic book publisher which operated from 1993–2007. Located in Gainesville, Florida, it is owned and operated by its founder, attorney Jeff Mason...
) - Kim DeitchKim Deitch-Sources:* at Lambiek's Comiclopedia-External links:* Ford, Jeffrey. *Heller, Steven. **...
, Stuff of Dreams (Fantagraphics Books)
- Charles Burns
- 2003 Charles BurnsCharles Burns (cartoonist)Charles Burns is an American cartoonist, illustrator and film director.-Life:Burns is renowned for his meticulous, high-contrast and creepy artwork and stories. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, painter Susan Moore, and their two daughters Ava and Rae-Rae.His father was an oceanographer for...
, Black Hole (Fantagraphics Books)- Roger LangridgeRoger LangridgeRoger Langridge is a New Zealand-born comics writer/artist/letterer, currently living in Britain.-Biography:Langridge originally came to public prominence most notably with the Judge Dredd Megazine series The Straitjacket Fits , a surreal, hallucinatory, convention-bending strip set in an insane...
, Fred the Clown (Hotel Fred Press) - Ted Stearn, Fuzz & Pluck in Splitsville (Fantagraphics Books)
- Scott Roberts, Patty Cake (Slave Labor Graphics)
- Gary Spencer Millidge, StrangehavenStrangehavenStrangehaven is an acclaimed self-published comic book series created by Gary Spencer Millidge. It is not published to a regular schedule; although the series is ongoing, the last issue was published in 2005.-Plot:...
(Abiogenesis Press)
- Roger Langridge
- 2002 James KochalkaJames KochalkaJames Kochalka is an American comic book artist and writer, and rock musician. His comics are noted for their blending of the real and the surreal...
Sketchbook Diaries (Top Shelf Productions)- Chester BrownChester BrownChester William David Brown , is an award-winning, best-selling Canadian alternative cartoonist and, since 2008, the Libertarian Party of Canada's candidate for the riding of Trinity-Spadina in Toronto, Canada....
, Louis RielLouis Riel: A Comic-Strip BiographyLouis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography is a highly acclaimed comic book biography of the Métis rebel leader, Louis Riel, by Chester Brown and published by Drawn and Quarterly...
(Drawn & Quarterly) - Sam Henderson, Magic Whistle (Alternative Comics)
- David HahnDavid Hahn (cartoonist)David Hahn is a Portland, Oregon-based comic book artist born in Los Angeles in 1967. He is best known for his work illustrating the comic book mini-series Bite Club and its sequel Bite Club: Vampire Crime Unit for DC Comics, where he also illustrated stories for Robin, Fables, Batman: The...
, Private Beach (Slave Labor Graphics) - Dave Cooper, Weasel (Fantagraphics Books)
- Chester Brown
- 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 AttacksSeptember 11, 2001 attacksThe September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
- Jason LutesJason LutesJason Lutes is an American comics creator. His work is mainly historical fiction, but he also works in traditional fiction...
, Berlin (Drawn and Quarterly) - Carla Speed McNeilCarla Speed McNeilCarla Speed McNeil born in Hammond, Louisiana, is an American sci-fi writer, cartoonist, and illustrator of comics, best known for the science fiction comic book series Finder.-Career:...
, Finder (Lightspeed Press) - Mike Kunkel, Herobear and the Kid (Astonish Comics)
- Sam Henderson, Magic Whistle, (Alternative Comics)
- Jason, Mjau Mjau (Jippi Forlag)
- Jason Lutes
- 2000 Dave Cooper, Weasel (Fantagraphics Books)
- Jay HoslerJay HoslerJay Hosler is the author and illustrator of science-oriented comics. He is best known for his graphic novels Clan Apis, The Sandwalk Adventures, and Optical Allusions. Clan Apis follows the life of a honey bee named Nyuki; the story conveys factual information about honey bees in a humorous fashion...
, Clan ApisClan ApisClan Apis is a graphic novel created by neurobiologist Jay Hosler. It concerns the life of the honey bee Nyuki....
(Active Synapse Comics) - Madison Clell, Cuckoo (Green Door Studios)
- Bryan TalbotBryan TalbotBryan Talbot is a British comic book artist and writer, born in Wigan, Lancashire, in 1952. He is best known as the creator of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright and its sequel Heart of Empire.-Career:...
, Heart of EmpireHeart of EmpireHeart of Empire, or the Legacy of Luther Arkwright is a limited series by Bryan Talbot, published in nine monthly parts in 1999 by Dark Horse Comics....
(Dark Horse Comics) - Jason, Mjau Mjau (Jippi Forlag)
- Jay Hosler
- 1999 Max, The Extended Dream of Mr. D (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Eric ShanowerEric ShanowerEric James Shanower is an American comics artist and writer, best known for his Oz novels and comics and the on-going retelling of the Trojan War as Age of Bronze.-Biography:...
, Age of BronzeAge of Bronze (comics)Age of Bronze is an American comics series by writer/artist Eric Shanower retelling the legend of the Trojan War. It began in 1998 and is published by Image Comics.-Overview:...
(Image ComicsImage ComicsImage Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
) - Jay HoslerJay HoslerJay Hosler is the author and illustrator of science-oriented comics. He is best known for his graphic novels Clan Apis, The Sandwalk Adventures, and Optical Allusions. Clan Apis follows the life of a honey bee named Nyuki; the story conveys factual information about honey bees in a humorous fashion...
, Clan ApisClan ApisClan Apis is a graphic novel created by neurobiologist Jay Hosler. It concerns the life of the honey bee Nyuki....
(Active Synapse Comics) - Gary Spencer Millidge, Strangehaven (Abiogenesis)
- Adam WarrenAdam WarrenAdam Warren is an American comic book writer and artist who is most famous for his adaptation of the characters known as Dirty Pair into an American comic book, and for being one of the first American commercial illustrators to be influenced by the general manga style...
, Gen 13: Magical Drama Queen Roxy (Wildstorm)
- Eric Shanower
- 1998 Chris WareChris WareFranklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
, Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)- Daniel ClowesDaniel ClowesDaniel Gillespie Clowes is an American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books....
, Eightball (Fantagraphics) - Debbie DrechslerDebbie DrechslerDebbie Drechsler is an American illustrator and comic book creator. Her semi-autobiographical graphic novel about incest, Daddy's Girl , was nominated for an Ignatz Award....
, Nowhere (Drawn & Quarterly) - Joe Chiappetta, Silly Daddy (self-published)
- Steve Weissman, Yikes! (Alternative Press)
- Daniel Clowes
- 1997 Chris WareChris WareFranklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
, Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)- Jason LutesJason LutesJason Lutes is an American comics creator. His work is mainly historical fiction, but he also works in traditional fiction...
, Berlin (Black Eye Productions) - Daniel ClowesDaniel ClowesDaniel Gillespie Clowes is an American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books....
, Eightball (Fantagraphics) - SethSeth (cartoonist)Seth is the pen name of Gregory Gallant , a Canadian comic book artist and writer. He is best known for comics such as Palookaville.Born in Clinton, Ontario, Seth attended the Ontario College of Art in Toronto...
, Palookaville (Drawn & Quarterly) - Gary Spencer Millidge, Strangehaven (Abiogenesis)
- Jason Lutes
Outstanding Comic
- 2010 I Want You, Lisa Hanawalt (Buenaventura Press)
- Blammo #6, Noah Van SciverNoah Van SciverNoah Van Sciver is an independent American cartoonist, known for his comic book "Blammo" and his comic strip, Four Questions in the Denver alternative weekly, Westword....
(Kilgore Books) - Eschew #2, Robert Sergel (Sparkplug Comic Books)
- Flesh and Bone, Julia Gfrörer (Sparkplug Comic Books)
- Sublife #2, John PhamJohn PhamJohn Pham is a comic creator.John Pham was born in Saigon but was raised in the United States. He received a self publishing grant from the Xeric Foundation in 2000 for "Epoxy." His Sublife #2 from Fantagraphics Books was nominated for an Outstanding Artist, Outstanding Series, and Outstanding...
(Fantagraphics Books)
- Blammo #6, Noah Van Sciver
- 2009 Uptight #3, Jordan CraneJordan CraneJordan Crane is an American comics creator.Crane first emerged in 1996 with the anthology NON, which he edited, contributed to, and published. This anthology combines influences from Art Spiegelman’s RAW and newer comics artists...
(Fantagraphics)- Danny Dutch #1, David King (Sparkplug)
- Dead Ringer, Jason T. Miles (La Mano)
- Interiorae #3, Gabriella Giandelli (Fantagraphics/Coconino)
- Reich #6, Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug)
- 2008 Snake Oil #1 by Chuck Forsman (self-published)
- Cryptic Wit #2, Gerald Jablonski (self-published)
- Department of Art, Dunya Jankovic (self-published)
- Lucky Vol. 2 #2, Gabrielle BellGabrielle BellGabrielle Bell is an American alternative cartoonist known for her surrealist, melancholy semi-autobiographical stories.-Biography:...
(Drawn & Quarterly) - Palooka-villePalookaville (comics)Palookaville is a comic book written and drawn by cartoonist Gregory Gallant, better known as Seth, and published by Drawn & Quarterly. The first issue appeared in April 1991 and it has been irregularly published ever since...
#19, SethSeth (cartoonist)Seth is the pen name of Gregory Gallant , a Canadian comic book artist and writer. He is best known for comics such as Palookaville.Born in Clinton, Ontario, Seth attended the Ontario College of Art in Toronto...
(Drawn & Quarterly)
- 2007 Optic Nerve #11 by Adrian TomineAdrian TomineAdrian Tomine , a popular contemporary cartoonist, is best known for his ongoing comic book series Optic Nerve and his periodical illustrations in The New Yorker.- Biography :...
(Drawn & Quarterly)- 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)
- 2006 Schizo #4 by Ivan BrunettiIvan BrunettiIvan Brunetti is an American cartoonist and comics scholar based in Chicago, Illinois.Noted for combining blackly humorous taboo-laden subject matter with simplified and exaggerated cartoon drawing styles, Brunetti's best known comic work is collected in his largely autobiographical series Schizo,...
(Fantagraphics Books)- Big Questions #7 by Anders NilsenAnders NilsenAnders Nilsen is a popular artist and graphic novelist who grew up in Minneapolis and lives in Chicago, IL.He works on an ongoing comic series, Big Questions , which has been nominated several times for the Ignatz Award. In addition, his comics have appeared in the anthologies Kramers Ergot and Mome...
(Drawn & Quarterly) - Ganges #1 by Kevin HuizengaKevin HuizengaKevin Huizenga is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comics character Glenn Ganges, who appears in most of his work.-Biography:...
(Fantagraphics Books) - Optic Nerve #10 by Adrian TomineAdrian TomineAdrian Tomine , a popular contemporary cartoonist, is best known for his ongoing comic book series Optic Nerve and his periodical illustrations in The New Yorker.- Biography :...
(Drawn and Quarterly) - Stuff of Dreams #3 by Kim DeitchKim Deitch-Sources:* at Lambiek's Comiclopedia-External links:* Ford, Jeffrey. *Heller, Steven. **...
(Fantagraphics Books)
- Big Questions #7 by Anders Nilsen
- 2005 Kevin Huizenga, Or Else #1 (Drawn and Quarterly)
- Anders NilsenAnders NilsenAnders Nilsen is a popular artist and graphic novelist who grew up in Minneapolis and lives in Chicago, IL.He works on an ongoing comic series, Big Questions , which has been nominated several times for the Ignatz Award. In addition, his comics have appeared in the anthologies Kramers Ergot and Mome...
, Dogs & Water (Drawn & Quarterly) - Los Bros. Hernandez Love & Rockets #13 (Fantagraphics)
- Los Bros. Hernandez, Love & Rockets #12 (Fantagraphics)
- Marc Bell, Worn Tuff Elbow #1 (Fantagraphics)
- Anders Nilsen
- 2004 Daniel ClowesDaniel ClowesDaniel Gillespie Clowes is an American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books....
, Eightball #23 (Fantagraphics Books)- Charles BurnsCharles Burns (cartoonist)Charles Burns is an American cartoonist, illustrator and film director.-Life:Burns is renowned for his meticulous, high-contrast and creepy artwork and stories. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, painter Susan Moore, and their two daughters Ava and Rae-Rae.His father was an oceanographer for...
, Black Hole #11 (Fantagraphics Books) - Kim Deitch, Stuff of Dreams #2 (Fantagraphics Books)
- John Hankiewicz, Tepid Summer 2003 (Tepid Comics)
- John Porcellino, King Cat #62 (Self-published)
- Charles Burns
- 2003 Nick BertozziNick BertozziNick Bertozzi is an American comic book writer and artist, as well as a commercial illustrator and teacher of cartooning. His series Rubber Necker from Alternative Comics won the 2003 Harvey Awards for best new talent and best new series. His project, The Salon Nick Bertozzi (born May 26, 1970)...
, Rubber Necker #2, (Alternative Comics)- Adam Suerte, Aprendiz Book 1 (self-published)
- Charles BurnsCharles Burns (cartoonist)Charles Burns is an American cartoonist, illustrator and film director.-Life:Burns is renowned for his meticulous, high-contrast and creepy artwork and stories. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, painter Susan Moore, and their two daughters Ava and Rae-Rae.His father was an oceanographer for...
, Black Hole #10 (Fantagraphics Books) - David Collier, Collier's Vol. 2 #2 (Drawn & Quarterly)
- David Lasky and Greg Stump, Urban Hipster #2 (Alternative Comics)
- 2002 Daniel ClowesDaniel ClowesDaniel Gillespie Clowes is an American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books....
, Eightball #22 (Fantagraphics Books)- Anders Brekhus Nilsen, Big Questions #4: Asomatognosia (self-published)
- Tony Consiglio, Double Cross: More or Less (Top Shelf Productions)
- James KochalkaJames KochalkaJames Kochalka is an American comic book artist and writer, and rock musician. His comics are noted for their blending of the real and the surreal...
, Sketchbook Diaries Volume 2 (Top Shelf Productions) - Jon Lewis, True Swamp: Stoneground and Hillbound (Alternative Comics)
- 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 AttacksSeptember 11, 2001 attacksThe September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
- Frank No. 4, Jim Woodring, Fantagraphics Books
- Herobear and the Kid No. 2, Mike Kunkel, Astonish Comics
- James KochalkaJames KochalkaJames Kochalka is an American comic book artist and writer, and rock musician. His comics are noted for their blending of the real and the surreal...
's Sketchbook Diaries, James Kochalka, Top Shelf Productions - Mjau Mjau
- Sequential' No. 6, Paul Hornschemeier, I Don't Get It Press
- 2000 Chris WareChris WareFranklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
, The Acme Novelty Library No. 13 (Fantagraphics Books)- Ron Rege and Joan Leidy, Boys (Highwater Books)
- Madison Clell, Cuckoo No. 10 (Green Door Studios)
- Pete Sickman-Garner, Hey Mister, The Trouble With Jesus (Top Shelf Productions)
- Jordan Crane, The Last Lonely Saturday (Red Ink)
- 1999 Frank ChoFrank ChoFrank Cho, born Duk Hyun Cho, is a Korean-American comic strip and comic book writer and illustrator, known for his series Liberty Meadows, as well as for books such as Shanna the She-Devil, Mighty Avengers and Hulk for Marvel Comics, and Jungle Girl for Dynamite Entertainment...
, Liberty Meadows #1 (Insight Studio Group)- PekarHarvey PekarHarvey Lawrence Pekar was an American underground comic book writer, music critic and media personality, best known for his autobiographical American Splendor comic series. In 2003, the series inspired a critically acclaimed film adaptation of the same name.Pekar described American Splendor as "an...
, SaccoJoe SaccoJoe Sacco is a Maltese-American comics artist and journalist. He achieved international fame through the 1996 American Book Award-winning Palestine, and his graphic novel on the Bosnian War, Safe Area Goražde.- Biography :...
, Stack & Warneford, American Splendor: Transatlantic Comics - James SturmJames SturmJames Sturm is an American cartoonist, Xeric Award-winner, and co-founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont...
, Hundreds of Feet Below Daylight (Drawn & Quarterly) - Ben Katchor, The Jew of New York (Pantheon Books)
- Joe ZabelJoe ZabelJoe Zabel is a comic book artist living in Cleveland Heights. He is best known for his work illustrating American Splendor, by fellow Clevelander Harvey Pekar...
& Gary Dumm, Oracle (Amazing Montage)
- Pekar
- 1998 Chris WareChris WareFranklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
, Acme Novelty Library #9 (Fantagraphics)- Bill WillinghamBill WillinghamBill Willingham is an American writer and artist of comics.-Career:Willingham got his start in the late 1970s to early 1980s as a staff artist for TSR, Inc., where he illustrated a number of their role-playing game products...
, Coventry #1 (Fantagraphics) - Daniel ClowesDaniel ClowesDaniel Gillespie Clowes is an American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books....
, Eightball #19 (Fantagraphics) - Debbie DrechslerDebbie DrechslerDebbie Drechsler is an American illustrator and comic book creator. Her semi-autobiographical graphic novel about incest, Daddy's Girl , was nominated for an Ignatz Award....
, Nowhere #3 (Drawn & Quarterly) - Joe SaccoJoe SaccoJoe Sacco is a Maltese-American comics artist and journalist. He achieved international fame through the 1996 American Book Award-winning Palestine, and his graphic novel on the Bosnian War, Safe Area Goražde.- Biography :...
, Stories From Bosnia #1: Soba (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Bill Willingham
- 1997 Daniel ClowesDaniel ClowesDaniel Gillespie Clowes is an American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books....
, Eightball #17 (Fantagraphics)- Pete Sickman-Garner, Hey Mister #1 (Top Shelf Productions)
- Dean HaspielDean HaspielDean Edmund Haspiel is an American comic book artist. He is known for his collaborations with writer Harvey Pekar on his American Splendor series as well as the graphic novel The Quitter. He has been nominated for numerous Eisner Awards, and won a 2010 Emmy Award for TV design work.-Early...
and Josh NeufeldJosh NeufeldJosh Neufeld is an alternative cartoonist known for his nonfiction comics on subjects like Hurricane Katrina, international travel, and finance, as well as his collaborations with writers like Harvey Pekar and Brooke Gladstone...
, Keyhole #2 (Modern) - Walt Holcombe, King of Persia (self-published through Accordion Press)
- SethSeth (cartoonist)Seth is the pen name of Gregory Gallant , a Canadian comic book artist and writer. He is best known for comics such as Palookaville.Born in Clinton, Ontario, Seth attended the Ontario College of Art in Toronto...
, Palookaville #10 (Drawn & Quarterly)
Outstanding Minicomic
- 2010 Rambo 3.5, Jim RuggJim RuggJim Rugg is an American cartoonist and illustrator from Pittsburgh known for his tongue-in-cheek evocation of 1970s-era comics and pop culture. His graphic novels and comics collections include Street Angel, Afrodisiac, The P.L.A.I.N...
- Don't Drink from the Sea, Lilli CarréLilli CarréLilli Carré is a film maker and cartoonist from Los Angeles. She now lives and works in Chicago.Her books of comics include Nine Ways to Disappear, The Lagoon, and Tales of Woodsman Pete. An excerpt from The Lagoon was chosen to be included in The Best American Comics 2010 and "The Carnival" was...
- Stories by... Vol. 1, Martin Cendreda
- Troop 142, Mike Dawson
- Water Column #3, Josh Frankel
- Don't Drink from the Sea, Lilli Carré
- 2009 Stay Away From Other People, Lisa Hanawalt
- Claptrap #2, Onsmith
- Just So You Know #1, Joey Alison Sayers
- Stewbrew, Kelly Froh & Max Clotfelter
- Xoc #1, Matt Dembicki
- 2008 Bluefuzz, Jesse ReklawJesse ReklawJesse Reklaw is an American cartoonist and painter, author of the syndicated dream-based comic strip Slow Wave.-Biography:...
- Dorado Park, Lilli Carre
- How To Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less, Sarah Glidden
- Ochre Ellipse #2, Jonas Madden-Connor
- Swell, Juliacks
- 2007 P.S. Comics #3 by Minty Lewis
- Burning Building Comix by Jeff Zwirek
- The Monkey and the Crab by Shawn Cheng and Sara Edward-Corbett
- Noose by Mark Burrier
- Seven More Days of Not Getting Eaten by Matt Wiegle
- 2006 Monsters by Ken Dahl
- Comicore Jr. by Paulette Poullet
- Gaylord Phoenix # 4 by Edie Fake
- Trackrabbit by Geoff Vasile
- Window #8 by Dave Lapp
- 2005 Alec LongstrethAlec LongstrethAlec Longstreth is a comics creator and illustrator living in White River Junction, Vermont whose works include Phase 7 and the .He is a graduate of Oberlin College.-Awards:...
, Phase 7 (self-published)- Jesse ReklawJesse ReklawJesse Reklaw is an American cartoonist and painter, author of the syndicated dream-based comic strip Slow Wave.-Biography:...
Couch Tag #2 (self-published) - John Hankiewicz, Dance (self-published)
- Andy Hartzell, Monday (self-published)
- Sarah Becan, Ouija Interview #3 (self-published)
- Jesse Reklaw
- 2004 Gabrielle Bell, Lucky #3 (self-published)
- Anders Brekhus Nilsen, Big Questions No. 6: Anoesia and the Matrideicidic Theophany (self-published)
- Jim OttavianiJim OttavianiJim Ottaviani is the author of several comic books about the history of science. His best-known work, Two-Fisted Science: Stories About Scientists, features biographical stories about Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Niels Bohr, and several stories about physicist Richard Feynman...
and Roger LangridgeRoger LangridgeRoger Langridge is a New Zealand-born comics writer/artist/letterer, currently living in Britain.-Biography:Langridge originally came to public prominence most notably with the Judge Dredd Megazine series The Straitjacket Fits , a surreal, hallucinatory, convention-bending strip set in an insane...
, Quantum Entanglement, Spooky Action at a Distance, Teleportation and You (G.T. Labs) - Pat Lewis, Thankless Job (Lunchbreak Comics)
- Matthew Bellisle, Underground: Souvenir (Gravity/DSN)
- 2003 Jeffrey Brown, I Am Going to Be Small (self-published)
- Josh Sullivan, Josh Comics
- David Lasky and Jesse Reklaw, Lo-Horse #1
- Raina TelgemeierRaina TelgemeierRaina Telgemeier is an American cartoonist whose works include the autobiographic webcomic Smile , which was published by Scholastic Press's Graphix imprint as a full-color graphic novel in February, 2010....
, Take Out - Diana Tamblyn, That Thing You Fall Into
- 2002 Megan Kelso, Artichoke Tales #1 (Highwater Books)
- Tony Consiglio, Double Cross Assortment (self-published)
- Kevin HuizengaKevin HuizengaKevin Huizenga is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comics character Glenn Ganges, who appears in most of his work.-Biography:...
, Gloriana: Super Monster #14 (self-published) - John Kerschbaum, Homecoming (Fontanelle Press)
- Lark PienLark PienLark Pien is an American cartoonist who has created the minicomics Stories from the Ward, Mr. Boombha, and Long Tail Kitty, the last of which won her the Friends of Lulu Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent in 2004...
, Long Tail Kitty: Heaven (self-published)
- 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 AttacksSeptember 11, 2001 attacksThe September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
- Rachel Hartman, Amy Unbounded No. 12 (Pug House Press)
- Jesse Reklaw, Democracy: Mime Complaint No. 5 (self-published)
- Sean Bieri, Jumbo Jape (self-published)
- Low Jinx 3: The Big Rip-Off, edited by Kurt Wolfgang (Noe-Fie Mono-Media)
- John Hankiewicz, Tepid Spring 2001 (self-published)
- 2000 LowJinx # 2: Understanding the Horrible Truth About Reinventing Mini Comics (The Bastard Format), edited by Kurt Wolfgang (Noe-Fie Mono-Media)
- Johnny Ryan, Angry Youth Comics No. 11 (self-published)
- Androo Robinson, Jug (self-published)
- Jon Kerschbaum, Timberdoodle (self-published)
- Tom Beland, True Stories, Swear to God (self-published)
- 1999 Brian Ralph, Fireball #7 (Highwater Books)
- Aaron AugenblickAaron AugenblickAaron Augenblick is a cartoon animator from the United States of America currently involved, among other things, in "Ugly Americans", a series on Comedy Central.-Biography:...
, Tales of the Great Unspoken (self-published) - Androo Robinson, Ped Xing (self-published)
- Mat Brinkman, Bolol Belittle (self-published)
- Kurt Wolfgang, Noe-Fie #8 (Noe-Fie Mono-Media)
- Aaron Augenblick
- 1998 Rachel Hartman, Amy UnboundedAmy UnboundedAmy Unbounded is a comic book series by Rachel Hartman. Thirteen issues have been published by the creator's Pughouse Press from 1996 to date. It won the 1998 Ignatz Award for Best Minicomic. Amy Unbounded: Belondweg Blossoming, a trade paperback collecting issues 7-12, was published with the...
(Pug House Press)- Yvonne Mojica, Bathroom Girls
- John Porcellino, King Cat Comics
- James Kochalka, Magic Boy Does Laundry
- Matt Brinkman, Oaf
- 1997 James KochalkaJames KochalkaJames Kochalka is an American comic book artist and writer, and rock musician. His comics are noted for their blending of the real and the surreal...
, The Perfect Planet- Pete Sickman-Garner, Hey Mister #4
- John Porcellino, King-Cat ComicsKing-Cat ComicsKing-Cat Comics and Stories, authored and self-published by John Porcellino, is one of the longest-running and most critically acclaimed series of photocopied mini-comics ever published...
#52 - Sam Henderson, Magic Whistle #9
- Alan Hunt, Out There #5
Outstanding Online Comic
- 2010 Troop 142, Mike Dawson mikedawsomcomics.com
- Callahan Online, John CallahanJohn CallahanJohn Callahan is an American actor, best known for his work as Edmund Grey on the soap opera All My Children. He was born in Brooklyn, New York....
callahanonline.com - I Think You're Sauceome, Sarah Becan sauceome.com
- The Lesttrygonians, Stephen Gilpin sgilpin.com
- Reliable Comics, David KingDavid KingDavid or Dave King may refer to:In sports:*David King , Australian rules footballer for the Kangaroos Football Club*Dave King , Scottish businessman, Rangers F.C...
reliablecomics.com
- Callahan Online, John Callahan
- 2009 Year of the Rat, Cayetano GarzaCayetano GarzaCayetano 'Cat' Garza is a comic artist, cartoonist, illustrator, and musician in the United States. He is best known for his experiments with webcomics....
magicinkwell.com- Bodyworld, Dash Shaw dashshaw.com
- Danny Dutch, David King Flickr
- Thingpart, Joey Alison Sayers jsayers.com
- Vanessa Davis’s comics for Tablet tabletmag.com
- 2008 AchewoodAchewoodAchewood is a webcomic created by Chris Onstad in 2001. It portrays the lives of a group of anthropomorphic stuffed toys, robots, and pets. Many of the characters live together in the home of their owner, Chris, at the fictional address of 62 Achewood Court. Another address used in the strip is 11...
by Chris Onstad achewood.com- Danny Dutch by David King reliablecomics.com
- Slow Wave by Jesse ReklawJesse ReklawJesse Reklaw is an American cartoonist and painter, author of the syndicated dream-based comic strip Slow Wave.-Biography:...
slowwave.com - Thingpart by Joey Sayers www.jsayers.com
- Traced by Tracy White traced.com
- 2007 AchewoodAchewoodAchewood is a webcomic created by Chris Onstad in 2001. It portrays the lives of a group of anthropomorphic stuffed toys, robots, and pets. Many of the characters live together in the home of their owner, Chris, at the fictional address of 62 Achewood Court. Another address used in the strip is 11...
by Chris Onstad, achewood.com- Grace by Kris Dresen, girlthrow.com
- Persimmon Cup by Nick BertozziNick BertozziNick Bertozzi is an American comic book writer and artist, as well as a commercial illustrator and teacher of cartooning. His series Rubber Necker from Alternative Comics won the 2003 Harvey Awards for best new talent and best new series. His project, The Salon Nick Bertozzi (born May 26, 1970)...
, act-i-vate.com - Thingpart by Joe Sayers, jsayers.com
- Wondermark by David Malki !, wondermark.com
- 2006 Nicholas Gurewitch, The Perry Bible Fellowship, www.pbfcomics.com
- A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is IrreversibleA Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is IrreversibleA Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible is a webcomic drawn by David Hellman and written by Dale Beran. Ted Rall describes the comic as "explor[ing] the limits of pessimism and fatal consequence in a universe that would be difficult to imagine on the printed page." The comic has been...
by David Hellman and Dale Beran, www.alessonislearned.com - Claviger by Ronnie Casson, www.girlamatic.com
- Micrographica by Renee FrenchRenée FrenchRenée French is an American comics writer and illustrator and, under the pen name Rainy Dohaney, a children's book author.Her work includes The Soap Lady , The Ticking , and Micrographica , "Edison Steelhead's Lost Portfolio - Exploratory...
, www.serializer.net - Thingpart by Joe Sayers, www.jsayers.com/thingpart/thingpart.html
- A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible
- 2005 Nicholas Gurewitch, The Perry Bible Fellowship, www.pbfcomics.com
- deadmouse, Ballad, www.moderntales.com
- Kazu KibuishiKazu KibuishiKazu Kibuishi is an American graphic novel author and illustrator. He is best known for being the creator and editor of the comic anthology Flight and for creating the webcomic Copper. He is also the author and illustrator of the ongoing Amulet series...
, CopperCopper (comic)Copper is a comic strip by Kazu Kibuishi that has enjoyed both webcomic and print appearances.- History :The web comic began in April 2002 in a much larger than usual square format. Except for the first strip, the comic is in color....
, www.boltcity.com - Jenn Manley Lee, Dicebox, www.jennworks.com
- Steven ManaleSteve ManaleSteve Manale is a Canadian comic artist and illustrator. He is occasionally credited as Steven Charles Manale.- Superslackers :Manale is the creator of the web comic . The comic is described by Manale as "mostly about a group of kids who tease and torment each other all in the name of fun. They're...
, Superslackers, www.superslackers.com
- 2004 James KochalkaJames KochalkaJames Kochalka is an American comic book artist and writer, and rock musician. His comics are noted for their blending of the real and the surreal...
, American ElfAmerican ElfAmerican Elf is an online comic strip diary created by award-winning cartoonist James Kochalka.Many critics consider these strips to be Kochalka's most significant work. American Elf has won the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Comic Series and Outstanding Online Comic.-Style:Each strip usually...
, www.americanelf.com- Patrick FarleyPatrick FarleyPatrick Sean Farley is a freelance illustrator and Web page designer working out of Portland, Oregon.- Biography :Patrick Farley is the creator of comics under the anthology "Electric Sheep Comix". Scott McCloud cites him as an early pioneer of the webcomics movement...
, Apocamon, e-sheep.com - J.J. Naas, Desert Rocks, dr.ungroup.net
- Timothy Kreider, The Pain … When Will it End?, thepaincomics.com
- Craig Boldman, Tailipoe, craigboldman.com
- Patrick Farley
- 2003 James KochalkaJames KochalkaJames Kochalka is an American comic book artist and writer, and rock musician. His comics are noted for their blending of the real and the surreal...
, American Elf, www.americanelf.com- Gabrielle BellGabrielle BellGabrielle Bell is an American alternative cartoonist known for her surrealist, melancholy semi-autobiographical stories.-Biography:...
, Bell's Home Journal, www.serializer.net - Ted SlampyakTed SlampyakTed Slampyak is an American comic strip cartoonist who until recently drew Little Orphan Annie. He also draws the color webcomic Jazz Age Chronicles, a comic based in 1920s Boston....
, Jazz Age, www.jazzagecomics.com - Nick BertozziNick BertozziNick Bertozzi is an American comic book writer and artist, as well as a commercial illustrator and teacher of cartooning. His series Rubber Necker from Alternative Comics won the 2003 Harvey Awards for best new talent and best new series. His project, The Salon Nick Bertozzi (born May 26, 1970)...
, The Salon, www.serializer.net - Jesse ReklawJesse ReklawJesse Reklaw is an American cartoonist and painter, author of the syndicated dream-based comic strip Slow Wave.-Biography:...
, Slow Wave, www.slowwave.com
- Gabrielle Bell
- 2002 Jason Little, Bee, www.beecomix.com
- Tom Hart, Hutch Owen: Public Relations, www.moderntales.com
- Jordan Crane, Keeping Two, www.highwaterbooks.com
- Derek Kirk Kim, Small Stories, www.smallstoriesonline.com
- Tracy White, Traced, www.traced.com
- 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 AttacksSeptember 11, 2001 attacksThe September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
- Ben Jones, Future Genies of Mush Past, www.usscatastrophe.com
- Scott McCloudScott McCloudScott McCloud is an American cartoonist and theorist on comics as a distinct literary and artistic medium...
, I Can't Stop Thinking, www.scottmccloud.com - Jonathan Morris, Jeremy, www.ape-law.com/jeremy
- Demian5, When I Am KingWhen I Am KingWhen I am King is a wordless infinite canvas webcomic by Swiss artist demian5 about an Egyptian king's travels through a desert. It has an unusual visual style that makes heavy use of oranges and reds, uses arrows to emphasize horizontal movement, and has occasional GIF animation.-Reception:When I...
, www.demian5.com - Scott McCloudScott McCloudScott McCloud is an American cartoonist and theorist on comics as a distinct literary and artistic medium...
, Zot! Hearts and Minds, www.scottmccloud.com
Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection (discontinued)
- 2004 Craig Thompson, Blankets (Top Shelf Productions)
- Joe SaccoJoe SaccoJoe Sacco is a Maltese-American comics artist and journalist. He achieved international fame through the 1996 American Book Award-winning Palestine, and his graphic novel on the Bosnian War, Safe Area Goražde.- Biography :...
, The Fixer (Drawn and Quarterly) - Chester BrownChester BrownChester William David Brown , is an award-winning, best-selling Canadian alternative cartoonist and, since 2008, the Libertarian Party of Canada's candidate for the riding of Trinity-Spadina in Toronto, Canada....
, Louis Riel (Drawn and Quarterly) - McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern #13, Edited by Chris WareChris WareFranklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
(McSweeney's, Ltd.) - Matt Brinkman, Teratoid Heights (Highwater Books)
- Joe Sacco
- 2003 Rich Koslowski, Three Fingers (Top Shelf Productions)
- Bob Fingerman, Beg The Question (Fantagraphics Books)
- David B, Epileptic (L'Association)
- Jim WoodringJim WoodringJim Woodring is a Seattle-based cartoonist, comic book author, artist and toy designer. He also produces fine art works in a variety of other media, including painting and charcoal....
, The Frank Book (Fantagraphics Books) - Spain RodriguezSpain RodriguezManuel Rodriguez , better known as Spain or Spain Rodriguez, is an American underground cartoonist who created the character Trashman. His experiences on the road with the biker gang, the Road Vultures, provided inspiration for his work, as did his left-wing politics.-Biography:Born in Buffalo, New...
and William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley (Fantagraphics Books)
- 2002 James SturmJames SturmJames Sturm is an American cartoonist, Xeric Award-winner, and co-founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont...
, The Golem's Mighty Swing (Drawn & Quarterly)- Fallout, edited by Jim OttavianiJim OttavianiJim Ottaviani is the author of several comic books about the history of science. His best-known work, Two-Fisted Science: Stories About Scientists, features biographical stories about Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Niels Bohr, and several stories about physicist Richard Feynman...
(G.T. Labs) - Ivan Brunetti, Haw! (Fantagraphics Books)
- Non #5, edited by Jordan Crane (Red Ink Press)
- Debbie DrechslerDebbie DrechslerDebbie Drechsler is an American illustrator and comic book creator. Her semi-autobiographical graphic novel about incest, Daddy's Girl , was nominated for an Ignatz Award....
, Summer of Love (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Fallout, edited by Jim Ottaviani
- 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 AttacksSeptember 11, 2001 attacksThe September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
- Alex RobinsonAlex RobinsonAlex Robinson is an award-winning American comic book writer and artist.-Early life:Alex Robinson grew up in Yorktown Heights, New York, and graduated from Yorktown High School in 1987...
, Box Office Poison (Top Shelf Productions) - Chris WareChris WareFranklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
, Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid On Earth (Pantheon Books) - Mark Kalesniko, Mail Order Bride (Fantagraphics Books)
- Joe SaccoJoe SaccoJoe Sacco is a Maltese-American comics artist and journalist. He achieved international fame through the 1996 American Book Award-winning Palestine, and his graphic novel on the Bosnian War, Safe Area Goražde.- Biography :...
, Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia, 1992-1995 (Fantagraphics Books) - Michael KuppermanMichael KuppermanMichael Kupperman, also known by the pseudonym P. Revess, is an American cartoonist and illustrator. He created the comic strips Up All Night and Found in the Street, and has written scripts for DC Comics...
, Snake 'n' Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret (Avon Books)
- Alex Robinson
- 2000 Alan MooreAlan MooreAlan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
and Eddie CampbellEddie CampbellEddie Campbell is a Scottish comics artist and cartoonist who now lives in Australia. Probably best known as the illustrator and publisher of From Hell , Campbell is also the creator of the semi-autobiographical Alec stories collected in Alec: The Years Have Pants, and Bacchus , a wry adventure...
, From Hell (Eddie Campbell Comics, distributed by Top Shelf Productions)- Tom Hart, Banks/Eubanks (Top Shelf Productions)
- Jay HoslerJay HoslerJay Hosler is the author and illustrator of science-oriented comics. He is best known for his graphic novels Clan Apis, The Sandwalk Adventures, and Optical Allusions. Clan Apis follows the life of a honey bee named Nyuki; the story conveys factual information about honey bees in a humorous fashion...
, Clan ApisClan ApisClan Apis is a graphic novel created by neurobiologist Jay Hosler. It concerns the life of the honey bee Nyuki....
(Active Synapse) - Comix 2000 various, (L'Association)
- Drawn & Quarterly, Volume 3 various, (Drawn & Quarterly)
- 1999 Dave McKeanDave McKeanDavid McKean is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician....
, Cages (Kitchen Sink)- Pete Sickman-Garner, Hey Mister: Celebrity Roast (Top Shelf Productions)
- Dylan Horrocks, Hicksville (Black Eye)
- Ed Hillyer, Time Warp (Slab-O-ConcreteSlab-O-ConcreteSlab-O-Concrete Productions was a British mail order distributor and publisher, founded by pavement artist Peter Pavement, Dave Hanna, Emma Copsey and Chris Tappenden, operating mostly in Brighton and Hove during the 1990s...
) - James KochalkaJames KochalkaJames Kochalka is an American comic book artist and writer, and rock musician. His comics are noted for their blending of the real and the surreal...
, Tiny Bubbles (Highwater Books)
- 1998 Daniel ClowesDaniel ClowesDaniel Gillespie Clowes is an American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books....
, Ghost World (Fantagraphics)- Martin Tom Dieck, Views of the Warehouse District (Westhampton House)
- Jim WoodringJim WoodringJim Woodring is a Seattle-based cartoonist, comic book author, artist and toy designer. He also produces fine art works in a variety of other media, including painting and charcoal....
, Frank vol. 2 (Fantagraphics) - Chester BrownChester BrownChester William David Brown , is an award-winning, best-selling Canadian alternative cartoonist and, since 2008, the Libertarian Party of Canada's candidate for the riding of Trinity-Spadina in Toronto, Canada....
, The Little Man (Drawn & Quarterly) - Titanic Tales edited by Mark WheatleyMark Wheatley (comics)Mark Wheatley is an American illustrator, writer, editor, and publisher in the comic book field. Wheatley's comic book and pulp creations include Breathtaker, Mars, and Blood of the Innocent, all illustrated by his frequent collaborator Marc Hempel...
(Insight Studios)
- 1997 SethSeth (cartoonist)Seth is the pen name of Gregory Gallant , a Canadian comic book artist and writer. He is best known for comics such as Palookaville.Born in Clinton, Ontario, Seth attended the Ontario College of Art in Toronto...
, It's A Good Life if You Don't Weaken (Drawn & Quarterly)- Ed BrubakerEd BrubakerEd Brubaker is an Eisner Award-winning comic book writer and cartoonist. Brubaker first early comics work was primarily in the crime fiction genre with works such as Lowlife, The Fall, Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives and Scene of the Crime...
, At The Seams (Alternative Press) - Ben KatchorBen KatchorBen Katchor is an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer. He has contributed comics and drawings to The New Yorker and The New York Times...
, Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories (Little, Brown) - David B. , L'Ascension Du Haut Mal (L'Association)
- Cosey , Lost in the Alps (NBM)
- Ed Brubaker
Outstanding Debut Comic (discontinued)
- 2008 Swallow Me Whole by Nate Powell (Top Shelf Productions)
- 2007 Papercutter #6 edited by Alec LongstrethAlec LongstrethAlec Longstreth is a comics creator and illustrator living in White River Junction, Vermont whose works include Phase 7 and the .He is a graduate of Oberlin College.-Awards:...
(Tugboat Press) - 2006 Class of '99 by Josh Eiserike (Self-Published)
- 2005 Will You Still Love Me if I Wet the Bed? by Liz PrinceLiz PrinceLiz Prince is an American comics creator, noted for her sketchbook-style autobiographical comics. Her first book, Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed? won an Ignatz award for Outstanding Debut in 2005.-Biography:...
(Top Shelf Productions) - 2004 Teen Boat #6: Vote Boat by Dave Roman and John Green (Cryptic Press)
- 2003 Studygroup12 #3 edited by Zack Soto
- 2002 Pulpatoon Pilgrimage by Joel Priddy (AdHouse Books)
- 2000 Dork #8 by Evan DorkinEvan DorkinEvan Dorkin is an American comics artist and writer. His best known works are the comic books Milk and Cheese and Dork...
(Slave Labor Graphics)
Ignatz Awards Jury
- 2010
- Trevor Alixopulos
- Joshua Cotter
- Rob G
- David Kelly
- Anders Nilsen
- 2009
- Lilli Carré
- Vanessa Davis
- Robert Kirby
- Scott Mills
- Laura Park
- 2008
- Gabrielle Bell
- Farel Dalrymple
- Eleanor Davis
- John Hankiewicz
- Andy Hartzell
- 2007
- Sara Edward-Corbett
- Paul Hornschemeier
- Steve MacIsaac
- Jesse Reklaw
- Zack Soto
- 2006
- Jeffrey Brown
- Henry Chamberlain
- Justin Hall
- Laurenn McCubbin
- Jim Rugg
- 2005
- Jennifer Daydreamer
- Shaenon Garrity
- James Kochalka
- Jeff Parker
- Dan Zettwoch
- 2004
- Kevin Huizenga
- Megan Kelso
- Rich Koslowski
- Layla Lawlor
- Steve Lieber
- 2003
- Pam Bliss
- Ariel Bordeaux
- David Hahn
- Batton Lash
- Matt Madden
- 2002
- Suzanne Baumann
- Nick Bertozzi
- David Lasky
- Alex Robinson
- 2001
- Matt Feazell
- Roberta Gregory
- Jon "Bean" Hastings
- Sam Henderson
- James Sturm
- 2000
- Donna Barr
- Sean Bieri
- Phil Foglio
- Dean Haspiel
- Jason Little
- 1999
- Frank Cho
- Jordan Crane
- Jon Lewis
- Carla Speed McNeil
- Jim Ottaviani
- 1998
- Michael Cohen
- Tom Devlin
- Tom Hart
- Marc Hempel
- Dylan Horrocks
- 1997
- Jessica Abel
- Chester Brown
- Ed Brubaker
- Mark Wheatley
- Joe Zabel
Ignatz Awards Committee
- 2011–present
- Eden Miller, Coordinator
- Greg McElhatton
- Karon Flage
- 2007-2010
- Greg McElhatton, Coordinator
- Jeff Alexander
- Karon Flage
- 2000-2006
- Jeff Alexander, Coordinator
- Karon Flage
- Greg McElhatton
- 1999
- Jeff Alexander, Coordinator
- 1998
- Chris Oarr, Coordinator
- Jeff Alexander
- 1997
- Chris Oarr, Coordinator