Ignatz Awards

The Ignatz Awards 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 at the Small Press Expo since 1997, only skipping a year in 2001 due to the show's cancellation after the September 11 attacks. SPX has been held in either Bethesda, North Bethesda, or Silver Spring, Maryland.

The Ignatz Awards are named in honour of George Herriman and his strip ''Krazy Kat'', which featured a brick-throwing mouse named Ignatz.

Awards criteria

As one of the few festival awards rewarded in comics, the Ignatz Awards are voted on by 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 (from both the public as well as each other) until the announcement of the awards. After a 1999 controversy involving juror Frank Cho, jurors are now 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.

History

The first comics industry awards given the title "Ignatz" originated at the OrlandoCon, held in Orlando, Florida, from 1974 to 1994. The current Ignatz Awards are not connected with OrlandoCon. The SPX Ignatz Awards were conceived in 1996 by SPX organizer Chris Oarr and cartoonist Ed Brubaker. Their original mandate, to set the Ignatz apart from "mainstream" awards like the Eisner Awards, was that the work nominated be creator-owned, and focus more on work done by a single writer/artist.

The Award was administered by Jeff Alexander from 1998 to 2006, when they were taken over by Greg McElhatton. During his tenure as Ignatz Award Coordinator, Alexander drew a strip for the annual award program in George Herriman's style.

Award categories

The Ignatz is awarded in the following categories:
*Outstanding Artist
*Outstanding Anthology (added in 2017)
*Outstanding Collection (added in 2017)
*Outstanding Graphic Novel (added in 2005)
*Outstanding Story
*Promising New Talent
*Outstanding Series
*Outstanding Comic
*Outstanding Minicomic
*Outstanding Online Comic (added in 2001)

Discontinued categories

*Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection (1997–2004, replaced in 2005 by two separate awards)
*Outstanding Debut Comic (2000–2008)
*Outstanding Anthology or Collection (2005–2016, replaced in 2017 by two separate awards)

Award winners and nominees

Outstanding Artist

*1997 Seth, '' Palookaville'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
**Gilbert Hernandez, ''New Love'' (Fantagraphics Books)
** Dylan Horrocks, '' Pickle'' (Black Eye Productions)
** C. S. Morse, ''Soulwind'' (Image Comics)
**Gary Panter, ''Jimbo'' (Zongo Comics)
*1998 Dave Sim, '' Cerebus'' (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
** Joe Chiappetta, '' Silly Daddy'' (self-published)
**Nick Craine, ''Portrait of a Thousand Punks: Hard Core Logo'' (House of Anansi Press Ltd.)
**Gilbert Hernandez, '' Luba'' (Fantagraphics Books)
**Jaime Hernandez, '' Penny Century'' (Fantagraphics)
*1999 Frank Cho, '' Liberty Meadows'' #1 (Insight Studios Group)
**Eric Shanower, '' Age of Bronze'' (Image Comics)
** Dylan Horrocks, '' Hicksville'' ( Blackeye)
** Dave Choe, ''Slow Jams'' (''Non'' #3 & 4, Red Ink)
**Pat McEown, ''Kissin' Cousin'' (''Heart Throb'' #4)
*2000 Dave Cooper, ''Weasel'' (Fantagraphics Books)
**Craig Thompson, '' Good-Bye, Chunky Rice'' (Top Shelf Productions)
** Rod Espinoza, '' The Courageous Princess'' ( Antarctic Press)
**Francesca Ghermandi, ''Pastil'' (Phoenix Enterprise Publishing Co.)
**Bill Presing, ''Rex Steele-Nazi Smasher'' (Monkeysuit Press)
*2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks
**Donna Barr, '' The Desert Peach'' (A Fine Line Press)
**Jason Lutes, ''Berlin'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
** Carla Speed McNeil, '' Finder'' (Lightspeed Press)
**Tony Millionaire, '' Maakies'' (Fantagraphics Books), ''Sock Monkey'' (Dark Horse Comics)
**Jim Woodring, '' Frank'' (Fantagraphics Books)
*2002 Megan Kelso, ''Artichoke Tales'' #1, ''Non'' #5 (Highwater Books and Red Ink Press)
**Renée French, '' The Soap Lady'' (Top Shelf)
** Paul Hornschemeier, ''Sequential'', ''Forlorn Funnies'' (I Don't Get It Graphics and Absence Of Ink Press)
**John Kerschbaum, ''Homecoming'', ''Petey & Pussy'' (Fontanelle Press)
** Thomas Ott, ''Greetings From Hellville'' (Fantagraphics Books)
*2003 Jason Little, '' Shutterbug Follies'' (Doubleday Graphic Novels)
**Renée French, ''Rosetta'' (Alternative Comics), '' Tinka'' ( Atheneum)
**Dean Haspiel, ''Aim to Dazzle'' (Alternative Comics)
**Lorenzo Mattotti, '' Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde'' ( NBM Publishing)
**Scott Mills, ''My Own Little Empire'' ( AdHouse Books), ''Space Devil (ModernTales.com)''
*2004 Craig Thompson, ''Blankets'' (Top Shelf Productions)
** Chester Brown, ''Louis Riel'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
**Daniel Clowes, '' Eightball #23'' (Fantagraphics Books)
**Juanjo Guarnido, '' Blacksad'' ( iBooks)
**Joe Sacco, '' The Fixer'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2005 David B, ''Epileptic'' ( Pantheon), ''Babel'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
** Jeffrey Brown, '' Bighead'' (Top Shelf Productions)
** Roger Langridge, '' Fred the Clown'' (Fantagraphics)
** Seth, '' Clyde Fans Book 1'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
** Craig Thompson, '' Carnet de Voyage'' (Top Shelf Productions)
*2006 Tony Millionaire, ''Billy Hazelnuts'' (Fantagraphics Books)
** Jordan Crane, '' The Clouds Above'' (Fantagraphics Books)
** Renee French, ''The Ticking'' (Top Shelf Productions)
** Anders Nilsen, '' Big Questions'' #7 and #8 (Drawn & Quarterly)
** Chris Ware, ''Acme Novelty Library'' #16 (Fantagraphics Books)
*2007 Jaime Hernandez, '' Love & Rockets'' (Fantagraphics Books)
** Vanessa Davis, ''Papercutter'' #4 (Tugboat Press), ''Kramers Ergot'' #6 (Buenaventura Press)
**John Hankiewicz, ''Asthma'' (Sparkplug Comic Books)
** Rutu Modan, ''Exit Wounds'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
**Ted Stearn, ''Fuzz & Pluck in Splitsville'' #4 (Fantagraphics Books)
*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 Rabagliati, ''Paul Goes Fishing'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
**Jillian Tamaki, ''Skim'' (Groundwood Books)
*2009 Nate Powell, ''Swallow Me Whole'' ( Top Shelf)
** Tim Hensley, ''Mome'' (Fantagraphics), ''Kramer's Ergot'' #7 (Buenaventura)
**Richard Sala, ''Delphine'' (Fantagraphics/Coconino)
**Josh Simmons, ''Mome'' (Fantagraphics)
** Carol Tyler, ''You’ll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man'' (Fantagraphics Books)
*2010 Eddie Campbell, ''Alec: The Years Have Pants (A Life-Sized Omnibus)'' (Top Shelf Productions)
** Al Columbia, '' Pim & Francie: The Golden Bear Days'' (Fantagraphics Books)
** Mike Dawson, ''Troop 142'' (self-published & http://troop142.mikedawsoncomics.com)
** John Pham, ''Sublife'' #2 (Fantagraphics Books)
**Sully, ''The Hipless Boy'' (Conundrum Press)
*2011 Joseph Lambert, ''I Will Bite You'' (Secret Acres)
** Michael DeForge, ''Lose'' #3 (Koyama Press)
**Edie Fake, ''Gaylord Phoenix'' (Secret Acres)
**Renée French, ''H-Day'' (Picturebox)
**Carol Tyler, ''You’ll Never Know, Vol 2: Collateral Damage'' (Fantagraphics Books)
*2012 Jaime Hernandez, ''Love and Rockets: New Stories'' (Fantagraphics Books)
** Marc Bell, ''Pure Pajamas'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
**Inés Estrada, ''Ojitos Borrosos'' (Self-published)
**Craig Thompson, '' Habibi'' (Pantheon)
**Matthew Thurber, ''1 800 Mice'' (Picturebox)
*2013 Michael DeForge, ''Lose #4'' (Koyama Press)
** Lilli Carré, ''Heads or Tails'' (Fantagraphics Books)
** Miriam Katin, ''Letting It Go'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
**Ulli Lust, ''Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life'' (Fantagraphics Books)
**Patrick McEown, ''Hair Shirt'' (Harry N. Abrams)
*2014 Sam Bosma, ''Fantasy Basketball''
**Kim Deitch, ''The Amazing, Enlightening and Absolutely True Adventures of Katherine Whaley''
**Sophie Goldstein, ''Darwin Carmichael Is Going to Hell; Edna II; House of Women''
** Ed Piskor, ''Hip Hop Family Tree (Vol. 1)''
** Jesse Reklaw, ''Couch Tag''
*2015 Emily Carroll, ''Through The Woods''
** Ed Luce, '' Wuvable Oaf''
**Roman Muradov, ''(In a Sense) Lost and Found''
**Jillian Tamaki, ''SuperMutant Magic Academy''
** Noah Van Sciver, ''Saint Cole''
*2016 Tillie Walden, ''The End of Summer''
**Daniel Clowes, ''Patience''
** Ryan Heshka, ''Mean Girls Club''
** Kevin Huizenga, ''Ganges''
** Noah Van Sciver, ''Disquiet''
*2017 Emil Ferris, '' My Favorite Thing Is Monsters''
**Pablo Auldadell, ''Paradise Lost''
**Manuele Fior, ''The Interview''
**Keren Katz, ''The Academic Hour''
** Barbara Yelin, ''Irmina''
*2018 Richie Pope, ''That Box We Sit On''
**Yvan Alagbé, ''Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures''
**Eddy Atoms, '' Pinky & Pepper Forever''
**Tommi Parrish, ''The Lie and How We Told It''
**Sophie Standing, ''Anxiety is Really Strange''
*2019 Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, ''Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me''
** Koren Shadmi, ''Highwayman''
** Lucy Knisley, ''Kid Gloves''
** Sloane Leong, ''Prism Stalker''
**Ezra Claytan Daniels, ''Upgrade Soul''
*2020 Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, ''Don't Go Without Me''
**Ana Galvañ, ''Press Enter to Continue''
** Michael DeForge, ''Familiar Face''
**Katie Hicks, ''Guts''
**Tianran Qu, ''Slices of Life: 100 Comic Montage''
*2021 Lee Lai, ''Stone Fruit''
**Ashanti Fortson, ''Leaf Lace''
**Arantza Peña Popo, ''Lavender Scare''
**Damien Roudeau, ''Crude''
**Karl Stevens, ''Penny''
*2022 Reimena Yee, ''Alexander, the Servant & the Water of Life''
**Ron Regé Jr., ''Halcyon''
**K Czap, ''Four Years Collected: Vol 2''
**Brecht Evens, ''The City of Belgium''
**Jesse Lonergan, ''Faster''
*2023 Olivia Stephens, ''Darlin' and Her Other Names''
**Caroline Cash, ''PeePee PooPoo #420''
**Curt Merlo, ''That Distant Fire''
**Benjamin Schipper, ''Joe Death and the Graven Image''
**Noah Van Sciver, ''Joseph Smith and the Mormons''
*2024 Robyn Smith, “Night Fever” from ''Gladiolus Magazine'' #1
** Nate Garcia, ''Flippy''
** Julie Delporte, ''Portrait of a Body''
** Aidan Koch, ''Spiral and Other Stories''
** Léa Murawiec, ''The Great Beyond''

Outstanding Anthology

*2017 ''Elements: Fire – An Anthology by Creators of Color'', edited by Taneka Stotts
**''ALPHABET: The LGBTQAIU Creators from Prism Comics'', edited by Jon Macy and Tara Madison Avery
**''Comic Book Slumber Party's Deep Space Canine'', edited by Hanhah K. Chapman
**''POWER & MAGIC: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology'', edited by Joamette Gil
**''Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists'', edited by Javier Olivares & Santiago Garcia
*2018 ''Comics for Choice'', edited by Hazel Newlevant, Whit Taylor and Ø.K. Fox
**''La Raza Anthology: Unidos y Fuertes'', edited by Kat Fajardo & Pablo Castro
**''Ink Brick'' #8, edited by Alexander Rothmans, Paul K. Tunis, and Alexey Sokolin
**''Bottoms Up, Tales of Hitting Rock Bottom'', edited by J.T. Yost
**''Lovers Only'', edited by Mickey Zacchilli
*2019 ''We’re Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology'', edited by Tara Avery and Jeanne Thornton
**''Electrum'', edited by Der-shing Helmer
**''Wayward Sisters'', edited by Allison O'Toole
**''Family – The Nib Magazine'', edited by Matt Bors, Matt Lubchanksy and Eleri Harris
**''Death – The Nib Magazine'', edited by Matt Bors, Matt Lubchanksy and Eleri Harris
*2020 ''Be Gay, Do Comics'', edited by The Nib
**''Sweaty Palms Volume 2'', Sage Coffey
**''Dates III'', edited by Zora Gilbert and Cat Parra
**''The Anthology of Mind'', Tommi Musturi
**''LAAB Magazine #4'', edited by Ronald Wimberly and Joshua O'Neill
*2021 ''Glaeolia 2''
**''A Queer Prisoner's Anthology IV'', edited by Casper Cendre
**''Bystander'', Kadak Collective
**''Confined Before Covid: A Pandemic Anthology by LGBTQ Prisoners'', ABO Comix
**''First Wave: Comics from the Early Months of China's Outbreak'', edited by Xinmei Liu
*2022 ''Good Boy Magazine'' ''#1'', edited by Michael Sweater and Benji Nate
**''LAAB Magazine #2'', edited by Ronald Wimberly and Joshua O'Neill
**''Isolated: A Pandemic Comics Anthology'', edited by Tana Oshima
**''Smut Peddler Presents: Sordid Past'', edited by Andrea Purcell
**''Baltic Comics Magazine š! #42 'Scientific Facts, edited by Dave Schilter and Sanita Muižniece
*2023 ''Shades of Fear'', edited by Allison O'Toole and Ashanti Fortson
**''Cram Comics Issue #1'', edited by Andrew Alexander
**''Glaeolia 3'',– edited by Emuh Ruh
**''NOW #12'', edited by Eric Reynolds
**''Home: A Comics Anthology on Belonging in Ireland Today'', edited by Katherine Foyle
*2024 ''Pulping'', edited by Jenn Woodall, Jon Iñaki, Jonathan Rotsztain, Mitch Lohmeier and Paterson Hodgson
**''Let Her Be Evil'', edited by Cassandra Jones
**''We Belong: The All-Black, All-LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi and Fantasy Comics Anthology'', edited by Viktor T. Kerney & William O. Tyler
**''Wheels on the Bus'', edited by Lucio Luiz
**''Won’t Back Down: An Anthology of Pro-Choice Comics'', edited by Trina Robbins

Outstanding Collection

*2017 '' Our Cats Are More Famous Than Us: A Johnny Wander Collection'', by Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota
**''Boundless'', by Jillian Tamaki
**'' The Complete Neat Stuff'', by Peter Bagge
**'' Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 4'', by Ed Piskor
**''Time Clock'', by Leslie Stein
*2018 ''Sex Fantasy'', Sophia Foster-Dimino
**''Beirut Won’t Cry'', Mazen Kerbaj
**''Blackbird Days'', Manuele Fior
**''Language Barrier'', Hannah K. Lee
**''Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition'', Julia Kaye
*2019 ''Girl Town'', Casey Nowak
**''Love Letters to Jane’s World'', Paige Braddock
**''Dirty Plotte'', Julie Doucet
**''Leaving Richard’s Valley'', Michael DeForge
**''This Woman’s Work'' – Julie Delporte
*2020 ''GLEEM'', Eddie Carasco
**''Inappropriate'', Gabrielle Bell
**''Glenn Ganges in: The River at Night'', Kevin Huizenga
**''The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski'', Noah Van Sciver
**''Slices of Life: 100 Comic Montage'', Tianran Qu
*2021 ''The Crossroads at Midnight'', Abby Howard
**''The Pleasure of the Text'', Sami Alwani
**''Nineteen'', Ancco
**''Do You Think I Look Like a Girl?'', Tess Scilipoti
**''The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud'', Kuniko Tsurita
*2022 ''Mr Boop'', Alec Robbins
**''Arrive In My Hands'', Trinidad Escobar
**''Cover Not Final: Crime Funnies'', Max Huffman
**''Think I've Still Got It!'', Wang XX
**''The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories'', Rumi Hara
*2023 ''Who Will Make The Pancakes?'', Megan Kelso
**''Boodle Fight'', Ashley Topacio
**''Upside Dawn'', Jason
**''Cankor'', Matthew Allison
**''Griz Grobus and the Tale of Azkon's Heart'', Simon Roy, Jess Pollard and Sergey Nazarov
*2024 ''Offshore Lightning'', Saito Nazuna
**''Buzzelli Collected Works Vol 1: The Labyrinth'', Guido Buzzelli
**''Complete and Utter Malarkey'', November Garcia
**''Gender Studies: The Confessions of an Accidental Outlaw'', Ajuan Mance
**''Resenter'', Gigi Murakami

Outstanding Graphic Novel

*2005 ''Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return'', Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon)
** ''Bighead'' by Jeffrey Brown (Top Shelf Productions)
** ''Carnet de Voyage'', Craig Thompson (Top Shelf Productions)
** ''Cinema Panopticum'', Thomas Ott (L'Association, Fantagraphics)
** ''Why Are You Doing This?'', Jason (Fantagraphics Books)
* 2006 '' Tricked'', Alex Robinson (Top Shelf Productions)
** ''The Clouds Above'', Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics Books)
** ''Fun Home'', Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)
** ''The Ticking'', Renee French (Top Shelf Productions)
** ''Wimbledon Green'', Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)
* 2007 '' Don't Go Where I Can't Follow'', Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
** '' Aya'', Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie (Drawn & Quarterly)
** ''Bookhunter'', Jason Shiga (Sparkplug Comic Books)
** ''Exit Wounds'', Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
** ''House'', Josh Simmons (Fantagraphics Books)
* 2008 '' Skim'', Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood Books)
** ''The Hot Breath of War'', Trevor Alixopulos (Sparkplug Comic Books)
** ''Notes for a War Story'', Gipi (First Second Books)
** ''Paul Goes Fishing'', Michel Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly)
** ''Spent'', Joe Matt (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2009 ''Acme Novelty Library'' #19, Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)
** '' Disappearance Diary'', Hideo Azuma (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
** ''Drop-In'', Dave Lapp (Conundrum)
** ''Nicolas'', Pascal Girard (Drawn & Quarterly)
** ''You’ll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man'', Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics)
*2010 ''Market Day'', James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)
**''The Complete Jack Survives'', Jerry Moriarty (Buentaventura Press)
**''Pim & Francie: The Golden Bear Days'', Al Columbia (Fantagraphics Books)
**''Summit of the Gods'' Vol. 1, Yumemakura Baku and Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
**''Years of the Elephant'', Willy Linthout (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
*2011 ''Gaylord Phoenix'', Edie Fake (Secret Acres)
**''The Heavy Hand'', Chris Cilla (Sparkplug)
**''Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword'', Barry Deutsch (Amulet Books)
**''Special Exits'', Joyce Farmer (Fantagraphics Books)
**''You’ll Never Know, Vol 2: Collateral Damage'', Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics)
*2012 ''Big Questions'', Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
**''Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland'', Harvey Pekar and Joseph Remnant (Top Shelf/Zip)
**''My Friend Dahmer'', Derf Backderf (Abrams ComicArts)
**''Troop 142'', Mike Dawson (Secret Acres)
**''A Zoo In Winter'', Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
*2013 ''Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life'', Ulli Lust (Fantagraphics Books)
**''The Property'', Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
**''Susceptible'', Genevieve Castree (Drawn & Quarterly))
**''When David Lost His Voice'', Judith Vanistendael (Harry N. Abrams)
**''You'll Never Know Vol. 3: A Soldier's Heart'', Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics Books)
*2014 ''This One Summer'', Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
**''The Amazing, Enlightening and Absolutely True Adventures of Katherine Whaley'', Kim Deitch
**''The Boxer'', Reinhard Kleist
**'' Boxers and Saints'', Gene Luen Yang
**''War of Streets and Houses'', Sophie Yanow
*2015 ''The Oven'', Sophie Goldstein
**''Beauty'', Kerascoët and Hubert
**''Rav'', Mickey Zacchilli
**''Saint Cole'', Noah Van Sciver
**''Wendy'', Walter Scott
*2016 ''Hot Dog Taste Test'', Lisa Hanawalt
**''Nod Away'', Josh Cotter
**''Sick'', Gabby Schulz
**''Soldier’s Heart'', Carol Tyler
**''Trashed'', Derf Backderf
*2017 ''My Favorite Thing is Monsters'', Emil Ferris
**''Band for Life'', Anya Davidson
**''Eartha'', Cathy Malkasian
**''March: Book 3'', John Lewis, Nate Powell, Andrew Aydin
**''Tetris'', Box Brown
*2018 ''Why Art?'', Eleanor Davis
**''Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for Their Freedom'', Marcelo D'Salete
**''Uncomfortably Happily'', Yeon-sik Hong
**''The Lie and How We Told It'', Tommi Parrish
**''Anti-Gone'', Connor Willumsen
*2019 ''Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me'', Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
**''Upgrade Soul'', Ezra Clayton Daniels
**''Woman World'', Aminder Dhaliwal
**''Highwayman'', Koren Shadmi
**'' Gender Queer'', Maia Kobabe
*2020 ''Hot Comb'', Ebony Flowers
**''This Was Our Pact'', Ryan Andrews
**''How I Tried to be a Good Person'', Ulli Lust
**''Skip'', Molly Mendoza
**''Pittsburgh'', Frank Santoro
*2021 ''Stone Fruit'', Lee Lai
**''Come Home, Indio'', Jim Terry
**''A Map to the Sun'', Sloane Leong
**''Mr. H: Portrait of a High School Art Teacher'', Nico Harriman
**''Dog Biscuits'', Alex Graham
*2022 ''No One Else'', R. Kikuo Johnson
**''Discipline'', Dash Shaw
**''Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine'', Mohammad Sabaaneh
**''Clutter: A Scatterbrained Sexual Assault Memoir'', Ariel Bordeaux
**''What is Home, Mum?'', Sabba Khan
*2023 ''Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands'', Kate Beaton
**''Mimosa'', Archie Bongiovanni
**''Nervosa'', Hayley Gold
**''The Man in the McIntosh Suit'', Rina Ayuyang
**''Last Chance to Find Duke'', Shang Zhang
*2024 ''Roaming'', Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
**''Optometry'', Xiang Yata
**''The Talk'', Darrin Bell
**''Time Under Tensions'', M.S. Harkness
**''Unended'', Josh Bayer

Outstanding Story

* 1997 ''From Hell'' by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell (Kitchen Sink Press)
** "A Death In the Family" by Joe Chiappetta, ''Silly Daddy'' (self-published)
** "Ghost World" Daniel Clowes, ''Eightball'' (Fantagraphics)
** "Hicksville" Dylan Horrocks, ''Pickle'' (Black Eye Productions)
** "It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken" by Seth, ''Palookaville'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
* 1998 "Ghost World" by Daniel Clowes, ''Eightball'' (Fantagraphics)
** "Jimmy Corrigan" by Chris Ware, ''Acme Novelty Library'' (Fantagraphics)
** "Letters from Venus" by Gilbert Hernandez, ''New Love'' (Fantagraphics)
** "New York City Diary" Julie Doucet, ''Dirty Plotte'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
** "Soba" Joe Sacco, ''Stories From Bosnia'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
* 1999 "David Boring" Daniel Clowes, ''Eightball #20'' (Fantagraphics)
** "Sex & Violence: part 2" by David Lapham, ''Stray Bullets #18'' (El Capitan Books)
** ''Cavewoman: Jungle Tales'' by Budd Root (Basement Comics)
** "Over the Line" by Scott Roberts, ''Patty-Cake and Friends #13'' (Slave Labor)
** "Slow Jams" by David Choe, ''Non #3 & #4'' (Red Ink)
* 2000 "Jimmy Corrigan, Smartest Kid On Earth" by Chris Ware, ''The Acme Novelty Library'' (Fantagraphics Books)
** "The Bridge" by Jason, ''Mjau Mjau No. 6'' (Jippi Forlag)
** ''Cave-In'' by Brian Ralph, (Highwater Books)
** ''From Hell'' by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, (Eddie Campbell Comics, distributed by Top Shelf Productions)
** ''Jug'' by Androo Robinson, (self-published)
* 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks
** "Bygone" by Rutu Modan, ''Flipper Vol. 2'' (Actus Tragicus/Top Shelf Productions)
** ''Herobear and the Kid No. 2'' by Mike Kunkel (Astonish Comics)
** ''The Nimrod No. 5'' by Lewis Trondheim (Fantagraphics Books)
** "Popeye the Savior Man" by Sean Bieri, ''Jumbo Jape'' (self-published)
** "Stocks Are Surging" by Tom Hart, ''The Collected Hutch Owen'' (Top Shelf Productions)
* 2002 ''Trenches'' by Scott Mills (Top Shelf Productions)
** "Retreat" by Megan Kelso, ''Artichoke Tales #1'' (Highwater Books)
** "Royal Sable" by Mira Friedmann, ''Actus Box Series'' (Actus Tragicus)
** "Where Hats Go" by Kurt Wolfgang, ''Non #5'' (Red Ink Press)
** "Wir Mussën Wissen, Wir Werden Wissen (We Must Know, We Will Know)" by Ron Regé Jr., Drawn & Quarterly volume 4 (Drawn & Quarterly)
* 2003 '' Fleep'' by Jason Shiga ( Sparkplug Comic Books)
** "30,000 Hours to Kill" by Gilbert Hernandez ''Love & Rockets #6'' (Fantagraphics Books)
** ''Black Hole #10'' by Charles Burns (Fantagraphics Books)
** "Hipman" by R. Crumb ''Mystic Funnies #3'' (Fantagraphics Books)
** Untitled second story by Jason, ''Sshhhh!'' (Fantagraphics Books)
* 2004 "Glenn Ganges", ''Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Volume 1'', Kevin Huizenga (Drawn & Quarterly)
** "The Little Things", ''Rubber Necker #3'', by Nick Bertozzi (Alternative Comics)
** “Maggie”, ''Love and Rockets v.2 #8'', Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books)
** “Paul in the Metro”, ''Drawn & Quarterly #5'', Michel Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly)
** "Portrait of My Dad", ''McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern #13'', David Heatley (McSweeney's, Ltd.)
* 2005 ''Dogs and Water'', Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
** "Dumb Solitaire", ''Love and Rockets #11 and #13'', Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
** "Homme De Le Bois", ''The Frank Ritza Papers'', David Collier (Drawn & Quarterly)
** ''The Legend of Wild Man Fischer'', Dennis P. Eichhorn and J.R. Williams (Top Shelf Productions)
** "Onion Jack", ''Superior Showcase #0'', Joel Priddy (AdHouse Books)
* 2006 ''Ganges'' #1, Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics Books)
** "Prebaby", ''Scrublands'', Joe Daly (Fantagraphics Books)
** "Somersaulting", ''Drawn & Quarterly Showcase'' #3, Sammy Harkham (Drawn & Quarterly)
** "To Capt. Ayres", ''MOME'' Winter 2006, Andrice Arp (Fantagraphics Books)
** ''We Are On Our Own'', Miriam Katin (Drawn & Quarterly)
* 2007 "Felix", ''Drawn & Quarterly Showcase'' Vol. 4, Gabrielle Bell (Drawn & Quarterly)
** ''Delphine'' #1–2, Richard Sala (Fantagraphics Books/Coconico Press)
** ''Don't Go Where I Can't Follow'', Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
** ''The End'', Anders Nilsen (Fantagraphics Books/Coconico Press)
** "Martha Gregory", ''Asthma'', John Hankiewicz (Sparkplug Comic Books)
* 2008 ''The Thing About Madeleine'', Lilli Carré (Self-published)
** "Americus", ''Papercutter'' #7, MK Reed and Jonathan Hill (Tugboat Press)
** "The Candy Rod", ''Hotwire Comics'' #2, Onsmith (Fantagraphics Books)
** "The Galactic Funnels", ''Mome'' #11, Dash Shaw (Fantagraphics Books)
** "The Urn", ''Inkweed'', Chris Wright (Sparkplug Comic Books)
* 2009 "Willy," ''Papercutter'' #10, Damien Jay (Tugboat)
** "The Carnival," ''Mome'' #14, Lilli Carré (Fantagraphics)
** ''Disappearance Diary'', Hideo Azuma (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
** "Seeing Eye Dogs of Mars," ''Acme Novelty Library'' #19, Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)
** "Untitled," ''Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book'' 5, Amanda Vähämäki (Drawn & Quarterly)
*2010 ''Monsters'', Ken Dahl (Secret Acres)
**"John Wesley Harding", ''The Red Monkey Double Happiness Book'', Joe Daly (Fantagraphics Books)
**''Market Day'', James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)
**"Turd Place", ''The Hipless Boy'', Sully (Conundrum Press)
**"Untitled", ''Mome'' #16, Laura Park (Fantagraphics Books)
*2011 "Browntown", ''Love and Rockets: New Stories'' #3, Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
**"Blood of the Virgin", ''Crickets'' #3, Sammy Harkham (self-published)
**"LINT", ''Acme Novelty Library'' #20, Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)
**"The most gripping mind-exploding triumphantly electric of our time", ''Papercutter'' #15, Jonas Madden-Conner (Tugboat Press)
**"Weekends Abroad", ''Three'' #1, Eric Orner (self-published)
*2012 “Return to Me,” ''Love and Rockets: New Stories'' #4, Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
**''1 800 Mice'', Matthew Thurber (Picturebox)
**“Keith or Steve”, ''Mome'' #22, Nick Drnaso (Fantagraphics)
**''Lucille'', Ludovic Debeurme (Top Shelf)
**“The Weeper”, ''Papercutter'' #17, Jason Martin and Jesse Reklaw (Tugboat Press)
*2013 ''Gold Star'', John Martz (Retrofit Comics)
**“Arid,” ''Secret Prison'' #7, Tom Hart (Retrofit Comics)
**''Birdseye Bristoe'', Dan Zettwoch (Drawn & Quarterly)
**"The Carnival", ''Heads or Tails'', Lilli Carré (Fantagraphics)
**“Neighbors”, ''Tusen Hjärtan Stark'' #1, Joanna Helgren (Domino Books)
*2014 "Brownout Biscuit" (from '' Octopus Pie''): Dead Forever, Meredith Gran
**''Destination X'', Jon Martz
**"The Grassy Knoll", Nick Drnaso
**"Jobs", ''Life Zone'', Simon Hanselmann
**"Mom", ''Viewotron'' #2, Sam Sharpe
*2015 ''Sex Coven'' from ''Frontier #7'', Jillian Tamaki
** ''Doctors'', Dash Shaw
** ''Me As a Baby'' from ''Lose #6'', Michael DeForge
** ''Nature Lessons'' from ''The Late Child And Other Animals'', Marguerite Van Cook and James Romberger
** ''Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness'', by Kris Mukai
*2016 ''My Hot Date,'' Noah Van Sciver
** ''The Hunter'', Joe Sparrow
** ''Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam'' from ''Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam and Other Stories'', Simon Hanselmann
** ''Killing and Dying'', Adrian Tomine
** ''“Shrine of the Monkey God'', from Kramers Ergot #8, Kim Deitch
*2017 ''Diana’s Electric Tongue'', Carolyn Nowak
**''March: Book 3'', John Lewis, Nate Powell, Andrew Aydin
**''My Favorite Thing is Monsters'', Emil Ferris
**"Small Enough" from ''Diary Comics'', Dustin Harbin
**"Too Hot to Be Cool" from ''Elements'', Maddi Gonzalez
*2018 ''How the Best Hunter in the Village Met Her Death'', Molly Ostertag
**''Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures'', Yvan Alabge
**''Why Art?'', Eleanor Davis
**''Rhode Island Me'', Michael DeForge
**''The Lie and How We Told It'', Tommi Parrish
*2019 ''Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me'', Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
**''Sacred Heart Vol 2 Part 1: Livin’ in the Future'', Liz Suburbia
**''Sincerely, Harriet'', Sarah Winifred Searle
**''Woman World'', Aminder Dhaliwal
**''The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea'', Vannak Anan Prum
*2020 ''The Hard Tomorrow'', Eleanor Davis
**"Little Red Riding Hood", Gabrielle Bell
**''The Lab'', Allison Conway
**''BTTM FDRS'', Ezra Daniels and Dan Passmore
**''The Weight #9'', Melissa Mendes
*2021 ''Personal Companion'', Freddy Carrasco
**''Misguided Love'', Raquelle Jac
**''Nineteen'', Ancco
**''Moms'', Yeong-shin Ma
**''The Hazards of Love'', Stan Stanley
*2022 ''The Lover of Everyone in the World'', Beatrix Urkowitz
**''Big Cats'', Liz Yerby
**''Ley Lines: The First Few Bars'', Keren Katz
**''Ley Lines: Love, or the Axe'', Jordan Jeffries
**''"Winter Break 2029"'' from ''Invisible Parade'', Mississippi
*2023 ''Wash Day Diaries'', Robyn Smith and Jamila Rowser
**''Weeds'', Kit Anderson
**''"Impatient Ms. S" from Glaeolia 3'', Koyubi
**''Inversion'', Lily Thu Fierro and Generoso Fierro
**''I Owe it to My Parents to NOT Come Out'', Richard Mercado
*2024 "The Happy Art" from ''Pulping'', Sami Alwani
** "And When I See You, You'll Tell Me Everything" from ''You Are Not a Guest'', Leela Corman
**''Scorpio Venus Rising'' #1, Corinne Halbert
**''The Gift'', Jamila Rowser and Sam Wade
**''The Super Hero's Journey'', Patrick McDonnell

Promising New Talent

*1997 Debbie Drechsler, ''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)
*1998 Carla Speed McNeil, ''Finder'' (Lightspeed Press)
**Tara Jenkins, '' Galaxion'' (Helikon Press)
**Matt Madden, ''Black Candy'' (Black Eye Books)
** Ron Rege, ''Skibber Bee Bye'' (self-published)
**Chris Oliveros, ''The Envelope Manufacturer'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
*1999 Brian Ralph, ''Fireball #7'' (Fort Thunder)
**Leland Myrick, ''Sweet'' (Adept Books)
**Madison Clell, ''Cuckoo'' (Green Door Studios)
** Jason Little, '' Jack's Luck Runs Out'' (Top Shelf Productions)
**Dave Kiersh, ''Is Kissing a Girl Who Smokes Like Kissing an Ashtray, Non #4'' (Red Ink)
*2000 Nick Bertozzi, ''Boswash'' (Luxurious Comics)
**Ben Catmull, ''Paper Theater'' (self-published)
** Rod Espinosa, ''The Courageous Princess'' (Antarctic Press)
**Kevin Huizenga, ''Supermonster'' (self-published)
**Stephen Notley, ''Bob the Angry Flower'' (self-published)
*2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks
**Tomer and Asaf Hanuka, ''Bipolar'', self-published
** Mike Kunkel, ''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
*2002 Greg Cook, ''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)
*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 Telgemeier, ''Take Out'' (self-published)
*2004 Lauren Weinstein, ''Kramer's Ergot #4'' (Avodah Books)
**Martin Cendreda, ''Hi-Horse Omnibus'' (Alternative Comics, Hi-Horse Comics)
** Svetlana Chmakova, ''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)
*2005 Andy Runton, ''Owly'' (Top Shelf Productions)
** Joshua W. Cotter, ''Skyscrapers of the Midwest'' (AdHouse Books)
** Rebecca Dart, ''RabbitHead'' (Alternative Comics)
** Vanessa Davis, ''Spaniel Rage'' (Buenaventura Press)
** Karl Stevens, ''Guilty'' (Karl Stevens Publishing, dist. by Alternative Comics)
* 2006 Hope Larson, ''Salamander Dream'' (AdHouse Books), ''Gray Horses'' (Oni Press)
** Andrice Arp, ''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.)
* 2007 Tom Neely, ''The Blot'' (I Will Destroy You)
** Gabrielle Bell, ''Lucky'', Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Vol. 4 (Drawn & Quarterly)
** Scott Campbell (artist), ''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)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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 Larmee, ''Young Lions'' (self-published)
** Sully, ''The Hipless Boy'' (Conundrum Press)
*2011 Darryl Ayo Brathwaite, ''House of Twelve Monthly'' #3 (Comixology)
**Tony Breed, ''Finn and Charlie are Hitched'' (self-published/online)
**Jesse Jacobs, ''Even the Giants'' (AdHouse)
**Jon McNaught, ''Birchfield Close'' ( Nobrow Press)
**Jesse Moynihan, ''Forming'' (Nobrow/online)
*2012 Lale Westvind, ''Hot Dog Beach'' (Self-published)
**Lauren Barnett, ''Me Likes You Very Much'' (Hic & Hoc Publications)
**Clara Besijelle, ''The Lobster King'' (Self-published)
**Tessa Brunton, ''Passage'' (Sparkplug Books)
**Lila Quintero Weaver, ''Dark Room: A Memoir in Black and White'' (University of Alabama Press)
*2013 Sam Alden, ''Hawaii 1997 & Haunter'' (Self-published)
**Nathan Bulmer, ''Eat More Bikes'' (Koyama Press)
**Philippa Rice, ''Looking Out'' (Hic & Hoc Publications)
**Diana Thung, ''August Moon'' (Top Shelf)
**Angie Wang, "The Teacup Tree," ''Secret Prison'' #7 (Self-published)
*2014 Cathy G. Johnson, ''Jeremiah; Boy Genius; Until It Runs Clear''
**Luke Howard, ''Trevor''
**Nick Offerman, ''Orange; Onions''
**Keiler Roberts, ''Powdered Milk (series)''
**Daryl Seitchik, ''Missy''
*2015 Sophia Foster-Dimino – ''Sphincter''; ''Sex Fantasy''
**M. Dean, '' K.M. & R.P. & MCMLXXI (1971)''
** Dakota McFadzean, ''Don't Get Eaten by Anything''
** Jane Mai, ''Soft''
** Gina Wynbrandt, ''Big Pussy''
*2016 Tillie Walden – ''I Love This Part''
**Kevin Budnik,''Handbook''
** Maia Kobabe – ''Tom O’Bedlam''
** Sara Lautman, ''The Ultimate Laugh, Grape Nuts''
** Carolyn Nowak, ''Radishes''
*2017 Bianca Xunise, "Say Her Name" — originally published on The Nib.
**Kelly Bastow, ''Year Long Summer''
**Margot Ferrick, ''Yours''
**Aud Koch, "Run" from the Oath Anthology
**Isabella Rotman, ''Long Black Veil''
*2018 Yasmin Omar Ata, ''Mis(h)adra''
**Tara Booth, ''How to Be Alive''
**Xia Gordon, ''The Fashion of 2004'', ''Harvest''
**Rumi Hara, ''Nori and The Rabbits of the Moon''
**Tommi Parrish, ''The Lie and How We Told It''
*2019 Ebony Flowers, ''My Lil Sister Lena''
**Haleigh Buck, ''I Feel Weird'' #3
**Emma Jayne, ''Trans Girls Hit the Town''
**Mar Julia, ''YLLW YLLW YLLW''
**Kelsey Wroten, ''Crimes''
*2020 Theo Stultz, ''Canvas''
**AJ Dungo, ''In Waves''
** Sylvia Nickerson, ''Creation''
**Andrew Lorenzi, ''Multo''
**Emil Wilson, ''(Probably) the Last Time''
*2021 Pa-Luis, ''We Live on Earth''
**Royal Dunlap, ''b.b. free''
**Nico Harriman, ''Mr. H: Portrait of a High School Art Teacher''
**Zoe Maeve, ''The Gift''
**Tess Scilipoti, ''Do You Think I Look Like a Girl?''
*2022 Juni Ba, ''Djeliya''
**Trinidad Escobar, ''Arrive In My Hands''
**Yara Elfouly, ''Archeologist Landings''
**Juniper Kim, ''Koreans Sing in English''
**Emma Grove, ''The Third Person''
*2023 Deb JJ Lee, ''In Limbo''
**Grayson Bear, ''Pokey''
**Leo Fox, ''My Body Unspooling''
**Richard Mercado, ''I Owe it to My Parents to NOT Come Out''
**Shanti Ray, ''Sennen''
*2024 Léa Murawiec, ''The Great Beyond''
** Cole Degenstein, ''10-10 To The Wind''
** Pingnan Lu, ''Gift Box''
** Xiang Yata, ''Optometry''
** Hugo Canuto, ''Tales of the Orishas''

Outstanding Series

*1997 Chris Ware, ''Acme Novelty Library'' (Fantagraphics)
**Jason Lutes, ''Berlin'' (Black Eye Productions)
**Daniel Clowes, ''Eightball'' (Fantagraphics)
**Seth, ''Palookaville'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
**Gary Spencer Millidge, ''Strangehaven'' (Abiogenesis)
*1998 Chris Ware, ''Acme Novelty Library'' (Fantagraphics)
**Daniel Clowes, ''Eightball'' (Fantagraphics)
** Debbie Drechsler, ''Nowhere'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
**Joe Chiappetta, ''Silly Daddy'' (self-published)
**Steve Weissman, ''Yikes!'' (Alternative Press)
*1999 Max, ''The Extended Dream of Mr. D'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
**Eric Shanower, '' Age of Bronze'' (Image Comics)
** Jay Hosler, '' Clan Apis'' (Active Synapse Comics)
**Gary Spencer Millidge, ''Strangehaven'' (Abiogenesis)
** Adam Warren, ''Gen 13: Magical Drama Queen Roxy'' (Wildstorm)
*2000 Dave Cooper, ''Weasel'' (Fantagraphics Books)
** Jay Hosler, '' Clan Apis'' (Active Synapse Comics)
**Madison Clell, ''Cuckoo'' (Green Door Studios)
**Bryan Talbot, '' Heart of Empire'' (Dark Horse Comics)
**Jason, ''Mjau Mjau'' (Jippi Forlag)
*2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks
**Jason Lutes, ''Berlin'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
** Carla Speed McNeil, ''Finder'' (Lightspeed Press)
**Mike Kunkel, ''Herobear and the Kid'' (Astonish Comics)
**Sam Henderson, ''Magic Whistle'', (Alternative Comics)
**Jason, ''Mjau Mjau'' (Jippi Forlag)
*2002 James Kochalka ''Sketchbook Diaries'' (Top Shelf Productions)
** Chester Brown, ''Louis Riel'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
**Sam Henderson, ''Magic Whistle'' (Alternative Comics)
** David Hahn, ''Private Beach'' (Slave Labor Graphics)
**Dave Cooper, ''Weasel'' (Fantagraphics Books)
*2003 Charles Burns, ''Black Hole'' (Fantagraphics Books)
**Roger Langridge, ''Fred the Clown'' (Hotel Fred Press)
**Ted Stearn, ''Fuzz & Pluck in Splitsville'' (Fantagraphics Books)
**Scott Roberts, ''Patty Cake'' (Slave Labor Graphics)
**Gary Spencer Millidge, '' Strangehaven'' (Abiogenesis Press)
*2004 Carla Speed McNeil, ''Finder'' (Light Speed Productions)
** Charles Burns, ''Black Hole'' (Fantagraphics Books)
**John Porcellino, ''King Cat'' (self-published)
**Nick Bertozzi, ''Rubber Necker'' (Alternative Comics)
**Kim Deitch, ''Stuff of Dreams'' (Fantagraphics Books)
*2005 Carla Speed McNeil, ''Finder'' (Light Speed Productions)
** Tomer Hanuka, Asaf Hanuka, and Etgar Keret, ''Bipolar'' (Alternative Comics)
**David Heatley, ''Deadpan'' (self-published)
**Los Bros Hernandez, ''Love and Rockets vol. II'' (Fantagraphics)
**Joshua W. Cotter, ''Skyscrapers of the Midwest'' (AdHouse Books)
* 2006 '' Owly'' by Andy Runton (Top Shelf Productions)
** ''Acme Novelty Library'' by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics Books)
** ''Big Questions'' by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
** '' Love and Rockets'' by Los Bros. Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books)
** ''Optic Nerve'' by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly)
* 2007 ''Mourning Star'' by Kazimir Strzepek (Bodega Distribution)
** ''Atlas'' by Dylan Horrocks (Drawn & Quarterly)
** ''Delphine'' by Richard Sala (Fantagraphics Books/Coconico Press)
** ''Dungeon'' by Lewis Trondheim, Joann Sfar, and various (NBM)
** '' Love & Rockets'' by Los Bros Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books)
* 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 Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly)
** ''Reich'', Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug Comic Books)
* 2009 ''Uptight'', Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics)
** ''Danny Dutch'', David King (Sparkplug)
** ''Delphine'', Richard Sala (Fantagraphics/Coconino)
** ''Interiorae'', Gabriella Giandelli (Fantagraphics/Coconino)
** ''Reich'', Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug)
* 2010 ''Ganges'', Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics Books)
** ''King-Cat Comics & Stories'', John Porcellino (self-published)
** ''Sublife'', John Pham (Fantagraphics Books)
** ''Summit of the Gods'', Yumemakura Baku and Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
** ''Troop 142'', Mike Dawson (self-published)
*2011 ''Everything Dies'', Box Brown
**''Crickets'', Sammy Harkham (self-published)
**''Dungeon Quest'', Joe Daly (Fantagraphics Books)
**''Lose'', Michael DeForge (Koyama Books)
**''Reich'', Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug Comic Books)
*2012 ''Love and Rockets: New Stories'', the Hernandez brothers (Fantagraphics)
**''Black Mass'', Patrick Kyle (Mother Books)
**''Eye of the Majestic Creature'', Leslie Stein (Self-published)
**''Ganges'', Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics)
**''Pope Hats'', Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books)
*2013 ''Lose'', Michael DeForge (Koyama Press)
**''The Hive'', Charles Burns (Pantheon)
**''Madtown High'', Whit Taylor (self-published)
**''Pope Hats'', Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books)
**''Prison Pit'', Johnny Ryan (Fantagraphics)
*2014 ''Demon'', Jason Shiga
**''The Black Feather Falls'', Ellen Lindner
**''Powdered Milk'', Keiler Roberts
**''Sky in Stereo'', Sacha Mardou
**''Towerkind'', Kat Verhoeven
* 2015 ''Sex Fantasy'', Sophia Foster-Dimino
** ''Dumb'', Georgia Webber
** ''Frontier'', Ryan Sands (editor)
** ''March'', John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell
** ''Pope Hats'', Ethan Rilly
* 2016 ''Powdered Milk'', Keiler Roberts
** ''Cartozia Tales'', Isaac Cates (editor)
** ''Demon'', Jason Shiga
** ''Ganges'', Kevin Huizenga
** ''Megg & Mogg & Owl'', Simon Hanselmann
* 2017 ''Chester 5000'', Jess Fink
** ''Crickets'', Sammy Harkham
** ''Frontier'', Ryan Sands (editor)
** ''Maleficium'', Sabin Cauldron
** ''The Old Woman'', Rebecca Mock
*2018 ''Frontier'', Youth in Decline
**''Ley Lines'', Czap Books
**''Nori'', Rumi Hara
**''Bug Boys'', Laura Knetzger
**''Gumballs'', Erin Nations
*2019 ''The Nib Magazine'', Matt Bors
**''Daygloayhole Quarterly'', Ben Passmore
**''Heavenly Blues'', Ben Kahn and Bruno Hidalgo
**''Frontier'', Youth in Decline
**''Endgames'', Ru Xu
*2020 ''Fizzle'', Whit Taylor
**''The Misplaced'', Chris Callahan
**''SUPERPOSE'', Joe Seosamh and C. Anka
**''kuš!'', kuš! komiks
**''Frontier'', Youth in Decline
*2021 ''Ex.Mag'', Peow Studios
**''A Queer Prisoner’s Anthology IV'', edited by Casper Cendre
**''Malarkey'', November Garcia
**''Ley Lines'', edited by L Nichols and K Czap
**''Tongues'', Anders Nilsen
*2022 ''The Many Deaths of Laila Starr'', Ram V and Filipe Andrade
**''Methods of Dyeing'', B. Mure
**''Trans Classic Movies'', Jett Allen
**''Ley Lines'', edited by L Nichols and K Czap
**''The Nib Magazine'', edited by Matt Bors
*2023 ''Tales of Old Snake Creek'', Drew Lerman
**''Venomyths'', Joshua Ray Stephens
**''Maple Terrace 01'', Noah Van Sciver
**''Viewotron Comics & Stories No. 2'', Sam Sharpe and Peach S. Goodrich
**''Fizzle #4'', Whit Taylor
*2024 ''CosmoKnights'', Hannah Templer
**''CRAM'', Andrew Alexander
**''Jaywalk'', Austin English and Floyd Tangeman
**''Kuš! Baltic Comics Magazine''
**''Tongues'', Anders Nilsen

Outstanding Comic

*1997 Daniel Clowes, ''Eightball #17'' (Fantagraphics)
**Pete Sickman-Garner, ''Hey Mister #1'' (Top Shelf Productions)
**Dean Haspiel and Josh Neufeld, ''Keyhole #2'' (Modern)
**Walt Holcombe, ''King of Persia'' (self-published through Accordion Press)
**Seth, ''Palookaville #10'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
*1998 Chris Ware, ''Acme Novelty Library #9'' (Fantagraphics)
**Bill Willingham, ''Coventry #1'' (Fantagraphics)
**Daniel Clowes, ''Eightball #19'' (Fantagraphics)
** Debbie Drechsler, ''Nowhere #3'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
**Joe Sacco, ''Stories From Bosnia #1: Soba'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
*1999 Frank Cho, ''Liberty Meadows #1'' (Insight Studio Group)
** Pekar, Sacco, Stack & Warneford, ''American Splendor: Transatlantic Comics''
**James Sturm, ''Hundreds of Feet Below Daylight'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
**Ben Katchor, ''The Jew of New York'' (Pantheon Books)
** Joe Zabel & Gary Dumm, ''Oracle'' (Amazing Montage)
*2000 Chris Ware, ''The Acme Novelty Library #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)
*2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks
**''Frank'' #4, Jim Woodring, Fantagraphics Books
**''Herobear and the Kid'' #2, Mike Kunkel, Astonish Comics
**''James Kochalka's Sketchbook Diaries'', James Kochalka, Top Shelf Productions
**''Mjau Mjau'' #7, Jason, Jippi Forlag
**''Sequential'' #6, Paul Hornschemeier, I Don't Get It Press
*2002 Daniel Clowes, ''Eightball #22'' (Fantagraphics Books)
**Anders Brekhus Nilsen, ''Big Questions #4: Asomatognosia'' (self-published)
**Tony Consiglio, ''Double Cross: More or Less'' (Top Shelf Productions)
**James Kochalka, ''Sketchbook Diaries Volume 2'' (Top Shelf Productions)
**Jon Lewis, ''True Swamp: Stoneground and Hillbound'' (Alternative Comics)
*2003 Nick Bertozzi, ''Rubber Necker #2'', (Alternative Comics)
**Adam Suerte, ''Aprendiz Book 1'' (self-published)
** Charles Burns, ''Black Hole #10'' (Fantagraphics Books)
**David Collier, ''Collier's Vol. 2 #2'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
**David Lasky and Greg Stump, ''Urban Hipster #2'' (Alternative Comics)
*2004 Daniel Clowes, ''Eightball #23'' (Fantagraphics Books)
** Charles Burns, ''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)
*2005 Kevin Huizenga, ''Or Else #1'' (Drawn & Quarterly)
** Anders Nilsen, ''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)
* 2006 ''Schizo'' #4 by Ivan Brunetti (Fantagraphics Books)
** ''Big Questions'' #7 by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
** ''Ganges'' #1 by Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics Books)
** ''Optic Nerve'' #10 by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly)
** ''Stuff of Dreams'' #3 by Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics Books)
* 2007 ''Optic Nerve'' #11 by Adrian Tomine (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)
* 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 Bell (Drawn & Quarterly)
** '' Palooka-ville'' #19, Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)
* 2009 ''Uptight'' #3, Jordan Crane (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)
* 2010 ''I Want You'', Lisa Hanawalt (Buenaventura Press)
** ''Blammo'' #6, Noah Van Sciver (Kilgore Books)
** ''Eschew'' #2, Robert Sergel (Sparkplug Comic Books)
** ''Flesh and Bone'', Julia Gfrörer (Sparkplug Comic Books)
** ''Sublife'' #2, John Pham (Fantagraphics Books)
*2011 ''Lose'' #3, Michael DeForge (Koyama Press)
**''Crickets'' #3, Sammy Harkham (self-published)
**''Danger Country'' #1, Levon Jihanian
**''Habitat'' #2, Dunja Jankovic
**''The Magic Hedge'', Marian Runk
*2012 ''Pterodactyl Hunters'', Brendan Leach (Top Shelf)
** ''Hot Dog Beach'' #2, Lale Westvind (Self-published)
** ''Passage'', Tessa Brunton (Sparkplug Books)
** ''The Sixth Gun'' #17, Brian Hurtt and Cullen Bunn (Oni Press)
** ''Pope Hats'' #2, Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books)
*2013 ''Pope Hats'' #3, Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books)
** ''Hyperspeed to Nowhere'', Lale Westvind (Self-published)
** ''The Life Problem'', Austin English (Drippybone Books)
** ''Looking Out'', Philippa Rice (Hic & Hoc Publications)
** ''St. Owl's Bay'', Simon Hanselmann (Self-published)
*2014 ''Wicked Chicken Queen'', Sam Alden (Retrofit Comics/Big Planet Comics)
** ''Blammo'' #8, Noah Van Sciver
** ''Cosplayers'', Dash Shaw
** ''It Will All Hurt'' #2, Farel Dalrymple
** ''Misliving Amended'', Adam Buttrick
*2015 ''The Oven'', Sophie Goldstein
** ''Borb'', Jason Little
** ''The Nature of Nature'', Disa Wallander
** ''Pope Hats #4'', Ethan Rilly
** ''Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness'', Kris Mukai
*2016 ''Fantasy Sports #1'', Sam Bosma
**''As the Crow Flies'', Melanie Gillman
**''Be Good,'' John Martz
**''Patience'', Daniel Clowes
**''Shrine of the Monkey God'', from ''Kramers Ergot 9'', Kim Deitch
*2017 ''Your Black Friend'', Ben Passmore
**''Canopy'', Karine Bernadou
**''Libby’s Dad'', Eleanor Davis
**''Public Relations'' #10, Matthew Sturges, Dave Justus, Steve Rolston, Annie Wu
**''Sunburning'', Keiler Roberts
*2018 ''Hot to Be Alive'', Tara Booth
**''Recollection'', Alyssa Berg
**''Hot Summer Nights'', Freddy Carrasco
**''Whatsa Paintoonist'', Jerry Moriarty
**''Baopu'', Yao Xiao
*2019 ''Check Please!'', Ngozi Ukazu
**''Lorna'', Benji Nate
**''Infinite Wheat Paste #7'', Pidge
**''The Saga of Metalbeard'', Joshua Paddon and Matthew Hoddy
**''Egg Cream'', Liz Suburbia
*2020 ''Cry Wolf Girl'', Ariel Ries
**''My Dog Ivy'', Gabrielle Bell
**''Theth Tomorrow Forever'', Josh Bayer
**''Cosmoknights'', Hannah Templer
**''Mooncakes'', Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker
*2021 ''Leaf Lace'', Ashanti Fortson
**''Francis Bacon'', EA Bethea
**''The Dog & The Cat'', Dominique Duong
**''Rhapsodie'', Maddi Gonzalez
**''A Cordial Invitation'', Adam Szym
*2022 ''I See A Knight'', Xulia Vicente
**''Four Years Collected: Vol 2'', K Czap
**''PeePee PooPoo #69'', Caroline Cash
**''Are Comic Books Real?'', Alex Nall
**''Ode to Keisha'', Jamila Rowser and Trinidad Escobar
*2023 ''Gordita: Built Like This'', Daisy Ruiz
**''Platonic Love'', A ee mi
**''Lemon Yellow'', Ciara Quilty-Harper
**''Forget Me Not'', Gabriel Howell
**''Live Rock Part 1: Aquarium Life'', Ross Jackson
*2024 ''My Body Unspooling'', Leo Fox
**''Fielder'' #2, Kevin Huizenga
**''Follow the Doll'' #2, Daryl Seitchik
**''Sunflowers'', Keezy Young
**''The Audra Show'' #7: ''The Love Issue'', Audra Stang

Outstanding Minicomic

*1997 ''The Perfect Planet'', James Kochalka
**''Hey Mister #4'', Pete Sickman-Garner
**'' King-Cat Comics #52'', John Porcellino
**''Magic Whistle #9'', Sam Henderson
**''Out There #5'', Alan Hunt
*1998 '' Amy Unbounded'', Rachel Hartman (Pug House Press)
**''Bathroom Girls'', Yvonne Mojica
**''King Cat Comics'', John Porcellino
**''Magic Boy Does Laundry'', James Kochalka
**''Oaf'', Matt Brinkman
*1999 ''Fireball #7'', Brian Ralph (Highwater Books)
**''Tales of the Great Unspoken'', Aaron Augenblick (Self-published)
**''Ped Xing'', Androo Robinson (Self-published)
**''Bolol Belittle'', Mat Brinkman (Self-published)
**''Noe-Fie #8'', Kurt Wolfgang (Noe-Fie Mono-Media)
*2000 ''LowJinx'' #2, edited by Kurt Wolfgang (Noe-Fie Mono-Media)
**''Angry Youth Comics No. 11'', Johnny Ryan (Self-published)
**''Jug'', Androo Robinson (Self-published)
**''Timberdoodle'', Jon Kerschbaum (Self-published)
**''True Stories, Swear to God'', Tom Beland (Self-published)
*2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks
**''Amy Unbounded No. 12'', Rachel Hartman (Pug House Press)
**''Democracy: Mime Complaint No. 5'', Jesse Reklaw (Self-published)
**''Jumbo Jape'', Sean Bieri (Self-published)
**''Low Jinx 3: The Big Rip-Off'', edited by Kurt Wolfgang (Noe-Fie Mono-Media)
**''Tepid Spring 2001'', John Hankiewicz (self-published)
*2002 ''Artichoke Tales'' #1, Megan Kelso (Highwater Books)
**''Double Cross Assortment'', Tony Consiglio (Self-published)
**''Gloriana: Super Monster'' #14, Kevin Huizenga (Self-published)
**''Homecoming'', John Kerschbaum (Fontanelle Press)
**''Long Tail Kitty: Heaven'', Lark Pien (Self-published)
*2003 ''I Am Going to Be Small'', Jeffrey Brown (self-published)
**''Josh Comics'', Josh Sullivan
**''Lo-Horse #1'', David Lasky and Jesse Reklaw
**''Take Out'', Raina Telgemeier
**''That Thing You Fall Into'', Diana Tamblyn
*2004 ''Lucky'' #3, Gabrielle Bell (Self-published)
**''Big Questions'' #6, Anders Nilsen (Self-published)
**''Quantum Entanglement, Spooky Action at a Distance, Teleportation and You'', Jim Ottaviani and Roger Langridge (G.T. Labs)
**''Thankless Job'', Pat Lewis (Lunchbreak Comics)
**''Underground: Souvenir'', Matthew Bellisle (Gravity/DSN)
*2005 ''Phase 7'', Alec Longstreth (Self-published)
**''Couch Tag #2'', Jesse Reklaw (Self-published)
**''Dance'', John Hankiewicz (Self-published)
**''Monday'', Andy Hartzell (Self-published)
**''Ouija Interview #3'', Sarah Becan (Self-published)
*2006 ''Monsters'', Ken Dahl
**''Comicore Jr.'', Paulette Poullet
**''Gaylord Phoenix'' #4, Edie Fake
**''Trackrabbit'', Geoff Vasile
**''Window'' #8, Dave Lapp
*2007 ''P.S. Comics'' #3, Minty Lewis
**''Burning Building Comix'', Jeff Zwirek
**''The Monkey and the Crab'', Shawn Cheng and Sara Edward-Corbett
**''Noose'', Mark Burrier
**''Seven More Days of Not Getting Eaten'', Matt Wiegle
*2008 ''Bluefuzz'', Jesse Reklaw
**''Dorado Park'', Lilli Carré
**''How To Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less'', Sarah Glidden
**''Ochre Ellipse'' #2, Jonas Madden-Connor
**''Swell'', Juliacks
*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
*2010 ''Rambo 3.5'', Jim Rugg
**''Don't Drink from the Sea'', Lilli Carré
**''Stories by...'' Vol. 1, Martin Cendreda
**''Troop 142'', Mike Dawson
**''Water Column'' #3, Josh Frankel
*2011 ''Ben Died of a Train'', Box Brown
**''Gaylord Phoenix'' #5, Edie Fake
**''Danger Country'' #1, Levon Jihanian
**''Morning Song'', Laura Terry
**''Trans-Utopia'', Tom Kaczynski (Uncivilized Books)
*2012 ''The Monkey in the Basement and Other Delusions'', Corinne Mucha (Retrofit Comics)
**''The Death of Elijah Lovejoy'', Noah Van Sciver (2D Cloud)
**''Hypnotic Induction Technique'', Grant Reynolds (Self-published)
**''Ramble On'' #2, Calvin Wong (Self-published)
**''RAV'' #6, Mickey Zacchilli (Self-published)
*2013 ''The End of the Fucking World'' #16, Charles Forsman (Fantagraphics)
**''Il Cammino Delle Capre'', Kris Mukai & Zachary Zezima (Self-published)
**''Hawaii 1997'', Sam Alden (Self-published)
**''Lawaway'', Joseph Lambert (Self-published)
**''Powdered Milk Vol. 10: The Man Who Could Not Read'', Keiler Roberts (Self-published)
*2014 ''House of Women'', Sophie Goldstein
**''The Grassy Knoll'', Nick Drnaso
**''Never Forgets'', Yumi Sakugawa (Self-published)
**''Test Tube'' #1, Carlos Gonzales
**''Up to the Top'', Ian Sampson
*2015 ''Sex Fantasy #4'', Sophia Foster-Dimino
** ''Devil's Slice of Life'', Patrick Crotty
** ''Epoxy 5'', John Pham
** ''King Cat #75'', John Porcellino
** ''Whalen: A Reckoning'' – Audry
*2016 ''Radishes'' – Carolyn Nowak
**''The Experts'' – Sophie Franz
**''Laffy Meal'' – Pranas T. Naujokaitis
**''A Map to the Sun'' – Sloane Leong
**''The Unofficial Cuckoo’s Nest'' – Luke Healy
*2017 ''Tender-Hearted'' – Hazel Newlevant
**''The Man Who Came Down the Attic Stairs'' – Celine Loup
**''Our Tale of Woe'' – Keren Katz and Geffen Refaeli
**''Reverse Flaneur'' – M. Sabine Rear
**''Same Place Same Time'' – Ann Xu
*2018 ''Say It With Noodles: On Learning to Speak the Language of Food'' – Shing Yin Khor
**''Dog Nurse'' – Margot Ferrick
**''Greenhouse'' – Debbie Fong
**''Common Blessings & Common Curses'' – Maritsa Patrinos
**''Mothball 88'' – Kevin Reilly
*2019 ''Trans Girls Hit the Town'' – Emma Jayne
**''Gonzalo'' – Jed McGowan
**''Silver Wire'' – Kriota Willberg
**''Cherry'' – InésEstrada
**''YLLW YLLW YLLW'' – Mar Julia
*2020 ''Black Hole Heart'' – Cathy G Johnson
**''I Feel Weird #4'' – Haleigh Buck
**''Chapter Two'' – Keren Katz
**''The Gulf'' – Nguyen Nguyen
**''Canvas'' – Theo K. Stultz
*2021 ''Bodyseed'' – Casey Nowak
**''Slum Clearance Symphony'' – Brendan Leach
**''Lavender Scare'' – Arantza Peña Popo
**''Montana Diary'' – Whit Taylor
**''The Drain Pipe'' – Leda Zawacki
*2022 ''PeePee PooPoo #69 –'' Caroline Cash
**''Joy'' – Maritsa Patrinos
**''Carrington's World'' – Summer Pierre
**''Phonestoned'' – King Ray
**''Sleemor Gank - Burg Land 1'' – Alexander Laird
*2023 ''Death Bloom'' – Yasmeen Abedifard
**''Sacred Grove'' – Celine Loup
**''You're the Center of Attention'' – Gina Wynbrandt
**''Farewell'' – João Fazenda
**''Hares on the Mountain'' – Lee Dean and Salavador Aguilera
*2024 ''Manga Cube'' – Yuan Song
**''Find a Seat'' – Faye Stacey
**''Hyper Fawnus'' – Ana Two
**''Lullaby'' – Jordan Jeffries
**''Pauline Newman'' – Greer de Maglie

Outstanding Online Comic

*2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks
**Ben Jones, ''Future Genies of Mush Past''
**Scott McCloud, ''I Can't Stop Thinking''
**Jonathan Morris, ''Jeremy''
** Demian5, '' When I Am King''
**Scott McCloud, ''Zot! Hearts and Minds''
*2002 Jason Little, ''Bee''
**Tom Hart, ''Hutch Owen: Public Relations''
**Jordan Crane, ''Keeping Two''
** Derek Kirk Kim, ''Small Stories''
**Tracy White, ''Traced''
*2003 James Kochalka, ''American Elf''
** Gabrielle Bell, ''Bell's Home Journal''
** Ted Slampyak, ''Jazz Age''
**Nick Bertozzi, ''The Salon''
** Jesse Reklaw, ''Slow Wave''
*2004 James Kochalka, '' American Elf''
** Patrick Farley, ''Apocamon''
**J.J. Naas, ''Desert Rocks''
**Timothy Kreider, ''The Pain … When Will it End?''
**Craig Boldman, ''Tailipoe''
*2005 Nicholas Gurewitch, ''The Perry Bible Fellowship''
**deadmouse, ''Ballad''
**Kazu Kibuishi, ''Copper''
** Jenn Manley Lee, ''Dicebox''
** Steven Manale, ''Superslackers''
*2006 Nicholas Gurewitch, ''The Perry Bible Fellowship''
** '' A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible'' by David Hellman and Dale Beran
** ''Claviger'' by Ronnie Casson
** ''Micrographica'' by Renee French
** ''Thingpart'' by Joe Sayers
* 2007 '' Achewood'' by Chris Onstad
** ''Grace'' by Kris Dresen
** ''Persimmon Cup'' by Nick Bertozzi
** ''Thingpart'' by Joe Sayers
** ''Wondermark'' by David Malki !
* 2008 '' Achewood'' by Chris Onstad
** ''Danny Dutch'' by David King
** ''Slow Wave'' by Jesse Reklaw
** ''Thingpart'' by Joey Sayers
** ''Traced'' by Tracy White
* 2009 ''Year of the Rat'', Cayetano Garza
** ''Bodyworld'', Dash Shaw
** ''Danny Dutch'', David King
** ''Thingpart'', Joey Alison Sayers
** Vanessa Davis's comics for ''Tablet''
* 2010 ''Troop 142'', Mike Dawson
** ''Callahan Online'', John Callahan
** ''I Think You're Sauceome'', Sarah Becan
** ''The Lesttrygonians'', Stephen Gilpin
** ''Reliable Comics'', David King
*2011 ''Hark! A Vagrant'', Kate Beaton
**''Alphabet Horror'', Nate Marsh
**''A Cartoonist’s Diary'', Pascal Girard
**''Finn and Charlie are Hitched'', Tony Breed
**''Lucky'', Gabrielle Bell
*2012 ''SuperMutant Magic Academy'', Jillian Tamaki
**''Amazing Facts…and Beyond! with Leon Beyond'', Dan Zettwoch and Kevin Huizenga
**''Black Is the Color'', Julia Gfrorer
**''Lucky'', Gabrielle Bell
**''Starslip'', Kris Straub
*2013 ''SuperMutant Magic Academy'', Jillian Tamaki
**''Bird Boy'', Annie Szabla
**''Gabby's Playhouse'', Ken Dahl & Gabby Schulz
**''Haunter'', Sam Alden
**''July Diary'', Gabrielle Bell
*2014 ''Vattu'', Evan Dahm
**''Band for Life'', Anya Davidson
**''Big Dogs at Nite'', Dane Martin
**''Demon'', Jason Shiga
**''On Hiatus'', Pete Toms
*2015 ''The Bloody Footprint'', Lilli Carré
**''Carriers'', Lauren Weinstein
**''Mom Body'', Rebecca Roher
**'' O Human Star'', Blue Delliquanti
**'' Witchy'', Ariel Ries
*2016 '' Octopus Pie'', Meredith Gran
**''A Cartoonist’s Diary'', Rina Ayuyang
**''Just Doing My Job'', Glynnis Fawkes
**''A Small Revolution'', Samantha Leriche-Gionet (AKA “Boum”)
**''Vattu'', Evan Dahm
*2017 '' The Meek'', Der-shing Helmer
**''Disability in the Age of Trump'', Amanda Scurti
**''Normal Person/Maine Vacation'', Lauren Weinstein
**''That's Not Who We Are'', Mike Dawson
**''Woman World'', Aminder Dhaliwal
*2018 ''Lara Croft Was My Family'', Carta Monir
**''Woman World'', Aminder Dhaliwal
**''The Wolves Outside'', Jesse England
**''A Fire Story'', Brian Files
**''A Part of Me is Still Unknown'', Meg O’Shea
*2019 ''Full Court Crush'', Hannah Blumenreich
**''Isle of Elsi'', Alec Longstreth
**''That’s Not My Name!'', Hannako Lambert
**''What Doctors Know About CPR'', Nathan Gray
**''About Face'', Nate Powell
*2020 ''Witchy'', Ariel Ries
**''I Exist'', Breena Nuñez
**''Like the Tide'',Isabella Rotman
**''Gabby Schulz'', Gabby Schulz
**''SUPERPOSE'', Joe Seosamh and C. Anka
*2021 ''Birds of Maine'', Michael DeForge
**''Leaf Lace'', Ashanti Fortson
**''Shadows Become You'', Susannah Lohr
**'' Mr. Boop'', Alec Robbins
**''I Do Not Want to Write Today'', Shing Yin Khor
*2022 ''Ride or Die'', Mars Heyward
**''Blind Alley'', Adam de Souza
**''Vattu'', Evan Dahm
**''Alexander, the Servant & the Water of Life'', Reimena Yee
**''Technofeelia Vol. 4 'Help, Amy Kurzweil
*2023 ''The God of Arepo'', Reimena Yee
**''Adversary'', Blue Delliquanti
**''Trans Classic Movies'', Jett Allen
**''Growing Up, and Getting Out'', Lonnie Mann
**''Whale Fall'', Mara Ramirez
*2024 ''Buuza!!'', Shazleen Khan
**''In the Shadow of Giants'', Aria Villafranca and Matthew Fisher
**''Marigold'', Emily Zilber
**''Rigsby Wi'', SE Case
**''The Legend of Mariposa'', James Lawrence

Outstanding Anthology or Collection (discontinued)

*2005 ''Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man'' by John Porcellino (La Mano)
** ''Above and Below: Two Tales of the American Frontier'' by James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)
** ''Dead Herring Comics'', edited by Actus (Actus Independent Comics)
** ''Fred the Clown'' by Roger Langridge (Fantagraphics Books)
** ''Hutch Owen: Unmarketable'' by Tom Hart (Top Shelf Productions)
* 2006 ''Black Hole'' by Charles Burns (Pantheon)
** ''Castle Waiting'' by Linda Medley (Fantagraphics Books)
** ''Drawn & Quarterly Showcase'' #3 by Matt Broersma, Genevieve Elverum, and Sammy Harkham (Drawn & Quarterly)
** '' The Push Man and Other Stories'' by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn & Quarterly)
** ''Squirrel Mother'' by Megan Kelso (Fantagraphics Books)
* 2007 ''Curses'' by Kevin Huizenga (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)
* 2008 ''Papercutter'' #7, edited by Greg Means (Tugboat Press)
** ''Inkweed'', Chris Wright (Sparkplug Comic Books)
** '' Little Lulu'' Vol. 18, John Stanley (Dark Horse)
** ''Pond Life'', John Broadley (PictureBox)
** ''Windy Corner'' #2, edited by Austin English (Sparkplug Comic Books)
* 2009 ''Kramer’s Ergot'' #7, ed. Sammy Harkham (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)
* 2010 ''Masterpiece Comics'', R. Sikoryak (Drawn & Quarterly)
**''The Hipless Boy'', Sully (Conundrum Press)
**''Lemon Styles'', David King (Sparkplug Comic Books)
**''Red Snow'', Susumu Katsumata (Drawn & Quarterly)
**''Ten Thousand Things to Do'', Jesse Reklaw (self-published)
*2011 ''I Will Bite You'', Joseph Lambert (Secret Acres)
**''Black Eye'', edited by Ryan Standfest (Rotland Press)
**''Gay Genius'', edited by Annie Murphy (Sparkplug)
**''Make Me a Woman'', Vanessa Davis (Drawn & Quarterly)
**''Three'' #1, edited by Robert Kirby
*2012 ''Hark! A Vagrant'', Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
**''Big Questions'', Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
**''The Man Who Grew His Beard'', Olivier Schrauwen (Fantagraphics Books)
**''Nobrow #6'', Various artists (Nobrow)
**''Ojitos Borrosos'', Inés Estrada (Self-published)
*2013 ''Very Casual'', Michael DeForge (Koyama Press)
**''Freddie Stories'', Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)
**''Heads or Tails'', Lille Carré (Fantagraphics Books)
**''Peter Bagge's Other Stuff'', Peter Bagge (Fantagraphics Books)
**''Tusen Hjärtan Stark #1'', Various, ed. by Austin English (Domino Books)
*2014 ''QU33R'', edited by Robert Kirby
**''Amazing Facts and Beyond'', Kevin Huizenga and Dan Zettwoch
**''The End'', Anders Nilsen
**''Eye of the Majestic Creature'' (Vol. 2), Leslie Stein
**''Sock Monkey Treasury'', Tony Millionaire
*2015 ''How To Be Happy'', Eleanor Davis
** ''Drawn & Quarterly, 25 Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novel'', Tom Devlin, Chris Oliveros, Peggy Burns, Tracy Hurren, and Julia Pohl-Miranda (producers)
** ''An Entity Observes All Things'', Box Brown (Retrofit Comics/Big Planet Comics)
** ''Pope Hats'', #4, Ethan Rilly
** ''SuperMutant Magic Academy'', Jillian Tamaki
*2016 ''Step Aside Pops'', Kate Beaton
**''Beverly'', Nick Drnaso
**''Beyond: The Queer Sci Fi and Fantasy Anthology'', Sfé R. Monster and Taneka Stotts
**''The Complete Wimmen’s Comix'', Trina Robbins
**''Killing And Dying'', Adrian Tomine

Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection (discontinued)

* 1997 ''It's A Good Life if You Don't Weaken'' by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)
** ''At The Seams'' by Ed Brubaker (Alternative Press)
** ''Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories'' by Ben Katchor (Little, Brown)
** ''L'Ascension Du Haut Mal'' by David B. (L'Association)
** ''Lost in the Alps'' by Cosey (NBM)
* 1998 ''Ghost World'' by Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)
** ''Views of the Warehouse District'' by Martin Tom Dieck (Westhampton House)
** ''Frank vol. 2'' by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics)
** ''The Little Man'' by Chester Brown (Drawn & Quarterly)
** ''Titanic Tales'' edited by Mark Wheatley (Insight Studios)
* 1999 ''Cages'' by Dave McKean (Kitchen Sink)
** ''Hey Mister: Celebrity Roast'' by Pete Sickman-Garner (Top Shelf Productions)
** ''Hicksville'' by Dylan Horrocks (Black Eye)
** ''Time Warp'' by Ed Hillyer ( Slab-O-Concrete)
** ''Tiny Bubbles'' by James Kochalka (Highwater Books)
* 2000 ''From Hell'' by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell (Eddie Campbell Comics, distributed by Top Shelf Productions)
** ''Banks/Eubanks'' by Tom Hart (Top Shelf Productions)
** '' Clan Apis'' by Jay Hosler (Active Synapse)
** ''Comix 2000'' various, (L'Association)
** ''Drawn & Quarterly, Volume 3'' various, (Drawn & Quarterly)
* 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks
** ''Box Office Poison'' by Alex Robinson (Top Shelf Productions)
** ''Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid On Earth'' by Chris Ware (Pantheon Books)
** ''Mail Order Bride'' by Mark Kalesniko (Fantagraphics Books)
** ''Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia, 1992–1995'' by Joe Sacco (Fantagraphics Books)
** ''Snake 'n' Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret'' by Michael Kupperman (Avon Books)
* 2002 ''The Golem's Mighty Swing'' by James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)
** ''Fallout'', edited by Jim Ottaviani (G.T. Labs)
** ''Haw!'' by Ivan Brunetti (Fantagraphics Books)
** ''Non #5'', edited by Jordan Crane (Red Ink Press)
** ''Summer of Love'' by Debbie Drechsler (Drawn & Quarterly)
* 2003 ''Three Fingers'' by Rich Koslowski (Top Shelf Productions)
** '' Beg The Question'' by Bob Fingerman (Fantagraphics Books)
** ''Epileptic'' by David B (L'Association)
** ''The Frank Book'' by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics Books)
** ''Nightmare Alley'' by Spain Rodriguez and William Lindsay Gresham (Fantagraphics Books)
* 2004 ''Blankets'' by Craig Thompson (Top Shelf Productions)
** ''The Fixer'' by Joe Sacco (Drawn & Quarterly)
** ''Louis Riel'' by Chester Brown (Drawn & Quarterly)
** McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #13, Edited by Chris Ware (McSweeney's, Ltd.)
** ''Teratoid Heights'' by Matt Brinkman (Highwater Books)

Outstanding Debut Comic (discontinued)

*2000 ''Dork'' #8 by Evan Dorkin (Slave Labor Graphics)
*2002 ''Pulpatoon Pilgrimage'' by Joel Priddy (AdHouse Books)
*2003 ''Studygroup12 #3'' edited by Zack Soto
*2004 ''Teen Boat #6: Vote Boat'' by Dave Roman and John Green (Cryptic Press)
*2005 ''Will You Still Love Me if I Wet the Bed?'' by Liz Prince (Top Shelf Productions)
*2006 ''Class of '99'' by Josh Eiserike (Self-Published)
*2007 ''Papercutter'' #6 edited by Alec Longstreth (Tugboat Press)
*2008 ''Swallow Me Whole'' by Nate Powell (Top Shelf Productions)

Ignatz Awards Jury

*1997
**Jessica Abel
** Chester Brown
**Ed Brubaker
** Mark Wheatley
** Joe Zabel
*1998
**Michael Cohen
**Tom Devlin
** Tom Hart
**Marc Hempel
** Dylan Horrocks
*1999
**Frank Cho
** Jordan Crane
**Jon Lewis
** Carla Speed McNeil
** Jim Ottaviani
*2000
**Donna Barr
**Sean Bieri
**Phil Foglio
**Dean Haspiel
** Jason Little
*2001
**Matt Feazell
** Roberta Gregory
**Jon "Bean" Hastings
** Sam Henderson
**James Sturm
*2002
**Suzanne Baumann
**Nick Bertozzi
** David Lasky
**Alex Robinson
*2003
**Pam Bliss
** Ariel Bordeaux
** David Hahn
**Batton Lash
**Matt Madden
*2004
** Kevin Huizenga
**Megan Kelso
**Rich Koslowski
**Layla Lawlor
**Steve Lieber
*2005
**Jennifer Daydreamer
** Shaenon Garrity
**James Kochalka
** Jeff Parker
**Dan Zettwoch
*2006
** Jeffrey Brown
**Henry Chamberlain
**Justin Hall
**Laurenn McCubbin
** Jim Rugg
*2007
**Sara Edward-Corbett
** Paul Hornschemeier
** Steve MacIsaac
** Jesse Reklaw
**Zack Soto
*2008
** Gabrielle Bell
** Farel Dalrymple
** Eleanor Davis
**John Hankiewicz
** Andy Hartzell
*2009
** Lilli Carré
** Vanessa Davis
** Robert Kirby
**Scott Mills
**Laura Park
*2010
**Trevor Alixopulos
**Joshua Cotter
**Rob G
**David Kelly
** Anders Nilsen
*2011
**Rina Ayuyang
** Mike Dawson
**Kris Dresen
** Theo Ellsworth
**John Porcellino
*2012
**Edie Fake
**Minty Lewis
**Dylan Meconis
** Lark Pien
**Julia Wertz
*2013
**Lisa Hanawalt
**Dustin Harbin
**Damien Jay
**Sakura Maku
**Jason Shiga
*2014
**Darryl Ayo
**Austin English
**Melissa Mendes
**Thein Pham
** Whit Taylor
*2015
**Lamar Abrams
**Cara Bean
**Robyn Chapman
**Sophie Goldstein
**Corrine Mucha
*2016
**Tony Breed
**Summer Pierre
**Keiler Roberts
** C. Spike Trotman
**J.T. Yost
*2017
**Neil Brideau
** Glynnis Fawkes
**Sara Lautman
**Trungles
** David Willis

Ignatz Awards Committee

*1997
** Chris Oarr, Coordinator
*1998
** Chris Oarr, Coordinator
** Jeff Alexander
*1999
** Jeff Alexander, Coordinator
*2000–2006
** Jeff Alexander, Coordinator
** Karon Flage
** Greg McElhatton
*2007–2010
** Greg McElhatton, Coordinator
** Jeff Alexander
** Karon Flage
*2011–2012
** Eden Miller, Coordinator
** Greg McElhatton
** Karon Flage
*2013–2016
** Eden Miller, Coordinator
*2017–present
** Dan Stafford, Coordinator

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