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 at the Small Press Expo since 1997, only skipping a year in 2001 due to the show's cancellation after the September 11 attacks. As of 2014 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.
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. 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 first comics industry awards given the title "Ignatz" originated at the OrlandoCon, held in Orlando, Florida, from 1974-1994. 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 1998–2006, 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.
The Ignatz is awarded in the following categories:
Outstanding Artist
Outstanding Anthology or Collection (added in 2005)
Outstanding Graphic Novel (added in 2005)
Outstanding Story
Promising New Talent
Outstanding Series
Outstanding Comic
Outstanding Minicomic
Outstanding Online Comic (added in 2001)
Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection (1997–2004, replaced in 2005 by two separate awards)
Outstanding Debut Comic (2000–2008)
Outstanding Artist
2016 Tillie Walden - The End of SummerDaniel Clowes - Patience
Ryan Heshka - Mean Girls Club
Kevin Huizenga - Ganges
Noah Van Sciver - Disquiet
2015 Emily Carroll - Through The WoodsEd Luce - Wuvable Oaf
Roman Muradov - (In a Sense) Lost and Found
Jillian Tamaki - SuperMutant Magic Academy
Noah Van Sciver - Saint Cole
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
2004 Craig Thompson, Blankets (Top Shelf Productions)
Chester Brown, Louis Riel (Drawn and Quarterly)
Daniel Clowes, Eightball #23 (Fantagraphics Books)
Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (iBooks)
Joe Sacco, The Fixer (Drawn and Quarterly)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Outstanding Anthology or Collection
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
2015 How To Be Happy, Eleanor Davis
Drawn and 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
Pope Hats, #4, Ethan Rilly
SuperMutant Magic Academy, Jillian Tamaki
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
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
2006 Black Hole by Charles Burns (Pantheon)
Castle Waiting by Linda Medley (Fantagraphics Books)
Drawn and 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)
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)
Outstanding Graphic Novel
2016 Hot Dog Taste Test, Lisa HanawaltNod Away, Josh Cotter
Sick, Gabby Schulz
Soldier’s Heart, Carol Tyler
Trashed, Derf Backderf
2015 The Oven, Sophie Goldstein
Beauty, Kerascoët and Hubert
Rav, Mickey Zacchilli
Saint Cole, Noah Van Sciver
Wendy, Walter Scott
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 & Saints, Gene Luen Yang
War of Streets and Houses, Sophie Yanow
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Outstanding Story
'2015 Sex Coven from Frontier #7 by 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
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
2013 Gold Star, John Martz (Retrofit Comics)
“Arid,” Secret Prison #7, Tom Hart (self-published)
Birdseye Bristoe, Dan Zettwoch (Drawn & Quarterly)
"The Carnival", Heads or Tails, Lilli Carré (Fantagraphics)
“Neighbors”, Tusen Hjärtan Stark #1, Joanna Helgren (Domino Books)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
2006 Ganges #1, Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics Books)
"Prebaby", Scrublands, Joe Daly (Fantagraphics Books)
"Somersaulting", Drawn and 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)
2005 Dogs and Water, Anders Nilsen (Drawn and 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)
2004 "Glenn Ganges", Drawn and Quarterly Showcase Volume 1, Kevin Huizenga (Drawn and 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 and Quarterly)
"Portrait of My Dad", McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern #13, David Heatley (McSweeney's, Ltd.)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 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)
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.)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
Outstanding Series
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
2014 Demon, Jason Shiga
The Black Feather Falls, Ellen Lindner
Powdered Milk, Keiler Roberts
Sky in Stereo, Sacha Mardou
Towerkind, Kat Verhoeven
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)
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)
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)
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)
2009 Uptight, Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics)
Danny Dutch, David King (Sparkplug)
Delphine, Richard Sala (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 Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly)
Reich, Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug Comic Books)
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)
2006 Owly by Andy Runton (Top Shelf Productions)
Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics Books)
Big Questions by Anders Nilsen (Drawn and Quarterly)
Love and Rockets by Los Bros. Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books)
Optic Nerve by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly)
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)
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)
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)
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)
2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks
Jason Lutes, Berlin (Drawn and 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Outstanding Comic
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
2014 Wicked Chicken Queen, Sam Alden
Blammo #8, Noah Van Sciver
Cosplayers, Dash Shaw
It Will All Hurt #2, Farel Dalrymple
Misliving Amended, Adam Buttrick
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 and Quarterly)
Stuff of Dreams #3 by Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics Books)
2005 Kevin Huizenga, Or Else #1 (Drawn and 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)
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)
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)
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)
2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks
Frank No. 4, Jim Woodring, Fantagraphics Books
Herobear and the Kid No. 2, Mike Kunkel, Astonish Comics
James Kochalka's Sketchbook Diaries, James Kochalka, Top Shelf Productions
Mjau Mjau' No. 7, Jason, Jippi Forlag
Sequential' No. 6, Paul Hornschemeier, I Don't Get It Press
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)
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)
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)
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)
Outstanding Minicomic
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
2014 House of Women, Sophie Goldstein
The Grassy Knoll, Nick Drnaso
Never Forgets, Yumi Sakugawa
Test Tube #1, Carlos Gonzales
Up to the Top, Ian Sampson
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)
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)
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)
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
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 ReklawDorado Park, Lilli Carré
How To Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less, Sarah Glidden
Ochre Ellipse #2, Jonas Madden-Connor
Swell, Juliacks
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
2006 Monsters, Ken Dahl
Comicore Jr., Paulette Poullet
Gaylord Phoenix #4, Edie Fake
Trackrabbit, Geoff Vasile
Window #8, Dave Lapp
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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
Outstanding Online Comic
2015 The Bloody Footprint, Lilli Carré
Carriers, Lauren Weinstein
Mom Body, Rebecca Roher
O Human Star, Blue Delliquanti
Witchy, Ariel Ries
2014 Vattu, Evan Dahm rice-boy.com/vattu
Band for Life, Anya Davidson
Big Dogs at Nite, Dane Martin
Demon, Jason Shiga
On Hiatus, Pete Toms
2013 SuperMutant Magic Academy, Jillian Tamaki mutantmagic.com
Bird Boy, Annie Szabla bird-boy.com
Gabby's Playhouse, Ken Dahl & Gabby Schulz gabbysplayhouse.com
Haunter, Sam Alden studygroupcomics.com/main/haunter-part-1-by-sam-alden
July Diary, Gabrielle Bell gabriellebell.com/2012/07/01/july-diary-day-one
2012 SuperMutant Magic Academy, Jillian Tamaki mutantmagic.com
Amazing Facts…and Beyond! with Leon Beyond, Dan Zettwoch and Kevin Huizenga leonbeyondfacts.blogspot.com
Black Is the Color, Julia Gfrorer studygroupcomics.com/main/black-is-the-color-by-julia-gfrorer
Lucky, Gabrielle Bell gabriellebell.com
Starslip, Kris Straub starslip.com
2011 Hark! A Vagrant, Kate Beaton harkavagrant.com
Alphabet Horror, Nate Marsh alphabethorror.com
A Cartoonist’s Diary, Pascal Girard tcj.com
Finn and Charlie are Hitched, Tony Breed hitchedcomic.com
Lucky, Gabrielle Bell gabriellebell.com
2010 Troop 142, Mike Dawson mikedawsomcomics.com
Callahan Online, John Callahan callahanonline.com
I Think You're Sauceome, Sarah Becan sauceome.com
The Lesttrygonians, Stephen Gilpin sgilpin.com
Reliable Comics, David King reliablecomics.com
2009 Year of the Rat, Cayetano Garza 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 Achewood by Chris Onstad achewood.comDanny Dutch by David King reliablecomics.com
Slow Wave by Jesse Reklaw slowwave.com
Thingpart by Joey Sayers www.jsayers.com
Traced by Tracy White traced.com
2007 Achewood by Chris Onstad, achewood.com
Grace by Kris Dresen, girlthrow.com
Persimmon Cup by Nick Bertozzi, 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 (NSFW)
A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible by David Hellman and Dale Beran, www.alessonislearned.com
Claviger by Ronnie Casson, www.girlamatic.com
Micrographica by Renee French, www.serializer.net
Thingpart by Joe Sayers, www.jsayers.com/thingpart/thingpart.html
2005 Nicholas Gurewitch, The Perry Bible Fellowship, www.pbfcomics.com (NSFW)
deadmouse, Ballad, www.moderntales.com
Kazu Kibuishi, Copper, www.boltcity.com
Jenn Manley Lee, Dicebox, www.jennworks.com
Steven Manale, Superslackers, www.superslackers.com
2004 James Kochalka, American Elf, www.americanelf.com
Patrick Farley, 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
2003 James Kochalka, American Elf, www.americanelf.com
Gabrielle Bell, Bell's Home Journal, www.serializer.net
Ted Slampyak, Jazz Age, www.jazzagecomics.com
Nick Bertozzi, The Salon, www.serializer.net
Jesse Reklaw, Slow Wave, www.slowwave.com
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 Attacks
Ben Jones, Future Genies of Mush Past, www.usscatastrophe.com
Scott McCloud, I Can't Stop Thinking, www.scottmccloud.com
Jonathan Morris, Jeremy, www.ape-law.com/jeremy
Demian5, When I Am King, www.demian5.com
Scott McCloud, Zot! Hearts and Minds, www.scottmccloud.com
Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection (discontinued)
2004 Blankets by Craig Thompson (Top Shelf Productions)
The Fixer by Joe Sacco (Drawn and Quarterly)
Louis Riel by Chester Brown (Drawn and Quarterly)
McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern #13, Edited by Chris Ware (McSweeney's, Ltd.)
Teratoid Heights by Matt Brinkman (Highwater Books)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Outstanding Debut Comic (discontinued)
2008 Swallow Me Whole by Nate Powell (Top Shelf Productions)
2007 Papercutter #6 edited by Alec Longstreth (Tugboat Press)
2006 Class of '99 by Josh Eiserike (Self-Published)
2005 Will You Still Love Me if I Wet the Bed? by Liz Prince (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 Dorkin (Slave Labor Graphics)
2014
Darryl Ayo
Austin English
Melissa Mendes
Thein Pham
Whit Taylor
2013
Lisa Hanawalt
Dustin Harbin
Damien Jay
Sakura Maku
Jason Shiga
2012
Edie Fake
Minty Lewis
Dylan Meconis
Lark Pien
Julia Wertz
2011
Rina Ayuyang
Mike Dawson
Kris Dresen
Theo Ellsworth
John Porcellino
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
2013–present
Eden Miller, Coordinator
2011–2012
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
