Get Ready for SPX with 2009 Ignatz Award Nominees

The Small Press Expo (SPX) has announced the nominations for the 13th Annual Ignatz Awards, spotlighting a wide range of comics creators, titles and publishers. According to a press release from SPX, the Ignatz Award “is a festival prize awarded at SPX to recognize outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. A panel of five cartoonists develops the ballot, which is then voted on by SPX attendees.”

The awards will be presented on Saturday, September 26, during the Ignatz Awards Ceremony at this year's SPX at the North Bethesda Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda, MD. This year’s jury consisted of Lilli Carre, Vanessa Davis, Robert Kirby, Scott Mills and Laura Park.
The 2009 Ignatz Award nominees are:



Outstanding Artist


• Tim Hensley, Mome (Fantagraphics), Kramer’s Ergot #7 (Buenaventura)

• Nate Powell, Swallow Me Whole (Top Shelf)

• Richard Sala, Delphine (Fantagraphics/Coconino)

• Josh Simmons, Mome (Fantagraphics)

• Carol Tyler, You’ll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man (Fantagraphics)

Outstanding Anthology or Collection


• Abandoned Cars, Tim Lane (Fantagraphics)

• Against Pain, Ron Rege 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)

• Kramer’s Ergot 7, ed. Sammy Harkham (Buenaventura)

Outstanding Graphic Novel


• Acme Novelty Library #19, Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)

• Disappearance Diary, Hideo Azuma (Fanfare/Potent 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)

Outstanding Story


• “The Carnival,” Mome #14, Lilli Carre (Fantagraphics)

• Disappearance Diary, Hideo Azuma (Fanfare/Potent Mon)

• “Seeing Eye Dogs of Mars,” Acme Novelty Library #19, Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)

• “Untitled,” Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5, Amanda Vähämäki (Drawn & Quarterly)

• “Willy,” Papercutter #10, Damien Jay (Tugboat)

Promising New Talent


• T. Edward Bak, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5 (Drawn & Quarterly)

• Colleen Frakes, Woman King (self-published)

• 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)

Outstanding Series


• Danny Dutch, David King (Sparkplug)

• Delphine, Richard Sala (Fantagraphics/Coconino)

• Interiorae, Gabriella Giandelli (Fantagraphics/Coconino)

• Reich, Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug)

• Uptight, Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics)

Outstanding Comic


• Danny Dutch #1, David King (Sparkplug)

• Dead Ringer, Jason T. Miles (La Mano)

• Interiorae #3, Gabriella Giandelli (Fantagraphics/Coconino)

• Reich #6,  Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug)

• Uptight #3, Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics)

Outstanding Mini-Comic


• Claptrap #2, Onsmith

• Just So You Know #1, Joey Alison Sayers

• Stay Away From Other People, Lisa Hanawalt

• Stewbrew, Kelly Froh & Max Clotfelter
Xoc, Matt Dembicki

Outstanding Online Comic

• Bodyworld, Dash Shaw

• Danny Dutch, David King

• Thingpart, Joey Alison Sayers

• Vanessa Davis’s comics for Tablet

• Year of the Rat, Cayetano Garza