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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. 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. 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-publish.... 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