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Tuesday, August 13, 2024

SPX Announces 2024 Ignatz Award Nominees and The Ignatz Archive


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2024 Ignatz Awards Nominees

2024 Ignatz Awards logo by Deb JJ Lee.

For Immediate Release


Contact: Warren Bernard


Email: ignatzawards@smallpressexpo.com



Bethesda, Maryland – The Small Press Expo (SPX), the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels and alternative political cartoons, is pleased to announce the 2024 nominees for the annual presentation of the Ignatz Awards, a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning.


Small Press Expo Announces The Ignatz Archive


This new feature on our web site will be the home for all past Ignatz nominees and winners. The last 4 years of Ignatz Awards are already online. We will be continually adding to this valuable piece of indie comics history over time.


Small Press Expo Announces The 2024 Ignatz Nominees


Ignatz Awards nominees are determined by a panel of comics professionals. We are most grateful for the efforts of this year's team of jurors:


  • Caroline Cash
  • Martha Kuhlman
  • Dawn Bond
  • Lawrence Lindell
  • Kriota Wilberg
  • Emma Jensen


Voting for the Ignatz Awards will be opened to anybody on the SPX email lists and anyone requesting a ballot. There will be no in-person voting at the show, as voting for the prestigious Ignatz Awards is open to all fans of indie comics. 


The Ignatz Awards ceremony will be held at 9:30PM on Saturday September 14 in the White Oak Room of the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.


Other information about SPX 2024 and the Ignatz Awards, can be found at www.smallpressexpo.com.

BALLOT & VOTING INFORMATION

  • Voting for the 2024 Ignatz Awards will be by email ballot only, there will be no on-site voting.


  • Ballots will be emailed on Thursday August 15 to everyone on SPX's email lists.



  • Please check your spam folder if you do not see your ballot.


  • Voting ends on Friday September 13 at 11:00Pm (EDT).


2024 IGNATZ NOMINEES

Additional information about this year's nominees can be found here.


OUTSTANDING ARTIST

  • Flippy, Nate Garcia (Domino Books)
  • Night Fever (from Gladiolus Magazine #1), Robyn Smith (Black Josei) Press
  • Portrait of a Body, Julie Delporte (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Spiral and Other Stories, Aidan Koch (New York Review Comics)
  • The Great Beyond, Léa Murawiec (Drawn & Quarterly)


OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY

  • Let Her Be Evil, Cassandra Jones, ed. (Zoop)
  • Pulping, Jenn Woodall, Jon Iñaki, Jonathan Rotsztain, Mitch Lohmeier and Paterson Hodgson, ed. (Pulping Collective)
  • We Belong, Viktor T. Kerney and William O. Tyler, ed. (Stacked Deck Press)
  • Wheels on the Bus, Lucio Luiz, ed. (Jupati Books)
  • Won't Back Down: An Anthology of Pro-Choice Comics, Trina Robbins, ed. (Last Gasp)


OUTSTANDING COLLECTION

  • Buzzelli Collected Works Vol. 1: The Labyrinth, Guido Buzzelli, translated by Jamie Richards (Floating World Comics)
  • Complete and Utter Malarkey, November Garcia (Fieldmouse Press)
  • Gender Studies: The Confessions of an Accidental Outlaw, Ajuan Mance (Rosarium Press)
  • Offshore Lightning, Saito Nazuna, translated by Alexa Frank (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Resenter, Gigi Murakami (Self-Published)


OUTSTANDING COMIC

  • Fielder #2, Kevin Huizenga (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Follow the Doll Issue 2, Daryl Seitchik (Parsifal Press)
  • My Body Unspooling, Leo Fox (Silver Sprocket)
  • Sunflowers, Keezy Young (Silver Sprocket)
  • The Audra Show #7: The Love Issue, Audra Stang (Self-Published)


OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL

  • Optometry, Xiang Yata (Driftwood Press)
  • Roaming, Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • The Talk, Darrin Bell (Macmillan Publishers)
  • Time Under Tension, M.S. Harkness (Fantagraphics)
  • Unended, Josh Bayer (Uncivilized Books)

 

OUTSTANDING MINICOMIC

  • Find a Seat, Faye Stacey (Quindrie Press)
  • Hyper Fawnus, Anna Two (Self-Published)
  • Lullaby, Jordan Jeffries (Cosmic Dog House Press)
  • Manga Cube, LEHUO (Self-Published)
  • Pauline Newman, Greer de Maglie (Self-Published)


OUTSTANDING ONLINE COMIC

  • 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 SERIES

  • CosmoKnights, Hannah Templer (Top Shelf Productions)
  • CRAM, Andrew Alexander, ed. (CRAM Books)
  • Jaywalk, Floyd Tangeman, ed. (Domino Books)
  • Kuš! Baltic Comics Magazine, Various (Kuš)
  • Tongues, Anders Nilsen (Self-Published)

 

OUTSTANDING STORY

  • "The Happy Art", Sami Alwani (Pulping Collective)
  • "And When I See You, I'll Tell You Everything" (from You Are Not a Guest), Leela Corman (Fieldmouse Press)
  • Scorpio Venus Rising #1, Corinne Halbert (Self-Published)
  • The Gift, Jamila Rowser & Sam Wade (Black Josei Press)
  • The Super Hero's Journey, Patrick McDonnell (Abrams Books)

 

PROMISING NEW TALENT:

  • 10-10 To The Wind, Cole Degenstein (Fieldmouse Press)
  • Gift Box, Pingnan Lu (Self-Published)
  • Optometry, Xiang Yata (Driftwood Press)
  • Tales of the Orishas, Hugo Canuto (Abrams)
  • The Great Beyond, Léa Murawiec (Drawn & Quarterly)


Congratulations to all the nominees!

Key Dates for the 2024 Ignatz Awards

  • August 15 - Initial ballots emailed and voting begins
  • September 13 • 11:00 PM (EDT) - Voting for the 2024 Ignatz Awards ends
  • September 14 • 9:30 PM (EDT) - Presentation of Ignatz Award winners, the White Oak Room at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center

Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together more than 550 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. The expo includes a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests.


The Ignatz Awards are held every year by SPX, with the awards recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning.

Small Press Expo
P.O. Box 5704
Bethesda, Maryland
20824
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