Small Press Expo Announces the 2016 Ignatz Award Nominees

2016 Ignatz Award NOminees For Immediate Release Contact: Eden Miller Email: spxignatz@gmail.com Bethesda, Maryland; August 18, 2016 Media Release ­— 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 2016 nominees for the annual presentation of the Ignatz Awards, a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. The Ignatz, named after George Herriman's brick-wielding mouse from his long running comic strip Krazy Kat, recognizes exceptional work that challenges popular notions of what comics can achieve, both as an art form and as a means of personal expression. The Ignatz Awards are a festival prize, the first of such in the United States comic book industry. This year's Ignatz image is by 2015 Promising New Talent winner, Sophia Foster-Dimino. The nominees for the ballot were determined by a panel of five of the best of today's comic artists, Tony Breed, Summer Pierre, Keiler Roberts, C. Spike Trotman and J.T. Yost., with the votes cast for the awards by the attendees during SPX. The Ignatz Awards will be presented at the gala Ignatz Awards ceremony held on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 9:30 P.M. Additional information on the nominees can be found at www.smallpressexpo.com/spx-2016-ignatz-nominees Once again we want to thank our our friends at comiXology for sponsoring the Ignatz Awards. Information on comiXology and their self-publishing portal Submit can be found at https://submit.comixology.com. The 2016 Ignatz Award Nominees   Outstanding Artist Daniel Clowes for Patience Ryan Heshka for Mean Girls Club Kevin Huizenga for Ganges Noah Van Sciver for Disquiet Tillie Walden for The End of Summer   Outstanding Anthology or Collection Beverly by Nick Drnaso Beyond: The Queer Sci Fi and Fantasy Anthology edited by Sfé R. Monster and Taneka Stotts The Complete Wimmen's Comix edited by Trina Robbins Killing And Dying by Adrian Tomine Step Aside Pops by Kate Beaton Outstanding Graphic Novel Hot Dog Taste Test by Lisa Hanawalt Nod Away by Josh Cotter Sick by Gabby Schulz Soldier's Heart by Carol Tyler Trashed by Derf Backderf Outstanding Story The Hunter by Joe Sparrow Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine "Megg & Mogg In Amsterdam" from Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam and Other Stories by Simon Hanselmann My Hot Date by Noah Van Sciver "Shrine of the Monkey God" by Kim Deitch from Kramers Ergot 9 Promising New Talent Kevin Budnik for Handbook Maia Kobabe for Tom O'Bedlam Sara Lautman for The Ultimate Laugh, Grape Nuts Carolyn Nowak for Radishes Tillie Walden for I Love This Part Outstanding Series Cartozia Tales edited by Isaac Cates Demon by Jason Shiga Ganges by Kevin Huizenga Megg & Mogg & Owl by Simon Hanselmann Powdered Milk by Keiler Roberts Outstanding Comic As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman Be Good by John Martz Fantasy Sports No. 1 by Sam Bosma Patience by Daniel Clowes "Shrine of the Monkey God" by Kim Deitch from Kramers Ergot 9 Outstanding Minicomic The Experts by Sophie Franz Laffy Meal by Pranas T. Naujokaitis Maps to the Suns by Sloane Leong Radishes by Carolyn Nowak The Unofficial Cuckoo's Nest by Luke Healy Outstanding Online Comic A Cartoonist's Diary by Rina Ayuyang Just Doing My Job by Gynnis Fawkes Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran A Small Revolution by Samantha Leriche-Gionet (AKA "Boum")  Vattu by Evan Dahm SPX will be held Saturday, September 17 from 11AM to 7PM and Sunday, September 18, noon-6PM at The North Bethesda Marriott Convention Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Admission is $15 for Saturday, $10 for Sunday and $20 for both days.   For further information on the Ignatz Awards, the nominees or to request an interview, please contact Ignatz Awards coordinator, Eden Miller, at spxignatz@gmail.com or SPX executive director, Warren Bernard at warren@spxpo.com.  For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.spxpo.com. Once again we want to thank our our friends at comiXology for sponsoring the Ignatz Awards. Information on comiXology and their self-publishing portal Submit can be found at https://submit.comixology.com.