October 5, 2008
Your 2008 Ignatz Award Winners
The 2008
Ignatz Award winners were announced last night in conjunction with the
Small Press Expo in Rockville, Maryland. The Ignatzes are a juried-nomination award celebrating creator-driven work of the type that exhibits at the Expo, and are voted on by Expo attendees.
Winners in bold.
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OUTSTANDING ARTIST
* Warren Craghead,
How to Be Everywhere (self-published)
* Lat,
Town Boy (First Second Books)
* Jillian Tamaki,
Skim (Groundwood Books)
* Laura Park, Do Not Disturb My Waking Dream (self-published)
* Michel Rabagliati,
Paul Goes Fishing (Drawn & Quarterly)
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OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION
*
Inkweed, Chris Wright (Sparkplug Comic Books)
*
Little Lulu Vol. 18, John Stanley (Dark Horse)
* Papercutter #7, edited by Greg Means (Tugboat Press)
*
Pond Life, John Broadley (PictureBox)
*
Windy Corner #2, edited by Austin English (Sparkplug Comic Books)
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OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL
*
The Hot Breath of War, Trevor Alixopulos (Sparkplug Comic Books)
*
Notes for a War Story, Gipi (First Second Books)
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Paul Goes Fishing, Michel Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly)
* Skim, Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood Books)
*
Spent, Joe Matt (Drawn & Quarterly)
*****
OUTSTANDING STORY
* "Americus", MK Reed and Jonathan Hill,
Papercutter #7 (Tugboat Press)
* "The Candy Rod", Onsmith,
Hotwire Comics #2 (Fantagraphics Books)
* "The Galactic Funnels", Dash Shaw,
Mome #11 (Fantagraphics Books)
* The Thing About Madeleine, Lilli Carre (self-published)
* "The Urn", Chris Wright,
Inkweed (Sparkplug Comic Books)
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PROMISING NEW TALENT
* Oliver East,
Trains Are... Mint (Blank Slate)
* Austin English,
Windy Corner #2 (Sparkplug Comic Books)
* Chuck Forsman,
Snake Oil #1 (self-published)
* Sarah Glidden, How To Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less (self-published)
* Lars Martinson,
Tonoharu (Pliant Press/Top Shelf Productions)
*****
OUTSTANDING SERIES
*
Eye of the Magnetic Creature, Leslie Stein (self-published)
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Injury, Ted May, Jason Robards, and Jeff Wilson (Buenaventura Press)
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Paul series, Michel Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly)
*
Reich, Elijah Brubaker (Sparkplug Comic Books)
* Snake Oil, Chuck Forsman (self-published)
*****
OUTSTANDING COMIC
*
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)
* Snake Oil #1, Chuck Forsman (self-published)
*****
OUTSTANDING MINI-COMIC
* Bluefuzz, Jesse Reklaw
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Dorado Park, Lilli Carre
*
How To Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less, Sarah Glidden
*
Ochre Eclipse #2, Jonas Madden-Connor
*
Swell, Juliacks
*****
OUTSTANDING ON-LINE COMIC
* Achewood, Chris Onstad
*
Danny Dutch, David King
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Slow Wave, Jesse Reklaw
*
Thingpart, Joe Sayers
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Traced, Tracy White
*****
DEBUT BOOK
Swallow Me Whole, Nate Powell, Top Shelf
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The jury this year was
Gabrielle Bell,
Farel Dalrymple,
Eleanor Davis,
John Hankiewicz and
Andy Hartzell. I believe Heidi MacDonald hosted.
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