Your 2009 Ignatz Award Winners



Winners of the 2009 Ignatz Awards were named during a short ceremony on Saturday night in conjunction with the Small Press Expo in North Bethesda, Maryland.

Winners are identified below in bold.



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 Vahamaki (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 (Self-Published)
* 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 (Self-Published)
* Untitled, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5, Amanda Vahamaki (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 Vahamaki, 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 ON-LINE COMIC
* Bodyworld, Dash Shaw
* Danny Dutch, David King
* Thingpart, Joey Alison Sayers
* Vanessa Davis's comics for Tablet
* Year of the Rat, Cayetano Garza

*****

The 2009 Ignatz Jury was Lilli Carre, Vanessa Davis, Robert Kirby, Scott Mills and Laura Park. Hosting the awards ceremony was I believe Liz Baillie. Official PR has now shown up in several places including here.

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