Ignatz Awards
US comics and cartooning award
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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,[1] only skipping a year in 2001 due to the show's cancellation after the September 11 attacks.[2] As of 2014[update] SPX has been held in either Bethesda, North Bethesda, or Silver Spring, Maryland.
AwardedforOutstanding achievements in comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers
LocationBethesda, Maryland
CountryUnited States
PresentedbyIgnatz Award Committee
| Ignatz Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers |
| Location | Bethesda, Maryland |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Ignatz Award Committee |
| Hosted by | Small Press Expo |
| First award | 1997 |
| Website | www |
The Ignatz Awards are named in honour of George Herriman and his strip Krazy Kat, which featured a brick-throwing mouse named Ignatz.[3]
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.[4]
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,[a] 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,[6] held in Orlando, Florida, from 1974 to 1994.[3] 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.[citation needed]
The Award was administered by Jeff Alexander from 1998 to 2006,[7] when they were taken over by Greg McElhatton.[7] During his tenure as Ignatz Award Coordinator, Alexander drew a strip for the annual award program in George Herriman's style.[7][8]
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
| Year | Author | Work | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Seth | Palookaville | Drawn & Quarterly | Winner | |
| Gary Panter | Jimbo | Zongo Comics | Finalist | ||
| Gilbert Hernandez | New Love | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Dylan Horrocks | Pickle | Black Eye Productions | |||
| C. S. Morse | Soulwind | Image Comics | |||
| 1998 | Dave Sim | Cerebus | Aardvark-Vanaheim | Winner | |
| Gilbert Hernandez | Luba | Fantagraphics Books | Finalist | ||
| Jaime Hernández | Penny Century | Fantagraphics | |||
| Nick Craine | Portrait of a Thousand Punks: Hard Core Logo | House of Anansi Press Ltd. | |||
| Joe Chiappetta | Silly Daddy | self-published | |||
| 1999 | Frank Cho | Liberty Meadows #1 | Insight Studios Group | Winner | |
| Eric Shanower | Age of Bronze | Image Comics | Finalist | ||
| Dylan Horrocks | Hicksville | Blackeye | |||
| Pat McEown | Kissin' Cousin | Heart Throb #4 | |||
| Dave Choe | Slow Jams | Non #3 & 4, Red Ink | |||
| 2000 | Dave Cooper | Weasel | Fantagraphics Books | Winner | |
| Rod Espinoza | The Courageous Princess | Antarctic Press | Finalist | ||
| Craig Thompson | Good-Bye, Chunky Rice | Top Shelf Productions | |||
| Francesca Ghermandi | Pastil | Phoenix Enterprise Publishing Co. | |||
| Bill Presing | Rex Steele-Nazi Smasher | Monkeysuit Press | |||
| 2001 | 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks | ||||
| Donna Barr | The Desert Peach | A Fine Line Press | Finalist | ||
| Jason Lutes | Berlin | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Carla Speed McNeil | Finder | Lightspeed Press | |||
| Jim Woodring | Frank | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Tony Millionaire | Maakies | Fantagraphics Books
Dark Horse Comics |
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| 2002 | Megan Kelso | Artichoke Tales #1
Non #5 |
Highwater Books
Red Ink Press |
Winner | |
| Renée French | The Soap Lady | Top Shelf | Finalist | ||
| Thomas Ott | Greetings From Hellville | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| John Kerschbaum | Homecoming, Petey & Pussy | Fontanelle Press | |||
| Paul Hornschemeier | Sequential, Forlorn Funnies | I Don't Get It Graphics and Absence Of Ink Press | |||
| 2003 | Jason Little | Shutterbug Follies | Doubleday Graphic Novels | Winner | |
| Dean Haspiel | Aim to Dazzle | Alternative Comics | Finalist | ||
| Lorenzo Mattotti | Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde | NBM Publishing | |||
| Scott Mills | Space Devil | ModernTales.com | |||
| Renée French | Rosetta
Tinka |
Alternative Comics
Atheneum |
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| 2004 | Craig Thompson | Blankets | Top Shelf Productions | Winner | [9] |
| Joe Sacco | The Fixer | Drawn & Quarterly | Finalist | ||
| Juanjo Guarnido | Blacksad | iBooks | |||
| Daniel Clowes | Eightball #23 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Chester Brown | Louis Riel | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| 2005 | David B | Epileptic
Babel |
Pantheon
Drawn & Quarterly |
Winner | |
| Jeffrey Brown | Bighead | Top Shelf Productions | Finalist | ||
| Craig Thompson | Carnet de Voyage | Top Shelf Productions | |||
| Seth | Clyde Fans | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Roger Langridge | Fred the Clown | Fantagraphics | |||
| 2006 | Tony Millionaire | Billy Hazelnuts | Fantagraphics Books | Winner | |
| Jordan Crane | The Clouds Above | Fantagraphics Books | Finalist | ||
| Renée French | The Ticking | Top Shelf Productions | |||
| Chris Ware | Acme Novelty Library #16 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Anders Nilsen | Big Questions #7 and #8 | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| 2007 | Jaime Hernández | Love & Rockets | Fantagraphics Books | Winner | |
| John Hankiewicz | Asthma | Sparkplug Comic Books | Finalist | ||
| Rutu Modan | Exit Wounds | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Ted Stearn | Fuzz & Pluck in Splitsville #4 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Vanessa Davis | Papercutter #4 | Tugboat Press
Buenaventura Press |
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| 2008 | Laura Park | Do Not Disturb My Waking Dream | Self-published | Winner | |
| Warren Craghead | How to Be Everywhere | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Michel Rabagliati | Paul Goes Fishing | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Jillian Tamaki | Skim | Groundwood Books | |||
| Lat | Town Boy | First Second Books | |||
| 2009 | Nate Powell | Swallow Me Whole | Top Shelf | Winner | |
| Richard Sala | Delphine | Fantagraphics/Coconino | Finalist | ||
| Josh Simmons | Mome | Fantagraphics | |||
| Carol Tyler | You’ll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Tim Hensley | Mome | Fantagraphics
Buenaventura Press |
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| 2010 | Eddie Campbell | Alec: The Years Have Pants (A Life-Sized Omnibus) | Top Shelf Productions | Winner | |
| Sully | The Hipless Boy | Conundrum Press | Finalist | ||
| Al Columbia | Pim & Francie: The Golden Bear Days | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| John Pham | Sublife #2 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Mike Dawson | Troop 142 | self-published | |||
| 2011 | Joseph Lambert | I Will Bite You | Secret Acres | Winner | |
| Edie Fake | Gaylord Phoenix | Secret Acres | Finalist | ||
| Renée French | H-Day | Picturebox | |||
| Michael DeForge | Lose #3 | Koyama Press | |||
| Carol Tyler | You’ll Never Know, Vol 2: Collateral Damage | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| 2012 | Jaime Hernández | Love and Rockets: New Stories | Fantagraphics Books | Winner | |
| Matthew Thurber | 1 800 Mice | Picturebox | Finalist | ||
| Craig Thompson | Habibi | Pantheon | |||
| Inés Estrada | Ojitos Borrosos | Self-published | |||
| Marc Bell | Pure Pajamas | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| 2013 | Michael DeForge | Lose #4 | Koyama Press | Winner | |
| Patrick McEown | Hair Shirt | Harry N. Abrams | Finalist | ||
| Lilli Carré | Heads or Tails | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Miriam Katin | Letting It Go | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Ulli Lust | Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| 2014 | Sam Bosma | Fantasy Basketball | Winner | ||
| Ed Piskor | Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 1 | Finalist | |||
| Jesse Reklaw | Couch Tag | ||||
| Kim Deitch | The Amazing, Enlightening and Absolutely True Adventures of Katherine Whaley | ||||
| Sophie Goldstein | Darwin Carmichael Is Going to Hell
Edna House of Women |
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| 2015 | E. M. Carroll | Through The Woods | Winner | ||
| Roman Muradov | (In a Sense) Lost and Found | Finalist | |||
| Noah Van Sciver | Saint Cole | ||||
| Ed Luce | Wuvable Oaf | ||||
| Jillian Tamaki | SuperMutant Magic Academy | ||||
| 2016 | Tillie Walden | The End of Summer | Winner | ||
| Noah Van Sciver | Disquiet | Finalist | |||
| Daniel Clowes | Patience | ||||
| Kevin Huizenga | Ganges | ||||
| Ryan Heshka | Mean Girls Club | ||||
| 2017 | Emil Ferris | My Favorite Thing Is Monsters | Winner | ||
| Barbara Yelin | Irmina | Finalist | |||
| Keren Katz | The Academic Hour | ||||
| Manuele Fior | The Interview | ||||
| Pablo Auldadell | Paradise Lost | ||||
| 2018 | Richie Pope | That Box We Sit On | Winner | ||
| Eddy Atoms | Pinky & Pepper Forever | Finalist | |||
| Sophie Standing | Anxiety is Really Strange | ||||
| Tommi Parrish | The Lie and How We Told It | ||||
| Yvan Alagbé | Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures | ||||
| 2019 | Rosemary Valero-O'Connell | Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me | Winner | ||
| Ezra Claytan Daniels | Upgrade Soul | Finalist | |||
| Koren Shadmi | Highwayman | ||||
| Lucy Knisley | Kid Gloves | ||||
| Sloane Leong | Prism Stalker | ||||
| 2020 | Rosemary Valero-O'Connell | Don't Go Without Me | Winner | [10] | |
| Ana Galvañ | Press Enter to Continue | Finalist | [10] | ||
| Katie Hicks | Guts | ||||
| Michael DeForge | Familiar Face | ||||
| Tianran Qu | Slices of Life: 100 Comic Montage | ||||
| 2021 | Lee Lai | Stone Fruit | Winner | ||
| Arantza Peña Popo | Lavender Scare | Finalist | [11] | ||
| Ashanti Fortson | Leaf Lace | ||||
| Damien Roudeau | Crude | ||||
| Karl Stevens | Penny | ||||
| 2022 | Reimena Yee | Alexander, the Servant & the Water of Life | Winner | ||
| Ron Regé Jr. | Halcyon | Finalist | |||
| Brecht Evens | The City of Belgium | ||||
| Jesse Lonergan | Faster | ||||
| K Czap | |||||
| 2023 | Olivia Stephens | Darlin' and Her Other Names | Winner | ||
| Noah Van Sciver | Joseph Smith and the Mormons | Finalist | |||
| Benjamin Schipper | Joe Death and the Graven Image | ||||
| Caroline Cash | PeePee PooPoo #420 | ||||
| Curt Merlo | That Distant Fire | ||||
| 2024 | Robyn Smith | “Night Fever” from Gladiolus Magazine #1 | Winner | ||
| Aidan Koch | Spiral and Other Stories | Finalist | |||
| Julie Delporte | Portrait of a Body | ||||
| Léa Murawiec | The Great Beyond | ||||
| Nate Garcia | |||||
Outstanding Anthology
| Year | Editor(s) | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Taneka Stotts | Elements: Fire – An Anthology by Creators of Color[b] | Winner | |
| Jon Macy and Tara Madison Avery | ALPHABET: The LGBTQAIU Creators from Prism Comics | Finalist | ||
| Hanhah K. Chapman | Comic Book Slumber Party's Deep Space Canine | |||
| Joamette Gil | POWER & MAGIC: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology | |||
| Javier Olivares and Santiago Garcia | Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists | |||
| 2018 | Hazel Newlevant, Whit Taylor, and Ø.K. Fox | Comics for Choice | Winner | |
| J.T. Yost | Bottoms Up, Tales of Hitting Rock Bottom | Finalist | ||
| Alexander Rothmans, Paul K. Tunis, and Alexey Sokolin | Ink Brick #8 | |||
| Kat Fajardo and Pablo Castro | La Raza Anthology: Unidos y Fuertes | |||
| Mickey Zacchilli | Lovers Only | |||
| 2019 | Tara Avery and Jeanne Thornton | We're Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology | Winner | |
| Matt Bors, Mattie Lubchansky, and Eleri Harris | Death – The Nib Magazine | Finalist | ||
| Der-shing Helmer | Electrum | |||
| Matt Bors, Mattie Lubchansky, and Eleri Harris | Family – The Nib Magazine | |||
| Allison O'Toole | Wayward Sisters | |||
| 2020 | The Nib | Be Gay, Do Comics | Winner | [10] |
| Zora Gilbert and Cat Parra | Dates III | Finalist | [10] | |
| Ronald Wimberly and Joshua O'Neill | LAAB Magazine #4 | |||
| Sage Coffey | Sweaty Palms Volume 2 | |||
| Tommi Musturi | The Anthology of Mind | |||
| 2021 | Glaeolia 2 | Winner | ||
| Casper Cendre | A Queer Prisoner's Anthology IV | Finalist | [11] | |
| Kadak Collective | Bystander | |||
| A.B.O. Comix | Confined Before Covid: A Pandemic Anthology by LGBTQ Prisoners | |||
| Xinmei Liu | First Wave: Comics from the Early Months of China's Outbreak | |||
| 2022 | Michael Sweater and Benji Nate | Good Boy Magazine #1 | Winner | |
| Dave Schilter and Sanita Muižniece | Baltic Comics Magazine š! #42 'Scientific Facts' | Finalist | ||
| Tana Oshima | Isolated: A Pandemic Comics Anthology | |||
| Ronald Wimberly and Joshua O'Neill | LAAB Magazine #2 | |||
| Andrea Purcell | Smut Peddler Presents: Sordid Past | |||
| 2023 | Allison O'Toole and Ashanti Fortson | Shades of Fear | Winner | |
| Andrew Alexander | Cram Comics Issue #1 | Finalist | ||
| Emuh Ruh | Glaeolia 3 | |||
| Katherine Foyle | Home: A Comics Anthology on Belonging in Ireland Today | |||
| Eric Reynolds | NOW #12 | |||
| 2024 | Jenn Woodall, Jon Iñaki, Jonathan Rotsztain, Mitch Lohmeier, and Paterson Hodgson | Pulping | Winner | |
| Cassandra Jones | Let Her Be Evil | Finalist | ||
| Viktor T. Kerney and William O. Tyler | We Belong: The All-Black, All-LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi and Fantasy Comics Anthology | |||
| Lucio Luiz | Wheels on the Bus | |||
| Trina Robbins | Won't Back Down: An Anthology of Pro-Choice Comics |
Outstanding Collection
| Year | Creator(s) | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota | Our Cats Are More Famous Than Us: A Johnny Wander Collection | Winner | |
| Jillian Tamaki | Boundless | Finalist | ||
| Ed Piskor | Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 4 | |||
| Peter Bagge | The Complete Neat Stuff | |||
| Leslie Stein | Time Clock | |||
| 2018 | Sophia Foster-Dimino | Sex Fantasy | Winner | |
| Mazen Kerbaj | Beirut Won't Cry | Finalist | ||
| Manuele Fior | Blackbird Days | |||
| Hannah K. Lee | Language Barrier | |||
| Julia Kaye | Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition | |||
| 2019 | Casey Nowak | Girl Town | Winner | |
| Julie Doucet | Dirty Plotte | Finalist | ||
| Michael DeForge | Leaving Richard's Valley | |||
| Paige Braddock | Love Letters to Jane's World | |||
| Julie Delporte | This Woman's Work | |||
| 2020 | Eddie Carasco | GLEEM | Winner | [10] |
| Kevin Huizenga | Glenn Ganges in: The River at Night | Finalist | [10] | |
| Gabrielle Bell | Inappropriate | |||
| Tianran Qu | Slices of Life: 100 Comic Montage | |||
| Noah Van Sciver | The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski | |||
| 2021 | Abby Howard | The Crossroads at Midnight | Winner | |
| Tess Scilipoti | Do You Think I Look Like a Girl? | Finalist | [11] | |
| Ancco | Nineteen | |||
| Sami Alwani | The Pleasure of the Text | |||
| Kuniko Tsurita | The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud | |||
| 2022 | Alec Robbins | Mr Boop | Winner | |
| Trinidad Escobar | Arrive In My Hands | Finalist | ||
| Max Huffman | Cover Not Final: Crime Funnies | |||
| Rumi Hara | The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories | |||
| Wang XX | Think I've Still Got It! | |||
| 2023 | Megan Kelso | Who Will Make The Pancakes? | Winner | |
| Ashley Topacio | Boodle Fight | Finalist | ||
| Matthew Allison | Cankor | |||
| Simon Roy, Jess Pollard, and Sergey Nazarov | Griz Grobus and the Tale of Azkon's Heart | |||
| Jason | Upside Dawn | |||
| 2024 | Saito Nazuna | Offshore Lightning | Winner | |
| Guido Buzzelli | Buzzelli Collected Works Vol 1: The Labyrinth | Finalist | ||
| November Garcia | Complete and Utter Malarkey | |||
| Ajuan Mance | Gender Studies: The Confessions of an Accidental Outlaw | |||
| Gigi Murakami | Resenter |
Outstanding Graphic Novel
| Year | Creator(s) | Work | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Marjane Satrapi | Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return | Pantheon | Winner | |
| Jeffrey Brown | Bighead | Top Shelf Productions | Finalist | ||
| Craig Thompson | Carnet de Voyage | Top Shelf Productions | |||
| Thomas Ott | Cinema Panopticum | L'Association, Fantagraphics | |||
| Jason | Why Are You Doing This? | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| 2006 | Alex Robinson | Tricked | Top Shelf Productions | Winner | |
| Alison Bechdel | Fun Home | Houghton Mifflin | Finalist | ||
| Jordan Crane | The Clouds Above | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Renée French | The Ticking | Top Shelf Productions | |||
| Seth | Wimbledon Green | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| 2007 | Anders Nilsen | Don't Go Where I Can't Follow | Drawn & Quarterly | Winner | |
| Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie | Aya | Drawn & Quarterly | Finalist | ||
| Jason Shiga | Bookhunter | Sparkplug Comic Books | |||
| Rutu Modan | Exit Wounds | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Josh Simmons | House | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| 2008 | Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki | Skim | Groundwood Books | Winner | |
| Gipi | Notes for a War Story | First Second Books | Finalist | ||
| Michel Rabagliati | Paul Goes Fishing | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Joe Matt | Spent | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Trevor Alixopulos | The Hot Breath of War | Sparkplug Comic Books | |||
| 2009 | Chris Ware | Acme Novelty Library #19 | Drawn & Quarterly | Winner | |
| Hideo Azuma | Disappearance Diary | Fanfare/Ponent Mon | Finalist | ||
| Dave Lapp | Drop-In | Conundrum | |||
| Pascal Girard | Nicolas | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Carol Tyler | You'll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man | Fantagraphics | |||
| 2010 | James Sturm | Market Day | Drawn & Quarterly | Winner | |
| Al Columbia | Pim & Francie: The Golden Bear Days | Fantagraphics Books | Finalist | ||
| Yumemakura Baku and Jiro Taniguchi | Summit of the Gods Vol. 1 | Fanfare/Ponent Mon | |||
| Jerry Moriarty | The Complete Jack Survives | Buentaventura Press | |||
| Willy Linthout | Years of the Elephant | Fanfare/Ponent Mon | |||
| 2011 | Edie Fake | Gaylord Phoenix | Secret Acres | Winner | |
| Barry Deutsch | Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword | Amulet Books | Finalist | ||
| Joyce Farmer | Special Exits | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Chris Cilla | The Heavy Hand | Sparkplug | |||
| Carol Tyler | You'll Never Know, Vol 2: Collateral Damage | Fantagraphics | |||
| 2012 | Anders Nilsen | Big Questions | Drawn & Quarterly | Winner | |
| Jiro Taniguchi | A Zoo in Winter | Fanfare/Ponent Mon | Finalist | ||
| Harvey Pekar and Joseph Remnant | Harvey Pekar's Cleveland | Top Shelf/Zip | |||
| Derf Backderf | My Friend Dahmer | Abrams ComicArts | |||
| Mike Dawson | Troop 142 | Secret Acres | |||
| 2013 | Ulli Lust | Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life | Fantagraphics Books | Winner | |
| Geneviève Castrée | Susceptible | Drawn & Quarterly | Finalist | ||
| Rutu Modan | The Property | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Judith Vanistendael | When David Lost His Voice | Harry N. Abrams | |||
| Carol Tyler | You'll Never Know Vol. 3: A Soldier's Heart | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| 2014 | Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki | This One Summer | Winner | ||
| Gene Luen Yang | Boxers and Saints | Finalist | |||
| Kim Deitch | The Amazing, Enlightening and Absolutely True Adventures of Katherine Whaley | ||||
| Reinhard Kleist | The Boxer | ||||
| Sophie Yanow | War of Streets and Houses | ||||
| 2015 | Sophie Goldstein | The Oven | Winner | ||
| Kerascoët and Hubert | Beauty | Finalist | |||
| Mickey Zacchilli | Rav | ||||
| Noah Van Sciver | Saint Cole | ||||
| Walter Scott | Wendy | ||||
| 2016 | Lisa Hanawalt | Hot Dog Taste Test | Winner | ||
| Josh Cotter | Nod Away | Finalist | |||
| Gabby Schulz | Sick | ||||
| Carol Tyler | Soldier's Heart | ||||
| Derf Backderf | Trashed | ||||
| 2017 | Emil Ferris | My Favorite Thing is Monsters | Winner | ||
| Anya Davidson | Band for Life | Finalist | |||
| Cathy Malkasian | Eartha | ||||
| John Lewis, Nate Powell, and Andrew Aydin | March: Book 3 | ||||
| Box Brown | Tetris | ||||
| 2018 | Eleanor Davis | Why Art? | Winner | ||
| Connor Willumsen | Anti-Gone | Finalist | |||
| Marcelo D'Salete | Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for Their Freedom | ||||
| Tommi Parrish | The Lie and How We Told It | ||||
| Yeon-sik Hong | Uncomfortably Happily | ||||
| 2019 | Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell | Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me | Winner | ||
| Maia Kobabe | Gender Queer | Finalist | |||
| Koren Shadmi | Highwayman | ||||
| Ezra Claytan Daniels | Upgrade Soul | ||||
| Aminder Dhaliwal | Woman World | ||||
| 2020 | Ebony Flowers | Hot Comb | Winner | [10] | |
| Ulli Lust | How I Tried to be a Good Person | Finalist | [10] | ||
| Frank Santoro | Pittsburgh | ||||
| Molly Mendoza | Skip | ||||
| Ryan Andrews | This Was Our Pact | ||||
| 2021 | Lee Lai | Stone Fruit | Winner | ||
| Sloane Leong | A Map to the Sun | Finalist | [11] | ||
| Jim Terry | Come Home, Indio | ||||
| Alex Graham | Dog Biscuits | ||||
| Nico Harriman | Mr. H: Portrait of a High School Art Teacher | ||||
| 2022 | R. Kikuo Johnson | No One Else | Winner | ||
| Ariel Bordeaux | Clutter: A Scatterbrained Sexual Assault Memoir | Finalist | |||
| Dash Shaw | Discipline | ||||
| Mohammad Sabaaneh | Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine | ||||
| Sabba Khan | What is Home, Mum? | ||||
| 2023 | Kate Beaton | Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands | Winner | ||
| Shang Zhang | Last Chance to Find Duke | Finalist | |||
| Archie Bongiovanni | Mimosa | ||||
| Hayley Gold | Nervosa | ||||
| Rina Ayuyang | The Man in the McIntosh Suit | ||||
| 2024 | Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki | Roaming | Winner | ||
| Xiang Yata | Optometry | Finalist | |||
| Darrin Bell | The Talk | ||||
| M.S. Harkness | Time Under Tensions | ||||
| Josh Bayer | Unended |
Outstanding Story
| Year | Creator(s) | Work | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell | From Hell | Kitchen Sink Press | Winner | |
| Joe Chiappetta | "A Death In the Family", Silly Daddy | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Daniel Clowes | "Ghost World", Eightball | Fantagraphics | |||
| Dylan Horrocks | "Hicksville", Pickle | Black Eye Productions | |||
| Seth | "It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken", Palookaville | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| 1998 | Daniel Clowes | "Ghost World", Eightball | Fantagraphics | Winner | |
| Chris Ware | "Jimmy Corrigan", Acme Novelty Library | Fantagraphics | Finalist | ||
| Gilbert Hernández | "Letters from Venus", New Love | Fantagraphics | |||
| Julie Doucet | "New York City Diary", Dirty Plotte | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Joe Sacco | "Soba", Stories From Bosnia | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| 1999 | Daniel Clowes | "David Boring", Eightball #20 | Fantagraphics | Winner | |
| Budd Root | Cavewoman: Jungle Tales | Basement Comics | Finalist | ||
| Scott Roberts | "Over the Line", Patty-Cake and Friends #13 | Slave Labor | |||
| David Lapham | "Sex & Violence: Part 2", Stray Bullets #18 | El Capitan Books | |||
| David Choe | "Slow Jams", Non #3 & #4 | Red Ink | |||
| 2000 | Chris Ware | "Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth", Acme Novelty Library | Fantagraphics | Winner | |
| Brian Ralph | Cave-In | Highwater Books | Finalist | ||
| Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell | From Hell | Eddie Campbell Comics, distributed by Top Shelf Productions | |||
| Androo Robinson | Jug | Self-published | |||
| Jason | "The Bridge", Mjau Mjau #6 | Jippi Forlag | |||
| 2001 | 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks | ||||
| Rutu Modan | "Bygone", Flipper Vol. 2 | Actus Tragicus/Top Shelf Productions | Finalist | ||
| Mike Kunkel | Herobear and the Kid #2 | Astonish Comics | |||
| Sean Bieri | "Popeye the Savior Man", Jumbo Jape | Self-published | |||
| Tom Hart | "Stocks Are Surging", The Collected Hutch Owen | Top Shelf Productions | |||
| Lewis Trondheim | The Nimrod No. 5 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| 2002 | Scott Mills | Trenches | Top Shelf Productions | Winner | |
| Megan Kelso | "Retreat", Artichoke Tales #1 | Highwater Books | Finalist | ||
| Mira Friedmann | "Royal Sable", Actus Box Series | Actus Tragicus | |||
| Kurt Wolfgang | "Where Hats Go", Non #5 | Red Ink Press | |||
| Ron Regé Jr. | "Wir Mussën Wissen, Wir Werden Wissen (We Must Know, We Will Know)", Drawn & Quarterly #4 | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| 2003 | Jason Shiga | Fleep | Sparkplug Comic Books | Winner | |
| Gilbert Hernández | "30,000 Hours to Kill", Love & Rockets #6 | Fantagraphics Books | Finalist | ||
| Charles Burns | Black Hole #10 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| R. Crumb | "Hipman", Mystic Funnies #3 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Jason | "Untitled Second Story", Sshhhh! | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| 2004 | Kevin Huizenga | "Glenn Ganges", Drawn & Quarterly Showcase, Vol. 1 | Drawn & Quarterly | Winner | |
| Jaime Hernández | "Maggie", Love and Rockets v.2 #8 | Fantagraphics Books | Finalist | ||
| Michel Rabagliati | "Paul in the Metro", Drawn & Quarterly #5 | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| David Heatley | "Portrait of My Dad", McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #13 | McSweeney's | |||
| Nick Bertozzi | "The Little Things", Rubber Necker #3 | Alternative Comics | |||
| 2005 | Anders Nilsen | Dogs and Water | Drawn & Quarterly | Winner | |
| Gilbert Hernández | "Dumb Solitaire", Love and Rockets #11, #13 | Fantagraphics | Finalist | ||
| David Collier | "Homme De Le Bois", The Frank Ritza Papers | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Joel Priddy | "Onion Jack", Superior Showcase | AdHouse Books | |||
| Dennis P. Eichhorn and J. R. Williams | The Legend of Wild Man Fischer | Top Shelf Productions | |||
| 2006 | Kevin Huizenga | Ganges #1 | Fantagraphics Books | Winner | |
| Joe Daly | "Prebaby", Scrublands | Fantagraphics Books | Finalist | ||
| Sammy Harkham | "Somersaulting", Drawn & Quarterly Showcase #3 | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Andrice Arp | "To Capt. Ayres", MOME Winter 2006 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Miriam Katin | We Are On Our Own | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| 2007 | Gabrielle Bell | "Felix", Drawn & Quarterly Showcase, Vol. 4 | Drawn & Quarterly | Winner | |
| Richard Sala | Delphine #1–2 | Fantagraphics Books/Coconico Press | Finalist | ||
| Anders Nilsen | Don't Go Where I Can't Follow | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| John Hankiewicz | "Martha Gregory", Asthma | Sparkplug Comic Books | |||
| Anders Nilsen | The End | Fantagraphics Books/Coconico Press | |||
| 2008 | Lilli Carré | The Thing About Madeleine | Self-published | Winner | |
| MK Reed and Jonathan Hill | "Americus", Papercutter #7 | Tugboat Press | Finalist | ||
| Onsmith | "The Candy Rod", Hotwire Comics #2 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Dash Shaw | "The Galactic Funnels", Mome #11 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Chris Wright | "The Urn", Inkweed | Sparkplug Comic Books | |||
| 2009 | Damien Jay | "Willy", Papercutter #10 | Tugboat | Winner | |
| Hideo Azuma | Disappearance Diary | Fanfare/Ponent Mon | Finalist | ||
| Chris Ware | "Seeing Eye Dogs of Mars", Acme Novelty Library #19 | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Lilli Carré | "The Carnival", Mome #14 | Fantagraphics | |||
| Amanda Vähämäki | "Untitled", Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5 | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| 2010 | Ken Dahl | Monsters | Secret Acres | Winner | |
| Joe Daly | "John Wesley Harding", The Red Monkey Double Happiness Book | Fantagraphics Books | Finalist | ||
| James Sturm | Market Day | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Sully | "Turd Place", The Hipless Boy | Conundrum Press | |||
| Laura Park | "Untitled", Mome #16 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| 2011 | Jaime Hernández | "Browntown", Love and Rockets: New Stories #3 | Fantagraphics | Winner | |
| Sammy Harkham | "Blood of the Virgin", Crickets #3 | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Chris Ware | "LINT", Acme Novelty Library #20 | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Jonas Madden-Conner | "The most gripping mind-exploding triumphantly electric of our time", Papercutter #15 | Tugboat Press | |||
| Eric Orner | "Weekends Abroad", Three #1 | Self-published | |||
| 2012 | Jaime Hernández | "Return to Me", Love and Rockets: New Stories #4 | Fantagraphics | Winner | |
| Nick Drnaso | "Keith or Steve", Mome #22 | Fantagraphics | Finalist | ||
| Jason Martin and Jesse Reklaw | "The Weeper", Papercutter #17 | Tugboat Press | |||
| Matthew Thurber | 1 800 Mice | Picturebox | |||
| Ludovic Debeurme | Lucille | Top Shelf | |||
| 2013 | John Martz | Gold Star | Retrofit Comics | Winner | |
| Tom Hart | "Arid", Secret Prison #7 | Retrofit Comics | Finalist | ||
| Joanna Helgren | "Neighbors", Tusen Hjärtan Stark #1 | Domino Books | |||
| Dan Zettwoch | Birdseye Bristoe | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Lilli Carré | "The Carnival", Heads or Tails | Fantagraphics | |||
| 2014 | Meredith Gran | "Brownout Biscuit", Octopus Pie | Dead Forever | Winner | |
| John Martz | Destination X | Finalist | |||
| Simon Hanselmann | "Jobs", Life Zone | ||||
| Sam Sharpe | "Mom", Viewotron #2 | ||||
| Nick Drnaso | "The Grassy Knoll" | ||||
| 2015 | Jillian Tamaki | "Sex Coven", Frontier #7 | Winner | ||
| Dash Shaw | Doctors | Finalist | |||
| Michael DeForge | "Me As a Baby", Lose #6 | ||||
| Marguerite Van Cook and James Romberger | Nature Lessons from The Late Child And Other Animals | ||||
| Kris Mukai | Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness | ||||
| 2016 | Noah Van Sciver | My Hot Date | Winner | ||
| Kim Deitch | "Shrine of the Monkey God", Kramers Ergot #8 | Finalist | |||
| Adrian Tomine | Killing and Dying | ||||
| Simon Hanselmann | "Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam", Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam and Other Stories | ||||
| Joe Sparrow | The Hunter | ||||
| 2017 | Carolyn Nowak | Diana's Electric Tongue | Winner | ||
| John Lewis, Nate Powell, and Andrew Aydin | March: Book 3 | Finalist | |||
| Emil Ferris | My Favorite Thing is Monsters | ||||
| Dustin Harbin | "Small Enough", Diary Comics | ||||
| Maddi Gonzalez | "Too Hot to Be Cool", Elements | ||||
| 2018 | Lee Knox Ostertag | How the Best Hunter in the Village Met Her Death | Winner | ||
| Michael DeForge | Rhode Island Me | Finalist | |||
| Tommi Parrish | The Lie and How We Told It | ||||
| Eleanor Davis | Why Art? | ||||
| Yvan Alabge | Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures | ||||
| 2019 | Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell | Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me | Winner | ||
| Liz Suburbia | Sacred Heart Vol 2 Part 1: Livin' in the Future | Finalist | |||
| Sarah Winifred Searle | Sincerely, Harriet | ||||
| Vannak Anan Prum | The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea | ||||
| Aminder Dhaliwal | Woman World | ||||
| 2020 | Eleanor Davis | The Hard Tomorrow | Winner | [10] | |
| Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore | BTTM FDRS | Finalist | [10] | ||
| Gabrielle Bell | "Little Red Riding Hood" | ||||
| Allison Conway | The Lab | ||||
| Melissa Mendes | The Weight #9 | ||||
| 2021 | Freddy Carrasco | Personal Companion | Winner | ||
| Raquelle Jac | Misguided Love | Finalist | [11] | ||
| Yeong-shin Ma | Moms | ||||
| Ancco | Nineteen | ||||
| Stan Stanley | The Hazards of Love | ||||
| 2022 | Beatrix Urkowitz | The Lover of Everyone in the World | Winner | ||
| Liz Yerby | Big Cats | Finalist | |||
| Jordan Jeffries | Ley Lines: Love, or the Axe | ||||
| Keren Katz | Ley Lines: The First Few Bars | ||||
| Mississippi | "Winter Break 2029", Invisible Parade | ||||
| 2023 | Robyn Smith and Jamila Rowser | Wash Day Diaries | Winner | ||
| Richard Mercado | I Owe it to My Parents to NOT Come Out | Finalist | |||
| Koyubi | "Impatient Ms. S", Glaeolia 3 | ||||
| Lily Thu Fierro and Generoso Fierro | Inversion | ||||
| Kit Anderson | Weeds | ||||
| 2024 | Sami Alwani | "The Happy Art", Pulping | Winner | ||
| Leela Corman | "And When I See You, You'll Tell Me Everything", You Are Not a Guest | Finalist | |||
| Corinne Halbert | Scorpio Venus Rising #1 | ||||
| Jamila Rowser and Sam Wade | The Gift | ||||
| Patrick McDonnell | The Super Hero's Journey | ||||
Promising New Talent
| Year | Creator | Work | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Debbie Drechsler | Nowhere | Drawn & Quarterly | Winner | |
| Walt Holcombe | King of Persia | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| C. S. Morse | Soulwind | Image Comics | |||
| Tom Hart | The Sands | Black Eye Productions | |||
| Steve Weissman | Yikes! | Alternative Press | |||
| 1998 | Carla Speed McNeil | Finder | Lightspeed Press | Winner | |
| Matt Madden | Black Candy | Black Eye Books | Finalist | ||
| Tara Jenkins | Galaxion | Helikon Press | |||
| Ron Regé Jr. | Skibber Bee Bye | Self-published | |||
| Chris Oliveros | The Envelope Manufacturer | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| 1999 | Brian Ralph | Fireball #7 | Fort Thunder | Winner | |
| Madison Clell | Cuckoo | Green Door Studios | Finalist | ||
| Dave Kiersh | Is Kissing a Girl Who Smokes Like Kissing an Ashtray, Non #4 | Red Ink | |||
| Jason Little | Jack's Luck Runs Out | Top Shelf Productions | |||
| Leland Myrick | Sweet | Adept Books | |||
| 2000 | Nick Bertozzi | Boswash | Luxurious Comics | Winner | |
| Stephen Notley | Bob the Angry Flower | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Ben Catmull | Paper Theater | Self-published | |||
| Kevin Huizenga | Supermonster | Self-published | |||
| Rod Espinosa | The Courageous Princess | Antarctic Press | |||
| 2001 | 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks | ||||
| Tomer and Asaf Hanuka | Bipolar | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Mike Kunkel | Herobear and the Kid | Astonish Comics | |||
| Metaphrog | Louis: Red Letter Day | Metaphrog | |||
| Rutu Modan | Flipper Vol. 2 | Actus Tragicus/Top Shelf Productions | |||
| Ben Steckler | Get BenT | Self-published | |||
| 2002 | Greg Cook | Catch as Catch Can | Highwater Books | Winner | |
| Sammy Harkham | "Study Group 12 #2", "Though I Slumber, My Heart Is Still Awake" | Study Group 12 | Finalist | ||
| Anders Brekhus Nilsen | Big Questions #4: Asomatognosia | Self-published | |||
| Mike Dawson | Cabaret, Gabagool! | Self-published | |||
| Jeffrey Brown | Clumsy: A Novel | Self-published | |||
| Rick Smith and Tania Menesse | Shuck | Shuck Comics | |||
| 2003 | Derek Kirk Kim | Same Difference and Other Stories | Self-published | Winner | |
| Marc Bell | Rosetta; Shrimpy & Paul | Alternative Comics; Highwater Books | Finalist | ||
| Ray Friesen | RQW | Don't Eat Any Bugs Comics | |||
| Raina Telgemeier | Take Out | Self-published | |||
| John Hankiewicz | Tepid, Eleanor E. Is Home | Self-published | |||
| 2004 | Lauren Weinstein | Kramers Ergot #4 | Avodah Books | Winner | |
| Svetlana Chmakova | Chasing Rainbows | www.girlamatic.com, www.svetlania.com | Finalist | ||
| Martin Cendreda | Hi-Horse Omnibus | Alternative Comics, Hi-Horse Comics | |||
| Leland Purvis | Suspended in Language | G.T. Labs | |||
| Dan James | The Octopi and the Ocean | Top Shelf Productions | |||
| 2005 | Andy Runton | Owly | Top Shelf Productions | Winner | |
| Karl Stevens | Guilty | Karl Stevens Publishing, dist. by Alternative Comics | Finalist | ||
| Rebecca Dart | RabbitHead | Alternative Comics | |||
| Joshua W. Cotter | Skyscrapers of the Midwest | AdHouse Books | |||
| Vanessa Davis | Spaniel Rage | Buenaventura Press | |||
| 2006 | Hope Larson | Salamander Dream; Gray Horses | AdHouse Books; Oni Press | Winner | |
| Ben Jones | BJ & Da Dogs | Picturebox, Inc. | Finalist | ||
| Jonathan Bennett | Mome Fall 2005 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Andrice Arp | Mome Winter 2006 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| R. Kikuo Johnson | Night Fisher | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| 2007 | Tom Neely | The Blot | I Will Destroy You | Winner | |
| Scott Campbell | Flight Vol. 4; Hickee, vol. 3 #3 | Ballantine Books; Alternative Comics | Finalist | ||
| Brandon Graham | King City | TokyoPop | |||
| Gabrielle Bell | Lucky, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Vol. 4 | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Lilli Carré | Papercutter #3; You Ain't No Dancer Vol. 2 | Tugboat Press; New Reliable Press | |||
| 2008 | Sarah Glidden | How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less | Self-published | Winner | |
| Chuck Forsman | Snake Oil #1 | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Lars Martinson | Tonoharu | Pliant Press/Top Shelf Productions | |||
| Oliver East | Trains Are... Mint | Blank Slate | |||
| Austin English | Windy Corner #2 | Sparkplug Comic Books | |||
| 2009 | Colleen Frakes | Woman King | Self-published | Winner | |
| T. Edward Bak | Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5 | Drawn & Quarterly | Finalist | ||
| Amanda Vähämäki | Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5 | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Hellen Jo | Jin & Jam #1; "Diamond Heights", Papercutter #9 | Sparkplug; Tugboat | |||
| Ed Luce | Wuvable Oaf | Self-published | |||
| 2010 | Matt Wiegle | "The Orphan Baiter", Papercutter #13 | Tugboat Press | Winner | |
| Rami Efal | Never Forget, Never Forgive | Studio Namu | Finalist | ||
| Sully | The Hipless Boy | Conundrum Press | |||
| Rina Ayuyang | Whirlwind Wonderland | Sparkplug Comic Books & Tugboat Press | |||
| Blaise Larmee | Young Lions | Self-published | |||
| 2011 | Darryl Ayo Brathwaite | House of Twelve Monthly #3 | Comixology | Winner | |
| Jon McNaught | Birchfield Close | Nobrow Press | Finalist | ||
| Jesse Jacobs | Even the Giants | AdHouse | |||
| Tony Breed | Finn and Charlie are Hitched | Self-published | |||
| Jesse Moynihan | Forming | Nobrow/online | |||
| 2012 | Lale Westvind | Hot Dog Beach | Self-published | Winner | |
| Lila Quintero Weaver | Dark Room: A Memoir in Black and White | University of Alabama Press | Finalist | ||
| Lauren Barnett | Me Likes You Very Much | Hic & Hoc Publications | |||
| Tessa Brunton | Passage | Sparkplug Books | |||
| Clara Besijelle | The Lobster King | Self-published | |||
| 2013 | Sam Alden | Hawaii 1997 & Haunter | Self-published | Winner | |
| Angie Wang | "The Teacup Tree", Secret Prison #7 | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Diana Thung | August Moon | Top Shelf | |||
| Nathan Bulmer | Eat More Bikes | Koyama Press | |||
| Philippa Rice | Looking Out | Hic & Hoc Publications | |||
| 2014 | Cathy G. Johnson | Jeremiah; Boy Genius; Until It Runs Clear | Winner | ||
| Daryl Seitchik | Missy | Finalist | |||
| Nick Offerman | Orange; Onions | ||||
| Keiler Roberts | Powdered Milk (series) | ||||
| Luke Howard | Trevor | ||||
| 2015 | Sophia Foster-Dimino | Sphincter; Sex Fantasy | Winner | ||
| Gina Wynbrandt | Big Pussy | Finalist | |||
| Dakota McFadzean | Don't Get Eaten by Anything | ||||
| M. Dean | K.M. & R.P. & MCMLXXI (1971) | ||||
| Jane Mai | Soft | ||||
| 2016 | Tillie Walden | I Love This Part | Winner | ||
| Kevin Budnik | Handbook | Finalist | |||
| Carolyn Nowak | Radishes | ||||
| Sara Lautman | The Ultimate Laugh, Grape Nuts | ||||
| Maia Kobabe | Tom O'Bedlam | ||||
| 2017 | Bianca Xunise | "Say Her Name", The Nib | Winner | ||
| Aud Koch | "Run", Oath Anthology | Finalist | |||
| Isabella Rotman | Long Black Veil | ||||
| Kelly Bastow | Year Long Summer | ||||
| Margot Ferrick | Yours | ||||
| 2018 | Yasmin Omar Ata | Mis(h)adra | Winner | ||
| Tara Booth | How to Be Alive | Finalist | |||
| Rumi Hara | Nori and The Rabbits of the Moon | ||||
| Xia Gordon | The Fashion of 2004, Harvest | ||||
| Tommi Parrish | The Lie and How We Told It | ||||
| 2019 | Ebony Flowers | My Lil Sister Lena | Winner | ||
| Kelsey Wroten | Crimes | Finalist | |||
| Haleigh Buck | I Feel Weird #3 | ||||
| Emma Jayne | Trans Girls Hit the Town | ||||
| Mar Julia | YLLW YLLW YLLW | ||||
| 2020 | Theo Stultz | Canvas | Winner | [10] | |
| Emil Wilson | (Probably) the Last Time | Finalist | [10] | ||
| Sylvia Nickerson | Creation | ||||
| AJ Dungo | In Waves | ||||
| Andrew Lorenzi | Multo | ||||
| 2021 | Pa-Luis | We Live on Earth | Winner | ||
| Royal Dunlap | b.b. free | Finalist | [11] | ||
| Tess Scilipoti | Do You Think I Look Like a Girl? | ||||
| Nico Harriman | Mr. H: Portrait of a High School Art Teacher | ||||
| Zoe Maeve | The Gift | ||||
| 2022 | Juni Ba | Djeliya | Winner | ||
| Yara Elfouly | Archeologist Landings | Finalist | |||
| Trinidad Escobar | Arrive In My Hands | ||||
| Juniper Kim | Koreans Sing in English | ||||
| Emma Grove | The Third Person | ||||
| 2023 | Deb JJ Lee | In Limbo | Winner | ||
| Richard Mercado | I Owe it to My Parents to NOT Come Out | Finalist | |||
| Leo Fox | My Body Unspooling | ||||
| Grayson Bear | Pokey | ||||
| Shanti Ray | Sennen | ||||
| 2024 | Léa Murawiec | The Great Beyond | Winner | ||
| Cole Degenstein | 10-10 To The Wind | Finalist | |||
| Pingnan Lu | Gift Box | ||||
| Xiang Yata | Optometry | ||||
| Hugo Canuto | Tales of the Orishas | ||||
Outstanding Series
| Year | Creator(s) | Work | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Chris Ware | Acme Novelty Library | Fantagraphics | Winner | |
| Jason Lutes | Berlin | Black Eye Productions | Finalist | ||
| Daniel Clowes | Eightball | Fantagraphics | |||
| Seth | Palookaville | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Gary Spencer Millidge | Strangehaven | Abiogenesis | |||
| 1998 | Chris Ware | Acme Novelty Library | Fantagraphics | Winner | |
| Daniel Clowes | Eightball | Fantagraphics | Finalist | ||
| Debbie Drechsler | Nowhere | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Joe Chiappetta | Silly Daddy | Self-published | |||
| Steve Weissman | Yikes! | Alternative Press | |||
| 1999 | Max | The Extended Dream of Mr. D | Drawn & Quarterly | Winner | |
| Eric Shanower | Age of Bronze | Image Comics | Finalist | ||
| Jay Hosler | Clan Apis | Active Synapse Comics | |||
| Adam Warren | Gen 13: Magical Drama Queen Roxy | Wildstorm | |||
| Gary Spencer Millidge | Strangehaven | Abiogenesis | |||
| 2000 | Dave Cooper | Weasel | Fantagraphics Books | Winner | |
| Jay Hosler | Clan Apis | Active Synapse Comics | Finalist | ||
| Madison Clell | Cuckoo | Green Door Studios | |||
| Bryan Talbot | Heart of Empire | Dark Horse Comics | |||
| Jason | Mjau Mjau | Jippi Forlag | |||
| 2001 | 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks | ||||
| Jason Lutes | Berlin | Drawn & Quarterly | Finalist | ||
| Carla Speed McNeil | Finder | Lightspeed Press | |||
| Mike Kunkel | Herobear and the Kid | Astonish Comics | |||
| Sam Henderson | Magic Whistle | Alternative Comics | |||
| Jason | Mjau Mjau | Jippi Forlag | |||
| 2002 | James Kochalka | Sketchbook Diaries | Top Shelf Productions | Winner | |
| Chester Brown | Louis Riel | Drawn & Quarterly | Finalist | ||
| Sam Henderson | Magic Whistle | Alternative Comics | |||
| David Hahn | Private Beach | Slave Labor Graphics | |||
| Dave Cooper | Weasel | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| 2003 | Charles Burns | Black Hole | Fantagraphics Books | Winner | |
| Roger Langridge | Fred the Clown | Hotel Fred Press | Finalist | ||
| Ted Stearn | Fuzz & Pluck in Splitsville | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Scott Roberts | Patty Cake | Slave Labor Graphics | |||
| Gary Spencer Millidge | Strangehaven | Abiogenesis Press | |||
| 2004 | Carla Speed McNeil | Finder | Light Speed Productions | Winner | |
| Charles Burns | Black Hole | Fantagraphics Books | Finalist | ||
| John Porcellino | King Cat | Self-published | |||
| Nick Bertozzi | Rubber Necker | Alternative Comics | |||
| Kim Deitch | Stuff of Dreams | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| 2005 | Carla Speed McNeil | Finder | Light Speed Productions | Winner | |
| Tomer Hanuka, Asaf Hanuka, and Etgar Keret | Bipolar | Alternative Comics | Finalist | ||
| David Heatley | Deadpan | Self-published | |||
| Hernández brothers | Love and Rockets vol. II | Fantagraphics | |||
| Joshua W. Cotter | Skyscrapers of the Midwest | AdHouse Books | |||
| 2006 | Andy Runton | Owly | Top Shelf Productions | Winner | |
| Chris Ware | Acme Novelty Library | Fantagraphics Books | Finalist | ||
| Anders Nilsen | Big Questions | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Hernández brothers | Love and Rockets | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Adrian Tomine | Optic Nerve | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| 2007 | Kazimir Strzepek | Mourning Star | Bodega Distribution | Winner | |
| Dylan Horrocks | Atlas | Drawn & Quarterly | Finalist | ||
| Richard Sala | Delphine | Fantagraphics Books/Coconico Press | |||
| Lewis Trondheim, Joann Sfar, and others | Dungeon | NBM | |||
| Hernández brothers | Love & Rockets | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| 2008 | Chuck Forsman | Snake Oil | Self-published | Winner | |
| Leslie Stein | Eye of the Majestic Creature | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Ted May, Jason Robards, and Jeff Wilson | Injury | Buenaventura Press | |||
| Michel Rabagliati | Paul series | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Elijah Brubaker | Reich | Sparkplug Comic Books | |||
| 2009 | Jordan Crane | Uptight | Fantagraphics | Winner | |
| David King | Danny Dutch | Sparkplug | Finalist | ||
| Richard Sala | Delphine | Fantagraphics/Coconino | |||
| Gabriella Giandelli | Interiorae | Fantagraphics/Coconino | |||
| Elijah Brubaker | Reich | Sparkplug | |||
| 2010 | Kevin Huizenga | Ganges | Fantagraphics Books | Winner | |
| John Porcellino | King-Cat Comics & Stories | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| John Pham | Sublife | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Yumemakura Baku and Jiro Taniguchi | Summit of the Gods | Fanfare/Ponent Mon | |||
| Mike Dawson | Troop 142 | Self-published | |||
| 2011 | Box Brown | Everything Dies | Winner | ||
| Sammy Harkham | Crickets | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Joe Daly | Dungeon Quest | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Michael DeForge | Lose | Koyama Books | |||
| Elijah Brubaker | Reich | Sparkplug Comic Books | |||
| 2012 | Hernández brothers | Love and Rockets: New Stories | Fantagraphics | Winner | |
| Patrick Kyle | Black Mass | Mother Books | Finalist | ||
| Leslie Stein | Eye of the Majestic Creature | Self-published | |||
| Kevin Huizenga | Ganges | Fantagraphics | |||
| Ethan Rilly | Pope Hats | AdHouse Books | |||
| 2013 | Michael DeForge | Lose | Koyama Press | Winner | |
| Whit Taylor | Madtown High | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Ethan Rilly | Pope Hats | AdHouse Books | |||
| Johnny Ryan | Prison Pit | Fantagraphics | |||
| Charles Burns | The Hive | Pantheon | |||
| 2014 | Jason Shiga | Demon | Winner | ||
| Keiler Roberts | Powdered Milk | Finalist | |||
| Sacha Mardou | Sky in Stereo | ||||
| Ellen Lindner | The Black Feather Falls | ||||
| Kat Verhoeven | Towerkind | ||||
| 2015 | Sophia Foster-Dimino | Sex Fantasy | Winner | ||
| Georgia Webber | Dumb | Finalist | |||
| Ryan Sands (ed.) | Frontier | ||||
| John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell | March | ||||
| Ethan Rilly | Pope Hats | ||||
| 2016 | Keiler Roberts | Powdered Milk | Winner | ||
| Isaac Cates (ed.) | Cartozia Tales | Finalist | |||
| Jason Shiga | Demon | ||||
| Kevin Huizenga | Ganges | ||||
| Simon Hanselmann | Megg & Mogg & Owl | ||||
| 2017 | Jess Fink | Chester 5000 | Winner | ||
| Sammy Harkham | Crickets | Finalist | |||
| Ryan Sands (ed.) | Frontier | ||||
| Sabin Cauldron | Maleficium | ||||
| Rebecca Mock | The Old Woman | ||||
| 2018 | Youth in Decline | Frontier | Winner | ||
| Laura Knetzger | Bug Boys | Finalist | |||
| Erin Nations | Gumballs | ||||
| Czap Books | Ley Lines | ||||
| Rumi Hara | Nori | ||||
| 2019 | Matt Bors (ed.) | The Nib | Winner | ||
| Ben Passmore | Daygloayhole Quarterly | Finalist | |||
| Ru Xu | Endgames | ||||
| Youth in Decline | Frontier | ||||
| Ben Kahn and Bruno Hidalgo | Heavenly Blues | ||||
| 2020 | Whit Taylor | Fizzle | Winner | [10] | |
| Youth in Decline | Frontier | Finalist | [10] | ||
| kuš! komiks | kuš! | ||||
| Joe Seosamh and C. Anka | SUPERPOSE | ||||
| Chris Callahan | The Misplaced | ||||
| 2021 | Peow Studios | Ex.Mag | Winner | ||
| Casper Cendre (ed.) | A Queer Prisoner's Anthology IV | Finalist | [11] | ||
| L Nichols and K Czap (ed.) | Ley Lines | ||||
| November Garcia | Malarkey | ||||
| Anders Nilsen | Tongues | ||||
| 2022 | Ram V and Filipe Andrade | The Many Deaths of Laila Starr | Winner | ||
| L Nichols and K Czap (ed.) | Ley Lines | Finalist | |||
| B. Mure | Methods of Dyeing | ||||
| Matt Bors (ed.) | The Nib | ||||
| Jett Allen | Trans Classic Movies | ||||
| 2023 | Drew Lerman | Tales of Old Snake Creek | Winner | ||
| Whit Taylor | Fizzle #4 | Finalist | |||
| Noah Van Sciver | Maple Terrace 01 | ||||
| Joshua Ray Stephens | Venomyths | ||||
| Sam Sharpe and Peach S. Goodrich | Viewotron Comics & Stories No. 2 | ||||
| 2024 | Hannah Templer | CosmoKnights | Winner | ||
| Andrew Alexander | CRAM | Finalist | |||
| Austin English and Floyd Tangeman | Jaywalk | ||||
| Kuš! Baltic Comics Magazine | |||||
| Anders Nilsen | Tongues | ||||
| 2025 | Sanika Phawde | Wedding Juice and Other Melodramas | Winner | ||
| B. Mure | Disciples of Soil | Finalist | |||
| Caroline Cash | PeePee PooPoo | ||||
| Chad Bilyeu and Juliette de Wit | The Re-Up | ||||
| Anders Nilsen | Tongues | ||||
Outstanding Comic
| Year | Creator | Work | Publication | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Daniel Clowes | Eightball #17 | Fantagraphics | Winner | |
| Pete Sickman-Garner | Hey Mister #1 | Top Shelf Productions | Finalist | ||
| Dean Haspiel and Josh Neufeld | Keyhole #2 | Modern | |||
| Walt Holcombe | King of Persia | Self-published through Accordion Press | |||
| Seth | Palookaville #10 | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| 1998 | Chris Ware | Acme Novelty Library #9 | Fantagraphics | Winner | |
| Bill Willingham | Coventry #1 | Fantagraphics | Finalist | ||
| Daniel Clowes | Eightball #19 | Fantagraphics | |||
| Debbie Drechsler | Nowhere #3 | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Joe Sacco | Stories from Bosnia #1: Soba | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| 1999 | Frank Cho | Liberty Meadows #1 | Insight Studio Group | Winner | |
| Harvey Pekar, Joe Sacco, Frank Stack, and Colin Warneford | American Splendor | Transatlantic Comics | Finalist | ||
| James Sturm | Hundreds of Feet Below Daylight | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Joe Zabel and Gary Dumm | Oracle | Amazing Montage | |||
| Ben Katchor | The Jew of New York | Pantheon Books | |||
| 2000 | Chris Ware | Acme Novelty Library #13 | Fantagraphics Books | Winner | |
| Ron Regé Jr. and Joan Leidy | Boys | Highwater Books | Finalist | ||
| Madison Clell | Cuckoo #10 | Green Door Studios | |||
| Pete Sickman-Garner | Hey Mister, The Trouble With Jesus | Top Shelf Productions | |||
| Jordan Crane | The Last Lonely Saturday | Red Ink | |||
| 2001 | 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks | ||||
| Jim Woodring | Frank #4 | Fantagraphics Books | Finalist | ||
| Mike Kunkel | Herobear and the Kid #2 | Astonish Comics | |||
| James Kochalka | Sketchbook Diaries | Top Shelf Productions | |||
| Jason | Mjau Mjau #7 | Jippi Forlag | |||
| Paul Hornschemeier | Sequential #6 | I Don't Get It Press | |||
| 2002 | Daniel Clowes | Eightball #22 | Fantagraphics Books | Winner | |
| Anders Brekhus Nilsen | Big Questions #4: Asomatognosia | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Tony Consiglio | Double Cross: More or Less | Top Shelf Productions | |||
| James Kochalka | Sketchbook Diaries, Vol. 2 | Top Shelf Productions | |||
| Jon Lewis | True Swamp: Stoneground and Hillbound | Alternative Comics | |||
| 2003 | Nick Bertozzi | Rubber Necker #2 | Alternative Comics | Winner | |
| Adam Suerte | Aprendiz, Book 1 | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Charles Burns | Black Hole #10 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| David Collier | Collier'sm Vol. 2 #2 | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| David Lasky and Greg Stump | Urban Hipster #2 | Alternative Comics | |||
| 2004 | Daniel Clowes | Eightball #23 | Fantagraphics Books | Winner | |
| Charles Burns | Black Hole #11 | Fantagraphics Books | Finalist | ||
| John Porcellino | King Cat #62 | Self-published | |||
| Kim Deitch | Stuff of Dreams #2 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| John Hankiewicz | Tepid Summer 2003 | Tepid Comics | |||
| 2005 | Kevin Huizenga | Or Else #1 | Drawn & Quarterly | Winner | |
| Anders Nilsen | Dogs & Water | Drawn & Quarterly | Finalist | ||
| Hernández brothers | Love & Rockets #12 | Fantagraphics | |||
| Hernández brothers | Love & Rockets #13 | Fantagraphics | |||
| Marc Bell | Worn Tuff Elbow #1 | Fantagraphics | |||
| 2006 | Ivan Brunetti | Schizo #4 | Fantagraphics Books | Winner | |
| Anders Nilsen | Big Questions #7 | Drawn & Quarterly | Finalist | ||
| Kevin Huizenga | Ganges #1 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Adrian Tomine | Optic Nerve #10 | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Kim Deitch | Stuff of Dreams #3 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| 2007 | Adrian Tomine | Optic Nerve #11 | Drawn & Quarterly | Winner | |
| Adam McGovern and Paolo Leandri | Doctor Id | Indie Ink Studios | Finalist | ||
| Ted Stearn | Fuzz & Pluck in Splitsville #4 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Hernández brothers | Love & Rockets, vol. 2 #18 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Ben Catmull | Monster Parade #1 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| 2008 | Chuck Forsman | Snake Oil #1 | Self-published | Winner | |
| Gerald Jablonski | Cryptic Wit #2 | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Dunya Jankovic | Department of Art | Self-published | |||
| Gabrielle Bell | Lucky Vol. 2 #2 | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Seth | Palookaville #19 | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| 2009 | Jordan Crane | Uptight #3 | Fantagraphics | Winner | |
| David King | Danny Dutch #1 | Sparkplug | Finalist | ||
| Jason T. Miles | Dead Ringer | La Mano | |||
| Gabriella Giandelli | Interiorae #3 | Fantagraphics/Coconino | |||
| Elijah Brubaker | Reich #6 | Sparkplug | |||
| 2010 | Lisa Hanawalt | I Want You | Buenaventura Press | Winner | |
| Noah Van Sciver | Blammo #6 | Kilgore Books | Finalist | ||
| Robert Sergel | Eschew #2 | Sparkplug Comic Books | |||
| Julia Gfrörer | Flesh and Bone | Sparkplug Comic Books | |||
| John Pham | Sublife #2 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| 2011 | Michael DeForge | Lose #3 | Koyama Press | Winner | |
| Sammy Harkham | Crickets #3 | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Levon Jihanian | Danger Country #1 | ||||
| Dunja Jankovic | Habitat #2 | ||||
| Marian Runk | The Magic Hedge | ||||
| 2012 | Brendan Leach | Pterodactyl Hunters | Top Shelf | Winner | |
| Lale Westvind | Hot Dog Beach #2 | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Tessa Brunton | Passage | Sparkplug Books | |||
| Ethan Rilly | Pope Hats #2 | AdHouse Books | |||
| Brian Hurtt and Cullen Bunn | The Sixth Gun #17 | Oni Press | |||
| 2013 | Ethan Rilly | Pope Hats #3 | AdHouse Books | Winner | |
| Lale Westvind | Hyperspeed to Nowhere | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Philippa Rice | Looking Out | Hic & Hoc Publications | |||
| Simon Hanselmann | St. Owl's Bay | Self-published | |||
| Austin English | The Life Problem | Drippybone Books | |||
| 2014 | Sam Alden | Wicked Chicken Queen | Retrofit Comics/Big Planet Comics | Winner | |
| Noah Van Sciver | Blammo #8 | Finalist | |||
| Dash Shaw | Cosplayers | ||||
| Farel Dalrymple | It Will All Hurt #2 | ||||
| Adam Buttrick | Misliving Amended | ||||
| 2015 | Sophie Goldstein | The Oven | Winner | ||
| Jason Little | Borb | Finalist | |||
| Ethan Rilly | Pope Hats #4 | ||||
| Disa Wallander | The Nature of Nature | ||||
| Kris Mukai | Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness | ||||
| 2016 | Sam Bosma | Fantasy Sports #1 | Winner | ||
| Melanie Gillman | As the Crow Flies | Finalist | |||
| John Martz | Be Good | ||||
| Daniel Clowes | Patience | ||||
| Kim Deitch | "Shrine of the Monkey God", Kramers Ergot 9 | ||||
| 2017 | Ben Passmore | Your Black Friend | Winner | ||
| Karine Bernadou | Canopy | Finalist | |||
| Eleanor Davis | Libby's Dad | ||||
| Lilah Sturges, Dave Justus, Steve Rolston, and Annie Wu | Public Relations #10 | ||||
| Keiler Roberts | Sunburning | ||||
| 2018 | Tara Booth | Hot to Be Alive | Winner | ||
| Yao Xiao | Baopu | Finalist | |||
| Freddy Carrasco | Hot Summer Nights | ||||
| Alyssa Berg | Recollection | ||||
| Jerry Moriarty | Whatsa Paintoonist | ||||
| 2019 | Ngozi Ukazu | Check, Please! | Winner | ||
| Liz Suburbia | Egg Cream | Finalist | |||
| Pidge | Infinite Wheat Paste #7 | ||||
| Benji Nate | Lorna | ||||
| Joshua Paddon and Matthew Hoddy | The Saga of Metalbeard | ||||
| 2020 | Ariel Ries | Cry Wolf Girl | Winner | [10] | |
| Hannah Templer | Cosmoknights | Finalist | [10] | ||
| Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker | Mooncakes | ||||
| Gabrielle Bell | My Dog Ivy | ||||
| Josh Bayer | Theth Tomorrow Forever | ||||
| 2021 | Ashanti Fortson | Leaf Lace | Winner | ||
| Adam Szym | A Cordial Invitation | Finalist | [11] | ||
| EA Bethea | Francis Bacon | ||||
| Maddi Gonzalez | Rhapsodie | ||||
| Dominique Duong | The Dog & The Cat | ||||
| 2022 | Xulia Vicente | I See A Knight | Winner | ||
| Alex Nall | Are Comic Books Real? | Finalist | |||
| K Czap | Four Years Collected: Vol 2 | ||||
| Jamila Rowser and Trinidad Escobar | Ode to Keisha | ||||
| Caroline Cash | PeePee PooPoo #69 | ||||
| 2023 | Daisy Ruiz | Gordita: Built Like This | Winner | ||
| Gabriel Howell | Forget Me Not | Finalist | |||
| Ciara Quilty-Harper | Lemon Yellow | ||||
| Ross Jackson | Live Rock Part 1: Aquarium Life | ||||
| A ee mi | Platonic Love | ||||
| 2024 | Leo Fox | My Body Unspooling | Winner | ||
| Kevin Huizenga | Fielder #2 | Finalist | |||
| Daryl Seitchik | Follow the Doll #2 | ||||
| Keezy Young | Sunflowers | ||||
| Audra Stang | The Audra Show #7: The Love Issue | ||||
Outstanding Minicomic
| Year | Creator(s) | Work | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | James Kochalka | The Perfect Planet | Winner | ||
| Pete Sickman-Garner | Hey Mister #4 | Finalist | |||
| John Porcellino | King-Cat Comics #52 | ||||
| Sam Henderson | Magic Whistle #9 | ||||
| Alan Hunt | Out There #5 | ||||
| 1998 | Rachel Hartman | Amy Unbounded | Pug House Press | Winner | |
| Yvonne Mojica | Bathroom Girls | Finalist | |||
| John Porcellino | King-Cat Comics | ||||
| James Kochalka | Magic Boy Does Laundry | ||||
| Mat Brinkman | Oaf | ||||
| 1999 | Brian Ralph | Fireball #7 | Highwater Books | Winner | |
| Mat Brinkman | Bolol Belittle | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Kurt Wolfgang | Noe-Fie #8 | Noe-Fie Mono-Media | |||
| Androo Robinson | Ped Xing | Self-published | |||
| Aaron Augenblick | Tales of the Great Unspoken | Self-published | |||
| 2000 | Kurt Wolfgang (ed.) | LowJinx #2 | Noe-Fie Mono-Media | Winner | |
| Johnny Ryan | Angry Youth Comix #11 | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Androo Robinson | Jug | Self-published | |||
| Jon Kerschbaum | Timberdoodle | Self-published | |||
| Tom Beland | True Stories, Swear to God | Self-published | |||
| 2001 | Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks | Winner | |||
| Rachel Hartman | Amy Unbounded #12 | Pug House Press | Finalist | ||
| Jesse Reklaw | Democracy: Mime Complaint #5 | Self-published | |||
| Sean Bieri | Jumbo Jape | Self-published | |||
| Kurt Wolfgang (ed.) | Low Jinx 3: The Big Rip-Off | Noe-Fie Mono-Media | |||
| John Hankiewicz | Tepid Spring 2001 | Self-published | |||
| 2002 | Megan Kelso | Artichoke Tales #1 | Highwater Books | Winner | |
| Tony Consiglio | Double Cross Assortment | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Kevin Huizenga | Gloriana: Super Monster #14 | Self-published | |||
| John Kerschbaum | Homecoming | Fontanelle Press | |||
| Lark Pien | Long Tail Kitty: Heaven | Self-published | |||
| 2003 | Jeffrey Brown | I Am Going to Be Small | Self-published | Winner | |
| Josh Sullivan | Josh Comics | Finalist | |||
| David Lasky and Jesse Reklaw | Lo-Horse #1 | ||||
| Raina Telgemeier | Take Out | ||||
| Diana Tamblyn | That Thing You Fall Into | ||||
| 2004 | Gabrielle Bell | Lucky #3 | Self-published | Winner | |
| Anders Nilsen | Big Questions #6 | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Jim Ottaviani and Roger Langridge | Quantum Entanglement, Spooky Action at a Distance, Teleportation and You | G.T. Labs | |||
| Pat Lewis | Thankless Job | Lunchbreak Comics | |||
| Matthew Bellisle | Underground: Souvenir | Gravity/DSN | |||
| 2005 | Alec Longstreth | Phase 7 | Self-published | Winner | |
| Jesse Reklaw | Couch Tag #2 | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| John Hankiewicz | Dance | Self-published | |||
| Andy Hartzell | Monday | Self-published | |||
| Sarah Becan | Ouija Interview #3 | Self-published | |||
| 2006 | Ken Dahl | Monsters | Winner | ||
| Paulette Poullet | Comicore Jr. | Finalist | |||
| Edie Fake | Gaylord Phoenix #4 | ||||
| Geoff Vasile | Trackrabbit | ||||
| Dave Lapp | Window #8 | ||||
| 2007 | Minty Lewis | P.S. Comics #3 | Winner | ||
| Jeff Zwirek | Burning Building Comix | Finalist | |||
| Mark Burrier | Noose | ||||
| Matt Wiegle | Seven More Days of Not Getting Eaten | ||||
| Shawn Cheng and Sara Edward-Corbett | The Monkey and the Crab | ||||
| 2008 | Jesse Reklaw | Jesse Reklaw | Winner | ||
| Lilli Carré | Dorado Park | Finalist | |||
| Sarah Glidden | How To Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less | ||||
| Jonas Madden-Connor | Ochre Ellipse #2 | ||||
| Juliacks | Swell | ||||
| 2009 | Lisa Hanawalt | Stay Away From Other People | Winner | ||
| Onsmith | Claptrap #2 | Finalist | |||
| Joey Alison Sayers | Just So You Know #1 | ||||
| Kelly Froh and Max Clotfelter | Stewbrew | ||||
| Matt Dembicki | Xoc #1 | ||||
| 2010 | Jim Rugg | Rambo 3.5 | Winner | ||
| Lilli Carré | Don't Drink from the Sea | Finalist | |||
| Martin Cendreda | Stories by... Vol. 1 | ||||
| Mike Dawson | Troop 142 | ||||
| Josh Frankel | Water Column #3 | ||||
| 2011 | Box Brown | Ben Died of a Train | Winner | ||
| Levon Jihanian | Danger Country #1 | Finalist | |||
| Edie Fake | Gaylord Phoenix #5 | ||||
| Laura Terry | Morning Song | ||||
| Tom Kaczynski | Trans-Utopia | Uncivilized Books | |||
| 2012 | Corinne Mucha | The Monkey in the Basement and Other Delusions | Retrofit Comics | Winner | |
| Grant Reynolds | Hypnotic Induction Technique | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Calvin Wong | Ramble On #2 | Self-published | |||
| Mickey Zacchilli | RAV #6 | Self-published | |||
| Noah Van Sciver | The Death of Elijah Lovejoy | 2D Cloud | |||
| 2013 | Charles Forsman | The End of the Fucking World, #16 | Fantagraphics | Winner | |
| Sam Alden | Hawaii 1997 | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Kris Mukai and Zachary Zezima | Il Cammino Delle Capre | Self-published | |||
| Joseph Lambert | Lawaway | Self-published | |||
| Keiler Roberts | Powdered Milk Vol. 10: The Man Who Could Not Read | Self-published | |||
| 2014 | Sophie Goldstein | House of Women | Winner | ||
| Yumi Sakugawa | Never Forgets | Self-published | Finalist | ||
| Carlos Gonzales | Test Tube #1 | ||||
| Nick Drnaso | The Grassy Knoll | ||||
| Ian Sampson | Up to the Top | ||||
| 2015 | Sophia Foster-Dimino | Sex Fantasy #4 | Winner | ||
| Patrick Crotty | Devil's Slice of Life | Finalist | |||
| John Pham | Epoxy 5 | ||||
| John Porcellino | King-Cat Comics #75 | ||||
| Audry | Whalen: A Reckoning | ||||
| 2016 | Carolyn Nowak | Radishes | Winner | ||
| Sloane Leong | A Map to the Sun | Finalist | |||
| Pranas T. Naujokaitis | Laffy Meal | ||||
| Sophie Franz | The Experts | ||||
| Luke Healy | The Unofficial Cuckoo's Nest | ||||
| 2017 | Hazel Newlevant | Tender-Hearted | Winner | ||
| Keren Katz and Geffen Refaeli | Our Tale of Woe | Finalist | |||
| M. Sabine Rear | Reverse Flaneur | ||||
| Ann Xu | Same Place Same Time | ||||
| Celine Loup | The Man Who Came Down the Attic Stairs | ||||
| 2018 | Shing Yin Khor | Say It With Noodles: On Learning to Speak the Language of Food | Winner | ||
| Maritsa Patrinos | Common Blessings & Common Curses | Finalist | |||
| Margot Ferrick | Dog Nurse | ||||
| Debbie Fong | Greenhouse | ||||
| Kevin Reilly | Mothball 88 | ||||
| 2019 | Emma Jayne | Trans Girls Hit the Town | Winner | ||
| InésEstrada | Cherry | Finalist | |||
| Jed McGowan | Gonzalo | ||||
| Kriota Willberg | Silver Wire | ||||
| Mar Julia | YLLW YLLW YLLW | ||||
| 2020 | Cathy G. Johnson | Black Hole Heart | Winner | [10] | |
| Theo K. Stultz | Canvas | Finalist | [10] | ||
| Keren Katz | Chapter Two | ||||
| Haleigh Buck | I Feel Weird #4 | ||||
| Nguyen Nguyen | The Gulf | ||||
| 2021 | Casey Nowak | Bodyseed | Winner | ||
| Arantza Peña Popo | Lavender Scare | Finalist | [11] | ||
| Whit Taylor | Montana Diary | ||||
| Brendan Leach | Slum Clearance Symphony | ||||
| Leda Zawacki | The Drain Pipe | ||||
| 2022 | Caroline Cash | PeePee PooPoo #69 | Winner | ||
| Summer Pierre | Carrington's World | Finalist | |||
| Maritsa Patrinos | Joy | ||||
| King Ray | Phonestoned | ||||
| Alexander Laird | Sleemor Gank - Burg Land 1 | ||||
| 2023 | Yasmeen Abedifard | Death Bloom | Winner | ||
| João Fazenda | Farewell | Finalist | |||
| Lee Dean and Salavador Aguilera | Hares on the Mountain | ||||
| Celine Loup | Sacred Grove | ||||
| Gina Wynbrandt | You're the Center of Attention | ||||
| 2024 | Yuan Song | Manga Cube | Winner | ||
| Faye Stacey | Find a Seat | Finalist | |||
| Ana Two | Hyper Fawnus | ||||
| Jordan Jeffries | Lullaby | ||||
| Greer de Maglie | Pauline Newman |
Outstanding Online Comic
| Year | Creator(s) | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks | |||
| Ben Jones | Future Genies of Mush Past | Finalist | ||
| Scott McCloud | I Can't Stop Thinking | |||
| Jonathan Morris | Jeremy | |||
| demian5 | When I Am King | |||
| Scott McCloud | Zot! Hearts and Minds | |||
| 2002 | Jason Little | Bee | Winner | |
| Tom Hart | Hutch Owen: Public Relations | Finalist | ||
| Jordan Crane | Keeping Two | |||
| Derek Kirk Kim | Small Stories | |||
| Tracy White | Traced | |||
| 2003 | James Kochalka | American Elf | Winner | |
| Nick Bertozzi | The Salon | Finalist | ||
| Gabrielle Bell | Bell's Home Journal | |||
| Ted Slampyak | Jazz Age | |||
| Jesse Reklaw | Slow Wave | |||
| 2004 | James Kochalka | American Elf | Winner | |
| Timothy Kreider | The Pain ... When Will it End? | Finalist | ||
| Patrick Farley | Apocamon | |||
| J.J. Naas | Desert Rocks | |||
| Craig Boldman | Tailipoe | |||
| 2005 | Nicholas Gurewitch | The Perry Bible Fellowship | Winner | |
| deadmouse | Ballad | Finalist | ||
| Kazu Kibuishi | Copper | |||
| Jenn Manley Lee | Dicebox | |||
| Steve Manale | Superslackers | |||
| 2006 | Nicholas Gurewitch | The Perry Bible Fellowship | Winner | |
| David Hellman and Dale Beran | A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible | Finalist | ||
| Ronnie Casson | Claviger | |||
| Renée French | Micrographica | |||
| Joey Alison Sayers | Thingpart | |||
| 2007 | Chris Onstad | Achewood | Winner | |
| Kris Dresen | Grace | Finalist | ||
| Nick Bertozzi | Persimmon Cup | |||
| Joey Alison Sayers | Thingpart | |||
| David Malki | Wondermark | |||
| 2008 | Chris Onstad | Achewood | Winner | |
| David King | Danny Dutch | Finalist | ||
| Jesse Reklaw | Slow Wave | |||
| Joey Alison Sayers | Thingpart | |||
| Tracy White | Traced | |||
| 2009 | Cayetano Garza | Year of the Rat | Winner | |
| Dash Shaw | Bodyworld | Finalist | ||
| David King | Danny Dutch | |||
| Joey Alison Sayers | Thingpart | |||
| Vanessa Davis's comics for Tablet | ||||
| 2010 | Mike Dawson | Troop 142 | Winner | |
| Stephen Gilpin | The Lesttrygonians | Finalist | ||
| John Callahan | Callahan Online | |||
| Sarah Becan | I Think You're Sauceome | |||
| David King | Reliable Comics | |||
| 2011 | Kate Beaton | Hark! A Vagrant | Winner | |
| Pascal Girard | A Cartoonist's Diary | Finalist | ||
| Nate Marsh | Alphabet Horror | |||
| Tony Breed | Finn and Charlie are Hitched | |||
| Gabrielle Bell | Lucky | |||
| 2012 | Jillian Tamaki | SuperMutant Magic Academy | Winner | |
| Dan Zettwoch and Kevin Huizenga | Amazing Facts...and Beyond! with Leon Beyond | Finalist | ||
| Julia Gfrörer | Black Is the Color | |||
| Gabrielle Bell | Lucky | |||
| Kris Straub | Starslip | |||
| 2013 | Jillian Tamaki | SuperMutant Magic Academy | Winner | |
| Annie Szabla | Bird Boy | Finalist | ||
| Ken Dahl and Gabby Schulz | Gabby's Playhouse | |||
| Sam Alden | Haunter | |||
| Gabrielle Bell | July Diary | |||
| 2014 | Evan Dahm | Vattu | Winner | |
| Anya Davidson | Band for Life | Finalist | ||
| Dane Martin | Big Dogs at Nite | |||
| Jason Shiga | Demon | |||
| Pete Toms | On Hiatus | |||
| 2015 | Lilli Carré | The Bloody Footprint | Winner | |
| Lauren Weinstein | Carriers | Finalist | ||
| Rebecca Roher | Mom Body | |||
| Blue Delliquanti | O Human Star | |||
| Ariel Ries | Witchy | |||
| 2016 | Meredith Gran | Octopus Pie | Winner | |
| Rina Ayuyang | A Cartoonist's Diary | Finalist | ||
| Samantha Leriche-Gionet | A Small Revolution | |||
| Glynnis Fawkes | Just Doing My Job | |||
| Evan Dahm | Vattu | |||
| 2017 | Der-shing Helmer | The Meek | Winner | |
| Amanda Scurti | Disability in the Age of Trump | Finalist | ||
| Lauren Weinstein | Normal Person/Maine Vacation | |||
| Mike Dawson | That's Not Who We Are | |||
| Aminder Dhaliwal | Woman World | |||
| 2018 | Carta Monir | Lara Croft Was My Family | Winner | |
| Brian Files | A Fire Story | Finalist | ||
| Meg O'Shea | A Part of Me is Still Unknown | |||
| Jesse England | The Wolves Outside | |||
| Aminder Dhaliwal | Woman World | |||
| 2019 | Hannah Blumenreich | Full Court Crush | Winner | |
| Nate Powell | About Face | Finalist | ||
| Alec Longstreth | Isle of Elsi | Finalist | ||
| Hannako Lambert | That's Not My Name! | Finalist | ||
| Nathan Gray | What Doctors Know About CPR | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Ariel Ries | Witchy | Winner | |
| Gabby Schulz | Gabby Schulz | Finalist | ||
| Breena Nuñez | I Exist | |||
| Isabella Rotman | Like the Tide | |||
| Joe Seosamh and C. Anka | SUPERPOSE | |||
| 2021 | Michael DeForge | Birds of Maine | Winner | |
| Shing Yin Khor | I Do Not Want to Write Today | Finalist | ||
| Ashanti Fortson | Leaf Lace | |||
| Alec Robbins | Mr. Boop | |||
| Susannah Lohr | Shadows Become You | |||
| 2022 | Mars Heyward | Ride or Die | Winner | |
| Reimena Yee | Alexander, the Servant & the Water of Life | Finalist | ||
| Adam de Souza | Blind Alley | |||
| Amy Kurzweil | Technofeelia Vol. 4 'Help' | |||
| Evan Dahm | Vattu | |||
| 2023 | Reimena Yee | The God of Arepo | Winner | |
| Blue Delliquanti | Adversary | Finalist | ||
| Lonnie Mann | Growing Up, and Getting Out | Finalist | ||
| Jett Allen | Trans Classic Movies | Finalist | ||
| Mara Ramirez | Whale Fall | Finalist | ||
| 2024 | Shazleen Khan | Buuza!! | Winner | |
| James Lawrence | The Legend of Mariposa | Finalist | ||
| Aria Villafranca and Matthew Fisher | In the Shadow of Giants | Finalist | ||
| Emily Zilber | Marigold | Finalist | ||
| SE Case | Rigsby Wi | Finalist | ||
Outstanding Anthology or Collection (discontinued)
| Year | Creator(s) | Title | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | John Porcellino | Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man | La Mano | Winner | |
| James Sturm | Above and Below: Two Tales of the American Frontier | Drawn & Quarterly | Finalist | ||
| Actus (ed.) | Dead Herring Comics | Actus Independent Comics | |||
| Roger Langridge | Fred the Clown | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Tom Hart | Hutch Owen: Unmarketable | Top Shelf Productions | |||
| 2006 | Charles Burns | Black Hole | Pantheon | Winner | |
| Linda Medley | Castle Waiting | Fantagraphics Books | Finalist | ||
| Matt Broersma, Geneviève Castrée, and Sammy Harkham | Drawn & Quarterly Showcase #3 | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Megan Kelso | Squirrel Mother | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Yoshihiro Tatsumi | The Push Man and Other Stories | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| 2007 | Kevin Huizenga | Curses | Drawn & Quarterly | Winner | |
| Gabrielle Bell, Martin Cendrera, and Dan Zettwoch | Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Vol. 4 | Drawn & Quarterly | Finalist | ||
| John Porcellino | King-Cat Classics | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Ivan Brunetti | Misery Loves Comedy | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Tove Jansson | Moomin Book One | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| 2008 | Greg Means (ed.) | Papercutter #7 | Tugboat Press | Winner | |
| Chris Wright | Inkweed | Sparkplug Comic Books | Finalist | ||
| John Stanley | Little Lulu Vol. 18 | Dark Horse | |||
| John Broadley | Pond Life | PictureBox | |||
| Austin English (ed.) | Windy Corner #2 | Sparkplug Comic Books | |||
| 2009 | Sammy Harkham (ed.) | Kramers Ergot #7 | Buenaventura | Winner | |
| Tim Lane | Abandoned Cars | Fantagraphics | Finalist | ||
| Ron Regé Jr. | Against Pain | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| T. Edward Bak, Anneli Furmark, Amanda Vähämäki | Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5 | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Ted Stearn | Fuzz and Pluck: Splitsville | Fantagraphics | |||
| 2010 | R. Sikoryak | Masterpiece Comics | Drawn & Quarterly | Winner | |
| David King | Lemon Styles | Sparkplug Comic Books | Finalist | ||
| Susumu Katsumata | Red Snow | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Jesse Reklaw | Ten Thousand Things to Do | Self-published | |||
| Sully | The Hipless Boy | Conundrum Press | |||
| 2011 | Joseph Lambert | I Will Bite You | Secret Acres | Winner | |
| Ryan Standfest (ed.) | Black Eye | Rotland Press | Finalist | ||
| Annie Murphy (ed.) | Gay Genius | Sparkplug | |||
| Vanessa Davis | Make Me a Woman | Drawn & Quarterly | |||
| Robert Kirby (ed.) | Three #1 | ||||
| 2012 | Kate Beaton | Hark! A Vagrant | Drawn & Quarterly | Winner | |
| Anders Nilsen | Big Questions | Drawn & Quarterly | Finalist | ||
| Various artists | Nobrow #6 | Nobrow | |||
| Inés Estrada | Ojitos Borrosos | Self-published | |||
| Olivier Schrauwen | The Man Who Grew His Beard | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| 2013 | Michael DeForge | Very Casual | Koyama Press | Winner | |
| Lynda Barry | Freddie Stories | Drawn & Quarterly | Finalist | ||
| Lilli Carré | Heads or Tails | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Peter Bagge | Peter Bagge's Other Stuff | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| Austin English (ed.) | Tusen Hjärtan Stark #1 | Domino Books | |||
| 2014 | Robert Kirby (ed.) | QU33R | Winner | ||
| Kevin Huizenga and Dan Zettwoch | Amazing Facts and Beyond | Finalist | |||
| Leslie Stein | Eye of the Majestic Creature (Vol. 2) | ||||
| Tony Millionaire | Sock Monkey Treasury | ||||
| Anders Nilsen | The End | ||||
| 2015 | Eleanor Davis | How To Be Happy | Winner | ||
| Tom Devlin, Chris Oliveros, Peggy Burns, Tracy Hurren, and Julia Pohl-Miranda (producers) | 25 Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novel | Drawn & Quarterly | Finalist | ||
| Box Brown | An Entity Observes All Things | Retrofit Comics/Big Planet Comics | |||
| Ethan Rilly | Pope Hats #4 | ||||
| Jillian Tamaki | SuperMutant Magic Academy | ||||
| 2016 | Kate Beaton | Step Aside Pops | Winner | ||
| Nick Drnaso | Beverly | Finalist | |||
| Sfé R. Monster and Taneka Stotts | Beyond: The Queer Sci Fi and Fantasy Anthology | ||||
| Adrian Tomine | Killing And Dying | ||||
| Trina Robbins | The Complete Wimmen's Comix |
Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection (discontinued)
| Year | Creator(s) | Work | Publisher | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Seth | It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken | Drawn & Quarterly | Winner |
| Ed Brubaker | At The Seams | Alternative Press | Finalist | |
| Ben Katchor | Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories | Little, Brown | ||
| David B. | L'ascension du haut-mal | L'Association | ||
| Cosey | Lost in the Alps | NBM | ||
| 1998 | Daniel Clowes | Ghost World | Fantagraphics | Winner |
| Jim Woodring | Frank vol. 2 | Fantagraphics | Finalist | |
| Chester Brown | The Little Man | Drawn & Quarterly | ||
| Mark Wheatley (ed.) | Titanic Tales | Insight Studios | ||
| Martin Tom Dieck | Views of the Warehouse District | Westhampton House | ||
| 1999 | Dave McKean | Cages | Kitchen Sink | Winner |
| Pete Sickman-Garner | Hey Mister: Celebrity Roast | Top Shelf Productions | Finalist | |
| Dylan Horrocks | Hicksville | Black Eye | ||
| Ed Hillyer | Time Warp | Slab-O-Concrete | ||
| James Kochalka | Tiny Bubbles | Highwater Books | ||
| 2000 | Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell | From Hell | Eddie Campbell Comics, distributed by Top Shelf Productions | Winner |
| Tom Hart | Banks/Eubanks | Top Shelf Productions | Finalist | |
| Jay Hosler | Clan Apis | Active Synapse | ||
| Various | Comix 2000 | L'Association | ||
| Various | Drawn & Quarterly, Volume 3 | Drawn & Quarterly | ||
| 2001 | Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks | |||
| Alex Robinson | Box Office Poison | Top Shelf Productions | Finalist | |
| Chris Ware | Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth | Pantheon Books | ||
| Mark Kalesniko | Mail Order Bride | Fantagraphics Books | ||
| Joe Sacco | Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-95 | Fantagraphics Books | ||
| Michael Kupperman | Snake 'n' Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret | Avon Books | ||
| 2002 | James Sturm | The Golem's Mighty Swing | Drawn & Quarterly | Winner |
| Jim Ottaviani (ed.) | Fallout | G.T. Labs | Finalist | |
| Ivan Brunetti | Haw! | Fantagraphics Books | ||
| Jordan Crane (ed.) | Non #5 | Red Ink Press | ||
| Debbie Drechsler | Summer of Love | Drawn & Quarterly | ||
| 2003 | Rich Koslowski | Three Fingers | Top Shelf Productions | Winner |
| Bob Fingerman | Beg The Question | Fantagraphics Books | Finalist | |
| David B. | Epileptic | L'Association | ||
| Spain Rodriguez and William Lindsay Gresham | Nightmare Alley | Fantagraphics Books | ||
| Jim Woodring | The Frank Book | Fantagraphics Books | ||
| 2004 | Craig Thompson | Blankets | Top Shelf Productions | Winner |
| Chester Brown | Louis Riel | Drawn & Quarterly | Finalist | |
| Chris Ware (ed.) | McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #13 | McSweeney's, Ltd. | ||
| Mat Brinkman | Teratoid Heights | Highwater Books | ||
| Joe Sacco | The Fixer | Drawn & Quarterly | ||
Outstanding Debut Comic (discontinued)
| Year | Creator(s) | Work | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Evan Dorkin | Dork #8 | Slave Labor Graphics | Winner | |
| 2001 | Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks | ||||
| 2002 | Joel Priddy | Pulpatoon Pilgrimage | AdHouse Books | Winner | |
| 2003 | Zack Soto (ed.) | Studygroup12 #3 | Winner | ||
| 2004 | Dave Roman and John Green | Teen Boat #6: Vote Boat | Cryptic Press | Winner | |
| 2005 | Liz Prince | Will You Still Love Me if I Wet the Bed? | Top Shelf Productions | Winner | |
| 2006 | Josh Eiserike | Class of '99 | Self-Published | Winner | |
| 2007 | Alec Longstreth (ed.) | Papercutter #6 | Tugboat Press | Winner | |
| 2008 | Nate Powell | Swallow Me Whole | Top Shelf Productions | Winner | |
Ignatz Awards Jury
- 1997
- 1998
- Michael Cohen
- Tom Devlin
- Tom Hart
- Marc Hempel
- Dylan Horrocks
- 1999
- 2000
- Donna Barr
- Sean Bieri
- Phil Foglio
- Dean Haspiel
- Jason Little
- 2001
- Matt Feazell
- Roberta Gregory
- Jon "Bean" Hastings
- Sam Henderson
- James Sturm
- 2002
- Suzanne Baumann
- Nick Bertozzi
- David Lasky
- Alex Robinson
- 2003
- Pam Bliss
- Ariel Bordeaux
- David Hahn
- Batton Lash
- Matt Madden
- 2004
- Kevin Huizenga
- Megan Kelso
- Rich Koslowski
- Layla Lawlor
- Steve Lieber
- 2005
- Jennifer Daydreamer
- Shaenon Garrity
- James Kochalka
- Jeff Parker
- Dan Zettwoch
- 2006
- Jeffrey Brown
- Henry Chamberlain
- Justin Hall
- Laurenn McCubbin
- Jim Rugg
- 2007
- Sara Edward-Corbett
- Paul Hornschemeier
- Steve MacIsaac
- Jesse Reklaw
- Zack Soto
- 2008
- Gabrielle Bell
- Farel Dalrymple
- Eleanor Davis
- John Hankiewicz
- Andy Hartzell
- 2009
- Lilli Carré
- Vanessa Davis
- Robert Kirby
- Scott Mills
- Laura Park
- 2010
- Trevor Alixopulos
- Joshua Cotter
- Rob G
- David Kelly
- Anders Nilsen
- 2011
- Rina Ayuyang
- Mike Dawson
- Kris Dresen
- Theo Ellsworth
- John Porcellino
- 2012
- Edie Fake
- Minty Lewis
- Dylan Meconis
- Lark Pien
- Julia Wertz
- 2013
- Lisa Hanawalt
- Dustin Harbin
- Damien Jay
- Sakura Maku
- Jason Shiga
- 2014
- Darryl Ayo
- Austin English
- Melissa Mendes
- Thein Pham
- Whit Taylor
- 2015
- Lamar Abrams
- Cara Bean
- Robyn Chapman
- Sophie Goldstein
- Corrine Mucha
- 2016
- Tony Breed
- Summer Pierre
- Keiler Roberts
- C. Spike Trotman
- J.T. Yost
- 2017
- Neil Brideau
- Glynnis Fawkes
- Sara Lautman
- Trungles
- David Willis
Ignatz Awards Committee
- 1997
- Chris Oarr, Coordinator
- 1998
- Chris Oarr, Coordinator
- Jeff Alexander
- 1999
- Jeff Alexander, Coordinator
- 2000–2006
- Jeff Alexander, Coordinator
- Karon Flage
- Greg McElhatton
- 2007–2010
- Greg McElhatton, Coordinator
- Jeff Alexander
- Karon Flage
- 2011–2012
- Eden Miller, Coordinator
- Greg McElhatton
- Karon Flage
- 2013–2016
- Eden Miller, Coordinator
- 2017–present
- Dan Stafford, Coordinator
Notes
- As a 1999 juror, Cho nominated his own book Liberty Meadows (which ended up winning two 1999 Ignatzes, for Outstanding Artist and Outstanding Comic). Ed Brubaker, one of the original jurors and developers of the award, criticized that year's jury for their lack of support and acknowledgment of independent works, and for allowing self-nomination. Brubaker also questioned whether the guidelines he and Expo board member Chris Oarr had developed for the Awards were provided to that year's judges. Cho defended his decision, stating that in his opinion few of the submissions he received as a judge were deserving of nomination, and that the Ignatz coordinator he consulted instructed him to use his own judgment, as there were no rules against self-nomination.[5]