Below are the 2016 Ignatz Award Nominees. The Ignatz ballot is taken up from all SPX attendees. In order to help you better decide your ballot as SPX comes up in less than a month, any reviews of nominated works are linked below for your convenience.
This post will be updated to include any new reviews of Ignatz-nominated material that appear on Sequential State in the next month prior to the show.
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