The Small Press Expo (SPX) has announced the 2021 nominees for the annual presentation of the Ignatz Awards, a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. Presented virtually, SPX 2021 will feature a full slate of programming along with a livestream of the Ignatz Awards ceremony.
The Ignatz Awards are a juried festival prize, the first of such in the United States comic book industry. Traditionally, the winners are determined by attendees of the in-person event. This year, as was the case in 2020, voting is open to all who register to receive a ballot.
Ignatz Awards nominees are determined by a panel of comics professionals. The 2021 Ignatz jurors are Sunmi, Nguyên Khôi Nguyễn, and Daniel Elkin.
The Ignatz Awards ceremony will be live-streamed via the SPX Youtube channel at 8PM on September 18.
BALLOT & VOTING INFORMATION
- Ballots will be emailed on Thursday, September 2 to everyone on SPX’s email lists.
- Voting begins Thursday, September 2 and ends on Sunday, September 12 at 11:59 PM (EDT).
- Check your spam folder if you do not see your ballot.
- If you requested a ballot in 2020 or are already subscribed to SPX emails, you do not need to sign up again.
- If you need a ballot, Request one here.
- New sign-ups will receive a ballot via email within 48-72 hours.
2021 IGNATZ NOMINEES
Outstanding Artist
- Ashanti Fortson – Leaf Lace (Hiveworks)
- Lee Lai – Stone Fruit (Fantagraphics)
- Arantza Peña Popo – Lavender Scare (self-published)
- Damien Roudeau – Crude (Graphic Mundi)
- Karl Stevens – Penny (Chronicle)
Outstanding Anthology
- A Queer Prisoner’s Anthology IV – ed. by Casper Cendre (ABO)
- Bystander (Kadak Collective)
- Confined Before Covid: A Pandemic Anthology by LGBTQ Prisoners (ABO)
- First Wave: Comics from the Early Months of China’s Outbreak – ed. by Xinmei Liu (Paradise Systems)
- Glaeolia 2 (Glacier Bay Books)
Outstanding Collection
- Sami Alwani – The Pleasure of the Text (Conundrum Press)
- Ancco – Nineteen (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Abby Howard – The Crossroads at Midnight (Iron Circus Comics)
- Tess Scilipoti – Do You Think I Look Like a Girl? (self-published)
- Kuniko Tsurita – The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud (Drawn & Quarterly)
Outstanding Comic
- EA Bethea – Francis Bacon (Domino Books)
- Ashanti Fortson – Leaf Lace (Hiveworks)
- Maddi Gonzalez – Rhapsodie (Fantagraphics)
- Adam Szym – A Cordial Invitation (Fantagraphics)
- Dominique Duong – The Dog & The Cat (self-published)
Outstanding Graphic Novel
- Alex Graham – Dog Biscuits (self-published)
- Jim Terry – Come Home, Indio (Street Noise Books)
- Lee Lai – Stone Fruit (Fantagraphics)
- Sloane Leong – A Map to the Sun (First Second)
- Nico Harriman – Mr. H: Portrait of a High School Art Teacher (self-published)
Outstanding Minicomic
- Brendan Leach – Slum Clearance Symphony (Czap Books)
- Casey Nowak – Bodyseed (Diskette Press)
- Arantza Peña Popo – Lavender Scare (self-published)
- Whit Taylor – Montana Diary (Silver Sprocket)
- Leda Zawacki – The Drain Pipe (self-published)
Outstanding Online Comic
- Michael DeForge – Birds of Maine
- Ashanti Fortson – Leaf Lace (Hiveworks)
- Shing Yin Khor – I Do Not Want to Write Today
- Susannah Lohr – Shadows Become You
- Alec Robbins – Mr. Boop
Outstanding Series
- Ex.Mag (Peow Studios)
- Malarkey – November Garcia (Birdcage Bottom Books)
- Ley Lines – ed. by Kevin Czapiewski (Czap Books)
- Tongues – Anders Nilsen (self-published)
- A Queer Prisoner’s Anthology IV – ed. by Casper Cendre (ABO)
Outstanding Story
- Raquelle Jac – Misguided Love from Now #9 (Fantagraphics)
- Ancco – Nineteen (Drawn & Quarterly)Yeong-shin Ma – Moms (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Freddy Carrasco – Personal Companion from Ex.Mag #1 (Peow Studios)
- Stan Stanley – The Hazards of Love (Simon & Schuster)
Promising New Talent
- Royal Dunlap
- Nico Harriman
- Zoe MaevePa-Luis
- Tess Scilipoti
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Source: Graphic Policy
