The Small Press Expo (SPX) has just announced the nominees for the 2016 Ignatz Awards. This year's jurors were made up of Tony Breed, Summer Pierre, Keiler Roberts, C. Spike Trotman, and J.T. Yost. The winners will be announced on September 17, 2016 at 9:30 PM during this year's SPX in Bethesda, Maryland. Held in the North Bethesda Marriott Conference Center on 5701 Marinelli Road North, Bethesda, MD.
Outstanding Artist: Daniel Clowes for Patience, Ryan Heshka for Mean Girls Club, Kevin Huizenga for Ganges, Noah Van Sciver for Disquiet, and 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, and 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, and 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, and “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, and 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, and 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, and “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, and 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 (a/k/a “Boum”), and Vattu by Evan Dahm.
