SPX ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR THE IGNATZ AWARDS

The Small Press Expo is proud to announce the nominees for the Ninth Annual Ignatz Awards

Arlington, September 13, 2005: One of the most anticipated events of the Small Press Expo is the Ignatz, a festival prize to recognize outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. The nominees were decided by a panel of five comic artists and will be voted on by the attendees at SPX September 23rd-24th. The panel for the 2005 Ignatz Jury are Jennifer Daydreamer, Shaenon Garrity, James Kochalka, Jeff Parker and Dan Zettwoch.

The recipients of the awards will be announced at SPX in Bethesda, MD during the Ignatz Awards Ceremony, 9:00 pm on Saturday, September 24th, 2005.

NINTH ANNUAL IGNATZ AWARDS NOMINEES SPX 2005

OUTSTANDING ARTIST

David B., Epileptic (Pantheon), Babel (Drawn & Quarterly)
Jeffrey Brown, Bighead (Top Shelf Productions)
Roger Langridge, Fred the Clown (Fantagraphics)
Seth, Clyde Fans Book 1 (Drawn & Quarterly)
Craig Thompson, Carnet de Voyage (Top Shelf Productions)

OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION

Above and Below: Two Tales of the American Frontier, James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)
Dead Herring Comics, edited by Actus, (Actus Independent Comics)
Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man, John Porcellino (La Mano)
Fred the Clown, Roger Langridge (Fantagraphics)
Hutch Owen: Unmarketable, Tom Hart (Top Shelf Productions)

OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL

Bighead, Jeffrey Brown (Top Shelf Productions)
Carnet de Voyage, Craig Thompson (Top Shelf Productions)
Cinema Panopticum, Thomas Ott (L'Association, Fantagraphics)
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return, Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon)
Why Are You Doing This?, Jason (Fantagraphics Books)

OUTSTANDING STORY

Dogs and Water, Anders Nilsen (Drawn and Quarterly)
“Dumb Solitaire”, Love and Rockets #11 and #13, Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
"Homme De Le Bois", The Frank Ritza Papers, David Collier (Drawn & Quarterly)
The Legend of Wild Man Fischer, Dennis P. Eichorn and J.R. Williams (Top Shelf Productions)
"Onion Jack", Superior Showcase #0, Joel Priddy (AdHouse Books)

PROMISING NEW TALENT

Joshua W. Cotter, Skyscrapers of the Midwest (AdHouse Books)
Rebecca Dart, RabbitHead (Alternative Comics)
Vanessa Davis, Spaniel Rage (Buenaventura Press)
Andy Runton, Owly (Top Shelf Productions)
Karl Stevens, Guilty (Karl Stevens Publishing, dist. by Alternative Comics)

OUTSTANDING SERIES

Bipolar, Tomer Hanuka, Asaf Hanuka, and Etgar Keret (Alternative Comics)
Deadpan, David Heatley (Self-published)
Finder, Carla Speed McNeil (Lightspeed Press)
Love and Rockets vol. II, Los Bros Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
Skyscrapers of the Midwest, Joshua W. Cotter (AdHouse Books)

OUTSTANDING COMIC

Dogs & Water, Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
Love & Rockets #13, Los Bros. Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
Love & Rockets #12, Los Bros. Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
Or Else #1, Kevin Huizenga (Drawn & Quarterly)
Worn Tuff Elbow #1, Marc Bell (Fantagraphics)

OUTSTANDING MINICOMIC

Couch Tag #2, Jesse Reklaw (Self-published)
Dance, John Hankiewicz (Self-published)
Monday, Andy Hartzell (Self-published)
Ouija Interview #3, by Sarah Becan (Self-published)
Phase 7, Alec Longstreth (Self-published)

OUTSTANDING ONLINE COMIC

Ballad, deadmouse (http://www.moderntales.com)
Copper, Kazu Kibuishi (http://www.boltcity.com)
Dicebox, Jenn Manley Lee (http://www.jennworks.com)
The Perry Bible Fellowship, Nicholas Gurewitch(http://www.thepbf.com)
Superslackers, Steven Manale (www.superslackers.com)

OUTSTANDING DEBUT NOMINEES

676 apparitions of Killoffer, Killoffer, Typocrat Press
Action Philosphers: Self Help For Stupid Ugly Losers #1, Ryan Dunlavy & Fred Van Lente
American Music: A-Z, Ben Towle
Big Fat Whale's Sea Anomie, Brian McFadden
Conversations #2, James Kochalka & Jeffrey Brown, Top Shelf Productions
The Dada Alphabet, An Absurdist's Primer, Freese, Milloway & Wood
Dr. Dremo, Vol.1, DC Conspiracy
House of Twelve's Rashoman, Cheese Hasselberger, House of Twelve
Matriculated, Phillip Chan, Digital Pimp Productions
Merde, Steve Ahlquist, Chris Reilly & Ben Towle
Owly, Vol. 3, Andy Runton, Top Shelf Productions
Pale Fire, MK Reed
Strange Detective Tales: Dead Love #2, Jesse Bausch & Jim Callahan, Oddgod Press
Stupid and Unkind, Robin Enrico
Superf*ckers #2, James Kochalka, Top Shelf Productions
The Surrogates #2, Robert Venditti & Brett Weldele, Top Shelf Productions
True Porn, Vol. 2, edited by Robyn Chapman & Kelli Nelson, Alternative Comics
Will You Still Love Me If I Wet The Bed?, Liz Prince, Top Shelf Productions
Zed: Setting the Scene, Duane M. Abe, Corkey Comics

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(Entries with in bold type are my (Dan) favorites, except for OUTSTANDING DEBUT NOMINEES which I will need to read the night before the awards. However, I urge everyone to look at all of these creators works. Simply being nominated for an Ignatz award is a strong recommendation for the public to look at what these creators are doing. )