The winners of the Ignatz Awards were announced at Small Press Expo, which was held this past weekend in Baltimore, Maryland.  The ballot for the award is created by a panel of five cartoonists and then voted on by attendees at the show. 

 

This years’s winners are:

 

Outstanding Artist:  Nate Powell, Swallow Me Whole (Top Shelf)

 

Outstanding Anthology or Collection:  Kramer’s Ergot #7, ed. Sammy Harkham (Buenaventura)

 

Outstanding Graphic Novel:  Acme Novelty Library #19, Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)

 

Outstanding Story:  “Willy,” Papercutter #10, Damien Jay (Tugboat)

 

Promising New Talent:  Colleen Frakes, Woman King (self-published)

 

Outstanding Series:  Uptight, Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics)

 

Outstanding Comic:  Uptight #3, Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics)

 

Outstanding Mini-Comic:  Stay Away From Other People, Lisa Hanawalt

 

Outstanding Online Comic:  Year of the Rat, Cayetano Garza

 

This year’s cartoonist panel, which created the ballot, was Lilli Carre, Vanessa Davis, Robert Kirby, Scott Mills, and Laura Park.