The Ignatz Award for Outstanding Artist, established in 1997 as part of the Ignatz Awards, is an annual literary award that recognizes outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers. The award for outstanding artist "reflects the best execution of graphic skill by an individual within the comic medium".
Recipients +Award winners and finalistsYearAuthorWorkPublisherResult1997SethPalookavilleDrawn & QuarterlyWinnerJimboZongo ComicsFinalistNew LoveFantagraphics BooksPickleBlack Eye ProductionsSoulwindImage Comics1998CerebusAardvark-VanaheimWinnerLubaFantagraphics BooksFinalistPenny CenturyFantagraphicsPortrait of a Thousand Punks: Hard Core LogoHouse of Anansi Press Ltd.Silly Daddyself-published1999Liberty Meadows #1Insight Studios GroupWinnerAge of BronzeImage ComicsFinalistHicksvilleBlackeyeKissin' CousinHeart Throb #4Slow JamsNon #3 & 4, Red Ink2000WeaselFantagraphics BooksWinnerAntarctic PressFinalistGood-Bye, Chunky RiceTop Shelf ProductionsPastilPhoenix Enterprise Publishing Co.Rex Steele-Nazi SmasherMonkeysuit Press20012001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 AttacksA Fine Line PressFinalistBerlinDrawn & QuarterlyFinderLightspeed PressFrankFantagraphics BooksMaakies Sock MonkeyFantagraphics Books Dark Horse Comics2002Artichoke Tales #1; Non #5Highwater Books; Red Ink PressWinnerTop ShelfFinalistGreetings From HellvilleFantagraphics BooksHomecoming, Petey & PussyFontanelle PressSequential, Forlorn FunniesI Don't Get It Graphics and Absence Of Ink Press2003Shutterbug FolliesDoubleday Graphic NovelsWinnerAim to DazzleAlternative ComicsFinalistDr. Jekyll & Mr. HydeNBM PublishingSpace DevilModernTales.comRosetta TinkaAlternative Comics Atheneum2004BlanketsTop Shelf ProductionsWinnerDrawn & QuarterlyFinalistBlacksadiBooksEightball #23Fantagraphics BooksLouis RielDrawn & Quarterly2005Epileptic; BabelPantheon; Drawn & QuarterlyWinnerBigheadTop Shelf ProductionsFinalistCarnet de VoyageTop Shelf ProductionsSethClyde FansDrawn & QuarterlyFred the ClownFantagraphics2006Billy HazelnutsFantagraphics BooksWinnerFantagraphics BooksFinalistTop Shelf ProductionsAcme Novelty Library #16Fantagraphics BooksBig Questions #7 and #8Drawn & Quarterly2007Love & RocketsFantagraphics BooksWinnerAsthmaSparkplug Comic BooksFinalistExit WoundsDrawn & QuarterlyFuzz & Pluck in Splitsville #4Fantagraphics BooksPapercutter #4 Kramers Ergot #6Tugboat Press Buenaventura Press2008Do Not Disturb My Waking DreamSelf-publishedWinnerHow to Be EverywhereSelf-publishedFinalistPaul Goes FishingDrawn & QuarterlySkimGroundwood BooksLatTown BoyFirst Second Books2009Swallow Me WholeTop ShelfWinnerDelphineFantagraphics/CoconinoFinalistMomeFantagraphicsYou’ll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent ManFantagraphics BooksMome Kramers Ergot #7Fantagraphics Buenaventura Press2010Alec: The Years Have Pants (A Life-Sized Omnibus)Top Shelf ProductionsWinnerSullyConundrum PressFinalistPim & Francie: The Golden Bear DaysFantagraphics BooksSublife #2Fantagraphics BooksTroop 142self-published2011I Will Bite YouSecret AcresWinnerGaylord PhoenixSecret AcresFinalistH-DayPictureboxLose #3Koyama PressYou’ll Never Know, Vol 2: Collateral DamageFantagraphics Books2012Love and Rockets: New StoriesFantagraphics BooksWinner1 800 MicePictureboxFinalistHabibiPantheonOjitos BorrososSelf-publishedPure PajamasDrawn & Quarterly2013Lose #4Koyama PressWinnerHair ShirtHarry N. AbramsFinalistHeads or TailsFantagraphics BooksLetting It GoDrawn & QuarterlyToday is the Last Day of the Rest of Your LifeFantagraphics Books2014Fantasy BasketballWinnerHip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 1FinalistCouch TagDarwin Carmichael Is Going to Hell; Edna; House of Women2015Through The WoodsWinner(In a Sense) Lost and FoundFinalistSaint ColeWuvable OafSuperMutant Magic Academy2016WinnerDisquietFinalistPatienceGangesMean Girls Club2017My Favorite Thing Is MonstersWinnerIrminaFinalistParadise Lost2018That Box We Sit OnWinnerPinky & Pepper ForeverFinalistAnxiety is Really StrangeYellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures2019Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with MeWinnerUpgrade SoulFinalistHighwaymanKid GlovesPrism Stalker2020Don't Go Without MeWinnerPress Enter to ContinueFinalistGutsFamiliar FaceSlices of Life: 100 Comic Montage2021Stone FruitWinnerLavender ScareFinalistLeaf LaceCrudePenny2022Alexander, the Servant & the Water of LifeHiveworks ComicsWinnerHalcyonFantagraphicsFinalistDrawn & QuarterlyFasterBulgilhan PressFour Years Collected: Vol 2Czap Books2023Darlin' and Her Other NamesSelf-publishedWinnerJoseph Smith and the MormonsAbrams Comic ArtsFinalistJoe Death and the Graven ImageImage, Dark Horse ComicsPeePee PooPoo #420Silver SprocketThat Distant FireBlack Eye Books2024Black Josei PressWinnerSpiral and Other StoriesNew York Review ComicsFinalistPortrait of a BodyDrawn & QuarterlyDrawn & QuarterlyFlippyDomino Books2025Tongues Supplement #1 NoMiraclesWinnerDeath Fiddles and We Dance Self-published/ShortboxFinalistIron Circus ComicsLow Orbit Top Shelf ProductionsLomigJOHN MUIR: To the Heart of Solitude NBM Graphic Novels2026FantagraphicsWinnerMove-In DayPaper Rocket MinicomicsFinalistBlack Arms To Hold You UpPantheon BooksTestamentBulgilhan PressBarbecue Block PartySelf-published
Writers with multiple wins Two creators have won the award twice:
Jaime Hernández Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
Writers with multiple nominations The following writers have received two or more nominations:
Four
Renée French Craig Thompson
Three
Michael DeForge Carol Tyler Noah Van Sciver
Two
References
Resources
1997 awards: 1998 awards: 1999 awards: 2000 nominations / awards: 2001 nominations: 2002 awards:
External links Ignatz Awards Official Website