The Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel, established in 2005 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 The award for outstanding graphic novel is presented "for previously unpublished material" of greater than 48 pages that is "intended to be read as a single work".
Recipients +Award winners and finalistsYearCreator(s)WorkPublisherResult2005Persepolis 2: The Story of a ReturnPantheonWinnerBigheadTop Shelf ProductionsFinalistCarnet de VoyageTop Shelf ProductionsCinema PanopticumL'Association, FantagraphicsJasonWhy Are You Doing This?Fantagraphics Books2006TrickedTop Shelf ProductionsWinnerFun HomeHoughton MifflinFinalistFantagraphics BooksTop Shelf ProductionsSethWimbledon GreenDrawn & Quarterly2007Don't Go Where I Can't FollowDrawn & QuarterlyWinner and Clément OubrerieAyaDrawn & QuarterlyFinalistBookhunterSparkplug Comic BooksExit WoundsDrawn & QuarterlyHouseFantagraphics Books2008 and Jillian TamakiSkimGroundwood BooksWinnerGipiNotes for a War StoryFirst Second BooksFinalistPaul Goes FishingDrawn & QuarterlySpentDrawn & QuarterlySparkplug Comic Books2009Acme Novelty Library #19Drawn & QuarterlyWinnerDisappearance DiaryFanfare/Ponent MonFinalistDrop-InConundrumNicolasDrawn & QuarterlyYou'll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent ManFantagraphics2010Market DayDrawn & QuarterlyWinnerPim & Francie: The Golden Bear DaysFantagraphics BooksFinalist and Jiro TaniguchiSummit of the Gods Vol. 1Fanfare/Ponent MonBuentaventura PressYears of the ElephantFanfare/Ponent Mon2011Gaylord PhoenixSecret AcresWinnerHereville: How Mirka Got Her SwordAmulet BooksFinalistSpecial ExitsFantagraphics BooksSparkplugYou'll Never Know, Vol 2: Collateral DamageFantagraphics2012Big QuestionsDrawn & QuarterlyWinnerFanfare/Ponent MonFinalist and Joseph RemnantHarvey Pekar's ClevelandTop Shelf/ZipMy Friend DahmerAbrams ComicArtsTroop 142Secret Acres2013Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your LifeFantagraphics BooksWinnerSusceptibleDrawn & QuarterlyFinalistDrawn & QuarterlyWhen David Lost His VoiceHarry N. AbramsYou'll Never Know Vol. 3: A Soldier's HeartFantagraphics Books2014 and Mariko TamakiThis One SummerWinnerBoxers and SaintsFinalistWar of Streets and Houses2015WinnerKerascoët and HubertBeautyFinalistRavSaint ColeWendy2016Hot Dog Taste TestWinnerNod AwayFinalistSickSoldier's HeartTrashed2017My Favorite Thing is MonstersWinnerBand for LifeFinalistEartha, Nate Powell, and Andrew AydinMarch: Book 3Tetris2018Why Art?WinnerAnti-GoneFinalistRun for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for Their FreedomUncomfortably Happily2019 and Rosemary Valero-O'ConnellLaura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with MeWinnerGender QueerFinalistHighwaymanUpgrade SoulWoman World2020Hot CombWinnerHow I Tried to be a Good PersonFinalistPittsburghSkipThis Was Our Pact2021Stone FruitWinnerFinalistCome Home, IndioDog BiscuitsMr. H: Portrait of a High School Art Teacher2022No One ElseFantagraphicsWinnerClutter: A Scatterbrained Sexual Assault MemoirFieldmouse PressFinalistDisciplineNew York Review Comics, translated by Dalia and Mouin RabbaniPower Born of Dreams: My Story is PalestineStreet Noise BooksWhat is Home, Mum?Street Noise Books2023Ducks: Two Years in the Oil SandsDrawn & QuarterlyWinnerLast Chance to Find DukePEOWFinalistMimosaAbrams ComicArtsNervosaStreet Noise BooksDrawn & Quarterly2024 and Mariko TamakiRoamingDrawn & QuarterlyWinnerOptometryDriftwood PressFinalistMacmillan PublishersTime Under TensionsFantagraphicsUnendedUncivilized Books2025Precious RubbishFantagraphicsWinnerAdrift on a Painted SeaAvery Hill PublishingFinalist, translated by Aleshia Jensen and Daniela OrtizLand of MirrorsDrawn and QuarterlyProcessing: 100 Comics That Got Me Through ItDrawn and Quarterly and Sabien ClementSkinFantagraphics2026CannonGiramondo PublishingWinnerBlack Arms to Hold You UpPantheon BooksFinalistDo Admit! The Mitford Sisters and MeDrawn & QuarterlyMore Weight: A Salem StoryTop Shelf ProductionsDrawn & Quarterly
Writers with multiple wins The following writers have received two or more wins:
Four
Mariko Tamaki Three Jillian Tamaki Two Anders Nilsen
Writers with multiple nominations The following writers have received two or more nominations:
Four
Mariko Tamaki Carol Tyler
Three
Jillian Tamaki
Two
Notes
References
External links Ignatz Awards Official Website