The Ignatz Award for Outstanding Series, 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 series is presented to comics series with consistent high-quality work.
Recipients +Award winners and finalistsYearCreator(s)WorkPublisherResult1997 and Eddie CampbellFrom HellKitchen Sink PressWinner, Silly DaddySelf-publishedFinalist, EightballFantagraphics, PickleBlack Eye ProductionsSeth, PalookavilleDrawn & Quarterly1998, EightballFantagraphicsWinner, Acme Novelty LibraryFantagraphicsFinalist, New LoveFantagraphics, Dirty PlotteDrawn & Quarterly, Stories From BosniaDrawn & Quarterly1999, Eightball #20FantagraphicsWinnerCavewoman: Jungle TalesBasement ComicsFinalist, Patty-Cake and Friends #13Slave Labor, Stray Bullets #18El Capitan Books, Non #3 & #4Red Ink2000, Acme Novelty LibraryFantagraphicsWinnerCave-InHighwater BooksFinalist and Eddie CampbellFrom HellEddie Campbell Comics, distributed by Top Shelf ProductionsJugSelf-publishedJason, Mjau Mjau #6Jippi Forlag20012001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks, Flipper Vol. 2Actus Tragicus/Top Shelf ProductionsFinalistHerobear and the Kid #2Astonish Comics, Jumbo JapeSelf-published, The Collected Hutch OwenTop Shelf ProductionsFantagraphics Books2002TrenchesTop Shelf ProductionsWinner, Artichoke Tales #1Highwater BooksFinalist, Actus Box SeriesActus Tragicus, Non #5Red Ink Press, Drawn & Quarterly #4Drawn & Quarterly2003FleepSparkplug Comic BooksWinner, Love & Rockets #6Fantagraphics BooksFinalistBlack Hole #10Fantagraphics Books, Mystic Funnies #3Fantagraphics BooksJason, Sshhhh!Fantagraphics Books2004, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase, Vol. 1Drawn & QuarterlyWinner, Love and Rockets v.2 #8Fantagraphics BooksFinalist, Drawn & Quarterly #5Drawn & Quarterly, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #13McSweeney's, Rubber Necker #3Alternative Comics2005Dogs and WaterDrawn & QuarterlyWinner, Love and Rockets #11, #13FantagraphicsFinalist, The Frank Ritza PapersDrawn & Quarterly, Superior ShowcaseAdHouse Books and J. 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WilliamsTop Shelf Productions2006Ganges #1Fantagraphics BooksWinner, ScrublandsFantagraphics BooksFinalist, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase #3Drawn & Quarterly, MOME Winter 2006Fantagraphics BooksWe Are On Our OwnDrawn & Quarterly2007, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase, Vol. 4Drawn & QuarterlyWinnerDelphine #1–2Fantagraphics Books/Coconico PressFinalistDon't Go Where I Can't FollowDrawn & Quarterly, AsthmaSparkplug Comic BooksFantagraphics Books/Coconico Press2008Self-publishedWinner and Jonathan Hill, Papercutter #7Tugboat PressFinalistOnsmith, Hotwire Comics #2Fantagraphics Books, Mome #11Fantagraphics Books, InkweedSparkplug Comic Books2009, Papercutter #10TugboatWinnerDisappearance DiaryFanfare/Ponent MonFinalist, Acme Novelty Library #19Drawn & Quarterly, Mome #14Fantagraphics, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5Drawn & Quarterly2010MonstersSecret AcresWinner, The Red Monkey Double Happiness BookFantagraphics BooksFinalistMarket DayDrawn & QuarterlySully, The Hipless BoyConundrum Press, Mome #16Fantagraphics Books2011, Love and Rockets: New Stories #3FantagraphicsWinner, Crickets #3Self-publishedFinalist, Acme Novelty Library #20Drawn & Quarterly, Papercutter #15Tugboat Press, Three #1Self-published2012, Love and Rockets: New Stories #4FantagraphicsWinner, Mome #22FantagraphicsFinalist and Jesse Reklaw, Papercutter #17Tugboat Press1 800 MicePictureboxLucilleTop Shelf2013Gold StarRetrofit ComicsWinner, Secret Prison #7Retrofit ComicsFinalist, Tusen Hjärtan Stark #1Domino BooksBirdseye BristoeDrawn & Quarterly, Heads or TailsFantagraphics2014, Octopus PieDead ForeverWinnerDestination XFinalist, Life Zone, Viewotron #22015, Frontier #7WinnerDoctorsFinalist, Lose #6 and James RombergerNature Lessons from The Late Child And Other AnimalsWeeping Flower, Grows in Darkness2016My Hot DateWinner, Kramers Ergot #8FinalistKilling and Dying, Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam and Other Stories2017Diana's Electric TongueWinner, Nate Powell, and Andrew AydinMarch: Book 3FinalistMy Favorite Thing is Monsters, Diary Comics, Elements2018How the Best Hunter in the Village Met Her DeathWinnerRhode Island MeFinalistWhy Art?Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures2019 and Rosemary Valero-O'ConnellLaura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with MeWinnerSacred Heart Vol 2 Part 1: Livin' in the FutureFinalistSincerely, HarrietWoman World2020Winner and Ben PassmoreBTTM FDRSFinalist2021Personal CompanionWinnerMisguided LoveFinalistMomsAnccoNineteen2022Parsifal PressWinnerBig CatsSelf-publishedFinalistLey Lines: Love, or the AxeGrindstone Comics & Czap BooksLey Lines: The First Few BarsGrindstone Comics & Czap BooksMississippi, Invisible ParadeGlacier Bay Books2023 and Jamila RowserWash Day DiariesChronicle BooksWinnerI Owe it to My Parents to NOT Come OutSelf-publishedFinalistKoyubi, Glaeolia 3Self-published and Generoso FierroInversionSelf-publishedWeedsParsifal Press2024, PulpingPulping CollectiveWinner, You Are Not a GuestFieldmouse PressFinalistScorpio Venus Rising #1Self-published and Sam WadeBlack Josei PressAbrams2025Boy IslandSilver SprocketWinnerBlack Panel PressFinalistBallad for Black CassandraSelf-publishedHow to Talk to Your SucculentTundra and Eve GreenwoodRuin of the House of the Divine VisageSelf-published2026Wedding Juice and Other MelodramasSelf-publishedWinnerCoin-Op no 10: Wet Cement Coin-Op BooksFinalistFizzle #6 Radiator ComicsHacienda Self-publishedMy Pockets are Juicy! Self-published
Writers with multiple wins The following writers have won the award more than once:
Two
Writers with multiple nominations The following writers have received two or more nominations:
Four
Chris Ware
Three
Two
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References
External links Ignatz Awards Official Website