The Ignatz Award for Outstanding Minicomic, 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 minicomic is presented to "comics that are not 'professionally' published"; rather, they may "are usually printed at the local copy store or via a risograph, hand stapled, and predominantly self-distributed and are not solicited through major distributors".
Recipients +Award winners and finalistsYearCreator(s)WorkPublisherResult1997WinnerHey Mister #4FinalistKing-Cat Comics #52Magic Whistle #9Out There #51998Amy UnboundedPug House PressWinnerBathroom GirlsFinalistKing-Cat ComicsMagic Boy Does LaundryOaf1999Fireball #7Highwater BooksWinnerBolol BelittleSelf-publishedFinalistNoe-Fie #8Noe-Fie Mono-MediaPed XingSelf-publishedTales of the Great UnspokenSelf-published2000 (ed.)LowJinx #2Noe-Fie Mono-MediaWinnerAngry Youth Comix #11Self-publishedFinalistJugSelf-publishedTimberdoodleSelf-publishedTrue Stories, Swear to GodSelf-published2001Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 AttacksWinnerAmy Unbounded #12Pug House PressFinalistDemocracy: Mime Complaint #5Self-publishedJumbo JapeSelf-published (ed.)Low Jinx 3: The Big Rip-OffNoe-Fie Mono-MediaTepid Spring 2001Self-published2002Artichoke Tales #1Highwater BooksWinnerDouble Cross AssortmentSelf-publishedFinalistGloriana: Super Monster #14Self-publishedHomecomingFontanelle PressLong Tail Kitty: HeavenSelf-published2003I Am Going to Be SmallSelf-publishedWinnerJosh ComicsFinalist and Jesse ReklawLo-Horse #1Take OutThat Thing You Fall Into2004Lucky #3Self-publishedWinnerBig Questions #6Self-publishedFinalist and Roger LangridgeQuantum Entanglement, Spooky Action at a Distance, Teleportation and YouG.T. LabsThankless JobLunchbreak ComicsUnderground: SouvenirGravity/DSN2005Phase 7Self-publishedWinnerCouch Tag #2Self-publishedFinalistDanceSelf-publishedMondaySelf-publishedOuija Interview #3Self-published2006MonstersWinnerComicore Jr.FinalistGaylord Phoenix #4TrackrabbitWindow #82007P.S. Comics #3WinnerBurning Building ComixFinalistNooseSeven More Days of Not Getting Eaten and Sara Edward-Corbett2008WinnerDorado ParkFinalistHow To Understand Israel in 60 Days or LessOchre Ellipse #2JuliacksSwell2009Stay Away From Other PeopleWinnerOnsmithClaptrap #2FinalistJust So You Know #1 and Max ClotfelterStewbrewXoc #12010Rambo 3.5WinnerDon't Drink from the SeaFinalistStories by... Vol. 1Troop 142Water Column #32011Ben Died of a TrainWinnerDanger Country #1FinalistGaylord Phoenix #5Morning SongTrans-UtopiaUncivilized Books2012Retrofit ComicsWinnerHypnotic Induction TechniqueSelf-publishedFinalistRamble On #2Self-publishedRAV #6Self-published2D Cloud2013, #16FantagraphicsWinnerHawaii 1997Self-publishedFinalist and Zachary ZezimaIl Cammino Delle CapreSelf-publishedLawawaySelf-publishedPowdered Milk Vol. 10: The Man Who Could Not ReadSelf-published2014House of WomenWinnerNever ForgetsSelf-publishedFinalistTest Tube #1Up to the Top2015Sex Fantasy #4WinnerDevil's Slice of LifeFinalistEpoxy 5King-Cat Comics #75AudryWhalen: A Reckoning2016RadishesWinnerFinalistLaffy Meal2017Tender-HeartedWinner and Geffen RefaeliOur Tale of WoeFinalistReverse FlaneurSame Place Same Time2018Say It With Noodles: On Learning to Speak the Language of FoodWinnerCommon Blessings & Common CursesFinalistDog NurseGreenhouseMothball 882019Trans Girls Hit the TownWinnerCherryFinalistGonzaloSilver WireYLLW YLLW YLLW2020Black Hole HeartWinnerCanvasFinalistChapter TwoI Feel Weird #42021BodyseedWinnerLavender ScareFinalistMontana DiarySlum Clearance Symphony2022PeePee PooPoo #69Self-publishedWinnerCarrington's WorldSelf-publishedFinalistJoySelf-publishedPhonestonedSelf-publishedSleemor Gank - Burg Land 1Self-published2023Death BloomSelf-publishedWinnerFarewellSelf-publishedFinalist and Salavador AguileraHares on the MountainSelf-publishedSacred GroveSelf-publishedYou're the Center of AttentionKus!2024Manga CubeSelf-publishedWinnerFind a SeatQuindrie PressFinalistHyper FawnusSelf-publishedLullabyCosmic Dog House PressPauline NewmanSelf-published2025AllodyniaSelf-publishedWinnerBig Apple MatineeSelf-publishedFinalistFrog FarmSelf-publishedSzarlotkaSelf-published2026Uncoiling: A Japanese-American Family HistorySelf-publishedWinnerIf She Was Beholden, Could She Ever Be the Beholder?Self-publishedFinalistSecret Black Woman: American VirtuesSelf-publishedTo Bleed Stone DrySelf-publishedTwo SnakesAlright Editions
Writers with multiple nominations The following writers have received two or more nominations:
Four
Jesse Reklaw
Three
Two
References
Resources
1997 awards: 1998 awards: 1999 awards: 2000 nominations / awards: 2001 nominations: 2002 awards:
External links Ignatz Awards Official Website