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2007 Ignatz Awards

Outstanding Artist

  • Vanessa Davis, Papercutter #4 (Tugboat Press), Kramers Ergot #6 (Buenaventura Press)
  • John Hankiewicz, Asthma (Sparkplug Comic Books)
  • Jaime Hernandez, Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics Books) *
  • Rutu Modan, Exit Wounds (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Ted Stearn, Fuzz & Pluck in Splitsville #4 (Fantagraphics Books)

Outstanding Anthology or Collection

  • Curses, by Kevin Huizenga (Drawn & Quarterly) *
  • Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Vol. 4, by Gabrielle Bell, Martin Cendrera, and Dan Zettwoch (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • King-Cat Classix, by John Porcellino (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Misery Loves Comedy, by Ivan Brunetti (Fantagraphics Books)
  • Moomin Book One, by Tove Jansson (Drawn & Quarterly)

Outstanding Graphic Novel

  • Aya, by Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Bookhunter, by Jason Shiga (Sparkplug Comic Books)
  • Don't Go Where I Can't Follow, by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly) *
  • Exit Wounds, by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • House, by Josh Simmons (Fantagraphics Books)

Outstanding Story

  • Delphine #1-2, by Richard Sala (Fantagraphics Books/Coconico Press)
  • Don't Go Where I Can't Follow, by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • The End #1, by Anders Nilsen (Fantagraphics Books/Coconico Press)
  • "Felix", by Gabrielle Bell, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Vol. 4 (Drawn & Quarterly) *
  • "Martha Gregory", by John Hankiewicz, Asthma (Sparkplug Comic Books)

Promising New Talent

  • Gabrielle Bell, Lucky, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Vol. 4 (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Scott Campbell, Flight Vol. 4 (Ballantine Books), Hickee vol. 3 #3 (Alternative Comics)
  • Lilli Carre, Papercutter #3 (Tugboat Press), You Ain't No Dancer Vol. 2 (New Reliable Press)
  • Brandon Graham, King City (TokyoPop)
  • Tom Neely, The Blot (I Will Destroy You) *

Outstanding Series

  • Atlas, by Dylan Horrocks (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Delphine, by Richard Sala (Fantagraphics Books/Coconico Press)
  • Dungeon, by Lewis Trondheim, Joann Sfar, and various (NBM)
  • Love & Rockets, by Los Bros Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books)
  • Mourning Star, by Kazimir Strzepek (Bodega Distribution) *

Outstanding Comic

  • Doctor Id, by Adam McGovern and Paolo Leandri (Indie Ink Studios)
  • Fuzz & Pluck, in Splitsville #4 by Ted Stearn (Fantagraphics Books)
  • Love & Rockets, vol. 2 #18, by Los Bros Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books)
  • Monster Parade #1, by Ben Catmull (Fantagraphics Books)
  • Optic Nerve #11, by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly) *

Outstanding Minicomic

  • Burning Building Comix, by Jeff Zwirek
  • The Monkey and the Crab, by Shawn Cheng and Sara Edward-Corbett
  • Noose, by Mark Burrier
  • P.S. Comics #3, by Minty Lewis *
  • Seven More Days of Not Getting Eaten, by Matt Wiegle

Outstanding Online Comic

Outstanding Debut Comic

  • Big Questions #10, by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Crickets #2, by Sammy Harkham (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Daybreak Vol. 2, by Brian Ralph (Bodega Distribution)
  • Dead Man's Hand, by Morgan Pielli, Christopher Warren, Matthew Young and Jon-Mikel Gates (Tree Fort Press)
  • Essex County Vol. 2: Ghost Stories, by Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
  • Full Sanction: Home Mechanomics, by Joe Mochove and Rusty Rowley (Full Sanction Press)
  • House of Twelve Goes to War, edited by Cheese Hasselberger (House of Twelve Comics)
  • Iblis, by Kelli Nelson (Cheap Paper Art)
  • Igor: Fixed, by Frankensteins by Chris Reilly (SLG)
  • Junk in the Toaster (and Other Brilliant Ideas from Some Guy With a Website), by August J. Pollak (self-published)
  • Knuckles the Malevolent Nun: She Might Get Rather Crude, by Cornelius Stone and Roger Langridge (ComiXpress)
  • Lower Regions, by Alex Robinson (Top Shelf)
  • Moomin Book Two, by Tove Jansson (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • My Brain Hurts #7, Liz Baillie (self-published)
  • Nice Work Part 1, by Geoff Grogan (self-published)
  • Oceanus Procellarum: Book 1, Weapons of Devotion, by R.M. Rhodes (Oletheros Publishing)
  • Papercutter #6, edited by Alec Longstreth (Tugboat Press) *
  • Pie, by John McNamee
  • Service Industry, by T. Edward Bak (Bodega Distribution)
  • Shithole: The Story of My First Apartment, by Corinne Mucha (self-published)
  • Skyscrapers of the Midwest #4, by Joshua Cotter (AdHouse Books)
  • Southern Cross, by Laurence Hyde (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Spadefoot #4, by Matt Dembicki and Andrew Cohen (Three Crows Press)
  • Television #1, by Ryan Alexander-Tanner
  • This is Not Viva Lars Vegas, by R.M. Rhodes (Oletheros Publishing)
  • Turtle vs. Bunny, by Joe Dunn (Digital Pimp Productions)
  • Yearbook Stories: 1976-1978, by Chris Staros, Bo Hampton, and Rich Tommaso (Top Shelf)
  • Zippy: Walk a Mile in My Mu-Mu, by Bill Griffith (Fantagraphics Books)

Ignatz 2007 Jury Panel

    Sara Edward-Corbett
    Paul Hornschemeier
    Steve MacIsaac
    Jesse Reklaw
    Zack Soto