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1998 Ignatz Award Nominees and Winners

Outstanding Artist

  • Joe Chiappetta (Silly Daddy, self-published)
  • Nick Craine (Portrait of a Thousand Punks: Hard Core Logo, House of Anansi Press Ltd.)
  • Gilbert Hernandez (Luba, Fantagraphics Books)
  • Jaime Hernandez (Penny Century, Fantagraphics)
  • Dave Sim (Cerebus, Aardvark-Vanaheim) *

Promising New Talent *

  • Tara Tallan (for Galaxion, self-published)
  • Matt Madden (Black Candy, published by Black Eye Books)
  • Carla Speed McNeil (Finder, self-published) *
  • Ron Rege (Skibber Bee Bye, self-published)
  • Chris Oliveros (The Envelope Manufacturer, Drawn & Quarterly)

Outstanding Story *

  • "Ghost World" by Dan Clowes, serialized in Eightball (published by Fantagraphics Books) *
  • "Jimmy Corrigan" by Chris Ware, serialized in Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)
  • "Letters from Venus" by Gilbert Hernandez, serialized in New Love (Fantagraphics)
  • "New York City Diary" by Julie Doucet, serialized in Dirty Plotte (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • "Soba" by Joe Sacco, from Stories From Bosnia (Drawn & Quarterly)

Outstanding Series *

  • Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware (published by Fantagraphics Books) *
  • Eightball by Dan Clowes (Fantagraphics)
  • Nowhere by Debbie Drechsler (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Silly Daddy by Joe Chiappetta (self-published)
  • Yikes! by Steve Weissman (Alternative Comics)

Outstanding Comic *

  • Acme Novelty Library #9 by Chris Ware (published by Fantagraphics Books) *
  • Coventry #1 by Bill Willingham (Fantagraphics)
  • Eightball #19 by Dan Clowes (Fantagraphics)
  • Nowhere #3 by Debbie Drechsler (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Stories From Bosnia #1: Soba by Joe Sacco (Drawn & Quarterly)

Outstanding Minicomic *

  • Amy Unbounded by Rachel Hartman *
  • Bathroom Girls by Yvonne Mojica
  • King Cat Comics by John Porcellino
  • Magic Boy Does Laundry by James Kochalka
  • Oaf by Matt Brinkman

Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection *

  • Views of the Warehouse District by Martin Tom Dieck (Arrache Coeur)
  • Frank vol. 2 by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics Books)
  • Ghost World by Dan Clowes (Fantagraphics) *
  • The Little Man by Chester Brown (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Titanic Tales edited by Mark Wheatley (Insight Studios)

1998 Jury Members:
Michael Cohen
Tom Devlin
Tom Hart
Marc Hempel
Dylan Horrocks