Presented Saturday night at the Small Press Expo, here are the 2010 Ignatz Award winners. Nominees were chosen by a panel comprised of Anders Nilsen, David Kelly, Rob G, Joshua Cotter, and Trevor Alixopoulos. Winners were voted on by SPX attendees:
Outstanding Artist Eddie Campbell, Alec: The Years Have Pants (A Life-Sized Omnibus) (Top Shelf Productions)
Outstanding Anthology or Collection Masterpiece Comics, R. Sikoryak (Drawn & Quarterly)
Outstanding Graphic Novel Market Day, James Sturm (Drawn &
Outstanding Story Monsters, Ken Dahl (Secret Acres)
Promising New Talent Matt Wiegle, “The Orphan Baiter”, Papercutter #13 (Tugboat Press)
Outstanding Series Ganges, Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics Books)
Outstanding Comic I Want You, Lisa Hanawalt (Buenaventura Press)
Outstanding Mini-Comic Rambo 3.5, Jim Rugg
Outstanding Online Comic Troop 142, Mike Dawson
Johanna Draper Carlson (who was a presenter) has a fuller report on the proceedings which we live-tweeted.
She also has a link to the winner of the First Annual Animation Showcase Audience Choice Award. “Deadline” by Bang-Yao Liu.