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The 1997 Small Press Expo (SPX) inaugurated a new award for outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. The Ignatz, named after George Herriman's brick-wielding mouse, recognizes outstanding work that challenges popular notions of what comics can achieve, both as an artform and as a means of personal expression. The Ignatz is a festival prize, the first such of the United States comic book industry. Winners were determined by ballot at the Small Press Expo, a weekend convention and tradeshow showcasing creator-owned comics.

The Ignatz Awards voting was open to all attendees of the Small Press Expo in Silver Spring, MD, just outside of Washington, DC, and Awards were presented at the gala Ignatz Awards ceremony on Saturday, September 20.

All attendees of SPX had an opportunity to cast their vote in seven categories:

• Outstanding Artist
• Outstanding Story
• Outstanding Series
• Outstanding Comic
• Outstanding Minicomic
• Outstanding Graphic Novel/Collection
• Breakout Talent

  The ballot consisted of five nominees for each category. A jury of five artists worked independently to arrive at the Ignatz ballot. Jury members were precluded from nominating themselves and none knew who the others were. Each jury member provided three nominations, and a second round of voting established the final ballot.

  1997 Jury Members were: Jessica Abel (Artbabe), Chester Brown (Underwater), Ed Brubaker (Detour), Mark Wheatley (Radical Dreamer), and Joe Zabel (Tresspassers).

  1997 IGNATZ NOMINEES (winners in bold)

  Outstanding Artist

  • Gilbert Hernandez for New Love, published by Fantagraphics Books (7563 Lake City Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115)
  • Dylan Horrocks for Pickle, published by Black Eye Productions (5135 Parc Ave, #5, Montreal, Quebec H2V 4G3)
  • C. S. Morse for Soulwind, published by Image Comics (1400 N. Harbor Blvd., #305, Fullerton, CA 92635)
  • Gary Panter for Jimbo, published by Zongo Comics (1999 Avenue of the Stars, 15th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067)
  • Seth for Palookaville, published by Drawn & Quarterly Publications (PO Box 48056, Montreal, Quebec, H2V 4S8)

  Breakout Talent

  • Debbie Dreschler for Nowhere, published by Drawn & Quarterly
  • Tom Hart for The Sands, published by Black Eye
  • C. S. Morse for Soulwind, published by Image
  • Walt Holcombe for King of Persia, self published through Accordian Press (PO Box 49751, Austin, TX 78765)
  • Steve Weissman for Yikes, published by Alternative Press, Inc. (611 NW 34th Drive, Gainesville, FL 32607-2429. E-Mail: jmason@gator.net)

  Outstanding Story

  • "A Death In the Family" in Silly Daddy by Joe Chiappetta, self-published (2209 Northgate Avenue, N. Riverside, IL 60546-1339)
  • "Ghost World" in Eightball by Daniel Clowes, published by Fantagraphics
  • "Hicksville" in Pickle by Dylan Horrocks, published by Black Eye
  • From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, published by Kitchen Sink Press (221 Pine Street, Florence, MA 01062)
  • "It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken" in Palookaville by Seth, published by Drawn & Quarterly

  Outstanding Series

  • Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware, published by Fantagraphics
  • Berlin by Jason Lutes, published by Black Eye
  • Eightball by Daniel Clowes, published by Fantagraphics
  • Palookaville by Seth, published by Drawn & Quarterly
  • Strangehaven by Gary Millidge, self-published through Abiogenesis

  Outstanding Comic

  • Eightball #17 by Daniel Clowes, published by Fantagraphics
  • Hey Mister #1 by Pete Sickman-Garner (PO Box 4085, Fayetteville, AR 72702)
  • Keyhole #2 by Dean Haspiel and Josh Neufeld, published by Modern (105 Edgewater Road, Narragansett, RI 02882)
  • King of Persia by Walt Holcombe, self-published through Accordian Press
  • Palookaville #10 by Seth, published by Drawn & Quarterly

  Outstanding Minicomic

  • Hey Mister #4 by Pete Sickman-Garner (PO Box 4085, Fayetteville, AR 72702)
  • King-Cat Comics #52 by John Porcellino (PO Box 18510, Denver CO 80218)
  • Magic Whistle #9 by Sam Henderson (14 Bayard Street #3, Brooklyn, NY 11211)
  • Out There #5 by Alan Hunt (116 Garnet Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M6G1V7)
  • The Perfect Planet by James Kochalka (PO Box 8321 Burlington, VT 05402)

  Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection

  • At The Seams by Ed Brubaker, published by Alternative Press, Inc.
  • It's A Good Life if You Don't Weaken by Seth, published by Drawn & Quarterly
  • Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories by Ben Katchor, published by Little, Brown
  • L'Ascension Du Haut Mal by David B., published L'Association (100 rue de la Folie-Ericourt 75011 Paris France)
  • Lost in the Alps by Cosey, published by NBM (185 Madison Avenue, Ste. 1504, New York, NY 10016)

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