Today SPX, Small Press Expo, released the nominees for the Ignatz Awards given out the Saturday of the show, September 14th. We have quite a few cartoonists listed and are so excited for them. Their amazing work speaks for itself but a nice brick award (based the Krazay Kat and Ignatz) is always helpful makes you look tough as hell next to your drawing table. Attendees of SPX are given ballots so start walking NOW to Bethesda and you'll get there in time.
The formidable Peter Bagge's Other Stuff is up for the Outstanding Anthology or Collection Ignatz in addition to Heads or Tails by Lilli Carré.
From Heads or Tails, 'The Carnival' is nominated for Outstanding Story. Lilli Carré can't stop, she won't stop!
In the Outstanding Artist category Lilli Carré with Heads or Tails is nominated alonside Ulli Lust for Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life.
We have TWO comics up for Outstanding Graphic Novel. Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life by Ulli Lust and You'll Never Know Volume Three: A Soldier's Heart by Carol Tyler are bound to create a tie!
Prison Pit by Johnny Ryan continues to kill it and is nominated for Outstanding Series!
In the Outstanding Minicomic category, Charles Forsman's The End of the Fucking World #16 was nominated! To be fair, you don't ONLY want to read this gripping last chapter if you haven't read any of the series before. You can all the issues from Oily Comics as minis or the full she-bang as a graphic novel from our website! Both obviously endorsed heavily by Chuck.
Congrats are in order to Simon Hanselmann for Outstanding Comic nomination for St. Owl's Bay. His book MEGAHEX is coming out from Fantagraphics in 2014 so get ready for more amazing comis.
Here's a quick link to all of our Ignatz-nominee books in case you need to load up for some good readin'. See all of you at the awards acting all dignified and then sorta sloppy at the chocolate fountain!