Canadians Nominated for Ignatz Awards
Bethesda, MD: The nominees for the 9th annual Ignatz Awards have been announced and several prominent Canadian cartoonists have made the list. Cartoonists Seth, Rebecca Dart, Steve Manale, David Collier, Marc Bell, and books released by Montreal publisher Drawn & Quarterly have all been nominated for various awards.
The awards are handed out annually at the Small Press Expo, a comics festival in Maryland. According to the SPX website, "The Ignatz Awards, named for the character in the classic comic strip Krazy Kat by George Herriman, is a festival prize that recognizes outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. The ballot is created by a panel of five cartoonists and is then voted on by the attendees at the event. This offers a unique reflection of the views the professionals and their fans."
Canadian nominees and categories include:
OUTSTANDING ONLINE COMIC
Superslackers, Steven Manale
OUTSTANDING COMIC
Worn Tuff Elbow #1, Marc Bell (Fantagraphics)
PROMISING NEW TALENT
Rebecca Dart, RabbitHead (Alternative Comics)
OUTSTANDING STORY
"Homme De Le Bois," The Frank Ritza Papers, David Collier (Drawn & Quarterly)
OUTSTANDING ARTIST
Seth, Clyde Fans Book 1 (Drawn & Quarterly)
The anthology True Porn, Vol. 2, edited by Robyn Chapman & Kelli Nelson (Alternative Comics) received a nomination for OUTSTANDING DEBUT and contains work by several Canadian contibutors.
The full list of nominees can be read here.
The winners of the awards will be announced at a ceremony on Saturday, September 24th, 2005.
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