No dia 16 de setembro foram conhecidos os vencedores dos Prémios Ignatz, anunciados na SPX (Small Press Expo) 2017. Criados em 1997, distinguem a banda desenhada editada por autores/pequenas editoras ou a BD publicada pelas grandes editoras cujos direitos de autor permanecem com os seus criadores e não com aquelas.
Eis a lista dos vencedores (a negrito) e dos respetivos nomeados desta edição:
Outstanding Artist
- Pablo Auldadell – Paradise Lost (Pegasus Books)
- Emil Ferris – My Favorite Thing is Monsters (Fantagraphics)
- Manuele Fior – The Interview (Fantagraphics)
- Karen Katz – The Academic Hour (Secret Acres)
- Barbara Yelin – Irmina (Self Made Hero)
Outstanding Anthology
- ALPHABET: The LGBTQAIU Creators from Prism Comics – edited by Jon Macy and Tara Madison Avery (Stacked Deck Press)
- Comic Book Slumber Party’s Deep Space Canine – edited by Hanhah K. Chapman (Avery Hill)
- ELEMENTS: Fire – An Anthology by Creators of Color – edited by Taneka Stotts (Beyond Press)
- POWER & MAGIC: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology – edited by Joamette Gil (P&M Press)
- Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists – edited by Javier Olivares & Santiago Garcia (Fantagraphics)
Outstanding Collection
- Boundless – Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
- The Complete Neat Stuff – Peter Bagge (Fantagraphics)
- Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 2 – Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics)
- Johnny Wander: Our Cats Are More Famous Than Us – Ananth Hirsh, Yuko Ota (Oni Press)
- Time Clock – Leslie Stein (Fantagraphics)
Outstanding Graphic Novel
- Band for Life – Anya Davidson (Fantagraphics)
- Eartha – Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics)
- March: Book 3 – John Lewis, Nate Powell, Andrew Aydin (Top Shelf)
- My Favorite Thing is Monsters – Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
- Tetris – Box Brown (First Second)
Outstanding Story
- Diana’s Electric Tongue – Carolyn Nowak (self published)
- March: Book 3 – John Lewis, Nate Powell, Andrew Aydin (Top Shelf)
- My Favorite Thing is Monsters – Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
- “Small Enough” from Diary Comics – Dustin Harbin (Koyama Press)
- “Too Hot to Be Cool” from Elements– Maddie Gonzales (Beyond Press)
Promising New Talent
- Kelly Bastow – Year Long Summer (self published)
- Margot Ferrick – Yours (2D Cloud)
- Aud Koch – “Run” from the Oath Anthology (Mary’s Monster)
- Isabella Rotman – Long Black Veil (self-published)
- Bianca Xunise – Say Her Name (self-published)
Outstanding Series
- Chester 5000 – Jess Fink (self-published)
- Crickets – Sammy Harkham (self-published)
- Frontier – edited by Ryan Sands (Youth in Decline)
- Maleficium – Sabin Cauldron (self-published)
- The Old Woman – Rebecca Mock (self-published)
Outstanding Comic
- Canopy – Karine Bernadou (Retrofit/Big Planet)
- Libby’s Dad – Eleanor Davis (Retrofit/Big Planet)
- Public Relations #10 – Matthew Sturges, Dave Justus, Steve Rolston, Annie Wu (1First Comics)
- Sunburning – Keiler Roberts (Koyama Press)
- Your Black Friend – Ben Passmore (Silver Sprocket)
Outstanding Minicomic
- The Man Who Came Down the Attic Stairs – Celine Loup
- Our Tale of Woe – Keren Katz & Geffen Refaeli
- Reverse Flaneur – M. Sabine Rear
- Same Place Same Time – Ann Xu
- Tender Hearted – Hazel Newlevant
Outstanding Online Comic
- Disability in the Age of Trump – Amanda Scurti: https://thenib.com/disability-in-the-age-of-trump
- The Meek – Der-Shing Helmer: http://www.meekcomic.com
- Normal Person/Maine Vacation – Lauren Weinstein: https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/01/25/cartoon-normel-person-16/ and http://muthamagazine.com/2016/08/lauren-weinsteins-perfect-maine-vacation-a-comic-about-what-we-remember/
- That’s Not Who We Are – Mike Dawson: https://thenib.com/that-s-not-who-we-are
- Woman World – Aminder Dhaliwal: https://womanworld.tumblr.com
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A totalidade das obras vencedoras (e nomeadas), como é habitual em anos anteriores (com raras exceções), encontra-se inédita no nosso país.
Para eventuais comparações, eis a lista dos vencedores dos 5 anos anteriores:
MELHOR ARTISTA
2016 – Tillie Walden, por The End of Summer (Avery Hill Publishing)
2015 – Emily Carroll, por Through The Woods (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
2014 – Sam Bosma, por Fantasy Basketball (edição de autor)
2013 – Michael DeForge, por Lose #4 (Koyama Press)
2012 – Jaime Hernandez, por Love and Rockets: New Stories (Fantagraphics Books)
MELHOR ANTOLOGIA OU COMPILAÇÃO
2016 – Step Aside, Pops!, por Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
2015 – How To Be Happy, por Eleanor Davis (Fantagraphics)
2014 – QU33R, editado por Robert Kirby (Northwest Press)
2013 – Very Casual, Michael DeForge (Koyama Press)
2012 – Hark! A Vagrant, Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
MELHOR GRAPHIC NOVEL
2016 – Hot Dog Taste Test, por Lisa Hanawalt (Drawn & Quarterly)
2015 – The Oven, por Sophie Goldstein (AdHouse Books)
2014 – This One Summer, por Jillian Tamaki e Mariko Tamaki (First Second)
2013 – Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life, por Ulli Lust (Fantagraphics Books)
2012 – Big Questions, por Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
MELHOR HISTÓRIA
2016 – “My Hot Date”, by Noah Van Sciver (Kilgore Books)
2015 – “Sex Coven” em Frontier #7, por Jillian Tamaki (Youth in Decline)
2014 – “Brownout Biscuit” em Octopus Pie: Dead Forever por Meredith Gran (edição de autor)
2013 – Gold Star, John Martz (Retrofit Comics)
2012 – “Return to Me,” em Love and Rockets: New Stories #4, por Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
NOVO TALENTO PROMISSOR
2016 – Tillie Walden, por I Love This Part (Avery Hill Publishing)
2015 – Sophia Foster-Dimino, por Sphincter; Sex Fantasy (edições de autor)
2014 – Cathy G. Johnson, por Jeremiah; Boy Genius; & Until It Runs Clear (edições de autor)
2013 – Sam Alden, por Hawaii 1997 & Haunter (edição de autor)
2012 – Lale Westvind, por Hot Dog Beach (edição de autor)
MELHOR SÉRIE
2016 – Powdered Milk, por Keiler Roberts (Createspace Independent Publishing Platform)
2015 – Sex Fantasy, por Sophia Foster-Dimino (edição de autor)
2014 – Demon, por Jason Shiga (edição de autor)
2013 – Lose, por Michael DeForge (Koyama Press)
2012 – Love and Rockets: New Stories, pelos irmãos Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
MELHOR COMIC
2016 – Fantasy Sports No. 1, por Sam Bosma (Nobrow Press)
2015 – The Oven, por Sophie Goldstein (AdHouse Books)
2014 – Wicked Chicken Queen, por Sam Alden (Retrofit/Big Planet)
2013 – Pope Hats #3, por Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books)
2012 – Pterodactyl Hunters, por Brendan Leach (Top Shelf)
MELHOR MINICOMIC
2016 – Radishes, por Carolyn Nowak (edição de autor)
2015 – Sex Fantasy #4, por Sophia Foster-Dimino (edição de autor)
2014 – House of Women, por Sophie Goldstein (edição de autor)
2013 – The End of the Fucking World #16, por Charles Forsman (Fantagraphics)
2012 – The Monkey in the Basement and Other Delusions, por Corinne Mucha (Retrofit Comics)
MELHOR BD ONLINE
2016 – Octopus Pie, por Meredith Gran: octopuspie.com
2015 – The Bloody Footprint, por Lilli Carre: nytimes.com
2014 – Vattu, por Evan Dahm: rice-boy.com/vattu
2013 – SuperMutant Magic Academy, por Jillian Tamaki: mutantmagic.com
2012 – SuperMutant Magic Academy, por Jillian Tamaki: mutantmagic.com
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