The Ignatz Awards winners were announced last night (see an explanation and the nominees list here), and in an unprecedented result, a woman won every single category, with some even picking up more than one award. But lest these results tempt us to view indie comics as a kind of feminist utopia, let us be reminded of the problematic economics and troubling ideology that often goes hand in hand with the “indie” label–and let us be think on that tomorrow.
Today, let’s celebrate these amazing comics by these amazing women.
Here are the winners, in bold, category by category:
Outstanding Artist
- Emily Carroll, Through The Woods
- Ed Luce, Wuvable Oaf
- Roman Muradov, (In a Sense) Lost and Found
- Jillian Tamaki, SuperMutant Magic Academy
- Noah Van Sciver, Saint Cole
Outstanding Anthology or Collection
- Drawn and Quarterly, 25 Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels, edited by Tom Devlin, Chris Oliveros, Peggy Burns, Tracy Hurren, and Julia Pohl-Miranda
- An Entity Observes All Things, by Box Brown
- How To Be Happy, by Eleanor Davis
- Pope Hats #4, by Ethan Rilly
- SuperMutant Magic Academy, by Jillian Tamaki
Outstanding Graphic Novel
- Beauty, by Kerascoët and Hubert
- The Oven, by Sophie Goldstein
- Rav, by Mickey Zacchilli
- Saint Cole, by Noah Van Sciver
- Wendy, by Walter Scott
Outstanding Story
- Doctors, by Dash Shaw
- “Me As a Baby,” by Michael DeForge (from Lose #6)
- “Nature Lessons,” by Marguerite Van Cook and James Romberger (from The Late Child and Other Animals)
- “Sex Coven,” by Jillian Tamaki (from Frontier #7)
- Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness, by Kris Mukai
Promising New Talent
- Dean, K.M. & R.P. & MCMLXXI (1971)
- Sophia Foster-Dimino, Sphincter, Sex Fantasy
- Dakota McFadzean, Don’t Get Eaten by Anything
- Jane Mai, Soft
- Gina Wynbrandt, Big Pussy
Outstanding Series
- Dumb, by Georgia Webber
- Frontier, edited by Ryan Sands
- March, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell
- Pope Hats, by Ethan Rilly
- Sex Fantasy, by Sophia Foster-Dimino
Outstanding Comic
- Borb, by Jason Little
- The Nature of Nature, by Disa Wallander
- The Oven, by Sophie Goldstein
- Pope Hats 4, by Ethan Rilly
- Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness, by Kris Mukai
Outstanding Minicomic
- Devil’s Slice of Life, by Patrick Crotty
- Epoxy 5,” by John Pham
- King Cat #75, by John Porcellino
- Sex Fantasy #4, by Sophia Foster-Dimino
- Whalen: A Reckoning, by Audry
Outstanding Online Comic
- The Bloody Footprint, by Lilli Carre
- Carriers, by Lauren Weinstein
- Mom Body, by Rebecca Roher
- O Human Star, by Blue Delliquanti
- Witchy, by Ariel Ries
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