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2004 Ignatz Awards

Outstanding Artist

  • Chester Brown, Louis Riel (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • Dan Clowes, Eightball #23 (Fantagraphics Books)
  • Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (iBooks)
  • Joe Sacco, The Fixer, (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • Craig Thompson, Blankets (Top Shelf Productions) *

Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection

  • Blankets, Craig Thompson (Top Shelf Productions) *
  • The Fixer, Joe Sacco (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • Louis Riel, Chester Brown (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern #13, Edited by Chris Ware (McSweeney's, Ltd.)
  • Teratoid Heights, Matt Brinkman (Highwater Books)

Outstanding Story

  • "Glenn Ganges", Drawn and Quarterly Showcase Book 1, Kevin Huizenga (Drawn and Quarterly) *
  • "The Little Things", Rubber Necker #3, Nick Bertozzi (Alternative Comics)
  • "Maggie", Love and Rockets v.2 #8, Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books)
  • "Paul in the Metro", Drawn & Quarterly #5, Michel Rabagliati (Drawn and Quarterly)
  • "Portrait of My Dad", McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern #13, David Heatley (McSweeney's, Ltd.)

Promising New Talent

  • Martin Cendreda, Hi-Horse Omnibus (Alternative Comics, Hi-Horse Comics)
  • Svetlana Chmakova, Chasing Rainbows (www.girlamatic.com, www.svetlania.com)
  • Dan James, The Octopi and the Ocean (Top Shelf Productions)
  • Leland Purvis, Suspended in Language (G.T. Labs)
  • Lauren Weinstein, Kramers Ergot #4 (Alternative Comics) *

Outstanding Series

  • Black Hole, Charles Burns (Fantagraphics Books)
  • Finder, Carla Speed McNeil (Lightspeed Press) *
  • King Cat, John Porcellino (Self-published)
  • King Cat, John Porcellino (Self-published)
  • Stuff of Dreams, Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics Books)

Outstanding Comic

  • Black Hole #11, Charles Burns (Fantagraphics Books)
  • Eightball #23, Dan Clowes (Fantagraphics Books) *
  • Stuff of Dreams #2, Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics Books)
  • Tepid Summer 2003, John Hankiewicz (Tepid Comics)
  • King Cat #62, John Porcellino (Self-published)

Outstanding Minicomic

  • Big Questions No. 6: Anoesia and the Matrideicidic Theophany , Anders Brekhus Nilsen, (Self-published)
  • Lucky #3, Gabrielle Bell, (Self-published) *
  • Quantum Entanglement, Spooky Action at a Distance, Teleportation and You, Jim Ottaviani and Roger Langridge (G.T. Labs)
  • Thankless Job, Pat Lewis (Lunchbreak Comics)
  • Underground: Souvenir, Matthew Bellisle (Gravity/DSN)

Outstanding Online Comic

Outstanding Debut Comic

  • Astronaut Elementary #4, Dave Roman (Cryptic Press)
  • Attic Wit #6/#7: Hell and Heaven, edited by M. Dembicki
  • Babel #1, David B. (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Bighead, Jeffrey Brown (Top Shelf)
  • Blood Orange #3, edited by Chris Polkki (Fantagraphics)
  • Dogs & Water, Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Doppler Effect, The, Gabriel Greenberg (Appollo Bunder Comics)
  • Elyse & Fields, Calvin Sands (Faded Parchment)
  • Everyman, Brothers Goldman, art by Joe Bucco (FWDbooks)
  • Expert's Guide on How to Kill Things That Go Bump in the Night, The, Darren J. Gendron and Robert Zailo (Dernwerks)
  • Fred the Clown, Roger Langridge (Fantagraphics)
  • Hector Mortem's Castle Freak, Chris Reilly (self-published)
  • Love Eats Brains, Dash Shaw (Oddgod Press)
  • Or Else #1, Kevin Huizenga (D&Q)
  • Scheherazade, Megan Kelso (Soft Skull Press)
  • Stalagmite 2, Craig McKenney (Headless Shakespeare Press)
  • Supernaturalists, The, Patrick Neighly and Jorge Heufemann (Mad Yak Press)
  • Teen Boat #6: Vote Boat, Dave Roman and John Green (Cryptic Press) *
  • Temporary #1 "Cubes and Ladders, Damon Hurd and Rick Smith (Origin Comics)
  • Worn Tuff Elbow, Marc Bell (Fantagraphics)

2004 Jury Members:
Kevin Huizenga
Megan Kelso
Rich Koslowski
Layla Lawlor
Steve Lieber