SMALL PRESS EXPO and the Ignatz awards — and here’s who’s got’em LAST year!

SPX 2004
The Eighth Annual Ignatz Awards go to:

Outstanding Artist
Craig Thompson, Blankets (Top Shelf Productions)

Oustanding GN or Collection
Blankets, Craig Thompson (Top Shelf Productions)

Outstanding Story
“Glenn Ganges”, Drawn and Quarterly Showcase Book 1, Kevin Huizenga (Drawn and Quarterly)

Promising New Talent
Lauren Weinstein, Kramers Ergot #4 (Avodah Books)

Outstanding Series
Finder, Carla Speed McNeil (Lightspeed Press)

Outstanding Comic
Eightball #23, Dan Clowes (Fantagraphics Books)

Outstanding Minicomic
Lucky #3, Gabrielle Bell, (Self-published)

Outstanding Online Comic
American Elf, James Kochalka, http://www.americanelf.com

Outstanding Debut Award
Teen Boat #6: VOTE BOAT, Dave Roman and John Green (Cryptic Press)