The winners of 2007's Ignatz Awards for outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning were announced Saturday at this years Small Press Expo in Maryland. No big surprise, but noted indie publisher Drawn & Quarterly was the single biggest winner, snagging four of the eight awards it was nominated for. The full results:
Outstanding Artist:?Jaime Hernandez, Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics Books)
Outstanding Anthology or Collection:? Curses by Kevin Huizenga (Drawn & Quarterly)
Outstanding Graphic Novel:? Don't Go Where I Can't Follow by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
Outstanding Story: "Felix" by Gabrielle Bell, Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Vol. 4 (Drawn & Quarterly)
Promising New Talent:?Tom Neely, The Blot (I Will Destroy You)
Outstanding Series:? Mourning Star by Kazimir Strzepek (Bodega Distribution)
Outstanding Comic:? Optic Nerve #11 by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly)
Outstanding Mini-Comic: ?P.S. Comics #3 by Minty Lewis
Outstanding Online Comic: Achewood by Chris Onstad
Outstanding Debut Award:? Papercutter #6 edited by Alec Longstreth (Tugboat Press)