ignatz Archives

The Ignatz Awards, named for the character in the classic comic strip Krazy Kat by George Herriman, and shaped like a brick as thrown by Ignatz at Krazy Kat, are held at the Small Press Expo Since 1997, the Ignatz Awards have recognised "outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning and "exceptional work that challenges popular[...]

The 17th annual Ignatz Awards, held at the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland, received a 70% increase in nominations this year, according to Warren Bernard That can only indicate a boom in production and in ambition when it comes to independent and small press comics production Though there were plenty of self-referrential jokes about[...]