


Outstanding Story: “ The Hard Tomorrow” by Eleanor Davis, a graphic novel about a couple struggling to conceive a child. Published by Radiator Comics, the series follows Claire, a New Jersey transplant working at a tea shop in California, who wants something more from life. Outstanding Series: “ Fizzle” by Whit Taylor. Johnson, which is “a horror story of female friendship for readers teen + older.” Outstanding Minicomic: “ Black Hole Heart” by Cathy G. Flowers was named last year’s Promising New Talent, and was consequently given the honor of drawing this year’s artwork of Ignatz the mouse. Outstanding Graphic Novel: “ Hot Comb,” a coming-of-age memoir by Ebony Flowers. The webcomic, which was put into print by Lion Forge/Oni Press, follows a young witch who is conscripted into the Witch Guard, the very group who executed her father. Outstanding Online Comic: “ Witchy” by Ariel Ries, her second win of the evening.

Alas, in all her endeavours, nothing she tried ever left her feeling so full as the art – of trickery.” Having lost her family to sickness, she found herself with an emptiness inside that she did not know how to fill. The synopsis says, “There was once a girl named Dawa. Outstanding Comic: “ Cry Wolf Girl,” a fantasy comic by Ariel Ries. The book previously won this year’s Doug Wright Pigskin Peters Award. Outstanding Collection: “ GLEEM,” a selection of short stories by writer/artist Freddy Carrasco. Outstanding Anthology: “ Be Gay, Do Comics,” an anthology about LGBTQIA experiences from the editors of The Nib, and published by IDW. Outstanding Artist: Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, who previously won three awards last year for “ Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me.” So without further ado, here are the recipients of the prizes: The winners of the 2020 Ignatz Awards, honoring the year’s best independent and small press comics, were announced during last night’s virtual Small Press Expo.
