Sono stato resi pubblici i vincitori degli Ignatz Awards 2014, così nominati in omaggio al topo della famosa striscia Krazy Kat di George Herriman. I premi sono il più importante riconoscimento dedicato al fumetto indipendente americano. I vincitori di quest’anno sono stati annunciati alla cerimonia tenutasi il 13 settembre presso il Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda, Maryland, durante la Small Press Expo, manifestazione che dal 1994 promuove il fumetto alternativo.
Fra i fumetti premiati c’è E la chiamano estate (This One Summer), di Jillian Tamaki e Mariko Tamaki, pubblicato in Italia da Bao Publishing.
Outstanding Artist
Sam Bosma, Fantasy Basketball
Kim Deitch, The Amazing, Enlightening and Absolutely True Adventures of Katherine Whaley
Sophie Goldstein, Darwin Carmichael Is Going to Hell; Edna II; House of Women
Ed Piskor, Hip Hop Family Tree Vol. 1
Jesse Reklaw, Couch Tag
Outstanding Anthology or Collection
Amazing Facts and Beyond, Kevin Huizenga e Dan Zettwoch
The End, Anders Nilsen
Eye of the Majestic Creature Vol. 2, Leslie Stein
Sock Monkey Treasury, Tony Millionaire
QU33R, Various (Edited By Robert Kirby)
Outstanding Graphic Novel
The Amazing, Enlightening and Absolutely True Adventures of Katherine Whaley, Kim Deitch
The Boxer, Reinhard Kleist
Boxers and Saints, Gene Luen Yang
This One Summer, Jillian Tamaki e Mariko Tamaki
War of Streets and Houses, Sophie Yanow
Outstanding Story
‘Brownout Biscuit’, from Octopus Pie: Dead Forever, Meredith Gran
Destination X, John Martz
The Grassy Knoll, Nick Drnaso
‘Jobs’ from Life Zone, Simon Hanselmann
‘Mom’ from Viewotron #2, Sam Sharpe
Promising New Talent
Luke Howard, Trevor
Cathy G Johnson, Jeremiah; Boy Genius; Until It Runs Clear
Nick Offerman, Orange; Onions
Keiler Roberts, Powdered Milk
Daryl Seitchik, Missy
Outstanding Series
The Black Feather Falls, Ellen Lindner
Demon, Jason Shiga
Powdered Milk, Keiler Roberts
Sky in Stereo, Sacha Mardou
Towerkind, Kat Verhoeven
Outstanding Comic
Blammo #8, Noah Van Sciver
Cosplayers, Dash Shaw
It Will All Hurt #2, Farel Dalrymple
Misliving Amended, Adam Buttrick
Wicked Chicken Queen, Sam Alden
Outstanding Minicomic
The Grassy Knoll, Nick Drnaso
House of Women, Sophie Goldstein
Never Forgets, Yumi Sakugawa
Test Tube #1, Carlos Gonzalez
Up to the Top, Ian Sampson
Outstanding Online Comic
Band for Life, Anya Davidson
Big Dogs at Nite, Dane Martin
Demon, Jason Shiga
On Hiatus, Pete Toms
Vattu, Evan Dahm