Sono stati resi pubblici i titoli e gli autori candidati agli Ignatz Awards 2017, così intitolati in omaggio al topo della famosa striscia Krazy Kat di George Herriman. I premi sono il più importante riconoscimento dedicato al fumetto indipendente americano. Tra gli autori in nomination c’è anche l’italiano Manuele Fior, candidato come Miglior Autore.
I vincitori di quest’anno saranno annunciati alla cerimonia che si terrà sabato 16 settembre prossimo presso il Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda, Maryland, durante la Small Press Expo, manifestazione che dal 1994 promuove il fumetto alternativo.
Miglior Autore
- Pablo Auldadell – Paradise Lost (Pegasus Books)
- Emil Ferris – My Favorite Thing is Monsters (Fantagrahpics)
- Manuele Fior – The Interview (Fantagraphics)
- Karen Katz – The Academic Hour (Secret Acres)
- Barbara Yelin – Irmina (Self Made Hero)
Miglior Antologia
- Alphabet: The LGBTQAIU Creators from Prism Comics – curata da Jon Macy e Tara Madison Avery (Stacked Deck Press)
- Comic Book Slumber Party’s Deep Space Canine – curata da Hanhah K. Chapman (Avery Hill)
- Elements: Fire – An Anthology by Creators of Color – curata da Taneka Stotts (Beyond Press)
- Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology – curata da Joamette Gil (P&M Press)
- Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists – curata da Javier Olivares & Santiago Garcia (Fantagraphics)
Miglior Raccolta
- Boundless – Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
- The Complete Neat Stuff – Peter Bagge (Fantagraphics)
- Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 2 – Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics)
- Johnny Wander: Our Cats Are More Famous Than Us – Ananth Hirsh, Yuko Ota (Oni Press)
- Time Clock – Leslie Stein (Fantagraphics)
Miglior Graphic Novel
- Band for Life – Anya Davidson (Fantagraphics)
- Eartha – Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics)
- March: Book 3 – John Lewis, Nate Powell, Andrew Aydin (Top Shelf)
- My Favorite Thing is Monsters – Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
- Tetris – Box Brown (First Second)
Miglior Storia Breve
- Diana’s Electric Tongue – Carolyn Nowak (self published)
- March: Book 3 – John Lewis, Nate Powell, Andrew Aydin (Top Shelf)
- My Favorite Thing is Monsters – Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
- “Small Enough” from Diary Comics – Dustin Harbin (Koyama Press)
- “Too Hot to Be Cool” from Elements– Maddie Gonzales – (Beyond Press)
Miglior Autore Emergente
- Kelly Bastow – Year Long Summer (self published)
- Margot Ferrick – Yours (2D Cloud)
- Aud Koch – “Run” from the Oath Anthology (Mary’s Monster)
- Isabella Rotman – Long Black Veil (self-published)
- Bianca Xunise – Say Her Name (self-published)
Miglior Serie
- Chester 5000 – Jess Fink (self-published)
- Crickets – Sammy Harkham (self-published)
- Frontier – curata da Ryan Sands (Youth in Decline)
- Maleficium – Sabin Cauldron (self-published)
- The Old Woman – Rebecca Mock (self-published)
Miglior Fumetto
- Canopy – Karine Bernadou (Retrofit/Big Planet)
- Libby’s Dad – Eleanor Davis (Retrofit/Big Planet)
- Public Relations #10 – Matthew Sturges, Dave Justus, Steve Rolston, Annie Wu (1First Comics)
- Sunburning – Keiler Roberts (Koyama Press)
- Your Black Friend – Ben Passmore (Silver Sprocket)
Miglior Minicomic
- The Man Who Came Down the Attic Stairs – Celine Loup
- Our Tale of Woe – Keren Katz & Geffen Refaeli
- Reverse Flaneur – M. Sabine Rear
- Same Place Same Time – Ann Xu
- Tender Hearted – Hazel Newlevant
Miglior Webcomic
- Disability in the Age of Trump – Amanda Scurti: https://thenib.com/
disability-in-the-age-of-trump - The Meek – Der-Shing Helmer: http://www.meekcomic.
com - Normal Person/Maine Vacation – Lauren Weinstein: https://www.
villagevoice.com/2017/01/25/ cartoon-normel-person-16/ and http://muthamagazine.com/2016/ 08/lauren-weinsteins-perfect- maine-vacation-a-comic-about- what-we-remember/ - That’s Not Who We Are – Mike Dawson: https://thenib.com/
that-s-not-who-we-are - Woman World – Aminder Dhaliwal: https://womanworld.
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