It was a clean sweep for female creators in the 2015 Ignatz Awards. Sophia Foster-Dimino won three of the bricks for her comic Sex Fantasy while Sophie Goldstein won two for her SF graphic novel The Oven. The complete list of winners is below, marked with a ***

Outstanding Artist

***Emily Carroll – Through The Woods

Ed Luce – Wuvable Oaf

– Wuvable Oaf Roman Muradov – (In a Sense) Lost and Found

– (In a Sense) Lost and Found Jillian Tamaki – SuperMutant Magic Academy

– SuperMutant Magic Academy Noah Van Sciver – Saint Cole

Outstanding Anthology or Collection

Drawn and Quarterly, 25 Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels , edited by Tom Devlin, Chris Oliveros, Peggy Burns, Tracy Hurren, and Julia Pohl-Miranda

, edited by Tom Devlin, Chris Oliveros, Peggy Burns, Tracy Hurren, and Julia Pohl-Miranda An Entity Observes All Things by Box Brown

by Box Brown How To Be Happy by Eleanor Davis

Pope Hats #4 by Ethan Rilly

by Ethan Rilly SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki

Outstanding Graphic Novel

Beauty by Kerascoët and Hubert

by Kerascoët and Hubert *** The Oven by Sophie Goldstein

Rav by Mickey Zacchilli

by Mickey Zacchilli Saint Cole by Noah Van Sciver

by Noah Van Sciver Wendy by Walter Scott

Outstanding Story

Doctors by Dash Shaw

by Dash Shaw “Me As a Baby” from Lose #6 by Michael DeForge

from Lose #6 by Michael DeForge “Nature Lessons” from The Late Child and Other Animals by Marguerite Van Cook and James Romberger

from The Late Child and Other Animals by Marguerite Van Cook and James Romberger *** “Sex Coven” from Frontier #7 by Jillian Tamaki

Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness by Kris Mukai

Promising New Talent

M. Dean – K.M. & R.P. & MCMLXXI (1971)

– K.M. & R.P. & MCMLXXI (1971) *** Sophia Foster- Dimino – Sphincter; Sex Fantasy

Dakota McFadzean – Don’t Get Eaten by Anything

– Don’t Get Eaten by Anything Jane Mai – Soft

– Soft Gina Wynbrandt – Big Pussy

Outstanding Series

Dumb by Georgia Webber

by Georgia Webber Frontier edited by Ryan Sands

edited by Ryan Sands March by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell

by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell Pope Hats by Ethan Rilly

by Ethan Rilly *** Sex Fantasy by Sophia Foster- Dimino

Outstanding Comic

Borb by Jason Little

by Jason Little The Nature of Nature by Disa Wallander

by Disa Wallander *** The Oven by Sophie Goldstein

Pope Hats #4 by Ethan Rilly

by Ethan Rilly Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness by Kris Mukai

Outstanding Minicomic

Devil’s Slice of Life by Patrick Crotty

by Patrick Crotty Epoxy 5 by John Pham

by John Pham King Cat #75 by John Porcellino

by John Porcellino *** Sex Fantasy #4 by Sophia Foster- Dimino

Whalen: A Reckoning by Audry

Outstanding Online Comic

Rounding out the winners were such acclaimed creators Eleanor Davis, Jillian Tamaki, Emily Carroll and LIlli Carré. It was a pretty definitive win for the women of indie comics–in fact it would be hard to name a recently arrived male cartoonist who has had the contemporary impact of these creators.

The Ignatz ceremony, held during the Small Press Expo, was MC’ed by C. Spike Trotman. SP Executive Director Warren Bernard announced that the 2016 show would be held on September 17-18 and teh first two guests are Jeffrey Brown and Daniel Clowes.

Davis delivered a particularly moving speech which brought the room to a hush and then to thunderous applause. All of the winners expressed gratefulness for the spirit of community that SPX is known for.