SPX: Small Press Expo will be Sept. 13-14 at the North Bethesda Marriott convention center in suburban Washington. Attendees may vote during festival hours on Sept. 13; the Ignatz ceremony, which is open to the public, is held that evening.

(Disclosure: The Ignatz Awards ceremony is sponsored by comixology, which is newly owned by Amazon; Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post. The corporate ties, they abound.)

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And now for this year’s nominees:

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 — Coach Tag

Outstanding Anthology or Collection

Amazing Facts and Beyond, by Kevin Huizenga and Dan Zettwoch

The End, by Anders Nilsen

Eye of the Majestic Creature (Vol. 2), by Leslie Stein

QU33R, edited by Robert Kirby

Sock Monkey Treasury, by Tony Millionaire

Outstanding Graphic Novel

The Amazing, Enlightening and Absolutely True Adventures of Katherine Whaley, by Kim Deitch

The Boxer, Reinhard Kleist

Boxers & Saints, by Gene Luen Yang

This One Summer, by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki

War of Streets and Houses, Sophie Yanow

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Outstanding Story

“Brownout Biscuit” (from Octopus Pie): Dead Forever, by Meredith Gran

“Destination X,” by Jon Martz

“The Grassy Knoll,” by Nick Drnaso

“Jobs,” Life Zone, by Simon Hanselmann

“Mom,” Viewotron #2, by 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 (series)

Daryl Seitchik — Missy

Outstanding Series

The Black Feather Falls, Ellen Lindner

Demon, by Jason Shiga

Powdered Milk, by Keiler Roberts

Sky in Stereo, by Sacha Mardou

Towerkind, by Kat Verhoeven

Outstanding Comic

Blammo #8, by Noah Van Sciver

Cosplayers, by Dash Shaw

It Will All Hurt #2, by Farel Dalrymple

Misliving Amended, by Adam Buttrick

Wicked Chicken Queen, by Sam Alden