& Quarterly)1999 Frank Cho, Liberty Meadows #1 (Insight Studio Group)Pekar, Sacco, Stack & Warneford, American Splendor: Transatlantic Comics James Sturm, Hundreds of Feet Below Daylight (Drawn & Quarterly) Ben Katchor, The Jew of New York (Pantheon Books) Joe Zabel & Gary Dumm, Oracle (Amazing Montage)2000 Chris Ware, The Acme Novelty Library #13 (Fantagraphics Books)Ron Rege and Joan Leidy, Boys (Highwater Books) Madison Clell, Cuckoo No. 10 (Green Door Studios) Pete Sickman-Garner, Hey Mister, The Trouble With Jesus (Top Shelf Productions) Jordan Crane, The Last Lonely Saturday (Red Ink)2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 AttacksFrank #4, Jim Woodring, Fantagraphics Books Herobear and the Kid #2, Mike Kunkel, Astonish Comics James Kochalka's Sketchbook Diaries, James Kochalka, Top Shelf Productions Mjau Mjau #7, Jason, Jippi Forlag Sequential #6, Paul Hornschemeier, I Don't Get It Press2002 Daniel Clowes, Eightball #22 (Fantagraphics Books)Anders Brekhus Nilsen, Big Questions #4: Asomatognosia (self-published) Tony Consiglio, Double Cross: More or Less (Top Shelf Productions) James Kochalka, Sketchbook Diaries Volume 2 (Top Shelf Productions) Jon Lewis, True Swamp: Stoneground and Hillbound (Alternative Comics)2003 Nick Bertozzi, Rubber Necker #2, (Alternative Comics)Adam Suerte, Aprendiz Book 1 (self-published) Charles Burns, Black Hole #10 (Fantagraphics Books) David Collier, Collier's Vol. 2 #2 (Drawn & Quarterly) David Lasky and Greg Stump, Urban Hipster #2 (Alternative Comics)2004 Daniel Clowes, Eightball #23 (Fantagraphics Books)Charles Burns, Black Hole #11 (Fantagraphics Books) Kim Deitch, Stuff of Dreams #2 (Fantagraphics Books) John Hankiewicz, Tepid Summer 2003 (Tepid Comics) John Porcellino, King Cat #62 (Self-published)2005 Kevin Huizenga, Or Else #1 (Drawn & Quarterly)Anders Nilsen, Dogs & Water (Drawn & Quarterly) Los Bros. Hernandez Love & Rockets #13 (Fantagraphics) Los Bros. Hernandez, Love & Rockets #12 (Fantagraphics) Marc Bell, Worn Tuff Elbow #1 (Fantagraphics) 2006 Schizo #4 by Ivan Brunetti (Fantagraphics Books) Big Questions #7 by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly) Ganges #1 by Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics Books) Optic Nerve #10 by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly) Stuff of Dreams #3 by Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics Books) 2007 Optic Nerve #11 by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly) Doctor Id by Adam McGovern and Paolo Leandri (Indie Ink Studios) Fuzz & Pluck in Splitsville #4 by Ted Stearn (Fantagraphics Books) Love & Rockets vol. 2 #18 by Los Bros Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books) Monster Parade #1 by Ben Catmull (Fantagraphics Books) 2008 Snake Oil #1 by Chuck Forsman (self-published) Cryptic Wit #2, Gerald Jablonski (self-published) Department of Art, Dunya Jankovic (self-published) Lucky Vol. 2 #2,