Hernandez, New Love (Fantagraphics Books) Dylan Horrocks, Pickle (Black Eye Productions) C. S. Morse, Soulwind (Image Comics) Gary Panter, Jimbo (Zongo Comics) 1998 Dave Sim, Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim) Joe Chiappetta, Silly Daddy (self-published) Nick Craine, Portrait of a Thousand Punks: Hard Core Logo (House of Anansi Press Ltd.) Gilbert Hernandez, Luba (Fantagraphics Books) Jaime Hernandez, Penny Century (Fantagraphics) 1999 Frank Cho, Liberty Meadows #1 (Insight Studios Group) Eric Shanower, Age of Bronze (Image Comics) Dylan Horrocks, Hicksville (Blackeye) Dave Choe, Slow Jams (Non #3 & 4, Red Ink) Pat McEown, Kissin' Cousin (Heart Throb #4) 2000 Dave Cooper, Weasel (Fantagraphics Books) Craig Thompson, Good-Bye, Chunky Rice (Top Shelf Productions) Rod Espinoza, The Courageous Princess (Antarctic Press) Francesca Ghermandi, Pastil (Phoenix Enterprise Publishing Co.) Bill Presing, Rex Steele-Nazi Smasher (Monkeysuit Press) 2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 Attacks Donna Barr, The Desert Peach (A Fine Line Press) Jason Lutes, Berlin (Drawn & Quarterly) Carla Speed McNeil, Finder (Lightspeed Press) Tony Millionaire, Maakies (Fantagraphics Books), Sock Monkey (Dark Horse Comics) Jim Woodring, Frank (Fantagraphics Books) 2002 Megan Kelso, Artichoke Tales #1, Non #5 (Highwater Books and Red Ink Press) Renée French, The Soap Lady (Top Shelf) Paul Hornschemeier, Sequential, Forlorn Funnies (I Don't Get It Graphics and Absence Of Ink Press) John Kerschbaum, Homecoming, Petey & Pussy (Fontanelle Press) Thomas Ott, Greetings From Hellville (Fantagraphics Books) 2003 Jason Little, Shutterbug Follies (Doubleday Graphic Novels) Renée French, Rosetta (Alternative Comics), Tinka (Atheneum) Dean Haspiel, Aim to Dazzle (Alternative Comics) Lorenzo Mattotti, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (NBM Publishing) Scott Mills, My Own Little Empire (AdHouse Books), Space Devil (ModernTales.com) 2004 Craig Thompson, Blankets (Top Shelf Productions) Chester Brown, Louis Riel (Drawn & Quarterly) Daniel Clowes, Eightball #23 (Fantagraphics Books) Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (iBooks) Joe Sacco, The Fixer (Drawn & Quarterly) 2005 David B, Epileptic (Pantheon), Babel (Drawn & Quarterly) Jeffrey Brown, Bighead (Top Shelf Productions) Roger Langridge, Fred the Clown (Fantagraphics) Seth, Clyde Fans Book 1 (Drawn & Quarterly) Craig Thompson, Carnet de Voyage (Top Shelf Productions) 2006 Tony Millionaire, Billy Hazelnuts (Fantagraphics Books) Jordan Crane, The Clouds Above (Fantagraphics Books) Renee French, The Ticking (Top Shelf Productions) Anders Nilsen, Big Questions #7 and #8 (Drawn & Quarterly) Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #16 (Fantagraphics Books) 2007 Jaime Hernandez, Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics Books) Vanessa Davis, Papercutter #4 (Tugboat Press), Kramers Ergot #6 (Buenaventura Press) John Hankiewicz, Asthma (Sparkplug Comic Books) Rutu Modan, Exit