Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)Jason Lutes, Berlin (Black Eye Productions) Daniel Clowes, Eightball (Fantagraphics) Seth, Palookaville (Drawn & Quarterly) Gary Spencer Millidge, Strangehaven (Abiogenesis)1998 Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics)Daniel Clowes, Eightball (Fantagraphics) Debbie Drechsler, Nowhere (Drawn & Quarterly) Joe Chiappetta, Silly Daddy (self-published) Steve Weissman, Yikes! (Alternative Press)1999 Max, The Extended Dream of Mr. D (Drawn & Quarterly)Eric Shanower, Age of Bronze (Image Comics) Jay Hosler, Clan Apis (Active Synapse Comics) Gary Spencer Millidge, Strangehaven (Abiogenesis) Adam Warren, Gen 13: Magical Drama Queen Roxy (Wildstorm)2000 Dave Cooper, Weasel (Fantagraphics Books)Jay Hosler, Clan Apis (Active Synapse Comics) Madison Clell, Cuckoo (Green Door Studios) Bryan Talbot, Heart of Empire (Dark Horse Comics) Jason, Mjau Mjau (Jippi Forlag)2001 Ignatz Awards cancelled after 9-11 AttacksJason Lutes, Berlin (Drawn & Quarterly) Carla Speed McNeil, Finder (Lightspeed Press) Mike Kunkel, Herobear and the Kid (Astonish Comics) Sam Henderson, Magic Whistle, (Alternative Comics) Jason, Mjau Mjau (Jippi Forlag)2002 James Kochalka Sketchbook Diaries (Top Shelf Productions)Chester Brown, Louis Riel (Drawn & Quarterly) Sam Henderson, Magic Whistle (Alternative Comics) David Hahn, Private Beach (Slave Labor Graphics) Dave Cooper, Weasel (Fantagraphics Books)2003 Charles Burns, Black Hole (Fantagraphics Books)Roger Langridge, Fred the Clown (Hotel Fred Press) Ted Stearn, Fuzz & Pluck in Splitsville (Fantagraphics Books) Scott Roberts, Patty Cake (Slave Labor Graphics) Gary Spencer Millidge, Strangehaven (Abiogenesis Press)2004 Carla Speed McNeil, Finder (Light Speed Productions)Charles Burns, Black Hole (Fantagraphics Books) John Porcellino, King Cat (self-published) Nick Bertozzi, Rubber Necker (Alternative Comics) Kim Deitch, Stuff of Dreams (Fantagraphics Books)2005 Carla Speed McNeil, Finder (Light Speed Productions)Tomer Hanuka, Asaf Hanuka, and Etgar Keret, Bipolar (Alternative Comics) David Heatley, Deadpan (self-published) Los Bros Hernandez, Love and Rockets vol. II (Fantagraphics) Joshua W. Cotter, Skyscrapers of the Midwest (AdHouse Books) 2006 Owly by Andy Runton (Top Shelf Productions) Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware (Fantagraphics Books) Big Questions by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly) Love and Rockets by Los Bros. Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books) Optic Nerve by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly) 2007 Mourning Star by Kazimir Strzepek (Bodega Distribution) Atlas by Dylan Horrocks (Drawn & Quarterly) Delphine by Richard Sala (Fantagraphics Books/Coconico Press) Dungeon by Lewis Trondheim, Joann Sfar, and various (NBM) Love & Rockets by Los Bros Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books) 2008 Snake Oil by Chuck Forsman (self-published) Eye of the Majestic Creature, Leslie Stein (self-published) Injury, Ted May, Jason Robards, and Jeff Wilson (Buenaventura Press) Paul series, Michel Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly)