September 14, 2024
Robyn Smith ’16 won the 2024 Outstanding Artist Ignatz for NIGHT FEVER from Gladiolus Magazine #1 published by Black Josei Press. The comic was inspired by Robyn’s first Hampshire College Halloween!
Robyn won an Outstanding Story Ignatz Award in 2023 for WASH DAY DIARIES, also published by Black Josei Press and Chronicle Books.
The prestigious Ignatz Awards are presented at the annual Small Press Expo. To see SPX Ignatz nominees and winners, visit: smallpressexpo.com/ignatz-awards/
The Ignatz Award was named in honor of the comic strip character Krazy Katz by George Herriman. Since 1997, the Small Press Expo has awarded the prize to take note of outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning. “The Ignatz recognizes exceptional work that challenges popular notions of what comics can achieve, both as an art form and as a means of personal expression.”
