The nominees have been announced for the 2014 Ignatz Awards, which will be presented Sept. 13 during the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland.

Named in honor of the brick-wielding mouse in George Herriman’s Krazy Kat strip, the awards recognize achievement in comics and cartooning. Nominees are selected by a panel of five cartoonists — this year it was Darryl Ayo, Austin English, Melissa Mendes, Thien Pham and Whit Taylor -- and then voted on by SPX attendees.

The nominees are:

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, Couch Tag

Outstanding Anthology or Collection

• Amazing Facts and Beyond, Kevin Huizenga and Dan Zettwoch

• The End, Anders Nilsen

• Eye of the Majestic Creature Vol. 2, Leslie Stein

• Sock Monkey Treasury, Tony Millionaire

• QU33R, Various (edited By Robert Kirby)

Outstanding Graphic Novel

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

• The Boxer, Reinhard Kleist

• Boxers and Saints, Gene Luen Yang

• This One Summer, Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki

• War of Streets and Houses, Sophie Yanow

Outstanding Story

• "Brownout Biscuit," from Octoups Pie: Dead Forever, Meredith Gran

• Destination X, John Martz

• The Grassy Knoll, Nick Drnaso

• "Jobs" from Life Zone, Simon Hanselmann

• "Mom" from Viewotron #2, 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

• Daryl Seitchik, Missy

Outstanding Series

• The Black Feather Falls, Ellen Lindner

• Demon, Jason Shiga

• Powdered Milk, Keiler Roberts

• Sky in Stereo, Sacha Mardou

• Towerkind, Kat Verhoeven

Outstanding Comic

• Blammo #8, Noah Van Sciver

• Cosplayers, Dash Shaw

• It Will All Hurt #2, Farel Dalrymple

• Misliving Amended, Adam Buttrick

• Wicked Chicken Queen, Sam Alden

Outstanding Minicomic

• The Grassy Knoll, Nick Drnaso

• House of Women, Sophie Goldstein

• Never Forgets, Yumi Sakugawa

• Test Tube #1, Carlos Gonzalez

• Up to the Top, Ian Sampson

Outstanding Online Comic

• Band for Life, Anya Davidson

• Big Dogs at Nite, Dane Martin

• Demon, Jason Shiga

• On Hiatus, Pete Toms

• Vattu, Evan Dahm