Akino Kondoh’s Box Garden Beetle Manga Nominated for Ignatz Award
The nominees have officially been announced for the 2026 Ignatz Awards, the winners of which will be revealed during the Small Press Expo on September 12. Among the nominees is Akino Kondoh, who is in the Outstanding Collection category for Box Garden Beetle from Glacier Bay Book…
The nominees have officially been announced for the 2026 Ignatz Awards, the winners of which will be revealed during the Small Press Expo on September 12. Among the nominees is Akino Kondoh, who is in the Outstanding Collection category for Box Garden Beetle*** ***from Glacier Bay Books.***Box Garden Beetle ***was also nominated in the Best One-Shot Manga category at the American Manga Awards. Machiko Kyo’s ***Cocoon ***ended up winning. Here’s a look at the cover and the full list of nominees in the category:
Outstanding Collection Nominees
A Strong Woman and Other Stories** -** Valentine Gallardo (Fieldmouse Press)
All the Cameras in My Room** - **Michael DeForge (Drawn & Quarterly)
Box Garden Beetle** - **Akino Kondoh (Glacier Bay Books)
The Past is a Grotesque Animal** - **Tommi Parish (Fantagraphics)
Wisps** - **Amanda Baeza (kuš!)
Glacier Bay Books describes the collection like so:
Unfurling fields of morning glories and buttony polka dots. Wormholes of childhood memories and cabinets of magical curiosities. Balletic bands of laughter. Creeping stippled shadows. Armies of insects and doppelgangers. An ethereal poetry of exquisite line and quiet space on one page, a surrealism of exploding form and whirling imagination on the next. Welcome to the wonderland of Kondoh Akino, one of Japanese comics’ pioneers…
**Source: **Small Press Expo website