The 2009 Reuben award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the year goes to Dave Coverly. Dave does the comic panel “Speed Bump” and does panel cartoons formthe New Yorker and Parade Magazine. “Speed Bump” is syndicated through Creators Syndicate. Other nominees this year included Stephan Pastis, and Dan Piraro.
This years National Cartoonist Society’s division award has been given to Mark Tatulli for his comic strip “Lio”. Lio launched with Universal Press Syndicate in 2006 and has been one of the most recent success. Mark beats out Stephan Pastis and Richard Thompson for this honor.
Here are the results thus far: Greeting card: Jem Sullivan Comic books: Cyril Pedrosa for “Three Shadows” Advertising illustration: Craig McKay Gag Cartoons: Mort Gerberg Television animation: Sandra Equihua and Jorge Gutierrez for “El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Riviera” Feature Animation: Nicholas Marlet – character designs for “Kung Fu Panda” Magazine Feature/illustration: Sam Viviano […]