This last weekend was the National Cartoonists Society’s annual Reuben Awards weekend. It was a fabulous event. I’ll post a write-up here shortly. But as fun as the weekend was, the reason we were all there was to find out who were the big winners. Without further delay, below are the winners of the division awards and of course the big prize: The Reuben Award for ?Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year which went to Non Sequitur creator Wiley Miller.
The A.C.E. Award for ?Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinaire?
?Weird Al? Yankovic
The NCS Gold Key Award- NCS Hall of Fame:
Bunny Hoest-Carpenter and John Reiner
The Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award
Russ Heath
The Reuben Award for ?Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year:
Wiley Miller
Editorial Cartoons
Mike Ramirez
Newspaper Illustration
Miel Prudencio Ma
Feature Animation
Hayao Miyazaki: Director, ?The Wind Rises?- Disney
TV Animation
Paul Rudish for Disney Channel?s ?Mickey Mouse? shorts ? Disney
Newspaper Panels
Dave Coverly
Magazine Gag Cartoons
Matt Diffee
Advertising/Product Illustration
Rich Powell
Greeting Cards
Mark Parisi
Comic Books
Sergio Aragonés –Sergio Aragonés Funnies
Graphic Novels
Andrew C Robinson- The 5th Beatle
Magazine Illustration/Magazine Illustration
Dave Whamond
Online- Long Form
Jeff Smith- Tuki- Save The Humans
Online- Short Form
Ryan Pagelow- Buni
Book Illustration
William Joyce
Newspaper Comic Strips
Isabella Bannerman- Six Chix
All well deserved and it’s amazing how many of these folks are my good friends!
D@MMIT Wiley…I was rooting for Schulz!!! Congrats to all!