The National Cartoonists Society has revealed the finalists for the various Divisional Awards for their 76th Annual Reuben Dinner.
All of these divisions were juried by regional NCS chapters and specialty juries.
The results were tallied to arrive at these final nominees.
The nominees for 2021 creativity are:
Comic Book: Trish Forstner; Gideon Kendall; David Peterson
Gag Cartoons: Emily Flake; Amy Hwang; Christopher Weyant
Greeting Card: Scott Jensen; Scott Metzger; Scott Nickel
Graphic Novel: Juan Cavia; Ted Naifeh; Eric Powell
Editorial Cartoons: Ruben Bolling; Marco DeAngelis; Michael Ramirez
Book Illustration: Keith Bendis; Stacy Curtis; Rebecca Morgan
Newspaper Comic Strips: Hector Cantu; John Hambrock; Mark Tatulli
Newspaper Panels: Dave Blazek; Dave Coverly; Hilary Price
Variety Entertainment: Chuck Dillon; Bill Morrison; Johnny Sampson
Art for Animated Media: Chris & Shane Houghton; Lindsey Olivares; Meg Park
Online Comics-Long Form: Emily Flake; Meredith Moriarty; Dan Piraro
Online Comics-Short Form: Jonathan Lemon; Scott Nickel; Rich Powell
Advertising/Product Illustration: Ivan Ehlers; Pashur House; Johnny Sampson
Magazine/Newspaper Illustration: Nick Galifianakis; Nancy Ohanian; Tom Richmond
The winners will be announced on September 16th, 2022
at the Marriott Downtown in Kansas City, MO. Details here.
Seems only cartoonists named “Scott” were eligible
for the Greeting Card division this year.