NCS 2024 Reuben Award Nominees Announced

D. D. Degg Published: April 21, 2025 at 5:12 pm EDT 1 minute 4 comments

The National Cartoonists Society has announced nominees for its 2024 Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year aka: The Reuben Award.

Each year, the National Cartoonist Society honors excellence in our profession with Divisional Awards, special honors and lifetime achievement awards, and the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year. The nominees and recipient of this, our profession’s highest honor, are chosen by a confidential ballot of the members.

This year’s nominees:

DAVE BLAZEK – Loose Parts
TAUHID BONDIA – Crabgrass
WILL HENRY – Wallace the Brave
MARK PARISI – Off the Mark
DANA SIMPSON – Phoebe and Her Unicorn
MARK TATULLI – Lio, Desmond Puckett

Read the announcement and brief profiles of the cartoonists at the National Cartoonists Society site.

The winner of the Reuben will be announced on August 15, 2025 at the Reuben Awards Banquet, part of the annual NCS Conference held this year in Boston.

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Charles Brubaker

Congrats to all the nominees!

Wayno®

What a stellar lineup! Congrats to all of these deserving nominees.

T. Brian Kelly

It’s a stellar collection of highly accomplished cartoonists this year. Congratulations are due to all of them. Good luck in the voting this summer as we all look forward to the Reubens in August to find out the winner!

Don Kelly

Glad I don’t have to choose. They’re all good! Congrats to them!

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