National Cartoonists Society Announces Nominees for
2010 Reuben Awards
April 5, 2010--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
The National Cartoonists Society announces its nominees for the 2010 Reuben Awards, including the selections for the Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year, professional cartooning's highest honor. This year's awards will be presented at a black tie dinner on Saturday, May 29, during the 64th Annual Reuben Awards Weekend, May 28-30, in Jersey City, NJ.
This year's nominees for the Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year are Stephan Pastis, creator of "Pearls Before Swine;" Dan Piraro, creator of "Bizarro;" and Richard Thompson, creator of "Cul De Sac." The winner will receive a statuette designed by and named after the NCS' first president, Rube Goldberg. Past Reuben winners have included Al Jaffee, Patrick McDonnell, Scott Adams, Sergio Aragones, Garry Trudeau, Gary Larson, Cathy Guisewite, Mike Peters, Jim Davis, Lynn Johnston, Bill Watterson and Charles Schulz.
In addition, the year's top cartoonists in thirteen fields, from animation to newspaper strips to illustration and greeting cards, will be honored in the NCS Division Awards. These awards are voted on by a combination of the general membership (by secret ballot) and special juries overseen by various NCS Regional Chapters. A full list of nominees is attached and many of these cartoonists' works appear in your comics pages.
The National Cartoonists Society (www.reuben.org) is the world's largest and most prestigious organization of professional cartoonists. Founded in 1946 by a small group of cartoonists while entertaining the troops at military bases, the NCS now has a membership of more than 600 of the world's major cartoonists. Members work in many branches of the profession, including comic strips, comic books, editorial cartoons and magazine and book illustration.
2010 NCS REUBEN AWARD AND DIVISION AWARD NOMINEES (see below for link to artwork samples):
CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR: Stephan Pastis, Dan Piraro and Richard Thompson.
DIVISION NOMINEES:
COMIC STRIP: John Hambrock - "The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee;" Wiley Miller - "Non Sequitur;"
Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman - "Zits."
NEWSPAPER PANEL: Dave Blazek - "Loose Parts;" Tony Carillo - "FMinus;"
Hilary Price - "Rhymes with Orange."
FEATURE ANIMATION: Ronnie del Carmen - Storyboard Artist - "Up;"
Tomm Moore - Director - "The Secret of Kells;"
Barry Reynolds - Character Designer - "The Secret of Kells".
MAGAZINE FEATURE/MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION: Ray Alma, Anton Emdin, Tom Richmond.
EDITORIAL CARTOON: Nick Anderson, Rob Rogers, John Sherffius.
BOOK ILLUSTRATION: Lou Brooks - "Twimericks;" Tom Richmond - "Bo Confidential;"
Dave Whamond - "My Think-A-Ma-Jink."
NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION: Bob Rich, Tom Richmond, Robert Sanchuk.
GAG CARTOONS: Glenn McCoy, VG Myers, Dave Whamond.
ADVERTISING ILLUSTRATION: Steve Brodner, Randall Enos, Mort Gerberg.
GREETING CARDS: Glenn McCoy, Kieran Meehan, Debbie Tomassi.
COMIC BOOKS: Terry Moore - "Echo;" Paul Pope - "Strange Adventures;" JH Williams - "Detective Comics."
TELEVISION ANIMATION: Kevin Deters - "Walt Disney Prep and Landing;"
Mike Gray - "The Infinite Goliath;" Seth McFarlane - "Family Guy."
GRAPHIC NOVELS: David Mazzucchelli - "Asterios Polyp;" Seth - "George Sprott;"
David Small - "Stitches."
To interview NCS president Jeff Keane, please contact Claudia Smith at King Features Syndicate at 1-800-526-5464 or
cmsmith@hearst.com.
Samples of the nominees' work are available at www.reuben.org, where you will find more information about the National Cartoonists Society, including members' biographies, lists of past Reuben winners, and other historical information about the society and cartooning.