The National Cartoonists Society will announce its winner of the Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year this Saturday night at the 64th Annual Reuben Awards Weekend in Jersey City, NJ.
The winner of Cartoonist of the Year, as well as the division award winners, will be available at
http://www.reuben.org at midnight Eastern Standard Time:
2009 NCS REUBEN AWARD AND DIVISION AWARD NOMINEES:
CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR: Stephan Pastis, Dan Piraro and Richard Thompson.
DIVISION NOMINEES:
NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS: John Hambrock - "The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee;" Wiley Miller - "Non Sequitur;" Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman - "Zits."
NEWSPAPER PANELS: 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 CARTOONS: 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 & Stevie Wermers - "Walt Disney Prep and Landing;" Mike Gray - "The Infinite Goliath;" Seth MacFarlane - "Family Guy."
GRAPHIC NOVELS: David Mazzucchelli - "Asterios Polyp;" Seth - "George Sprott;"
David Small - "Stitches."
Samples of the nominees' work are available at
http://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.
To interview NCS president Jeff Keane, please contact Claudia Smith at King Features Syndicate at 1-800-526-5464 or
cmsmith@hearst.com.