The National Cartoonists Society will announce its winner of the Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year this Saturday night at the 65th Annual Reuben Awards Weekend in Boston, MA.
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.
2010 NCS REUBEN AWARD AND DIVISION AWARD NOMINEES:
CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR: Glen Keane, Stephan Pastis and Richard Thompson.
DIVISION NOMINEES:
GRAPHIC NOVELS: Darwyn Cooke - "The Outfit;" Joyce Farmer - "Special Exits;" James Sturm - "Market Day."
NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS: Brian Basset -"Red and Rover;" Jeff Parker and Steve Kelley - "Dustin;" Richard Thompson - "Cul de Sac."
NEWSPAPER PANEL CARTOONS: Doug Bratton -"Pop Culture Therapy;" Chad Carpenter - "Tundra; "Glenn McCoy - "Flying McCoys."
TELEVISION ANIMATION: Dave Filoni - Supervising Director / Production Designer, "Star Wars: The Clone Wars;" Dan Krall - Art Director, "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated;" Scott Wills - Art Director, "Sym-Bionic Titan."
FEATURE ANIMATION: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders, Directors, "How to Train Your Dragon;" Glen Keane, Animation Director, "Tangled;" Nicolas Marlet, Character Designer, "How to Train Your Dragon."
NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION: Sean Kelly; Michael McParlane; Dave Whamond.
GAG CARTOONS: Bob Eckstein; Zachary Kanin; Gary McCoy
GREETING CARDS: Jim Benton; Dan Collins; Teresa Roberts Logan.
MAGAZINE FEATURE/MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION: Lou Brooks; Anton Emdin; Tom Richmond.
BOOK ILLUSTRATION: Sandra Boynton - "Amazing Cows;" Jared Lee - "The 3 Wise Guys;" Mike Lester - "The Butt Book."
EDITORIAL CARTOONS: Bob Gorrell: Mike Lester; Gary Varvel.
ADVERTISING ILLUSTRATION: Anton Emdin; Jack Pittman; Dave Whamond.
COMIC BOOKS: Stan Sakai -"Usagi Yojimbo;" Chris Samnee - "Thor the Mighty Avenger;" Jill Thompson - "Beasts of Burden."
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.