Reuben Award
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The Reuben Awards, named for Rube Goldberg, are presented each year by the National Cartoonists Society. The awards are presented at the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Awards Weekend.
The principal award is the Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, given since 1946 for print cartoonists, primarily comic strips, and is often compared to the Academy Awards in its stature. Originally called the Billy De Beck Memorial Award, after the creator of Barney Google, it was renamed in 1954.
In 1985, For Better or For Worse cartoonist Lynn Johnston was the first female cartoonist to win this award. In the late 1990s, the National Cartoonists Society announced a new rule: no cartoonist can win the award more than once.
The Society also gives various other awards, such as the Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Categories awarded
- Cartoonist of the Year
- Milt Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award
- NCS Gold Key Award
- Editorial Cartoons
- Newspaper Panels
- Greeting Cards
- Newspaper Illustration
- Comic Strips
- Magazine Feature/Magazine Illustration
- Book Illustration
- Advertising Illustration
- Comic Books
- Gag Cartoons
- TV Animation
- Feature Animation
Cartoonist of the Year winners, by year
1940s
- 1946: Milton Caniff, Steve Canyon
- 1947: Al Capp, Li'l Abner
- 1948: Chic Young, Blondie
- 1949: Alex Raymond, Rip Kirby
1950s
- 1950: Roy Crane, Buz Sawyer
- 1951: Walt Kelly, Pogo
- 1952: Hank Ketcham, Dennis the Menace
- 1953: Mort Walker, Beetle Bailey
- 1954: Willard Mullin, Sports
- 1955: Charles Schulz, Peanuts
- 1956: Herbert L. Block (Herblock), Editorial
- 1957: Hal Foster, Prince Valiant
- 1958: Frank King, Gasoline Alley
- 1959: Chester Gould, Dick Tracy
1960s
- 1960: Ronald Searle, Advertising and Illustration
- 1961: Bill Mauldin Editorial
- 1962: Dik Browne, Hi and Lois
- 1963: Fred Lasswell, Barney Google
- 1964: Charles Schulz, Peanuts
- 1965: Leonard Starr, Mary Perkins, On Stage
- 1966: Otto Soglow, The Little King
- 1967: Rube Goldberg, Humor in Sculpture
- 1968: Pat Oliphant, Editorial
- 1968: Johnny Hart, B.C. and The Wizard of Id
- 1969: Walter Berndt, Smitty
1970s
- 1970: Alfred Andriola, Kerry Drake
- 1971: Milton Caniff, Steve Canyon
- 1972: Pat Oliphant, Editorial
- 1973: Dik Browne, Hagar the Horrible
- 1974: Dick Moores, Gasoline Alley
- 1975: Bob Dunn, They'll Do It Every Time
- 1976: Ernie Bushmiller, Nancy
- 1977: Chester Gould, Dick Tracy
- 1978: Jeff MacNelly, Editorial
- 1979: Jeff MacNelly, Shoe
1980s
- 1980: Charles Saxon, Advertising
- 1981: Mel Lazarus, Miss Peach and Momma
- 1982: Bil Keane, Family Circus
- 1983: Arnold Roth, Advertising
- 1984: Brant Parker, The Wizard of Id
- 1985: Lynn Johnston, For Better or For Worse
- 1986: Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
- 1987: Mort Drucker, Mad Magazine
- 1988: Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
- 1989: Jim Davis, Garfield
1990s
Nominees are listed below the winner.- 1990: Gary Larson, The Far Side
- 1991: Mike Peters, Mother Goose & Grimm
- 1992: Cathy Guisewite, Cathy
- 1993: Jim Borgman, Editorial
- 1994: Gary Larson, The Far Side
- 1995: Garry Trudeau, Doonesbury
- 1996: Sergio Aragones, Mad Magazine
- 1997: Scott Adams, Dilbert
- *Pat Brady
- *Greg Evans
- *Patrick McDonnell
- 1998: Will Eisner, The Spirit
- *Pat Brady
- *Patrick McDonnell
- 1999: Patrick McDonnell, Mutts
- *Pat Brady
- *Greg Evans
2000s
- 2000: Jack Davis, Mad Magazine
- *Pat Brady
- *Matt Groening
- 2001: Jerry Scott, Zits and Baby Blues
- *Pat Brady
- *Greg Evans
- 2002: Matt Groening, The Simpsons
- *Pat Brady
- *Greg Evans
- *Dan Piraro
- 2003: Greg Evans, Luann
- 2004: Pat Brady, Rose Is Rose
- 2005: Mike Luckovich, editorial cartoonist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- *Bill Amend, FoxTrot
- *Dave Coverly, Speed Bump
- *Brian Crane, Pickles
- *Dan Piraro, Bizarro
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