Silver Reuben Award

The Silver Reuben Award is an award for cartoonists organized by the National Cartoonists Society. Until 2015, the awards was known as the National Cartoonists Society Division Awards.

For the National Cartoonists Society's highest award, the Reuben Award for the cartoonist of the year, see National Cartoonists Society#Award winners.

Current categories

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Advertising Illustration Award

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From its inception until 1975 this award was known as the Advertising and Illustration award. The following year, it divided into two separate categories, Advertising and Illustration, combining again from 1982 to 1985. They divided again in 1986. This category was titled Commercial in 1989 and 1990.[1]

Animation Award

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In 1989 and 1990, the category was titled Electronic Media. In 1995, it was divided into Feature Animation and Television Animation. The Online Animation Award category was introduced starting with the 2018 awards,[2] but it didn't give out its first award until the following year.[3]

Feature Animation Award

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Television Animation Award

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Online Animation Award

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  • 2019 Joe Bluhm (Pinocchio – A Modern Retelling)
  • 2020 Sammy Moore & Even Stenhouse (Brawl Stars: Barley's Bar and Piper's Sugar and Spice)

Art for Animated Media

  • 2021 Lindsey Olivares

Book Illustration Award

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  • 1999 T. Lewis
  • 2000 Mike Lester (A Is for Salad)
  • 2001 Frank Cho
  • 2002 B. B. Sams
  • 2003 Chris Payne
  • 2004 Geefwee Boedoe
  • 2005 Ralph Steadman
  • 2006 Mike Lester
  • 2007 Sandra Boynton
  • 2008 Mike Lester
  • 2009 Dave Whamond
  • 2010 Mike Lester (The ***Book)
  • 2011 John Rocco (Blackout)
  • 2012 John Manders
  • 2013 William Joyce
  • 2014 Marla Frazee
  • 2015 Sydney Smith
  • 2016 Dave Whamond
  • 2017 Adam Rex (The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors)
  • 2018 Rafael Lopez
  • 2019 Stacy Curtis (Karate Kakapo)
  • 2020 Janee Trasler (Frog Meets Dog, Goat in a Boat, Hog on a Log)
  • 2021 Stacy Curtis (Penguin and Moose Brave the Night)
  • 2022 Ed Steckley
  • 2023 Tom Richmond (Claptrap)

Comic Books Award

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In 1970, the Comic Books Award was divided into Humor Comic Books and Story Comic Books. They were merged back together in 1982. In 1989 and 1990, the Comic Books award was merged with the Magazine and Book Illustration Award. It was separated back into its own award in 1991. A separate award for Graphic Novels was created in 2009.

Editorial Cartoons Award

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Gag Cartoons Award

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Graphic Novels Award

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Greeting Cards Award

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Magazine Feature and Magazine Illustration Award

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This award (originally titled Illustration) was separated from the Advertising and Illustration Award from 1976 to 1981. It then became permanently separated in 1986. The award name changed to Magazine and Book Illustration in 1989, and then changed to the current name in 2003. In 2018, this and Magazine Feature/Magazine Illustration Award was folded into one category to become Newspaper & Magazine Illustration.[4]

Newspaper Illustration Award

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In 2018, this and Magazine Feature/Magazine Illustration Award was folded into one category to become Newspaper & Magazine Illustration.[5]

Newspaper & Magazine Illustration

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Newspaper Panel Award

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Newspaper Strip Award

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The Newspaper Comic Strips (Humor) Category was created in 1957. In 1960, it was joined by the Newspaper Comic Strips (Story) Category. In 1989 the two categories were combined. Also, in 1989 and 1990, Newspaper Panel Cartoon was part of this category.

On-Line Comic Strip

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The award for webcomics was first awarded in 2012 for work produced during the previous year. It was divided the following year into two separate categories, "On-Line Comics – Short Form" and "On-Line Comics – Long Form".[7]

On-Line Comics – Short Form

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On-Line Comics – Long Form

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Variety Entertainment

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First introduced in 2019, Variety Entertainment is defined as any newspaper, magazine, or online cartoon feature that contains puzzles, games, activities, trivia, history, or instruction.

Discontinued categories

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Special Features Award

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New Media Award

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Sports Cartoons Award

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Other NCS awards

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See: Reuben Award
See: Other NCS awards

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NCS Awards". National Cartoonists Society. National Cartoonists Society. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. ^ Degg, D. D. "New NCS Divisional Reuben Awards for 2019". The Daily Cartoonist. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Lynda Barry wins 2019 NCS Reuben Award for Cartoonist of The Year". National Cartoonists Society. National Cartoonists Society. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  4. ^ "National Cartoonists Society". National Cartoonists Society. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  5. ^ "National Cartoonists Society". National Cartoonists Society. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  6. ^ kingfeaturesadmin (2016-05-31). "King Features Syndicate | KING FEATURES CARTOONIST TERRI LIBENSON WINS "BEST NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIP" AT NCS REUBEN AWARDS CEREMONY". King Features Syndicate. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  7. ^ "2013 Reuben Awards Winners". National Cartoonists Society. National Cartoonists Society. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
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