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.

Current categories

Advertising Illustration Award

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

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

Television Animation Award

Online Animation Award

  • 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

Comic Books Award

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

Gag Cartoons Award

Graphic Novels Award

Greeting Cards Award

Magazine Feature and Magazine Illustration Award

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

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

Newspaper & Magazine Illustration

Newspaper Panel Award

Newspaper Strip Award

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

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

On-Line Comics – Long Form

Variety Entertainment

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

Special Features Award

New Media Award

Sports Cartoons Award

Other NCS awards

See: Reuben Award
See: Other NCS awards

See also

References

  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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