Silver Reuben Award#Magazine Feature and Magazine Illustration Award

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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

=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.{{cite web | url=http://www.reuben.org/ncs-awards/ | title=NCS Awards | publisher=National Cartoonists Society | work=National Cartoonists Society | accessdate=16 January 2014}}

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=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,{{cite web |last1=Degg |first1=D. D. |title=New NCS Divisional Reuben Awards for 2019 |url=https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2019/01/03/new-ncs-divisional-reuben-awards-for-2019/ |website=The Daily Cartoonist |access-date=4 January 2021}} but it didn't give out its first award until the following year.{{cite web |title=Lynda Barry wins 2019 NCS Reuben Award for Cartoonist of The Year |url=https://www.nationalcartoonists.com/2020/09/reuben_winner_2019/ |website=National Cartoonists Society |publisher=National Cartoonists Society |access-date=4 January 2021 |language=en}}

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==Feature Animation Award==

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==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=

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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){{div col end}}

=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.

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=Editorial Cartoons Award=

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=Gag Cartoons Award=

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=Graphic Novels Award=

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  • 2009 David Mazzucchelli (Asterios Polyp)
  • 2010 Joyce Farmer (Special Exits)
  • 2011 Ben Katchor (The Cardboard Valise)
  • 2012 Chris Ware (Building Stories)
  • 2013 Andrew C. Robinson (The 5th Beatle)
  • 2014 Jules Feiffer (Kill My Mother)
  • 2015 Ethan Young (Nanjing: The Burning City)
  • 2016 Rick Geary (Black Dahlia)
  • 2017 Emil Ferris (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters){{cite web|title=My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Wins Reuben Award for Best GN! |first=Georgia |last=Nelson |date= May 29, 2018 |publisher=Comic Book Legal Defense Fund|url=https://cbldf.org/2018/05/my-favorite-thing-is-monsters-wins-reuben-award-for-best-gn/}}
  • 2018 Peter Kuper (Kafkaesque)
  • 2019 Harmony Becker (They Called Us Enemy)
  • 2020 Jared Cullum (Kodi)
  • 2021 Eric Powell (Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?)
  • 2022 Alex Ross
  • 2023 Sarah Bollinger (Malcolm and the Perfect Song){{div col end}}

=Greeting Cards Award=

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=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.{{cite web |title=National Cartoonists Society |url=https://www.nationalcartoonists.com/awards/division-awards/ |website=National Cartoonists Society |accessdate=28 January 2020 |language=en}}

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=Newspaper Illustration Award=

In 2018, this and Magazine Feature/Magazine Illustration Award was folded into one category to become Newspaper & Magazine Illustration.{{cite web |title=National Cartoonists Society |url=https://www.nationalcartoonists.com/awards/division-awards/ |website=National Cartoonists Society |accessdate=28 January 2020 |language=en}}

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=Newspaper & Magazine Illustration=

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=Newspaper Panel Award=

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=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.

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=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".{{cite web | url=http://www.reuben.org/2013/05/2013-reuben-awards-winners/ | title=2013 Reuben Awards Winners | publisher=National Cartoonists Society | work=National Cartoonists Society | date=25 May 2013 | accessdate=16 January 2014}}

==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=

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=New Media Award=

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=Sports Cartoons Award=

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Other NCS awards

See also

References