The National Cartoonists Society has announced the nominees for their Cartoonist of the Year Award for 2020; the award is more familiarly known as The Reuben Award.Alphabetically…Ray Billingsley would be the first African American to win The Reuben.Bill Griffith would be the first underground cartoonist to win The Reuben.Terri Libenson would be the first solely […]
The other day we mentioned this year’s Reuben Award weekend: [T]his year’s 75th Annual festivities are still being finalized. When and where have not been made public other than “late summer 2021.” It is hoped that by that time the pandemic will have eased enough to allow the usual gathering rather than a virtual gala […]
National Cartoonists Society members are being asked to vote their favorites in five Reuben Award divisions for work that appeared in 2020.There are five divisions to vote on, the top three nominees in each division are what you’ll be deciding. All of these divisions were juried by regional NCS chapters and the results were tallied […]
A Murder of Crows. A Barrel of Monkeys. A Reuben of Cartoonists?75 years ago a group of cartoonists got together and decided to form a club.It had been tried before without lasting success. This time it lasted.No one better than R. C. Harvey to give the details: ON FRIDAY NIGHT, March 1, 1946, 26 cartoonists […]
The National Cartoonists Society has begun its annual call for entries for consideration for the NCS Divisional Reuben Awards recognizing excellence in professional cartooning. As always, you DO NOT have to be a member of the NCS to have your work considered for a divisional award. All that is required is that the work be […]
Not meaning to downplay the efforts of the other National Cartoonists Society deserving nominees for Cartoonist of the Year, but I can’t remember being happier on hearing who won The Reuben than I was when Lynda Barry was named today. I am overjoyed by this recognition of Lynda’s talent.She makes me happy.I have never […]
Watch all nine hours of the 2020 NCSFest and Reuben Awards as presented on September 12, 2020 at your convenience on Youtube.The NCSFest schedule to adapt to your viewing.
Nominees and Winners for the Divisional Reuben Awards for work in 2019. EDITORIAL CARTOONING winner: MAGAZINE/NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION winner: NEWSPAPER PANELS winner: GAG CARTOONS winner: ONLINE COMICS – SHORT FORM winner: ONLINE COMICS – LONG FORM winner: ONLINE ANIMATION winner: ADVERTISING/PRODUCT ILLUSTRATION winner: COMIC BOOKS winner: GRAPHIC NOVELS winner: FEATURE ANIMATION winner: TELEVISION ANIMATION winner: GREETING CARDS winner: BOOK ILLUSTRATION winner: VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT winner: NEWSPAPER STRIPS winner: Silver T-Square:Gold T-Square:Jay […]
Saturday September 12 is fast approaching. The day will be filled with cartooning goodness as the National Cartoonists Society‘s 74th Annual Reuben Awards will go out to the whole wide world over the web.The NCS has set up a FAQ page on Facebook about this first ever festival. Q: Do I need any special […]
The National Cartoonist Society has released its schedule for the September 12, 2020 NCSFest and Reuben Awards. Streaming broadcast begins at10am Saturday, September 12 at NCSFest.com Official Welcome to NCSFest 2020 from NCS President & thank you’s. From Panels to Publishing (90 mins)Guests: Mark Tatulli, Terri Libenson, Maria Scrivan, and Rob HarrellHosted by: Jason Chatfield 74th Annual Reuben AwardsJoin […]
The National Cartoonist Society, in association with the NCS Foundation, has set up a website in preparation of their September 12 cartooning and Reuben Awards celebration, which because of the Coronavirus pandemic is necessarily online. We will be hosting our “NCSFest Online” event across the full day with virtual sessions from a cavalcade of talented […]
The Coronavirus-delayed 2020 Reuben Awards Weekend now has a date: September 12. The ceremony will be an online presentation, where awards for 2019 creativity will be announced.From National Cartoonists Society President Jason Chatfield: The [Reubens] team have now figured out the complicated logistical and technical aspects of staging an online Reubens event and have settled […]
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the nominees for this year’s The Reuben.Congratulations to the 2019 NCS Cartoonist Of The Year nominees for the 74th Annual NCS Reuben Awards! Lynda Barry Terri Libenson Hilary B. Price Mark Tatulli Raina TelgemeierCongratulations to all!Earlier this month the NCS sent out the ballots to their members; details for awarding […]
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the cancellation of the 2020 Reuben Awards Dinner and Convention and Festival.From NCS President Jason Chatfield:It is with a heavy heart that we must announce the official cancellation of this year’s NCS Reuben Awards and conference weekend in Kansas City. Those wanting any additional detail on our difficult and […]
Like the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists Convention and the Herblock Prize Lecture, the San Diego Comic Convention has been cancelled.For the first time in its 50 year history, the show will not go on. Comic-Con International announced that there will be no San Diego Comic-Con in 2020 — and the next planned event will […]