The National Cartoonists Society announced the winners of the 2006 Reuben Awards, including the selections for the Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year, at a black tie dinner on May 27, in Chicago. For the animation world, awarded Nick Parks WALLACE & GROMIT: CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT the prize for feature animation. For TV animation, David Silverman won for his work on THE SIMPSONS.
The winner of the Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year in 2005 is Mike Luckovich, also winner of this year's Pulitzer Award. Luckovich received a statuette designed by and named after the NCS' first president, Rube Goldberg. Past Reuben winners include Pat Brady, Greg Evans, Scott Adams, Sergio Aragones, Garry Trudeau, Gary Larson, Cathy Guisewite, Mike Peters, Jim Davis, Lynn Johnston, Bill Watterson and Charles Schulz.
The nominees for Cartoonist of the Year were Bill Amend, creator of FOXTROT; Dave Coverly, creator of SPEED BUMP; Brian Crane, creator of PICKLES; Dan Piraro, creator of BIZARRO and editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich.
The winners include:
CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR: Mike Luckovich
COMIC STRIP: Brooke McEldowney, 9 CHICKWEED LANE
NEWSPAPER PANEL: Jerry Van Amerongen, BALLARD STREET
FEATURE ANIMATION: WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT, Nick Park
MAGAZINE FEATURE/MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION: C.F. Payne
EDITORIAL CARTOON: Jim Borgman
BOOK ILLUSTRATION: Ralph Steadman
NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION: Bob Rich
GAG CARTOONS: Glenn McCoy
ADVERTISING ILLUSTRATION: Roy Doty
GREETING CARDS: Gary McCoy
COMIC BOOKS: Paul Chadwick, CONCRETE: THE HUMAN DILEMMA (Dark Horse)
TELEVISION ANIMATION: David Silverman, THE SIMPSONS
MILT CANIFF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Ralph Steadman
SILVER T-SQUARE: Dick Locher, DICK TRACY
The National Cartoonists Society (www.reuben.org) is the world's largest and most prestigious organization of professional cartoonists. Founded in 1946 by a small group of cartoonists while entertaining the troops at military bases, the NCS now has a membership of more than 600 of the world's major cartoonists. Members work in many branches of the profession, including comic strips, comic books, editorial cartoons, animation, greeting cards and magazine and book illustration.
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