Reuben Award - Definition

The Reuben Award is an award given by the National Cartoonists Society for print cartoonists, primarily comic strips, often compared the Academy Awards in its stature. The first award was given in 1946.

For Better or For Worse cartoonist Lynn Johnston was the first female cartoonist to win this award, in 1985.

Cartoonist of the year winners by year

• 2003 Greg Evans
• 2002 Matt Groening
• 2001 Jerry Scott
• 2000 Jack Davis
• 1999 Patrick McDonnell
• 1998 Will Eisner
• 1997 Scott Adams
• 1996 Sergio Aragones
• 1995 Garry Trudeau
• 1994 Gary Larson
• 1993 Jim Borgman
• 1992 Cathy Guisewite
• 1991 Mike Peters
• 1990 Gary Larson
• 1989 Jim Davis
• 1988 Bill Watterson
• 1987 Mort Drucker
• 1986 Bill Watterson
• 1985 Lynn Johnston
• 1984 Brant Parker
• 1983 Arnold Roth
• 1982 Bil Keane
• 1981 Mell Lazarus
• 1980 Charles Saxon
• 1979 Jeff MacNelly
• 1978 Jeff MacNelly
• 1977 Chester Gould
• 1976 Ernie Bushmiller
• 1975 Bob Dunn
• 1974 Dick Moores
• 1973 Dik Browne
• 1972 Pat Oliphant
• 1971 Milton Caniff
• 1970 Alfred Andriola
• 1969 Walter Berndt
• 1968 Pat Oliphant/Johnny Hart
• 1967 Rube Goldberg
• 1966 Otto Soglow
• 1965 Leonard Starr
• 1964 Charles Schulz
• 1963 Fred Lasswell
• 1962 Dik Browne
• 1961 Bill Mauldin
• 1960 Ronald Searle
• 1959 Chester Gould
• 1958 Frank King
• 1957 Hal Foster
• 1956 Herbert L. Block
• 1955 Charles Schulz
• 1954 Willard Mullin
• 1953 Mort Walker
• 1952 Hank Ketcham
• 1951 Walt Kelly
• 1950 Roy Crane
• 1949 Alex Raymond
• 1948 Chic Young
• 1947 Al Capp
• 1946 Milton Caniff

Categories awarded

• Cartoonist of the Year
• Milt Canifff Lifetime Achievement Award
• NCS Gold Key Award
• Editorial Cartoons
• Newspaper Panels
• Greeting Cards
• Newspaper Illustration
• Comic Strips
• Magazine Feature/Magazine Illustration
• Book Illustration
• Advertising Illustration
• Comic Books
• Gag Cartoons
• TV Animation
• Feature Animation

External links

• NCS Cartoonist of the Year winners (http://www.reuben.org/reuben_winners.asp)