Michael de Adder, 2023 NCS Editorial Cartoon Award Winner

From NCS.

At the 78th Annual NCS Reuben Awards ceremony, held in San Diego last night, Michael de Adder won the 2023 NCS Editorial Cartoon Award for his work at the Washington Post.

He was nominated along with Michael Ramirez and Reuben Bolling.

Reuben Nominees for 2023 Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year

From the National Cartoonists Society.

The National Cartoonists Society has revealed the nominees for the Reuben Award (Cartoonist of the Year). Due to a tie there are six finalist rather than the usual five.

• Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Darrin Bell and the creator of Candorville. 
• Daniel Clowes – comic book creator of last year’s highly acclaimed graphic novel Monica.
• Cartoonist Will Henry, creator of the Wallace the Brave comic strip. 
• Hilary B. Price – cartoonist, storyteller, speaker (Hillary’s 12th year being nominated). 
• Phoebe and Her Unicorn comic strip and best-selling books cartoonist Dana Simpson. 
• Lio’s cartoonist and graphic novel author Mark Tatulli (Mark’s 11th nomination for The Reuben).

The winner of the Reuben will be announced on August 23, 2024 at the Reuben Awards Banquet, part of the annual NCS Conference held this year in San Diego.

Ann Telnaes Wins 2023 Herblock Prize

From the Herblock Foundation. 

To commemorate Herb Block’s legacy, the Foundation awards the annual Herblock Prize for excellence in editorial cartooning. 

The Foundation created the Herblock Prize in 2004 to encourage editorial cartooning as an essential tool for preserving the rights of the American people through freedom of speech and the right of expression. 

Presented each spring at the Library of Congress, the prize is awarded by The Herb Block Foundation for distinguished examples of editorial cartooning that exemplify the courageous standard set by Herblock and is judged by a panel of outside experts.

The Herblock Prize winner receives a tax free $20,000 cash award.

The 76th annual Reuben Awards

From the National Cartoonists Society website.

The 76th annual Reuben Awards will be held in Kansas City, MO on Thursday 15th & Friday 16th September, 2022.

We hope you will join us for captivating seminars from the industries’ biggest names, opportunities to celebrate achievements in cartoon arts, and of course, the legendary NCS parties that you and your peers will talk about for years to come!

Pulitzer Prize Cartoonists Pen Protest Letter to Pulitzer Board

From the AAEC website.

Ten days after the 2022 Pulitzer Prizes were announced, 33 cartoonists who have won or been finalists for the award signed an unprecedented open letter to the Pulitzer Board about recent changes to the prize.

After quietly expanding the parameters of the Editorial Cartoonist category in 2020 to include illustrators and graphic reporters, the Board that presides over the judging process for journalism’s biggest award renamed the category “Illustrated Reporting and Commentary” at the end of last year. 

This unannounced move came months after the Pulitzer Committee refused to pick a winner among the three qualified finalists in 2021, and 99 years after the Editorial Cartoonist” category was created.

Last week the AAEC sent a letter to the Pulitzer Board petitioning the restoration of the award, and now almost three dozen recipients of the Prize are collectively seeking the same thing. Here is their letter in its entirety.

Bruce MacKinnon Wins Reuben Award

 From SaltWire.

SaltWire network cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon was honoured Saturday night by the National Cartoonists Society.

Anne Telnaes of the Washington Post presented MacKinnon with a Reuben award for editorial and political cartoons in a very efficient virtual ceremony.

The award-winning cartoon depicts the transformation of U.S. president Donald Trump from a clown to the Joker.

Mort Gerberg Awarded Gold Key Award

 From the National Cartoonists Society website.

The National Cartoonists Society takes great pleasure in announcing that the Gold Key Award will be presented this year to Mort Gerberg, for his widely-varied and successful career of over 60 years as a cartoonist.

The Gold Key, awarded by unanimous vote of the NCS Board of Directors, honors the recipient as a member of the NCS Hall of Fame.

Pat Bagley wins 2020 NCS Award for Editorial Cartooning

 From the AAEC Facebook page.

Pat Bagley is the winner of this year's National Cartoonist Society award for Editorial Cartooning.

Pat has been the editorial cartoonist of The Salt Lake City Tribune for the last 40 years and is the past President of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.

NCS Cartoonist of the Year nominees

From the Daily Cartoonist.

The National Cartoonists Society has announced their Cartoonist of the Year nominees:

Cartoonist survives Covid; responds by drawing a cartoon about it

From Jason Chatfield's website.

Cartoonist Jason Chatfield reveals what it’s like to get the coronavirus. (Spoiler alert: it’s horrible). So what’s a cartoonist to do after surviving Covid19?

Do a cartoon about it of course! His graphic (in more ways than one) tale of surviving the plague is must reading.

UPDATE

Former Universal Press Syndicate President Lee Salem Dies

Lee Salem, 73, of Leawood, KS, passed away on September 2, 2019.

The NEW National Cartoonists Society

From the Daily Cartoonist website.

National Cartoonists Society President Jason Chatfield has sent out a State of The Society message to members with a look to the future of the NCS and their brand new website.

Excerpts:

NCS Uncovers Award Error

From The Daily Cartoonist.

The National Cartoon Society just had their Oscar moment—announcing the wrong winner in two categories at this years NCS convention. 

Turns out Clay Bennett should have received the award for Editorial Cartooning and New Yorker cartoonist Pat Byrnes for Gag Cartooning.

Glen Keane Receives 2017 NCS Reuben Award

From the NCS website.

National Cartoonists Society members have chosen the winner of the 2017 NCS Reuben Award for “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year”.

Ballots were sent out to all voting NCS members last April, and the Reuben Award was presented to animator Glen Keane at the 72nd Annual Reuben Awards dinner on May 26th in Philadelphia, PA.

Ann Telnaes Wins Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year

From the National Cartoonists Society website.

The recipient of the profession’s highest honor, the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year is chosen by a secret ballot of NCS members and was awarded this year to editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes for her unmatched cartoon coverage of the 2016 election and ensuing Trump Administration. 

2016 NCS Reuben Award Nominees Announced!

From NCS.

The National Cartoonists Society just released the names of the nominees for the 2016 award for “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year”, also know as “The Reuben”. 

The nominees are: Lynda Barry, Stephan Pastis, Hilary B. Price, Mark Tatulli and Ann Telnaes.

Mort Drucker in Conversation with John Reiner

From the NCS website.

One of the most innovative, inspirational and imitated artists in the history of cartooning, Mort Drucker has illuminated the pages of MAD Magazine since 1956 with his brilliant movie and TV caricatures. His Time covers hang in the National Portrait Gallery and he holds an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the Art Institute of Boston. In 1987, the National Cartoonists Society awarded him the profession’s highest honor, the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year.

Mike Ramirez Wins 2016 Golden Reuben Award

Freelance editorial cartoonist  Mike Ramirez won the 2016 Reuben Award at the 70th annual Reuben Awards ceremony held last weekend at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN.

Ann Telnaes Wins 2016 Silver Reuben Award for Editorial Cartooning

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Washington Post Cartoonist Ann Telnaes won the 2016 Reuben Award in the Editorial Cartoon category at the 70th annual Reuben Awards ceremony held last weekend at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN.

Dan Piraro Wins 2016 Silver Reuben Award for Newspaper Panel Cartooning

Gag cartoonist Dan Piraro won the 2016 Reuben Award in the Newspaper Panel Cartoon category at the 70th annual Reuben Awards ceremony held this weekend at the Peabody hotel in Memphis, TN.