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Reuben Awards announced

ByMike Gold

The National Cartoonists Society handed out their 61st annual Reuben Awards at their dinner in Orlando, Florida this weekend. The winners of this

year’s awards are:

othpastis-9123772 NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIP: Stephan Pastis, Pearls Before Swine

COMIC BOOK: Gene Luen Yang, American Born Chinese

GAG CARTOONING: Drew Dernavich

MAGAZINE FEATURE/MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION: Steve Brodner

BOOK ILLUSTRATION: Mike Lester

NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION: Laurie Triefeldt

TV ANIMATION: Craig McCracken

FEATURE ANIMATION: Carter Goodrich

GREETING CARD: Carla Ventresca

ADVERTISING & ILLUSTRATION: Tom Richmond

EDITORIAL CARTOON: Mike Ramirez

NEWSPAPER PANEL CARTOON: Hilary Price, Rhymes With Orange

Bill Amend (Foxtrot) won this year’s overall Reuben Award. The Reuben was named after comic strip legend Rube Goldberg, creator of the wacky sequential invention strips, among many other features. Previous recipients have included Milton Caniff, Al Capp and Alex Raymond.

Artwork from yesterday’s Over The Hedge by Michael Fry and T Lewis. All rights reserved.

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