The 2011 Reuben Awards for the best in cartooning and related fields were presented at the annual National Cartoonists Society meeting on Saturday. Richard Thompson beat out Glen Keane and Stephan Pastis for THE Reuben as cartoonist of the year. Jill Thompson won the Comic Book category for BEASTS OF BURDEN, and Joyce Farmer won the graphic novel category for SPECIAL EXITS, while Jeff Parker and Steve Kelley’s DUSTIN won for best comic strip.
Thompson blogged his reaction:
The NCS handed me this last night for which I’m grateful in countless ways, not the least being that I didn’t fall over.
Alan Gardner the whole list of winners:
TELEVISION ANIMATION
Dave Filoni – Supervising Director / Production Designer, “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”
FEATURE ANIMATION
Nicolas Marlet, Character Designer, “How to Train Your Dragon”
NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION
Michael McParlane
GAG CARTOONS
Gary McCoy
GREETING CARDS
Jim Benton
NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS
Jeff Parker and Steve Kelley “Dustin”
NEWSPAPER PANEL CARTOONS
Glenn McCoy “Flying McCoys”
MAGAZINE FEATURE/MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION
Anton Emdin
BOOK ILLUSTRATION
Mike Lester “The Butt Book”
EDITORIAL CARTOONS
Gary Varvel
ADVERTISING ILLUSTRATION
Dave Whamond
COMIC BOOKS
Jill Thompson “Beasts of Burden”
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Joyce Farmer “Special Exits”