Reuben 2011

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”