Dan Piraro Wins 2010 Reuben Award; Your 2010 NCS Division Award Winners



Dan Piraro, the cartoonist behind the long-time (24 years), well-regarded panel (that is also reformatted into a strip) Bizarro, won the 2010 Reuben Award last night during a ceremony in Jersey City.

Piraro's work is distinctive, funny and executed with great attention to craft. While I never expected enough of the National Cartoonist Society membership to vote for him because of the slightly out-there nature of that work when placed into contrast with other nominees, I think it speaks well to this group and to the future that they did. What is called The Reuben is the NCS award that goes to Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, and its past winners include nearly every heavy hitter on the comics page for the last 64 years, including Charles Schulz, Bill Mauldin, Frank King and Hal Foster. Dave Coverly won last year.

The other nominees were Stephan Pastis and Richard Thompson, which made it to all eyes a really strong year.

Piraro operates a model blog in terms of its consistency and clarity in discussing and presenting his work, here.

Jim Borgman and Jerry Scott's Zits won the newspaper comic strip divisional award in a year where that award seemed 1/3 springboard for future Reuben consideration and 2/3 a resting place for powerhouse strips with massive client lists to lurk in anticipation of a second run at the top prize in future years. Paul Pope won the comic book award for his work on Strange Adventures, and David Mazzucchelli's formally ambitious Asterios Polyp won a newly-minted graphic novels category.

Winners in bold:

THE REUBEN AWARD



* Stephan Pastis
* Dan Piraro
* Richard Thompson

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TELEVISION ANIMATION

* Kevin Deters -- Walt Disney Prep and Landing
* Mike Gray -- The Infinite Goliath
* Seth McFarlane -- Family Guy

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FEATURE ANIMATION

* Ronnie del Carmen, Storyboard Artist -- Up
* Tomm Moore, Director -- The Secret of Kells
* Barry Reynolds, Character Designer -- The Secret of Kells

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NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION

* Bob Rich
* Tom Richmond
* Robert Sanchuk

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GAG CARTOONS

* Glenn McCoy
* VG Myers
* Dave Whamond

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GREETING CARDS

* Glenn McCoy
* Kieran Meehan
* Debbie Tomassi

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NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS

* John Hambrock -- The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee
* Wiley Miller -- Non Sequitur
* Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman -- Zits

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NEWSPAPER PANEL CARTOONS

* Dave Blazek -- Loose Parts
* Tony Carillo -- FMinus
* Hilary Price -- Rhymes with Orange

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MAGAZINE FEATURE/MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION

* Ray Alma
* Anton Emdin
* Tom Richmond

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BOOK ILLUSTRATION

* Lou Brooks -- Twimericks
* Tom Richmond -- Bo Confidential
* Dave Whamond -- My Think-A-Ma-Jink

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EDITORIAL CARTOONS

* Nick Anderson
* Rob Rogers
* John Sherffius

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ADVERTISING ILLUSTRATION

* Steve Brodner
* Randall Enos
* Mort Gerberg

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COMIC BOOKS

* Terry Moore -- Echo
* Paul Pope -- Strange Adventures
* JH Williams -- Detective Comics

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GRAPHIC NOVELS

* David Mazzucchelli -- Asterios Polyp
* Seth -- George Sprott
* David Small -- Stitches

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some of this art is a best guess, I'm afraid; all rights to rights holders

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