Roz Chast Wins 2015 Reuben For Outstanding Cartoonist Of The Year



The NCS gave out their yearly awards last night during their big weekend (this time in Washington, D.C.). Roz Chast won the Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year Award, otherwise known as The Reuben -- one of the great awards in world comics and one that's been held by every major editorial and strip cartoonist since its mid-20th Century inception. Roz Chast's win is a rare win for a female cartoonist (first in two decades; third ever), and I think it's now fair to argue that her memoir, Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, is the second-most lauded comics work of the comics-for-adults era. Congratulations to her. The other finalists were almost certain future Reuben winners Stephan Pastis and Hilary Price.

The Division Awards went as follows, with winners in bold.

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EDITORIAL CARTOONS

* Clay Bennett
* Michael Ramirez
* Jen Sorensen

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NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION

* Anton Emdin
* Glen LeLievre
* Ed Murawinski

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FEATURE ANIMATION

* Paul Felix (Production Designer: Big Hero 6)
* Tomm Moore (Director: Song of the Sea)
* Isao Takahata (Director: The Tale of Princess Kaguya)

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TV ANIMATION

* Mark Ackland (Storyboards -- The Void: Wander Over Yonder)
* Patrick McHale (Creator -- Over the Garden Wall)
* Kyle Menke (storyboards -- Star Wars parody episode Phineas and Ferb)

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NEWSPAPER PANELS

* Dave Blazek (Loose Parts)
* Mark Parisi (Off the Mark)
* Hilary Price (Rhymes with Orange)

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GAG CARTOONS

* Liza Donnelly
* Benjamin Schwartz
* Edward Steed

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ADVERTISING/PRODUCT ILLUSTRATION

* Kevin Kallaugher
* Ed Steckley
* Dave Whamond

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GREETING CARDS

* Gary McCoy
* Glenn McCoy
* Maria Scrivan

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COMIC BOOKS

* Jason Latour (Southern Bastards)
* Babs Tarr (Batgirl)
* J.H. Williams III (The Sandman Overture)

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GRAPHIC NOVEL

* Jules Feiffer (Kill My Mother)
* Mike Maihack (Cleopatra in Space)
* Jillian Tamaki (This One Summer)

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MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION

* Ray Alma
* Anton Emdin
* Tom Richmond

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ONLINE -- LONG FORM

* Vince Dorse (The Untold Tales of Bigfoot)
* Mike Norton (Battlepug)
* Minna Sundberg (Stand Still, Stay Silent)

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ONLINE -- SHORT FORM

* Danielle Corsetto (Girls with Slingshots)
* Jonathan Lemon (Rabbits Against Magic)
* Rich Powell (Wide Open)

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BOOK ILLUSTRATION

* Marla Frazee, The Farmer and the Clown
* Yasmeen Ismail, Time for Bed, Fred
* Shaun Tan, Rules of Summer

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NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS

* Brian Bassett (Red and Rover)
* Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine)
* Glenn McCoy (The Duplex)

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The awards program also gave out honorary-type awards , including this year Mort Drucker and Jeff Keane.

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I'm not sure how to analyze the division awards. The NCS has a problem in that they seemingly must bring in some energy and membership from sources outside the scaling-back world of newspaper cartooning. So Chast in a way is a move in that direction, and so are the fact that there are two comic-book categories and two on-line categories. At the same time, the accusations of conservative voting within the body still seem like they have some fuel. This comes out mostly in an impression that the membership votes for best-known people to its sensibilities rather than really decides on the merits of each category. There are also some favorites which outside voters find confusing, such as the idea that Michael Ramirez is on some sort of historical run right now. I'm not sure how a group goes about changing perceptions like that, fair or unfair.

Next year might see Pastis, perhaps Bill Griffith (who has a graphic novel coming out) and maybe even Ramirez vying for the top prize.

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