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July 2, 2009


Tom The Dancing Bug Wins 2009 AAN Award In Best Cartoon Category

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Ruben Bolling's Tom The Dancing Bug took the cartoon category in the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies' 2009 awards program, held last week in Tucson. The weekly effort appears in around 50 newspapers and on Salon.com. Second place went to Jen Sorensen for Slowpoke, third went to Kenny Be for Hip Tip and Worst-Case Scenario, and honorable mention went to Dwayne Booth for Mr. Fish.

A feature called "Superhero vs. Autobiographical Comics" that ran in the Metro Pulse won second in the innovation/format busting category, under 50,000 circulation; a feature called "The Adventures of Kwame-Man" that ran in the Metro Times won second in the innovation/format busting category, over 50,000 circulation.

A full list of winners in PDF form can be called up by clicking here.
 
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