Missed It: 2005 Reuben Nominations

The 2005 Reuben Award nominations were recently announced, to be given out in late May at a black-tie ceremony in Scottsdale, Arizona at the always-moving annual meeting of the National Cartoonists Society. Despite multiple divisions, the phrase "Winning the Reuben" really extends to only the main award, aka outstanding cartoonist of the year. Up this time are Dave Coverly, Pat Brady and Dan Piraro. My hunch, and it's purely a hunch, is that Coverly will win despite Brady being the favorite. The various division awards include a comic book category in which Darwyn Cooke and Roger Langridge will be competing with their extremely lovely although far removed from each other projects (New Frontier, Fred the Clown) against a book I've never heard of, which is also an awards tradition. Despite its state of benign separation from the mindset of most American comic book fans, the Reuben remains the biggest award in comics after the Pulitzer for editorial cartooning.

Here's a cool and slightly interactive feature about previous Reuben winners.
 
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